House For Sale £525,000
Summary A beautifully presented and extended, four-bedroom detached family home. Situated within a sought after modern development, this particular property sits back from the road and a short walk to an attractive green, ideal for dog walks and provides access to the shops, schools and guided bus into Cambridge. The outstanding extension at the rear of the property is well designed and provides a much-requested open plan, kitchen/dining living space and is fitted with high-quality kitchen bi-folding doors and a lantern skylight. With a cosy sitting room, separate family/home office and four bedrooms, with en suite and family bathroom. There is also a single garage driveway and an attractive, landscaped garden.
Interior The entrance hall leads to a comfortable sitting room with an electric fire. The second reception room is an ideal home office for two or a family room, there is also storage space under the stairs and a ground floor WC. The rear of the property has been extended across the full width and now comprises a fantastic, open-plan living, cooking and dining space. The kitchen is handmade by Harvey Jones with granite worksurfaces and a well-planned range of wall and base units, two sets of bi-folding doors with tiled floor and underfloor heating controlled by a Heatmiser system, built-in Neff fan-assisted oven and combination microwave oven and grill, induction hob and wok plate, integrated dishwasher and washing machine, cupboard housing gas boiler. Space and plumbing for an American-style fridge freezer. The island incorporates a four-way recycling unit and has space for an additional appliance, as well as ceramic butler sink, granite worksurface and breakfast bar seating three. The ground floor also has Rako smart lighting controls.The first-floor accommodation is accessed via a galleried landing with airing cupboard and access via ladder to the fully boarded loft. The master bedroom, with en-suite shower room, also includes a range of built-in wardrobes. The generous second double also benefits from built-in wardrobes, bedroom three is a double, four is a good size single bedroom and a family bathroom.
Exterior To the front of the property is a gravelled garden with a picket fence to the boundary and mature planting. A blocked paved driveway alongside the property provides off-road parking for two vehicles and leads to a single garage with a remote door and overhead storage. The enclosed rear garden is laid to artificial turf, with a sandstone patio, outside tap and well-stocked, raised flower beds. Included in the sale is a hot tub, which is perfectly positioned in a corner of the garden, with a pergola.
Location Longstanton is an area of interest to many buyers from Cambridge because of the advantage of the guided busway which runs every 7 minutes into Cambridge and then onto Cambridge station and Addenbrooke's hospital. The village is also only 2.5 miles from the A14 and 5 miles from the M11.
There is a good community spirit within the village which holds various events including a local market and summer fayre. You can also find regular events and classes at the primary school or Northstowe Secondary School and regular sports events are held at the recreation ground and The Pavilion.
Facilities in Longstanton include a primary school, a village institute, doctors and dentist surgery, veterinary surgery, public house, village store with post office, fish and chip shop and a co-operative store.
The village will benefit from a wider choice of facilities on offer from the neighbouring purpose-built town of Northstowe that is currently in development.
Agents note Solar Panels are included in the sale, roof space for which is on a rental basis with a 25-year lease, as of 2012. This means that the occupier has access to electricity at no cost, during some time of the year.
Interior The entrance hall leads to a comfortable sitting room with an electric fire. The second reception room is an ideal home office for two or a family room, there is also storage space under the stairs and a ground floor WC. The rear of the property has been extended across the full width and now comprises a fantastic, open-plan living, cooking and dining space. The kitchen is handmade by Harvey Jones with granite worksurfaces and a well-planned range of wall and base units, two sets of bi-folding doors with tiled floor and underfloor heating controlled by a Heatmiser system, built-in Neff fan-assisted oven and combination microwave oven and grill, induction hob and wok plate, integrated dishwasher and washing machine, cupboard housing gas boiler. Space and plumbing for an American-style fridge freezer. The island incorporates a four-way recycling unit and has space for an additional appliance, as well as ceramic butler sink, granite worksurface and breakfast bar seating three. The ground floor also has Rako smart lighting controls.The first-floor accommodation is accessed via a galleried landing with airing cupboard and access via ladder to the fully boarded loft. The master bedroom, with en-suite shower room, also includes a range of built-in wardrobes. The generous second double also benefits from built-in wardrobes, bedroom three is a double, four is a good size single bedroom and a family bathroom.
Exterior To the front of the property is a gravelled garden with a picket fence to the boundary and mature planting. A blocked paved driveway alongside the property provides off-road parking for two vehicles and leads to a single garage with a remote door and overhead storage. The enclosed rear garden is laid to artificial turf, with a sandstone patio, outside tap and well-stocked, raised flower beds. Included in the sale is a hot tub, which is perfectly positioned in a corner of the garden, with a pergola.
Location Longstanton is an area of interest to many buyers from Cambridge because of the advantage of the guided busway which runs every 7 minutes into Cambridge and then onto Cambridge station and Addenbrooke's hospital. The village is also only 2.5 miles from the A14 and 5 miles from the M11.
There is a good community spirit within the village which holds various events including a local market and summer fayre. You can also find regular events and classes at the primary school or Northstowe Secondary School and regular sports events are held at the recreation ground and The Pavilion.
Facilities in Longstanton include a primary school, a village institute, doctors and dentist surgery, veterinary surgery, public house, village store with post office, fish and chip shop and a co-operative store.
The village will benefit from a wider choice of facilities on offer from the neighbouring purpose-built town of Northstowe that is currently in development.
Agents note Solar Panels are included in the sale, roof space for which is on a rental basis with a 25-year lease, as of 2012. This means that the occupier has access to electricity at no cost, during some time of the year.
