House For Sale £405,000
Located towards the end of East Princes Street, this spacious detached villa was designed by the highly regarded local architect Lawrence Hill and offers accommodation of over 2100 square feet. Built around 20 years ago, the property would make a perfect family home, with its well proportioned rooms and private and enclosed gardens. To the front of the house, the mono-block paved driveway has two entrances, provides great parking on either side of the house and leads to the integral garage at one side. There is a second garage on the other side of the house with gravelled parking in front. The gardens on three sides feature lawns and there is a decked area in the south facing back garden, all enclosed by mature hedging, stone wall and fencing. The property is laid out over two floors and on the ground floor an entrance vestibule opens into the reception hall. A staircase (with understair cupboard) ascends to the upper landing and there is a wc off the hall. The large lounge is very bright, with windows facing to the front and side, and double doors open into a great sized dining room with patio door out to the garden and further double doors leading into the 18ft long kitchen. Off the kitchen is a secondary kitchen/utility room with doors out to the back garden and into the garage. Finally on the ground floor is a home office/study, which could be used as a fifth bedroom. Moving on to the upstairs accommodation, the large galleried landing has a walk-in storage cupboard and accesses four bedrooms and the family bathroom. The master bedroom has a built-in storage cupboard and built-in wardrobes along one wall and enjoys an ensuite shower room. The other three bedrooms are all good sized double bedrooms and have built-in wardrobes. The family bathroom has a separate bath and shower. Gas fired central heating and double glazed windows. The house is only a short stroll from the centre of Helensburgh and perfectly placed for a wide selection of amenities that can be found in the town. Craigendoran and Helensburgh Central train stations are within easy reach and offer services to Glasgow and Edinburgh and Helensburgh Upper train station (which is on the West Highland Line) provides direct sleeper services to London. There are excellent primary and secondary schools in Helensburgh with private schooling found at Lomond School. There is a wide selection of shops and supermarkets nearby, including the large Morrisons store which is adjacent to Hermitage Academy. The town has a great deal to offer when it comes to leisure facilities, with sports and leisure clubs, great sailing on the Firth of Clyde and the Gare Loch and with world renowned golf courses to be found on the shores of nearby Loch Lomond which is only a ten to fifteen minute drive away. Loch Lomond Golf Club and the Carrick Golf Club and Spa are found here along with Cameron House Hotel. The town also boasts excellent restaurants and bars along with a cinema. Helensburgh is considered a fantastic commuter town with Glasgow accessible by regular train services in forty five minutes and the same by car. The International Airport is accessed in forty minutes via the Erskine Bridge. EPC: Band C.
