House For Sale £750,000
You’ll find this four-bedroomed, three-bathroom detached home set in an acre of mature gardens and woodland on a leafy avenue in Bushby, just a short journey from Leicester City Centre.
Built in 1913 as a bungalow, the house has been loved and lived in by the present owners for 43 years. It has been beautifully extended and improved during this time, especially since 2011. The home’s traditional style pairs perfectly with the neutral décor and carpets throughout, while a new roof and boiler ensure a warm welcome.
Step Inside
Sweeping onto a hardstanding driveway flanked by mature hedging and lawn, you’ll notice the home’s charming cottage-style appearance, completed by a paved pathway fringing the exterior and a sweet gabled porch beside the detached garage.
Step through the part-glazed front door into a bright and spacious hallway with a high ceiling and wooden flooring. Connecting to two lovely receptions, a study, and the kitchen, the hallway creates an easy flow that works well for families.
Relax and Entertain
The first door on your right reveals a pleasant study featuring a built-in white bookcase with panelled cupboards beneath. With casement windows to the front and side aspects, it would also make a lovely snug or home gym if preferred.
The next door along opens into an elegant living room warmed by an attractive red-brick fireplace and wood-burner – perfect for cuddling up on cold winter days. Meanwhile, a large picture window and double sliding doors illuminate the delicate cream and white décor and draw the garden’s serenity inside.
This room also features a low in-built TV cabinet with useful storage, while wall up-lights and a chandelier fitting highlight the coved ceiling. Across the hallway in the dining room, there’s ample space for family occasions or dinner parties with friends. A recessed window overlooks the front garden and a convenient secondary door opens into the rear kitchen.
Sugar & Spice
The kitchen’s generous set-up offers lots of room for culinary creativeness – and savouring the results while enjoying a fabulous garden view through the double sliding doors. Dual-aspect windows and recessed spotlights further illuminate white wood-topped shaker-style cabinetry that echoes the in-built storage elsewhere.
You’ll also find an integrated AEG double oven and Neff microwave and a peninsular unit with storage, a granite worktop, and an inset gas hob with a cleverly disguised extractor. There’s also a concealed fridge-freezer and dishwasher . Underfloor heated tiling unties the cooking and dining spaces, while the back door provides easy access to the side of the property.
Space for washing appliances can be found in the adjacent utility, alongside a range of matching cupboards and units with a granite worktop and an inset drainer sink. Continue into a cloakroom painted and tiled in pretty blue hues, where a frosted window sits above an attractive vanity basin unit. A shower enclosure and loo complete the suite.
Time to Unwind
Returning to the kitchen, ascend the white-painted turning staircase to a bright landing with two useful storage cupboards and loft access.
The master en suite lies along the landing to your right. This charming room has a part-sloped ceiling, a built-in wardrobe, and a large picture window to match the one in the en suite. Here, the contemporary tones complement a vanity unit incorporating the toilet cistern, a shower enclosure, and a chrome heated towel rail.
Another charming double, the second bedroom has a part-sloped ceiling and an entire wall of integrated panelled wardrobes and drawers with decorative handles. A double casement window faces the front of the house for a restful view of the tree-lined drive.
Bedrooms three and four face the side and rear, respectively. They both feature part-sloped ceilings, with the double offering a built-in double wardrobe and the single painted in pale blue tones.
A large part-tiled family bathroom illuminated by another fantastic picture window completes the first floor. It contains a panelled bath and a separate, fully tiled shower enclosure, a vanity basin with mirrored cabinet above, further storage, and a loo with a concealed cistern.
Step Outside
The property’s beautiful garden gently slopes down to the woodland beyond. Lush planted borders and a peppering of mature shrubs and trees for shade make this a truly delightful place for afternoon tea on the lawn.
With sliding doors opening onto it from the living room and kitchen, the split-level terrace provides generous space for al fresco dining and parties. Follow the winding pathway to the bottom of the garden, where you’ll discover a screened vegetable patch and a large greenhouse. Secluded woodland lies just beyond a wooden rail fence with a gate.
To the side of the house sits a double garage and workshop with a good-sized converted office space above. This quiet, brightly lit and cosy work area would be the perfect place to run a home-based business or set up a studio, with the convenience of an en suite shower room.
On Your Doorstep
Bushby is a village in the Harborough district just east of Leicester's city boundary. Its sister village, Thurnby, merges into it to form a civil parish sharing essential day-to-day amenities and direct access into Leicester via the A47.
Bushby and Thurnby have two Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ primary schools – Fernvale Primary and St Luke’s C of E primary school, linked to St Luke’s Church – and a large Scout and Guide group. Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester Islamic Academy, and St Crispin’s Grammar School (with the university next door) are just over ten minutes down the road.
The Rose & Crown serves the area, along with a co-op and convenience store, a medical centre and Manor Field Play Park. Within a few minutes by car, you’ll find Leicester Golf Club, Shady Lane Arboretum, and a 24h hospital.
Head into the city to explore the big brands along High Street, Humberstone Gate and Gallowtree Gate. Once a Roman forum and medieval marketplace, the historic Jubilee Square often hosts open-air cinemas and festive events, while theatres, museums, and live music venues flourish throughout the city.
Love eating out? Frequent any one of Leicester’s coffee shops, stand-out restaurants and real ale pubs, or visit the monthly farmers’ market and the tri-annual continental market to sample local and international cuisines.
Leicester's London Road railway station (c. 17 mins) will deliver you to London St Pancras International within 70 minutes.
Council Tax: F (Harborough)
EPC: D
Tenure: Freehold
Built in 1913 as a bungalow, the house has been loved and lived in by the present owners for 43 years. It has been beautifully extended and improved during this time, especially since 2011. The home’s traditional style pairs perfectly with the neutral décor and carpets throughout, while a new roof and boiler ensure a warm welcome.
Step Inside
Sweeping onto a hardstanding driveway flanked by mature hedging and lawn, you’ll notice the home’s charming cottage-style appearance, completed by a paved pathway fringing the exterior and a sweet gabled porch beside the detached garage.
Step through the part-glazed front door into a bright and spacious hallway with a high ceiling and wooden flooring. Connecting to two lovely receptions, a study, and the kitchen, the hallway creates an easy flow that works well for families.
Relax and Entertain
The first door on your right reveals a pleasant study featuring a built-in white bookcase with panelled cupboards beneath. With casement windows to the front and side aspects, it would also make a lovely snug or home gym if preferred.
The next door along opens into an elegant living room warmed by an attractive red-brick fireplace and wood-burner – perfect for cuddling up on cold winter days. Meanwhile, a large picture window and double sliding doors illuminate the delicate cream and white décor and draw the garden’s serenity inside.
This room also features a low in-built TV cabinet with useful storage, while wall up-lights and a chandelier fitting highlight the coved ceiling. Across the hallway in the dining room, there’s ample space for family occasions or dinner parties with friends. A recessed window overlooks the front garden and a convenient secondary door opens into the rear kitchen.
Sugar & Spice
The kitchen’s generous set-up offers lots of room for culinary creativeness – and savouring the results while enjoying a fabulous garden view through the double sliding doors. Dual-aspect windows and recessed spotlights further illuminate white wood-topped shaker-style cabinetry that echoes the in-built storage elsewhere.
You’ll also find an integrated AEG double oven and Neff microwave and a peninsular unit with storage, a granite worktop, and an inset gas hob with a cleverly disguised extractor. There’s also a concealed fridge-freezer and dishwasher . Underfloor heated tiling unties the cooking and dining spaces, while the back door provides easy access to the side of the property.
Space for washing appliances can be found in the adjacent utility, alongside a range of matching cupboards and units with a granite worktop and an inset drainer sink. Continue into a cloakroom painted and tiled in pretty blue hues, where a frosted window sits above an attractive vanity basin unit. A shower enclosure and loo complete the suite.
Time to Unwind
Returning to the kitchen, ascend the white-painted turning staircase to a bright landing with two useful storage cupboards and loft access.
The master en suite lies along the landing to your right. This charming room has a part-sloped ceiling, a built-in wardrobe, and a large picture window to match the one in the en suite. Here, the contemporary tones complement a vanity unit incorporating the toilet cistern, a shower enclosure, and a chrome heated towel rail.
Another charming double, the second bedroom has a part-sloped ceiling and an entire wall of integrated panelled wardrobes and drawers with decorative handles. A double casement window faces the front of the house for a restful view of the tree-lined drive.
Bedrooms three and four face the side and rear, respectively. They both feature part-sloped ceilings, with the double offering a built-in double wardrobe and the single painted in pale blue tones.
A large part-tiled family bathroom illuminated by another fantastic picture window completes the first floor. It contains a panelled bath and a separate, fully tiled shower enclosure, a vanity basin with mirrored cabinet above, further storage, and a loo with a concealed cistern.
Step Outside
The property’s beautiful garden gently slopes down to the woodland beyond. Lush planted borders and a peppering of mature shrubs and trees for shade make this a truly delightful place for afternoon tea on the lawn.
With sliding doors opening onto it from the living room and kitchen, the split-level terrace provides generous space for al fresco dining and parties. Follow the winding pathway to the bottom of the garden, where you’ll discover a screened vegetable patch and a large greenhouse. Secluded woodland lies just beyond a wooden rail fence with a gate.
To the side of the house sits a double garage and workshop with a good-sized converted office space above. This quiet, brightly lit and cosy work area would be the perfect place to run a home-based business or set up a studio, with the convenience of an en suite shower room.
On Your Doorstep
Bushby is a village in the Harborough district just east of Leicester's city boundary. Its sister village, Thurnby, merges into it to form a civil parish sharing essential day-to-day amenities and direct access into Leicester via the A47.
Bushby and Thurnby have two Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ primary schools – Fernvale Primary and St Luke’s C of E primary school, linked to St Luke’s Church – and a large Scout and Guide group. Leicester High School for Girls, Leicester Islamic Academy, and St Crispin’s Grammar School (with the university next door) are just over ten minutes down the road.
The Rose & Crown serves the area, along with a co-op and convenience store, a medical centre and Manor Field Play Park. Within a few minutes by car, you’ll find Leicester Golf Club, Shady Lane Arboretum, and a 24h hospital.
Head into the city to explore the big brands along High Street, Humberstone Gate and Gallowtree Gate. Once a Roman forum and medieval marketplace, the historic Jubilee Square often hosts open-air cinemas and festive events, while theatres, museums, and live music venues flourish throughout the city.
Love eating out? Frequent any one of Leicester’s coffee shops, stand-out restaurants and real ale pubs, or visit the monthly farmers’ market and the tri-annual continental market to sample local and international cuisines.
Leicester's London Road railway station (c. 17 mins) will deliver you to London St Pancras International within 70 minutes.
Council Tax: F (Harborough)
EPC: D
Tenure: Freehold
