House For Sale £950,000
A detached home set on a corner plot in a quiet residential cul-de-sac in Lower Shiplake. Featuring generous accommodation, 4 double bedrooms and presenting an excellent opportunity to modernise and extend STPP. Generous front and rear gardens. Parking.
Accommodation
26 Badgers Walk is a detached family home built in the 1970s set on a corner plot in a quiet residential cul-de-sac in the popular village of Lower Shiplake, close to the village's outstanding amenities and just a few miles from Henley-on-Thames. Featuring generous accommodation, 4 double bedrooms and presenting an excellent opportunity to modernise and extend subject to planning permission (STPP). Set in a generous front and rear garden, with off-road parking for 2 cars, a car-port and an attached single garage.
A brick-paved walkway leads up under the substantial porch to the part-glazed UPVC front door. The door opens into the entrance hallway. Ahead to a cloakroom, with w.c. And wash hand basin. Around to an under-stairs cupboard and a useful hanging space.
The large carpeted sitting room is a bright and spacious room with a notable full-height picture window to the front, gas fire with marble surround, and is open to the dining area which benefits from further dual-aspect windows.
Glazed internal double doors lead to another generous reception room, currently in use as a playroom. This room is carpeted, with windows and a glass door to the patio, and with a serving hatch to the kitchen.
The kitchen has a rear aspect and features windows and a glazed door out to the garden. The room has traditional wall and base units, tiled flooring, a 1 1/2 bowl sink, integrated dishwasher, a cupboard housing the gas boiler, a Bosch 4-ring induction hob, a Neff double oven with a separate microwave, space for a fridge and freezer, and space for a washing machine and a tumble dryer. From the kitchen, a useful internal door leads to the car-port to the front, and to the single garage.
Up the wooden stairs with a large picture window overlooking the side aspect. This adds outstanding natural light to both floors.
Bedroom 1 is a large carpeted double with fitted wardrobes and drawers, and a large window overlooking the front garden.
Bedroom 2 is a bright space in use as a study, is carpeted with dual aspect windows to the front and side, and has an attached shower and wash hand basin en suite through saloon doors.
Bedroom 3 is a carpeted double bedroom with a window over the rear garden.
Bedroom 4 is a small carpeted double bedroom, with fitted wardrobes and a window.
The family bathroom comprises a panelled bath with a shower over, w.c., wash hand basin, and a window.
The landing has an airing cupboard and provides access to the loft hatch.
Outside
The property has off-road parking for 2 cars, a car-port and a garage. The front garden is a large space, laid to lawn and with mature trees. It is enclosed by a picket fence and around to the side. The rear garden is enclosed by brick wall and fencing, with a patio, lawn, mature shrubs, a pergola with mature climbers and a greenhouse.
Location
Living in Lower Shiplake
The village of Lower Shiplake is a hugely desirable Thameside village a short drive from Henley-on-Thames, boasting river access and popular amenities including a railway station, village shop, a vibrant butchers shop and a popular village school. The local pub is the Baskerville Arms, a destination pub/restaurant popular with locals and visitors alike. Orwells Restaurant, which appears in the Michelin guide, is also within walking distance.
There is a playground a short walk from the house, and there are many activities on the doorstep such as an active lawn tennis club in the village, cycling, walking, including walks along the Thames Path and bridleways providing horse riding in the surrounding countryside. Henley Golf Club is located in Harpsden.
There are good transport links. Shiplake railway station is just a short walk from the house, connecting to the high-speed rail network via a branch line to Twyford. Paddington approx 60 minutes with the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) linking to The City. There are regular buses to Reading, which is approximately 7 miles away and has an excellent mainline station with trains into London, and to the north and west of England.
Henley - 3 miles
Reading - 6 miles
Maidenhead M4 Junction 8/9 - 12 miles
London Heathrow - 25 miles
London West End - 40 miles
Schools
Shiplake Primary School (Ofsted Good).
Gillotts School in Henley for secondary school, and Henley College for the sixth form.
Prep schools include Rupert House School and St Mary's School, both in Henley.
Private schools include Shiplake College, Reading Blue Coat, The Oratory at Woodcote, Kendrick School, The Abbey and Queen Anne's Caversham, and are easily accessible. Buses also run from Shiplake to the Abingdon Schools including St Helen and St Katharine and Abingdon Boys.
Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council
Council Tax Band: F
Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Accommodation
26 Badgers Walk is a detached family home built in the 1970s set on a corner plot in a quiet residential cul-de-sac in the popular village of Lower Shiplake, close to the village's outstanding amenities and just a few miles from Henley-on-Thames. Featuring generous accommodation, 4 double bedrooms and presenting an excellent opportunity to modernise and extend subject to planning permission (STPP). Set in a generous front and rear garden, with off-road parking for 2 cars, a car-port and an attached single garage.
A brick-paved walkway leads up under the substantial porch to the part-glazed UPVC front door. The door opens into the entrance hallway. Ahead to a cloakroom, with w.c. And wash hand basin. Around to an under-stairs cupboard and a useful hanging space.
The large carpeted sitting room is a bright and spacious room with a notable full-height picture window to the front, gas fire with marble surround, and is open to the dining area which benefits from further dual-aspect windows.
Glazed internal double doors lead to another generous reception room, currently in use as a playroom. This room is carpeted, with windows and a glass door to the patio, and with a serving hatch to the kitchen.
The kitchen has a rear aspect and features windows and a glazed door out to the garden. The room has traditional wall and base units, tiled flooring, a 1 1/2 bowl sink, integrated dishwasher, a cupboard housing the gas boiler, a Bosch 4-ring induction hob, a Neff double oven with a separate microwave, space for a fridge and freezer, and space for a washing machine and a tumble dryer. From the kitchen, a useful internal door leads to the car-port to the front, and to the single garage.
Up the wooden stairs with a large picture window overlooking the side aspect. This adds outstanding natural light to both floors.
Bedroom 1 is a large carpeted double with fitted wardrobes and drawers, and a large window overlooking the front garden.
Bedroom 2 is a bright space in use as a study, is carpeted with dual aspect windows to the front and side, and has an attached shower and wash hand basin en suite through saloon doors.
Bedroom 3 is a carpeted double bedroom with a window over the rear garden.
Bedroom 4 is a small carpeted double bedroom, with fitted wardrobes and a window.
The family bathroom comprises a panelled bath with a shower over, w.c., wash hand basin, and a window.
The landing has an airing cupboard and provides access to the loft hatch.
Outside
The property has off-road parking for 2 cars, a car-port and a garage. The front garden is a large space, laid to lawn and with mature trees. It is enclosed by a picket fence and around to the side. The rear garden is enclosed by brick wall and fencing, with a patio, lawn, mature shrubs, a pergola with mature climbers and a greenhouse.
Location
Living in Lower Shiplake
The village of Lower Shiplake is a hugely desirable Thameside village a short drive from Henley-on-Thames, boasting river access and popular amenities including a railway station, village shop, a vibrant butchers shop and a popular village school. The local pub is the Baskerville Arms, a destination pub/restaurant popular with locals and visitors alike. Orwells Restaurant, which appears in the Michelin guide, is also within walking distance.
There is a playground a short walk from the house, and there are many activities on the doorstep such as an active lawn tennis club in the village, cycling, walking, including walks along the Thames Path and bridleways providing horse riding in the surrounding countryside. Henley Golf Club is located in Harpsden.
There are good transport links. Shiplake railway station is just a short walk from the house, connecting to the high-speed rail network via a branch line to Twyford. Paddington approx 60 minutes with the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) linking to The City. There are regular buses to Reading, which is approximately 7 miles away and has an excellent mainline station with trains into London, and to the north and west of England.
Henley - 3 miles
Reading - 6 miles
Maidenhead M4 Junction 8/9 - 12 miles
London Heathrow - 25 miles
London West End - 40 miles
Schools
Shiplake Primary School (Ofsted Good).
Gillotts School in Henley for secondary school, and Henley College for the sixth form.
Prep schools include Rupert House School and St Mary's School, both in Henley.
Private schools include Shiplake College, Reading Blue Coat, The Oratory at Woodcote, Kendrick School, The Abbey and Queen Anne's Caversham, and are easily accessible. Buses also run from Shiplake to the Abingdon Schools including St Helen and St Katharine and Abingdon Boys.
Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: South Oxfordshire District Council
Council Tax Band: F
Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
