House For Sale £185,000
FOR SALE BY AUCTION ON WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2023 AT 11.00AM - SALE VIA A LIVE STREAMED AUCTION
GUIDE PRICE: £185,000 TO £195,000
VIEWINGS - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - SATURDAY 12TH, 19TH, 26TH AUGUST AND 2ND SEPT 12.30PM TO 1.00PM
This delightful detached early 19th Century period stone cottage carries a date stone of 1835 and stands in the heart of one of the most sought after picturesque villages along the Nene Valley in East Northants. The two bedroomed accommodation includes a bathroom on the first floor, lounge, dining room, kitchen, utility room and WC on the ground floor. The property is in need of modernisation and refurbishment and a structural survey detailing works required is available for inspection with the legal pack. The property stands in an elevated position with off road parking and garage as well as private gardens to the side and rear.
Accommodation -
Ground Floor -
Entrance Hall - 2.03m x 0.91m (6'8 x 3'0) - Approached through a glazed porch area with composite front door there is a fitted cloaks cupboard and a glazed internal door giving access to: -
Dining Room - 3.89m x 3.12m (12'9 x 10'3) - With oak style stripped flooring beneath a beamed ceiling this room has a two casement window to the front elevation with window seat, a feature stone fireplace, dresser style shelving to one wall and doors giving access to:-
Living Room - 4.57m x 3.81m (15'0 x 12'6) - With a central ceiling beam and open hearth stone fireplace with oak mantle there is a PVCU window with window seat to the front elevation and a PVCU double glazed door opening to the rear terrace. This room contains the stairs rising to the first floor.
Kitchen - 4.11m x 2.16m average (13'6 x 7'1 average) - Fitted with limed oak floor and wall cabinets with laminated working surfaces including one and a half bowl sink unit and Hotpoint double oven. There is plumbing for washing machine and automatic dishwasher and the kitchen houses the Trianco oil fired boiler. There is a ceramic tiled floor and windows to front and side elevations.
Utility Room - 2.72m x 1.22m (8'11 x 4'0) - Standing within an extension to the rear of the property believed to have been completed in the late 1970's there are further fitted units incorporating a circular stainless steel sink beneath a window to the rear elevation, space for fridge/freezer and with an exposed stone feature wall. A door opens to:-
Cloakroom - 1.22m x 1.19m (4'0 x 3'11) - With a Roca white suite of WC and bracket wash basin and also with exposed stone feature wall.
First Floor -
Landing - 7.62m x 1.24m (25'0 x 4'1) - Stretching along the rear of the property with two deep sill windows to the rear elevation, exposed timbers and a stone feature wall at the far end. Ledged doors open to:-
Bedroom One - 4.34m x 2.67m minimum (14'3 x 8'9 minimum ) - With a range of fitted wardrobes to one wall there is a roof void access hatch and there are two deep sill windows to the front elevation.
Bedroom Two - 2.95m x 2.90m (9'8 x 9'6) - With a timber clad ceiling and a boxed beam this room also have a built in wardrobe with sliding door and a two casement window to the front elevation. There is a shelved alcove recess.
Bathroom - 3.07m x 3.00m maximum (10'1 x 9'10 maximum ) - An L shaped room with a white suite of panelled bath, pedestal wash basin and WC together with Triton TAT electric shower within a ceramic tiled cubicle with glazed door. There are ceramic tiled splash areas, an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and there is a window to the front elevation.
Outside - Sparkhill Cottage stands gable end onto the village lane with a tarmac drive running across the front of the cottage to a garage located at the rear.
Garage - Of timber construction with a pitched asbestos roof and with a personal door to the side.
Gardens - Standing mostly to the side and rear of the property the gardens are approached by a paved terrace standing within a block built retaining wall where there is an outside water tap and where the walls are part surmounted by wrought iron railings. At the side of the garage there is a short flight of steps leading to an upper level lawn which is bounded by close boarded fencing and which includes a timber sundeck and aluminium framed greenhouse. This area also houses the oil storage tank.
Agents Note - The property will be sold as seen and the contents within the dwelling and the garage will be left for clearance by the purchaser upon completion.
Services - Main drainage, water and electricity are believed to be connected. Central heating is through radiators from a Trianco oil fired boiler, although it is not know if the boiler is in working order.
Council Tax - North Northamptonshire Council - Band D
Price Information - *Guides are provided as an indication of each seller's minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may change at any time prior to the auction. Each property will be offered subject to a Reserve (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot sell the property during the auction) which we expect will be set within the Guide Range or no more than 10% above a single figure Guide. Additional Fees and Disbursements will charged to the buyer - see individual property details and Special Conditions of Sale for actual figures.
Buyers Administration Charge - The purchaser will be required to pay an administration charge of £1,200 (£1,000 plus VAT).
Buyers Premium Fee - The purchaser will be required to pay a buyers premium charge of £1,560 (£1,300 plus VAT).
How To Get There - Travelling north from the A6/A45 roundabaout and traffic light junction north of Rushden proceed along the A6 signposted towards Irthlingborough. At the next roundabout carry straight on along the A6 and take the first turning right signposted to Little Addington along Addington Road. Continue up the hill and out of the built up area into open countryside. This road merges into the Irthlingborough Road and upon approaching Little Addingtom take the first turning left signposted Loop Road and into Chapel Hill. Follow the road down the hill to the village green and then proceed diagonally accross the green towards Back Lane where Sparkhill Cottage is the first property on the left hand side.
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GUIDE PRICE: £185,000 TO £195,000
VIEWINGS - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - SATURDAY 12TH, 19TH, 26TH AUGUST AND 2ND SEPT 12.30PM TO 1.00PM
This delightful detached early 19th Century period stone cottage carries a date stone of 1835 and stands in the heart of one of the most sought after picturesque villages along the Nene Valley in East Northants. The two bedroomed accommodation includes a bathroom on the first floor, lounge, dining room, kitchen, utility room and WC on the ground floor. The property is in need of modernisation and refurbishment and a structural survey detailing works required is available for inspection with the legal pack. The property stands in an elevated position with off road parking and garage as well as private gardens to the side and rear.
Accommodation -
Ground Floor -
Entrance Hall - 2.03m x 0.91m (6'8 x 3'0) - Approached through a glazed porch area with composite front door there is a fitted cloaks cupboard and a glazed internal door giving access to: -
Dining Room - 3.89m x 3.12m (12'9 x 10'3) - With oak style stripped flooring beneath a beamed ceiling this room has a two casement window to the front elevation with window seat, a feature stone fireplace, dresser style shelving to one wall and doors giving access to:-
Living Room - 4.57m x 3.81m (15'0 x 12'6) - With a central ceiling beam and open hearth stone fireplace with oak mantle there is a PVCU window with window seat to the front elevation and a PVCU double glazed door opening to the rear terrace. This room contains the stairs rising to the first floor.
Kitchen - 4.11m x 2.16m average (13'6 x 7'1 average) - Fitted with limed oak floor and wall cabinets with laminated working surfaces including one and a half bowl sink unit and Hotpoint double oven. There is plumbing for washing machine and automatic dishwasher and the kitchen houses the Trianco oil fired boiler. There is a ceramic tiled floor and windows to front and side elevations.
Utility Room - 2.72m x 1.22m (8'11 x 4'0) - Standing within an extension to the rear of the property believed to have been completed in the late 1970's there are further fitted units incorporating a circular stainless steel sink beneath a window to the rear elevation, space for fridge/freezer and with an exposed stone feature wall. A door opens to:-
Cloakroom - 1.22m x 1.19m (4'0 x 3'11) - With a Roca white suite of WC and bracket wash basin and also with exposed stone feature wall.
First Floor -
Landing - 7.62m x 1.24m (25'0 x 4'1) - Stretching along the rear of the property with two deep sill windows to the rear elevation, exposed timbers and a stone feature wall at the far end. Ledged doors open to:-
Bedroom One - 4.34m x 2.67m minimum (14'3 x 8'9 minimum ) - With a range of fitted wardrobes to one wall there is a roof void access hatch and there are two deep sill windows to the front elevation.
Bedroom Two - 2.95m x 2.90m (9'8 x 9'6) - With a timber clad ceiling and a boxed beam this room also have a built in wardrobe with sliding door and a two casement window to the front elevation. There is a shelved alcove recess.
Bathroom - 3.07m x 3.00m maximum (10'1 x 9'10 maximum ) - An L shaped room with a white suite of panelled bath, pedestal wash basin and WC together with Triton TAT electric shower within a ceramic tiled cubicle with glazed door. There are ceramic tiled splash areas, an airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and there is a window to the front elevation.
Outside - Sparkhill Cottage stands gable end onto the village lane with a tarmac drive running across the front of the cottage to a garage located at the rear.
Garage - Of timber construction with a pitched asbestos roof and with a personal door to the side.
Gardens - Standing mostly to the side and rear of the property the gardens are approached by a paved terrace standing within a block built retaining wall where there is an outside water tap and where the walls are part surmounted by wrought iron railings. At the side of the garage there is a short flight of steps leading to an upper level lawn which is bounded by close boarded fencing and which includes a timber sundeck and aluminium framed greenhouse. This area also houses the oil storage tank.
Agents Note - The property will be sold as seen and the contents within the dwelling and the garage will be left for clearance by the purchaser upon completion.
Services - Main drainage, water and electricity are believed to be connected. Central heating is through radiators from a Trianco oil fired boiler, although it is not know if the boiler is in working order.
Council Tax - North Northamptonshire Council - Band D
Price Information - *Guides are provided as an indication of each seller's minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may change at any time prior to the auction. Each property will be offered subject to a Reserve (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot sell the property during the auction) which we expect will be set within the Guide Range or no more than 10% above a single figure Guide. Additional Fees and Disbursements will charged to the buyer - see individual property details and Special Conditions of Sale for actual figures.
Buyers Administration Charge - The purchaser will be required to pay an administration charge of £1,200 (£1,000 plus VAT).
Buyers Premium Fee - The purchaser will be required to pay a buyers premium charge of £1,560 (£1,300 plus VAT).
How To Get There - Travelling north from the A6/A45 roundabaout and traffic light junction north of Rushden proceed along the A6 signposted towards Irthlingborough. At the next roundabout carry straight on along the A6 and take the first turning right signposted to Little Addington along Addington Road. Continue up the hill and out of the built up area into open countryside. This road merges into the Irthlingborough Road and upon approaching Little Addingtom take the first turning left signposted Loop Road and into Chapel Hill. Follow the road down the hill to the village green and then proceed diagonally accross the green towards Back Lane where Sparkhill Cottage is the first property on the left hand side.
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