Asking price
£485,000
3 bedroom detached house for sale
High Street, Saffron Walden, CB10
- Three-Bedroom Detached Period Cottage
- Dating Back to Pre-1900, but not a Listed Building
- A Good-Sized Plot
- Scope to Extend STPP
- Off Street Parking
- Desirable Rural Village Location
- EPC Band F & Council Tax Band D
Key facts
Property description
Three-Bedroom Detached Period Cottage
A fantastic three-bedroom detached period cottage dating back to pre-1900, combining an abundance of character and charm with well-proportioned, versatile accommodation and excellent potential for the future. Importantly, the property is not listed, offering greater flexibility for future improvements or extension, subject to the necessary planning permissions.
The ground floor provides a welcoming reception room, a useful additional snug/study which would be ideal for working from home, and a particularly good-sized kitchen/breakfast room with space for dining. Upstairs are three genuinely well-proportioned bedrooms, a family bathroom and useful eaves storage.
Outside, the property occupies a good-sized plot, with ample off-street parking to the front and a fantastic-sized rear garden, providing plenty of space for entertaining, children and keen gardeners. There is also scope to consider further improvements or enlargement in the future, subject to planning.
Hempstead is a desirable rural village situated just a short distance from Saffron Walden, offering a peaceful setting while remaining convenient for the town's excellent schools, shops, leisure facilities and everyday amenities. The location is also well placed for Cambridge and the M11, while nearby Audley End railway station provides regular services towards Cambridge and London Liverpool Street, making this an excellent choice for commuters.
A characterful and versatile detached cottage offering genuine bedroom space, excellent outside space, parking and exciting potential for the future, all within easy reach of Saffron Walden and Cambridge.
EPC Band F & Council Tax Band D
Important information for potential purchasers
We endeavour to make our particulars accurate and reliable, however, they do not constitute or form part of an offer or any contract and none is to be relied upon as statements of representation or fact. The services, systems and appliances listed in this specification have not been tested by us and no guarantee as to their operating ability or efficiency is given. All photographs and measurements have been taken as a guide only and are not precise. Floor plans where included are not to scale and accuracy is not guaranteed. If you require clarification or further information on any points, please contact us, especially if you are travelling some distance to view. Fixtures and fittings other than those mentioned are to be agreed with the seller.
Buyers information
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Floorplan
EPC
Energy Efficiency Rating
Very energy efficient - lower running costs
Not energy efficient - higher running costs
Current
30Potential
64CO2 Rating
Very energy efficient - lower running costs
Not energy efficient - higher running costs
Current
N/APotential
N/A
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