Detached house for sale in High Street, Great Houghton, Northampton NN4

Overview

** Open House Saturday 11th May - Booking Essential ** Available for the first time in 27 years in an enviable plot with a large private garden in the heart of ever popular Great Houghton overlooking the Village Green this four-bedroom family home is well worth a look, offering much potential to improve and extend (subject to planning).

Offset from the High Street the property has a gravel drive leading to the double garage and house and has room for multiple vehicles, as the current owner says ‘great for when having parties’. There are gardens mainly laid to lawn front, side and back and the house is situated next to open Green with woods behind offering a large degree of seclusion and a low-lying brook running at this end, fed from a nearby spring.

This well-proportioned home has a kitchen, dining room, triple aspect lounge, large study area, ground floor toilet and a double garage on the ground floor with four bedrooms (three doubles) above, one with an en-suite and a family bathroom. The property benefits from a newly installed Worcester Bosch gas boiler.

Outside there is a good sized lawned area to the front with mature shrubbery, hedging and a wall shielding the property from the road. This leads through a gate or hedging to the side garden which has a patio and the rear is an expansive mainly lawned area surrounded by mature hedging to the side with the woods behind where the small brook divides the garden with the woods. In the corner is a wooden summer house.

White uPVC windows and doors throughout apart from hardwood front and back doors. Although in good clean condition the house offers great scope to make it a home to your specification with the possibility of extending to the side and/or back.

Great Houghton Village

Great Houghton is a very popular and well located village to the south of Northampton. Within the village there are two Public Houses, a Church of England Church (opposite this property), Village Hall with Play School, wi, a popular Children’s Dance School and Recreation Ground with tennis courts. Primary education is available at close by Little Houghton CE Primary School -with Playgroup (Ofsted ‘Good’) with Secondary education at Wollaston Co-Educational County School (Good).

Local amenities.

There is a bus services to Northampton town centre. The A43 is 3 minutes drive, the M1 motorway 10 minutes, Northampton Town Centre is a 10 minute drive, Northampton Hospital 5 minutes drive and the nearest supermarket is Waitrose which is 8 minutes drive away and the Shopping Centre and Tesco Extra at Weston Favell 9 minutes drive away. Riverside out of town shopping area 6 minutes drive away. Mainline rail access from Northampton to London Euston and Birmingham New Street from Northampton Station 15 minutes away by car.

Council Tax Band: E – Northampton Local Authority
Council tax band: E

Living Room (6.35m x 4.15m)

Triple aspect with sliding doors to the garden, access from the hallway. Window to the front door and drive and windows to the side including a bay window overlooking the front garden. Carpeted. Plaster coving and wall lights. Covered radiator, radiator to the bay area.

Dining Room (4.07m x 3.61m)

With door leading to the kitchen the dining room has bi-fold doors leading to the garden as well as to the hall and could be knocked through to create larger kitchen/diner. Laminate flooring. Wall lights.

Kitchen (4.07m x 2.82m)

Kitchen. With views into the rear garden the kitchen has a range of neutral coloured shaker style units to the floor and walls with a floor to ceiling cupboard and solid beech work surfaces. There is a stainless steel 1.5 sink unit below the window with tap, built in oven and grill and seperate electric hob. There is space for a free standing fridge and freezer. White tiles to the walls and white with black inserts to the floor. Wooden panelling to the ceiling. Below counter spaces for freestanding appliances. Radiator. Hallway leads to downstairs cloakroom and rear door to garage and garden.

Office (2.67m x 4.65m)

The study area is an extension to the original property and slots between the double garage and the original property. Currently use a s a study/library the room could be used as a playroom, snug or dining area. Windows to the front and back. Characterful open fireplace and pine wood surround and tiled hearth. Built in bookshelves and cupboard. Sought after hardwood parquet flooring which extends into the hall area.

Cloakroom

Toilet and corner basin, radiator with cover, ties to floor and walls. Window to rear.

Master Bedroom (3.93m x 4.33m)

Windows to the side and overlooking the village and to the front overlooking the Church opposite. Wallpapered with coving with a stopped pine flooring. Room for wardrobes (currently freestanding).

Bedroom Two (3.93m x 3.05m)

Room for two singles or a double bed. Views overlooking the Green and village beyond. Carpeted, wall lights, built in wardrobes behind the door, access to attic.

Bedroom Three With Ensuite (3.93m x 4.64m)

Overlooking the back garden the bedroom incorporates a shower ensuite with stands alone single shower and basin. Currently a single but a double might be possible.

Bedroom Four (2.27m x 3.43m)

Bedroom at the front with window to teh side, Carpeted

Bathroom (2.27m x 2.04m)

Three piece suite - toilet, sink, bath with hand held shower attachment . Overlooks the back garden. White tiled walls, vinyl flooring. Towel radiator.