Price changed to £385,000
November 8, 2024
Listed for £399,950
July 18, 2024
Sold for £240,000
2017
Sold for £140,000
2008
A quaint, extended cottage with a traditional feel has been recently refurbished to an extremely high standard now providing an immaculate, well appointed, light and airy home. Currently with 2 bedrooms and a shower room, planning permission has been granted to create a further 2 bedrooms, one en suite, upstairs. The ground floor has 3 good-sized reception rooms, a hall, WC and a kitchen which leads via French doors into a lovely dining room with further doors onto the beautifully landscaped, sunny garden.
The leafy location is perfect for accessing all you might need on foot whether schools, shops, surgeries, sports facilities and green spaces whilst the heart of the historic city is only a ten minute drive.
• A beautifully refurbished, light and airy, extended cottage
• New, Heritage-style uPvc, double-glazed windows throughout
• Top quality fixtures and fittings
• Original, renovated, herringbone parquet floors in hall and living room
• Solid hardwood bamboo flooring in kitchen and dining room
• All internal doors oak with brass fittings and beehive knobs
• Recently installed combi boiler under 10 year guarantee
• 2 bedrooms, one with bespoke wardrobes in dressing area
• New Brockway hardwick wool carpet fitted in principal bedroom
• Porcelain-tiled shower room with large shower and underfloor heating
• Bespoke fitted kitchen with quartz worktops, splashbacks and sills
• All Siemens integrated kitchen appliances including washing machine
• French doors from kitchen into dining room
• Dual aspect dining room with vaulted ceiling, French doors to garden
• Dual aspect living room with feature fireplace fitted by Ignite Fires
• Triple aspect study/playroom with French doors onto rear courtyard
• Entrance hall with downstairs WC
• High-speed fibre internet
• Contained, sunny, secluded, wraparound garden recently landscaped
• Porcelain patio with lavender border; Japanese-style gravelled areas
• Rear courtyard garden with garden shed and gated pathway to drive
• Newly laid, Sorrento-blocked drive with mature flowering shrubs
Location
Although the property is on the main road it is on a corner well set back behind thick evergreen hedging with the entrance in Doddington Avenue. A primary and secondary school are within easy reach and Ruston Sports & Social Club and Lincolnshire County Cricket Club within an easy walk. A children’s playground is nearby, so too a Fun Farm leisure facility.
About a 10 minute drive takes you into the very heart of the vibrant city which has a rich and interesting history. During the Roman era Lincoln was known as 'Lindum Colonia' developed from an Iron Age Settlement on the River Witham. The two most notable attractions are the spectacular 11th century Cathedral and the Castle close to Bailgate Court in the city's cultural Cathedral Quarter. Lincoln has two universities, the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste, and the city is full of a diverse range of shopping.
The Bailgate is the Uphill section of Lincoln where you can enjoy walking around the castle gardens and cathedral, and the popular Bailgate shopping area – quirky streets full of specialist shops including boutiques, antique shops, crafts, book and gift shops, not to mention tea rooms and restaurants. These quaint shops are surrounded by the remains of medieval Lincoln, black timber-framed buildings and even some hidden Romans remains. Enjoy regular artists’ and farmers’ markets in the Castle Square as well as the annual Christmas Market. It also has the Usher Art Gallery and The Collection Museum slightly further down the hill.
Schools
There is a wide choice of schools in the vicinity. The Priory Witham Academy is a mixed, non-selective state school providing education for pupils ranging from age 3 up to 18 in the sixth form. It is rated Good by Ofsted and less than a mile or a 3 minute drive from the property. North Hykeham All Saints C of E Primary (2 miles) is also rated Good. Other popular options for secondary education include The Priory LSST Academy (2.5 miles), North Kesteven Academy (1.8 miles), and Sir Robert Pattinson’s Academy (1.9 miles). Swallow’s Nest Pre-School and Nutwood Children’s Day Nursery are very close by. In the private sector, the highly regarded Lincoln Minster Schools (Prep and Senior) are about a 10 minute drive in the centre of the city.
Seller Insights
“We were attracted to the property because it is quite unique to the area. Thought to be built in the 30s, it has a quirky cottagey look and although we are in a city, we are surrounded by nice, individual properties and it is quite a green area; we overlook trees opposite and we have thick, quite high red robin and laurel hedges along the boundary with the roads. The house is well set back in a corner and our entrance is in Doddington Avenue, a cul de sac. The single-storey wings were added at different times, the left-hand one quite a long time ago and the right-hand one in 2006.”
“With the house being of a good age the walls are thick and the ceilings downstairs are high giving a good sense of space. Combined with all new modern windows with the latest specifications for the double-glazing, not only is it very warm but also incredibly quiet inside.”
“The open fire is a striking centrepiece to the living room with its classic stone surround, herringbone brick in the recess, and a granite hearth all restored and installed by Ignite Fires in Welton.”
“All the renovation work we have done has been very carefully considered using the best quality materials and finishes, deliberating over every little detail. For instance, there is soft LED lighting above the coving in the vaulted ceiling of the dining room. Also, we introduced an archway from the main bedroom into the dressing area. The newly fitted ‘His and Hers’ wardrobes and storage are bespoke, painted solid timber. They are perfectly divided for well organised storage with hanging space, shelving and room for shoes; the open shelving is lit from within. Three dimmer switches either side of the bed mean you can conveniently control all the lights in the room with ease.”
“All the kitchen integrated appliances are Siemens which include a fridge freezer, a 5-burner gas hob with the central one for a wok, a slimline dishwasher, a main eye-level oven with warming drawer below and combi microwave with grill above, and an integrated washing machine.”
“Planning permission was granted in the autumn 2023 to extend upwards either side to provide 2 more bedrooms, one en suite. Even if you just added one of the bedrooms, say above the dining room which allows for the en suite, it would then become a very nice 3 bedroom house. All the plans and renderings are available to see.”
“Use of the rooms is very versatile. The smaller bedroom upstairs will take a standard double bed if required. Downstairs, the study is a lovely, triple aspect room that opens through French doors onto the rear courtyard which, like the rest of the garden, captures the sun most of the day. If not used as an office, it could be a playroom or even a studio for hobbies, yoga, gym or some kind of business (with the correct consents).”
“We have completely landscaped the garden laying a porcelain-paved patio whilst introducing a Japanese flavour with circular granite stepping stones curving through raked gravel areas. The fencing is all new, as is the driveway, the entrance of which we widened lowering the kerbstones and putting down new tarmac and Sorrento-block paving.”
“It’s a great place to live with an M&S Food Hall, a Sainsbury’s (Argos within), an Aldi and an Elite Fish & Chip Shop all within a 5 minute walk. Also by foot, the Newark Road Surgery is about 10 minutes and an excellent pub serving food, The Swan Holme, is about 15 minutes. Swallow’s Nest pre-school nursery, a church and a post box are just over the road.”
Services: Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage; gas central heating (underfloor in bathroom)
Local Authority: Lincoln City Council
Council Tax Band: C
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating C
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