Price changed to £325,000
September 25, 2024
Listed for £350,000
July 23, 2024
Sold for £220,000
2015
Extended & much improved 4 bedroom family home on a large corner plot in a highly sought after location, close to schools & town centre amenities with easy access to Leicester city centre and motorways.
Summary - .
Standing on a wide plot with a large block-paved driveway to the side providing parking for several vehicles and access to a good sized single garage, 54 Mere Road has wrap-around gardens to 3 sides and has been skilfully extended with a full width extension to the rear and a loft to create a very spacious 4 bedroom family home boasting in excess of 135m2.
This extremely spacious family home would benefit from some redecoration and modernisation but has Gas Central Heating and uPVC double glazing and is very conveniently located for the town centres of both Wigston and Oadby, in walking distance of schools and leisure facilities, and has direct access to Leicester City Centre.
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The Entrance hall is entered from the side and briefly comprises:
Hall with downstairs wc, stairs rising to the first floor and doors into the ground floor rooms. A spacious lounge opening into the dining room/family area and a huge living dining kitchen with views of the rear garden.
On the first floor there are 3 very good sized, well-proportioned bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate wc. A second staircase rises to a large converted loft bedroom with roof windows and a dormer to the side.
The Accommodation - .
Enjoying an excellent position on the highly sought-after Mere Road development, this extended and improved property is ideal for a larger family requiring more space with access to schools and local facilities. Although the house would benefit from a little upgrading, it represents an excellent opportunity to acquire a larger than average family home in a great location.
The front door to the side of the house leads into the spacious entrance hall with doors leading into the ground floor rooms, a ground floor wc with a toilet and sink, and a dog-leg staircase rising to the first floor.
Originally 2 separate rooms, the lounge and dining room have been combined by the removal of the dividing wall to create a large “L” shaped living space the full width of the house to the front with a feature fireplace and 2 large windows overlooking the front garden.
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The kitchen benefits from a large, full width extension to the rear making a large living, dining kitchen. The kitchen area has been fitted with a range of base and wall units, space for appliances, a stainless steel sink and drainer and a window overlooking the rear garden. An external door leads onto the drive and there is ample space for living and dining furniture. This room has great scope to be re-fitted and re-ordered.
Upstairs off the landing bedroom1 is a large double room with a walk-in cupboard and a window overlooking the front. Bedrooms 3 and 4 are smaller double bedrooms with bedroom 3 overlooking the front and bedroom 4 with a walk-in cupboard having a window to the rear.
There is a family bathroom with a “P” shaped bath with a glass screen and a shower over and a vanity unit with a wash hand basin. There is also a first floor wc.
A second staircase rises up to the second floor bedroom/guest room. A large room measuring in excess of 20ft in length with roof windows to the front and rear, and a dormer window to the side.
Whilst there is some areas of limited headroom this represents a very useful space used by the current owners as a bedroom.
Outside - .
The gardens are a very interesting and important feature of the property. Set behind a brick wall, the frontage has been gravelled with mature shrubbery borders. With the main garden area to the side, timber gates open onto a large block paved driveway with space for several vehicles and providing access to the large single garage. The garden area sweeps from the side to the rear with a number of patio area, shaped lawns and mature well-stocked borders providing a high level of privacy.
The Area - .
Forming part of the Borough of Oadby & Wigston, The popular town of Wigston Magna lies 5 miles south of Leicester city centre. With Knighton forming the northern border and Oadby to the east, the A5199 leaves Wigston to the south providing access to some of the county's most delightful countryside with a number of charming villages nearby. By the middle ages, the village of Wichingstone had become known as Wigston Two Steeples or Two Spires as it was unusually, the home of 2 spired churches known today as All Saints & St. Wistans.
The village has grown into a thriving town in recent years with a number of housing developments spreading in all directions around the busy town centre. With a selection of day to day facilities, public houses and restaurants, the town centre has a good selection of shops..
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A number of primary schools around the towns residential areas feed primarily into The Wigston Academy for children aged 11 and upwards. Glenmere Primary School, The Wigston Academy and Wigston College are all within walking distance of Mere Road.
Local leisure facilities include: Wigston pool and fitness centre, Parklands Leisure Centre, Brocks Hill Countryside Park, The Leicester Race Course and nearby Knighton Park as well as a number of golf courses.
Wigston remains popular today with local buyers and those from further afield, due in part to its proximity to Leicester city centre, its professional quarter, hospitals, universities and railway station which is approx. 1 hour from London St. Pancras; its easy access to the motorway network and Fosse retail park via the nearby Outer ring road.
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