- Waddesdon School Catchment +
- 95 ft garden backing onto countryside +
- Stunning views +
- 1940s house +
- Scope for extension and updating +
- Downstairs shower room and upstairs bathroom +
- Edge of the village location +
DESCRIPTION
Oaktree Cottages, comprising a row of 8 semi-detached houses built in the late 1940s, is set back from Main Street on the Aylesbury side of this rural village. Typical for houses of that time the house features solid internal walls throughout, and significantly, no other dwelling can be seen when looking out of the front or the back windows.
The large garden backs onto working fields and beyond the fields are Grendon woods which provide a picturesque backdrop and beautiful outlook. Due to the configuration of the house and size of the garden, the house is suited to single or double storey extension at the rear, subject to planning permission and this is something that several homes in the row have already taken advantage of. The front door opens to the hall and on your left is a shower room with a wc and wash basin. The kitchen/dining room has cream units and wood worktops incorporating a one and a half bowl sink and spaces are provided for a cooker/oven, a washing machine and a dishwasher. Attached to the kitchen are the boiler room and opposite a useful storage room which some have converted into utility rooms. The spacious sitting room runs the depth of the property and has a dual aspect and an open brick fireplace.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, two doubles and a good single, both double with built in wardrobes. The bathroom contains a white suite and over the bath is a hand held shower. The loft is part boarded.
OUTSIDE To the front of the house is a very pleasant garden and although there is ample shared parking off the road many of the other Oak Tree Cottage residents have converted their frontage into driveways.
The back garden can be accessed via the gated side entrance or the boiler/store rooms. Some slabs have been laid to provide a patio and then it is mainly lawn stretching to just under 100ft. There are planted flower shrub and flower beds and central is a superb silver birch tree.
Three timber sheds are situated in the garden.
Previously mentioned is the outstanding view, it is quite stunning.
COUNCIL TAX Band C 1,988.04
LOCATION
Grendon Underwood is approximately nine miles west of Aylesbury between the Roman road of Akerman Street and Bernwode Forest, from which it derives its name. Grendon Underwood offers a pleasant and convenient location ideal for family living with a history dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, many attractive thatched cottages and noted buildings can be seen in the village today, including the 12th century church of St Leonard and the former Ship Inn now Shakespeare House where William Shakespeare is said to have penned A Midsummer Nights Dream. The village has a general store with post office, a Public House, a sports field and play area, and there are great walks on the doorstep to Grendon Woods.
The surrounding market towns and villages provide a wealth of historical and interesting places to visit including Waddesdon Manor, Claydon House and Quainton Steam Railway. Extensive shopping facilities are situated at Bicester and Aylesbury with Oxford and Milton Keynes slightly further afield.
The A41 provides easy access into Aylesbury, Bicester and the M40 network. Rail connections are fast and convenient on the Chiltern Turbo reaching London Marylebone in under an hour from Aylesbury. The Bicester stations connect to Oxford and Birmingham and London is also under an hour. Services to Euston are available from Cheddington and Leighton Buzzard. The Aylesbury line has been extended to Aylesbury Vale Parkway station which provides a frequent service to Marylebone from Fleet Marston.
EDUCATION
Preparatory schools at Ashfold, Swanbourne and Oxford.
Village Primary School at Grendon Underwood
Waddesdon Secondary School.
Public schools at Stowe, Berkhamsted and Oxford.
Grammar Schools at Aylesbury.
SERVICES
Mains water, drainage and electricity. Oil fired central heating.
VIEWING
Strictly via the vendors agent W Humphries Ltd