Flempton - set in former orchard, this home provides flexible two-storey accommodation ready for some updating and improvement all set in 1/3 of an acre, with double garage.
As the name suggests Orchard Cottage stands within the former orchard of Flempton House. Tucked away behind the village it provides a peaceful and private setting to enjoy the garden Orchard Cottage was converted round 1991 and has been a much-loved family home since then by the current owners, now downsizing. It offers a great opportunity for someone to put their own mark on it and perhaps carry out some work to update the accommodation. Briefly it comprises
HALL – with double coat cupboard with storage above.
CLOAKROOM –WC and wash basin,
INNER HALL – with walk-in storage and laundry cupboard fitted with shelving and plumbing for washing machine.
SITTING ROOM – with red brick fireplace and chimney breast, fitted with wood-burning stove and exposed beams.
LIVING ROOM – a double-aspect room with exposed oak frame French doors to terrace and garden and double doors through to
CONSERVATORY – with ceramic tiled floor, French doors to garden, open studwork through to
DINING ROOM - partially vaulted ceiling with exposed beam, and display shelf.
KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM – with a ceramic tiled floor and partially vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and an extensive range of kitchen units, with wooden worksurface with inset sink, fitted Rangemaster 90 with double-oven warming drawer, and five-ring induction hob, with extractor over, built-in dishwasher door to garden and terrace, and matching island unit. Stairs to
FIRST-FLOOR
Landing with shelved airing cupboard and a range of built-in cupboards.
FAMILY BATHROOM – with panelled bath, tiled splashback, separate shower unit and shower screen over, exposed beam, built-in vanity unit with inset basin and storage below, WC.
BEDROOM ONE – superb views over the garden and farmland beyond, exposed studwork, with built-in wardrobe
EN SUITE with shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin and WC,
BEDROOM TWO – partially vaulted with exposed beam.
BEDROOM THREE – partially vaulted, with loft access and beam,
OUTSIDE is a private gravel drive with detached double garage and adjoining purpose-built solar shed optimised 28.5° roof housing 4kw solar panels, which have a feed in tariff of 0.74p per kw hour, currently on target to produce at around £2,000 this year.
THE GARDENS, which extend to 1/3 of an acre, are a former orchard, interspersed with quince, plum, Cambridge gage, pears cooking and eating apples. A low wall encloses a further garden area with terrace and landscaped with raised beds adjacent to a garden shed and store, with power, along with a greenhouse and a further terrace,
AGENTS NOTE: The dining room furniture and range cooker are included in the sale, ride-on lawnmower available by separate negotiation. We understand PLANNING PERMISSION was granted to extended the garage and converted to provide dependent relative accommodation.
GENERAL INFORMATION
• Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected
• Electric night storage and underfloor heating
• Carpets included. Curtains not.
• Council Tax – West Suffolk - Band E - £2,706.17pa
• Ofcom states Superfast broadband is available
• Ofcom states mobile signal likely
• EPC – E
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