Traditional Garden City town cottage • Well modernised and extended • First floor bathroom with both bath & shower • Very useful and versatile outbuilding • 120’ long rear garden • Off-street parking
The Property - This traditional Garden City town cottage dates from 1926 and has been well modernised and usefully extended on the ground floor. The sitting room is complemented by an open-plan L-shaped room providing a fine kitchen/breakfast room and dining areas. There is also a laundry/utility/cloakroom/WC.
Upstairs are two good bedrooms and a splendid modern bathroom with both bath and shower.
The house benefits from uPVC double-glazed windows and gas fired central heating.
The Outside - The cottage stands in a plot measuring approximately 200' by 20' (61.1m) x 6.2m) overall. It is set some 41' (12.7m) back from the road behind a neat front garden laid to lawn with ornamental privet and magnolia. The gravel forecourt provides off-street parking for two cars.
The rear garden is about 126' (38.38m) in length with a walled and paved patio, steps up to the lawn, herbaceous borders and ornamental shrubs.
The useful outbuilding providing garden room, studio or office, workshop/store and garden store is a particularly attractive feature of the property. The gardens continue to the rear of the outbuilding.
There is a right-of-way to the rear garden around the end of the terrace and back to the road.
The Location - Glebe Road is located just to the north-east of the town centre and No 172 is within a mile of the town centre and mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the Cambridge to London Kings Cross mainline with the fastest service to London Kings Cross taking just 29 minutes and Cambridge 27 minutes away in the other direction. Junction 9 on the A1(M) is just 2.3 miles away by car.
Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden City was the world’s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops, leisure facilities and green open spaces, the most impressive being the 63-acre Norton Common, which is only half a mile away.
Tenure - LEASEHOLD: 990 year term with 935 years remaining. No Ground Rent.
Services - Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.
Construction - Solid brick, roughcast rendered externally, under a pitched tiled roof. The extension is of insulated cavity construction under a flat roof.
Restrictive Covenants - The sellers have confirmed that they are not aware of any covenants relating to this property. As part of the conveyancing process, your solicitor will be able to clarify this point. None are recorded by the Land Registry.
Easements - The sellers have advised that there are easements associated with this property. The easements refer to a pedestrian right of way en joyed by the property to access the rear garden and by the neighbouring properties to access theirs. The likelihood is that they will also include details of the provision of services connected to the property. As part of the conveyancing process, your solicitor will be able to clarify this point.
Broadband Speed - A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 10,000 Mbps.
Mobile Signal - Most providers claim up to 5G coverage.
Conservation Area - The property is within the Letchworth Conservation Area.
The Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - To maintain the integrity of the Garden City concept and design, properties are subject to the additional planning requirements of the Heritage Foundation.
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