3 bedroom detached house

8 Barnardo Road has been extensively renovated and reconfigured inside and out by the current owners to provide an ideal family and entertaining space with all the amenities of modern living. Re-wired and re-plumbed, and with new doors and windows and quality carpeting throughout, the property offers flexible, light-filled accommodation arranged over two floors. The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and comprises a well-proportioned study with French doors to the terrace and a door to the integral garage. There is also a spacious sitting room with full-height glazing incorporating French doors to the south east facing garden terrace and generous dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen features a range of modern wall and base units including a large central island with breakfast bar and modern integrated appliances including two Neff ovens, a Neff ceramic hob, a fridge/freezer, dishwasher and washer/dryer.

On the first floor the property offers a spacious front aspect principal bedroom with built-in storage, two further well-proportioned rear aspect bedrooms and a generous fully-tiled contemporary family bathroom with a heated mirror.

8 Barnardo Road is situated in an enviable position in leafy St. Leonards on the doorstep of all the fantastic amenities the city has to offer. The Magdalen Road shops, known as “The Village”, are just streets away and include an award-winning fishmonger and butcher, wine shop and bakery as well as three cafés, a pub and a delicatessen. Exeter is the most thriving city in the South West and offers a wide choice of cultural activities with the theatre, the museum, arts centre and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants including John Lewis and Waitrose.

The M5 motorway at Exeter provides links to the A38 to Plymouth, the A30 to Cornwall and Bristol and London to the North and East. Yards from the house is a bus stop, with direct and regular services to the University and the hospital. There are regular rail services to London from Exeter St David’s, taking as little as 2 hours. Exeter Airport provides an ever increasing number of domestic and international flights, including two flights a day to London City Airport.

The area offers a good selection of state schools including St. Leonards C of E Primary School (Ofsted rated Outstanding), West Exe School and Exeter College (also Ofsted Outstanding) together with a number of noted independent schools including Exeter Cathedral School, The Maynard and Exeter School.

The property is approached over a block-paved side driveway providing private parking and giving access to the integral garage bordered by an area of level lawn enclosed by shrubs and low-level walling. The enclosed landscaped garden to the rear enjoys a south-easterly aspect and is laid mainly to level lawn and features a generous gravelled terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.