In the same family for over 60 years, an extended, light and roomy 3 bed semi in a quiet road within Garden City. Large living room, separate dining room, bathroom & cloak room. Good energy efficiency with double glazing, upgraded boiler & insulation.

Kidlington has the unusual distinction of being one of the largest villages in the UK. Despite a population of nearly 14,000, the village still sees itself as a small and intimate community. A quick look around confirms this sentiment, with good local schools, many independent shops, a wide diversity of restaurants and pubs, and a general feeling of friendliness from an older time. And access to other areas is peerless, with the A34 and M40 trunk roads just a few miles distant plus a mainline London Marylebone station (Oxford Parkway) on the southern edge of the village.

And within the village, the area of South Avenue is particularly pleasant, being part of the Garden City development just post-war, designed to provide high quality housing for the expanding population. They are light and roomy, with a reputation for being well-built. Number 31 is a bit of a time warp, in all the most positive senses of that phrase. The house has cared for our client for 60 years, from newly married through to grandchildren! During that time, it has been expanded to provide a lot of living space, and its particular position within the road backs onto open land hence it is peaceful and quiet. Today it is dated for modern tastes, but it has clearly been diligently maintained hence can be moved into straightaway.

To the front of the house, a large porch is light and roomy, with an immaculate cloak room off to the right. The door to the rear access is a surprisingly wide and bright hallway, with stairs at the rear, rising, and turning under a landing window, which floods lights down the stairs. The first of the receptions on your right is a very well proportioned dining room, so much so that the vast dresser and shelves to the left barely touches the space, which provides more than enough room for a large table and chairs besides.

Next door, the living room has been impressively extended with glazing across the whole of the rear, providing excellent natural light. It's so large that a three piece suite can sit to one end, with a breakfast table, dresser etc at the other without feeling cramped. The hatch into the kitchen from the right hand rear is an item of its time. It leads into a fully fitted but relatively compact kitchen, which features a large pantry cupboard under the stairs. A quick look at this layout would seem to suggest that either amalgamating kitchen and living room, or simply opening up the rear or side kitchen walls, would transform the use ability of the space.

Head upstairs and the bright landing lead to all rooms. The largest of the three bedrooms faces out over the quiet woodland and open space to the rear. It's a large and light room, with a vast bank of cupboards running all the way across the side wall. Despite this, there is plenty of space for the largest of double beds plus a dressing table et cetera. Next door bedroom two is still an ample double room, this time, looking out over the Avenue to the front. Its proportions make furnishing very easy. The smallest of the three next door is still a very good single or a compact double, and as it is almost square it is, again, easy to use. Serving all three, the bathroom has been modernised in recent times to incorporate a wide modern shower . The floor is tiled, and there is a large airing cupboard to the rear.

Outside, to the front, there is parking off street on a gravelled frontage flanked by flower beds, and there is further parking on the road with no restrictions. The driveway to the right gives access down to a detached garage at the rear, and a gate to the left leads into the rear garden. It's a fairly compact space, fully paved for ease of use and maintenance. The shed is also pretty large, hence occupies most of the rear of the garden. However, potentially both the shed and the garage could be removed if desired, thereby creating a far larger garden space. And for those wanting more room to stretch their legs, there is farmland, a sports ground, and many lovely walks nearby.

Mains water, gas, electricity
Cherwell District Council
Council tax band D
£1,640 p.a. 2022/23
Freehold