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Guide price£475,000
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4 bedroom detached house for sale

Gainsborough Road, Prettygate, Colchester, Essex, CO3
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Detached house
4 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: C*
1,548 sq ft / 144 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
*GUIDE PRICE £475,000-£500,000*

Palmer & Partners are delighted to offer to the market this beautifully presented four bedroom link-detached house, situated in the popular area of Prettygate which benefits from local amenities. There are frequent bus services leading to both Colchester city centre and the Stane Retail Park. Walking distance to good schools!

Internally the accommodation has undergone modernisation and refurbishment, including rewiring, plumbing and plastering. The accommodation, on the ground floor, comprising entrance hall, spacious lounge, separate dining room, good-size kitchen, utility with under-floor heating, WC and recently converted garage which is used as an office. On the first floor are four bedrooms, shower room and separate bathroom.

This lovely family home is further enhanced by having a generous size, south-west facing rear garden, driveway to the front providing ample parking and solar panels providing hot water and electricity.

Rooms

Double glazed entrance door to Entrance Hall
Radiator, stairs to first floor, under-stairs cupboard and frosted small paned glazed door to;

Living Room 5.98m x 3.52m
Three double glazed windows, two radiators and feature electric fire.

Dining Room 4.504m x 2.904m
Radiator and double glazed patio doors to rear garden.

Kitchen 3.032m x 5.765m
Work-surfaces with cupboards and drawers under, wall mounted cupboards over, wine store rack, inset four ring gas hob, electric oven/grill and concealed extractor hood above, space for a small table and American style fridge/freezer, inset ceiling spot lights, dual aspect double glazed windows, radiator and door to;

Utility Room 1.603m x 1.789m
Work-surface with cupboards below, plumbing for automatic washing machine, tiled flooring, under-floor heating, circular stainless steel sink, double glazed window to rear and door to;

Cloakroom
White suite comprising vanity wash hand basin, low level WC, tiled flooring, under-floor heating and obscure double glazed window.

Office 3.58m x 2.478m
Formerly the garage and now used as an office this has personal door to utility room.

Large First Floor Landing
Radiator, double glazed window to side, access to loft space which is boarded and also houses the gas pressurised boiler system, solar pv and solar thermal system.

Bedroom One 5.44m x 2.859m
Two radiators and two double glazed windows to rear.

Bedroom Two 3.43m x 3.4m
Radiator, double glazed window to rear and built-in wardrobes.

Bedroom Three 2.95m x 4m
Radiator and double glazed window to front.

Bedroom Four 2.92m x 2.7m
Radiator and dual aspect double glazed windows.

Shower Room 1.801m x 1.537m
Wash hand basin with cupboards below, shower cubicle, chrome heated towel rail, tiled flooring and fully tiled walls.

Family Bathroom 2.417m x 2.357m
Panel enclosed bath with shower attachment and mosaic tiled wall surround, vanity wash hand basin with a fitted range of vanity storage cupboards and large wall mirror, numerous inset ceiling spot lights, fully tiled walls, tiled floor and radiator.

Outside
The south-westerly rear garden commences with a large paved patio with a lovely secluded area adjoining the patio doors from the dining room. The remainder is laid to lawn with a variety of mature shrub borders and fenced boundaries. Timber shed to remain. To the front the paved driveway provides ample off road parking. There is a stoned bedding area with a well-stocked shrub border and side gate access through to the rear garden.

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    Welcome to Palmer & Partners We put you at the very heart of what we do. We know that selling, letting, buying or renting can be an extremely testing time for you, so our team does everything they can to help support you and provide a comprehensive service. The partners of the firm have over 70 years of experience between them, developing an extensive knowledge of the local property market enabling us to offer a wide-ranging service that’s both friendly and professional as befits our reputation. We’re committed to providing our customers (whether property sellers, buyers, developers etc.) with individual high quality advice based on the wealth of experience of our local dedicated sales team. Our team put all this extensive experience and knowledge into marketing our customer’s properties and helping find our buyers perfect homes.

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    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on March 16, 2022

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