Why buy this home?

The location of this property is a key selling point as you have everything that you require on your doorstep, making it ideal for someone who does not drive. Leighton Buzzard High Street with its choice of shops, pubs, restaurants, and cafes can be reached by foot in approximately five minutes. You can walk to Leighton Buzzard train station in around fifteen minutes which also makes it a great place to live if you commute regularly.

After entering through the front door, you are welcomed by the first of two reception rooms, the living room. The living room is decorated in a neutral colour which makes it a bright, and this is further enhanced by the light streaming in from the bay window at the front of the home. There is a fireplace which has built in storage and bookshelves around it and high ceilings add to the period charm.

Walking through the living room and past the stairs you come to the dining room which is a great size and somewhere you can comfortably fit a large dining table. This is a sociable space as it opens into the kitchen meaning anyone cooking can still be part of the gathering if entertaining. There is a door that leads to the rear garden and an understairs storage cupboard where the current owners have their tumble dryer.

The galley style kitchen is fitted with shaker style units, has wooden worksurfaces and tiled flooring means any spillages can easily been cleaned up. There is space for a slimline dishwasher, washing machine and a fridge freezer and two windows help expel any cooking odours.

As is tradition with a period home the main bathroom is situated on the ground floor, but you will be happy to know it isn’t the only bathroom. It is a good size and has a bathtub in it where you take yourself away and relax after a long day. The bath also has a shower over it and two windows in here provide natural ventilation limiting dampness.

The rear garden is a complete suntrap in the summer and a fabulous area to socialise with friends or continue the evening after visiting one of the pubs on the High Street. There is a patio, a lawned area and a small pond at the top of the garden. The lawn has pretty flower borders that are well stocked with plants and give you the opportunity to add your own splash of colour.

Often a deterrent with older properties, is that there isn’t an upstairs bathroom. This isn’t a problem with this home as it has not one, but two toilets upstairs one of which forms part of an en-suite shower room.

At the top of the stairs on the left-hand side you will find the main bedroom which is at the front of the home. This room is a lovely size with enough space to fit a king size bed with bedside tables either side of it, a wardrobe, and a chest of drawers. In what used to be a cupboard over the stairs, you will now find a toilet and a wash hand basin. This means you do not need to go downstairs or disturb anyone sleeping in the second bedroom if nature calls in the middle of the night!

The second bedroom fits a double bed, and an en-suite shower room has been added in here. As there are two showers in the property there shouldn’t be any queues when people are getting ready in the mornings.

Please note that this property does not come with allocated parking.

More about the location...

Leighton Buzzard is a market town in Bedfordshire, near the Chiltern Hills and lying between Aylesbury, Tring, Dunstable and Milton Keynes.

The area has become an increasingly popular place to relocate to for workers from London, helped in part by its reasonably priced housing – a big attraction for young professional couples wanting to get their foot on the property ladder. Leighton Buzzard provides great access to the countryside and other parts of the UK like London, Birmingham, Cambridge and Oxford.

Leighton Buzzard is close to the M1 motorway and A5 road, and is served by Southern and London Northwestern Railway services on the West Coast Main Line railway at Leighton Buzzard railway station in Linslade. The railway operates non-stop commuting services to Euston railway station, with the fastest peak journey times less than 30 minutes.

Leighton Buzzard operates a three-tier education system with a selection of with Lower, Middle and Upper Schools.

The River Ouzel runs through the town as does the famous Grand Union Canal, which Leighton Buzzard is well known for. There is a lot of activity along the canal which residents can enjoy, from peaceful walks to fishing and waterside pubs.

There are many community events scheduled throughout the year including both the Food and Canal Festivals in the summer, Linslade in Bloom, Music in the Park and the Christmas Market.

A short drive from Leighton Buzzard is Ascott House which is set in a 3,200-acre estate and benefits extensive manicured gardens which you are free to enjoy. There is also Rushmere Country Park on the outskirts of the town which is an area of 400 acres of woodland, heathland and meadows for you to explore. This is a Greensands Trust site with a visitor centre and café.

In 1963 the Great Train Robbery took place at a site near Bridego Bridge, between the villages of Cheddington and Linslade. Every time a Great Train Robber was caught law dictated that they had to be brought back to the small court house at Linslade to be charged.
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