4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale

Sat in a quite extraordinary plot of approaching 1/2 acre with gated driveway, a pre-war 4 bed semi of over 1,600 sq ft. Updating required but& huge potential for expansion, improvement etc! NB electrics/gas certified safe in 2023. NO CHAIN.

Heyford Park is a vibrant, growing development with a new school, gym, Sainsburys, and very shortly a wide range of new amenities. Surrounded by glorious farmland, it has all the advantages of a rural village combined with the accessibility of a town. Rail access is excellent with Lower Heyford village, just a mile away, having a station feeding to Oxford and London Paddington, Bicester North station is 6 miles East with frequent trains into London Marylebone, a journey that takes as little as 40 minutes at peak times. Road links are also straightforward with both the M40 and A34 a short drive away.

Soden Road is one of the original RAF-constructed houses, built pre-war for Officers and their families. As a result they were well built, attractive, and came with enormous gardens by today's standards. Number 1 has been rented out by the owners for several years but is now surplus to requirements, giving a new owner what is an extremely rare chance to purchase a house with almost endless potential - whether than be extension to the house, garages or office, or landscaping the wonderful gardens. The style of these houses is rather elegant, and the location is ideal - set well back from the road behind a huge front garden and driveway. With some personalising to taste and clever updating this house will be a knockout!

The entrance under an open porch leads into a typically 1930's inner hall, with a second door opening into the main hall beyond. The stairs rise away to the rear and turn elegantly, with a window halfway up lighting both floors. On the right the first reception is double aspect, providing lots of good light, and the bay window looking out over the frontage is a charming feature. Note that the chimney and fireplace still exist, a wonderful feature on cold days. Opposite, the second reception overlooks the front garden, and the dimensions are generous enough that this would make a very roomy study, or perhaps a good TV room/ snug. Further down the hall on the left you reach the kitchen. This has been opened out in more modern times to provide a generous dining area that's open to the kitchen, which itself is amply fitted with a range of units. A door on the side also leads out to both a large utility/ boiler room and a separate WC, next door to which is a further door leading directly into the garden.

Upstairs, the landing runs left to right, feeding to all rooms. The main mirrors the reception room below it, hence it's a lovely, large and bright room with windows front and rear. There are also several wardrobes fitted. Next door, two further bedrooms are also doubles, albeit somewhat smaller, and both look out to the front garden. At the other end of the landing, another large bedroom is placed with a window overlooking the whole of the side garden. And the room exhibits the eaves of the roof in the ceilings, giving the room some extra character. While there is currently no en-suite, there is both a modern bathroom and a separate wc next door to one another. Hence it would be possible to amalgamate them to create a much larger bathroom, as well as fitting one of the bedrooms with an en-suite if desired.

Outside space is perhaps the most valuable part of this property's story. The front garden is efficiently separated from the road through the park by a close board fence that runs the length of the frontage, over 150 feet (50m) wide. To the left hand side the driveway is large enough to house a number of vehicles, with possible scope for a garage etc, and a pair of timber gates make it safe for children and animals. The plot is so large that the feeling of light and space rivals any property we know at anything approaching this price level. And that's just the frontage. Behind the house a further garden runs nearly 100 ft (30m) to a point, with generous space to extend either to rear or side (subject to the usual planning permissions). Trees on the left boundary give it a feeling of maturity and seclusion that's relaxed and inviting; and beyond those trees the neighbouring land is tennis courts for the adjacent school. It's a wonderful plot by almost any standard, and the possibilities it offers for the next owners are exciting and varied.

NB Some further info ref the facilities. Dorchester Group manages the whole Park and as this site was originally a working airbase, gas is tank stored collectively on-site and that plus the electrical supply are bought in bulk by the Group to reduce costs per household and keep the rates competitive. As a result, all residents are billed by Dorchester rather than eg British Gas, Ovo or similar. Similarly there is a small cost per annum for maintaining the roadways, communal lighting etc. This ensures the whole development is kept to a high standard.

Mains water & electricity, gas ch
Cherwell District Council
Council Tax Band D
£2,205 p.a. 2023/24