4 bedroom detached bungalow for sale

A four-bedroom detached bungalow in need of general updating throughout, occupied by the current family since 1999, located within an exceptional plot close to the centre of the village, with the potential to extend and develop (STP). No chain.

The property is approached via an extended driveway from the high street, arriving at a five-bar gate, allowing access to the private driveway providing off-street parking for several vehicles and access to the detached single garage. The frontage flows back towards the High Street, the whole plot is mature and surrounds the property.

The entrance porch is glazed providing a useful barrier from the outside as you enter the entrance hall, a useful triple storage cupboard, a shower room with a three-piece suite, living room with a walk-in bay window to the rear aspect flooding the room with natural light and providing views of the rear garden and patio area, chimney breast with inset wood burning stove and tiled hearth, dining room, again with a window to the rear, extended kitchen fitted with a range of wall and base level units, ample work surfaces, a range of integrated appliances, enjoying a dual aspect again flooding the room with natural light, views of the front and side garden, glazed door to the side garden.

The bedrooms are within two wings of the property, from the entrance hall, are bedrooms one and two, good-sized doubles, bedroom one has fitted wardrobes and views of the rear garden, and bedroom two has a dual aspect and views to the front and side.

From the dining room, there is an inner hallway leading to the additional bedrooms and second bathroom, French doors to the rear garden, onto the patio area, bedroom three, a good sized double, which indeed could be used as the master bedroom, enjoying a dual aspect, bedroom four again of good size with a fitted double wardrobe providing a potential home office space overlooking the side garden. The original family bathroom has been converted to an additional shower room with a three-piece suite and a large fitted double cupboard.

outside, the property has an exceptionally private, peaceful and generous plot of approximately 0.36 acres. The grounds wrap around the home, predominantly the rear and righthand side gardens are the largest, with good-sized open lawned areas and an array of mature plants, shrubs and trees, recently tidied by the family for your enjoyment, an absolute treat for a family and or gardening enthusiast, to the South/West facing rear garden is a generous patio area and water feature, ideal for entertaining family and friends.

The whole provides an exceptional family home and an opportunity for a forever home or the next project.

Little Abington and Great Abington are an attractive, traditional pair of villages about 6 miles South/East of Cambridge. They have an OFSTED 'Good' primary school that feeds into the well-respected Linton Village College, a post office/shop, a lovely pub restaurant, a sports ground an active cricket club, a village hall and a hairdresser. An array of private schools are available in Cambridge City also.

The Addenbrookes Campus is approximately 6 miles away by car, and dedicated cycle and footpaths provide various options, the world-renowned site is home to AstraZeneca and GSK to name two. The new Cambridge South Station is due to be open in 2025.

For commuters the A11, which links down to the M11, is only a mile away and Cambridge is easily accessed along either the A1307 or A1301. Whittlesford Parkway mainline station (Cambridge and London Liverpool Street) is about 4 miles. A Bus Stop is located just outside number 32 at the end of the driveway, another excellent link into the city and Addenbrookes.

Abington has its own major science park, Granta Park, which can be reached easily on foot or by bike on a footpath off the High Street and neighbouring Babraham's science park is less than 2 miles away with a pleasant cycle and foot route over the A11 starting near the end of Bourn Bridge Road.

If you like a countryside jaunt you can head west out of the village over a dedicated foot and cycle bridge onto Babraham and towards Cambridge, south towards the Chesterfords and The Icknield Way or north up to the Roman Road. A fine choice.