3 bedroom detached house

Why buy this home?

This link-detached home in sought after Bideford Green is located on a quiet, no through part of the development and sits on a rare and enviable wrap around plot. Due to the size of the plot, there is the potential to extend to the side (STPP) and create somewhere truly spectacular without compromising too much of the garden. It has easy access to local amenities, including a Tesco Express, a pharmacy, a hairdresser, and a community centre. Families will appreciate the choice of nearby schools and commuters the convenience of Leighton Buzzard train station, which is within walking distance. Adding to its desirability, the property backs on to a playing field - perfect for children to enjoy and making it an obvious choice for a family.

As you arrive at the property, the generous block-paved driveway provides space for three cars, ensuring parking is never an issue.

The front door opens into an entrance hall that has space to hang your coats and store your shoes. There is also additional storage under the stairs.

Once a combined lounge/diner, the living room has been transformed into a generously sized space measuring over 24ft, thanks to the dining area being relocated to the garage conversion. In what was previously the dining area, the current owners now have a play area, but it could be office space or simply returned to somewhere to enjoy family meals to free up the extra reception room to use as you like. A large front-facing window fills the space with natural light, while French doors at the rear open directly on to the garden.

Re-fitted in 2022, the kitchen has gloss units, marble effect work surfaces and subway tiling giving it a contemporary, sleek look. Fitted appliances include an oven/grill and a gas hob with a cooker hood over it. There is space for a dishwasher and a fridge/freezer.

The garage conversion provides an extra reception room for the home and versatility to the new owner. Currently being used as the dining room, it could be used as a playroom, office space or a fourth bedroom. As part of the conversion, the previous owner added a downstairs shower room allowing the space to be used by somebody needing single floor living or a teenager craving independence. There is also a separate utility room with space for a washing machine and a tumble dryer, and to store bulkier items like a vacuum cleaner or ironing board. The utility room also features direct access to the rear garden, providing a handy spot for removing muddy shoes or wet clothes before entering the main house.

Without a doubt, it is the wrap around garden that sets this home apart from similar ones on the development. The spacious lawned area faces south and is surrounded by mature trees that give this part of the garden complete privacy. The addition of raised beds gives a keen gardener somewhere to add their own touches of colour or grow some fruit and veg and there is space for a large shed. The patio is slightly raised and the obvious place for al-fresco dining or catching up with friends or family over a drink whilst watching children play on the lawn. Continuing round to the rear of the home you will find another patio that provides shade from the summer sun and more flower beds that are well stocked with beautiful flowers that come to life in the spring. Steps lead up to a gate that opens onto a playing field where children can play without wrecking the garden!

Upstairs, the property offers three well-proportioned bedrooms and a family bathroom. The main bedroom, located at the front of the house, is generously sized, comfortably accommodating a super king-size bed along with all the essential bedroom furniture. The second bedroom is equally spacious and could easily serve as the main bedroom for those who prefer sleeping at the rear of the home. Bedroom three, currently used as a guest room, is also a double, with space for a wardrobe and drawers. This makes the property rare in offering three double bedrooms. Additionally, this room features a built-in storage cupboard over the stairs.

The fully tiled bathroom is fitted with a bath with a shower over it, a wash hand basin with vanity storage, and a toilet.

More about the location...

Linslade is an English town located on the Bedfordshire side of the Bedfordshire-Buckinghamshire border (and roughly a third-way between London and Birmingham). It borders the town of Leighton Buzzard, with which it forms the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade.

Linslade has no high street. Small, family run shops are clustered at the "Centre of Linslade", where three arterial roads converge to cross the canal and river. (Note, however, that Linslade's "Centre" is not its geographical centre.) Many of these buildings are Victorian in origin, as are all pubs, and the Hunt Hotel.

In recent years the area between the river and the canal has been redeveloped – adding Waitrose, Tesco, Aldi, and Homebase superstores. Other high-street stores and boutique shops, restaurants, bakery and butchers can be found in Leighton; or, failing that, at Milton Keynes. There are also corner shops.

Bedfordshire operates a three-tier education system, with Lower-, Middle and Upper Schools. Linslade has three Lower Schools (Linslade Lower, Southcott Lower, and Greenleas Lower) distributed relatively evenly across town; with a Middle School (Linslade Middle) and an Upper school (The Cedars) located opposite each other, on the edge of town.

The principal Leighton-Linslade facilities within Linslade are Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, which includes a swimming pool and indoor sports courts; Leighton Buzzard Golf Club and Leighton Buzzard railway station.

Linslade has two semi-wild park areas. Linslade Wood (colloquially called Bluebell Wood) is a mature woodland dating back to at least the 16th century. Tiddenfoot Pit, a former quarry, turned into a lake and wildlife area. Both are managed by Greensands Trust. Stockgrove Country Park and Rushmere Country Park are nearby.

Additional there are parks suitable for teenagers to kick around a football, and for dogs to run about, as well as fenced off play areas for young children, containing slides and swings.

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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Council tax band: D