4 bedroom detached bungalow for sale

A beautifully updated 4 bedroom bungalow in a private, rural spot – tucked away down a long private drive with lovely established gardens. Not a thing to do here with a fresh modern interior ready to simply move into.

Entrance Hall | Kitchen/Dining Room | Utility Room | Cloakroom | Sitting Room | 4 Bedrooms | En-suite to Principal Bedroom | Family Bathroom | Potential to Extend | Single Detached Garage | Further Garden Outbuildings | Attractive Established Gardens

Iona
A fully updated bungalow offering thoughtfully extended and modernised accommodation. It offers the next owner a wonderful opportunity with all the hard work done here and providing a very comfortable home all on one level.

This attractive home offers you a 4-bedroom layout, with 2 bathrooms, and an updated and extended open plan kitchen / dining room, with a practical utility room, and an extended triple aspect sitting room with fireplace and French doors leading out to the beautifully presented gardens.

The entrance hall with tiled floor leads to all the main rooms, the re-fitted kitchen dining room which offers a range of cupboards and drawers in a soft teal colour, an enamelled sink inset into solid timber worktops, and a central feature island unit. There is a double NEFF oven, and induction hob, space for dishwasher, and pantry cupboards.

The utility room provides a door to the garden and space for washing machine and dryer and a space for fridge-freezer. From here a WC cloakroom leads off with a ceramic tiled floor.

The attractive sitting room is spacious and bright, with a feature red brick fireplace housing a multi-fuel burning stove, has windows with shutters fitted and a practical LVT timber effect floor.

The bedroom ‘wing’ offers a principal bedroom with built in wardrobes and a en-suite shower room. Next to this is bedroom 4, currently set up as a study. The second bedroom, is to the rear with attractive panelled feature headboard wall. Bedroom 3 positioned to the front, sits alongside the family bathroom which provides a bath with shower over, WC, basin and part-tiled walls.

Agent’s Note
Previous planning permission was sought by the Vendors and granted (now lapsed) for an extension into the loft space to add further accommodation on first floor. Plans are available to view, if of interest.

Outside
Iona sits in a very private position tucked away from the road and in a slightly elevated plot overlooking fields beyond. It enjoys a high degree of privacy afforded by established high hedges alongside the driveway and extending along the boundaries.

There is a single, detached garage with an EV charging port alongside, and plenty of off-road parking for several vehicles.

There are two brick-built sheds and a timber shed, providing good storage. Also a greenhouse and timber summerhouse, useful retreats within the attractively laid-out gardens. Planting includes a feature Eucalyptus tree, many established shrubs, hedges, and perennials, and lawns, plus a fenced produce garden with plenty of space for all your garden needs.

Location
Little Whelnetham is a semi-rural location, to the south-east of the market town of Bury St Edmunds. The larger village of Great Whelnetham with village store and post office is approx. 2 miles to the north-west. Bury St Edmunds provides a wider range of shopping, educational, work and leisure facilities approx. 5 miles away.

Property Information
Services: Mains water and electricity. Septic tank drainage. Oil fired heating and solar panels.
Local Authority: West Suffolk Council. Council Tax Band C.
Tenure: Freehold.
Broadband: Predicted highest ultrafast download speed 1800 Mbps and predicted highest upload speed 220 Mbps. (Information taken from Ofcom website).
Mobile Coverage: Good/variable outdoor. (Information taken from Ofcom website).

Directions
What3words///bolsters.kinder.stove. Turning off the A134 at Manor Farm complex, Gt Whelnetham, follow Water Lane to the junction of Bury Road/Station Hill – proceed across and the driveway to Iona is on the right.