28 New Street, Chagford, Devon £650,000

Situation

28 New Street is an end terrace home set on popular New Street in the ancient Stannary town of Chagford. The property is a level walk to The Square with its wide range of day to day and specialist shops and it is almost exactly opposite the access to the open field known as O'er Hill which leads down to the common and onwards to Meldon hill and the moor beyond. Chagford has a primary school, pre-school and Montessori school, a Parish church, Roman Catholic church and chapel and surgeries for doctor, dentist and vet. There are four pubs, cafes and a number of clubs and societies to join. Chagford has good sports facilities with a football and cricket pitch, a handsome pavilion with a gym and bar, a bowling club, tennis club, skate park and play park and an open air swimming pool in the summer months. There is excellent access to countryside, moorland and riverside walks which surround the town. The A30 dual carriageway is about 5 miles away and Exeter is approximately 20 miles.

Services

Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage.

Council tax band

Band D

Directions

From Fowlers front doors turn left and walk to the top of The Square turning left into High Street and passing the Three Crowns and Globe Inn. At the next junction turn right into New Street. Walk along New Street for about 250 metres and on the left, immediately after the granite Victorian former primary school, you will find 28 New Street.

Entrance

A panelled timber front door leads into the property from New Street.

Lobby

Just inside the front door is a useful lobby with coat hooks, a mat well, a slate floor and an opening to the living room

Living room

This is a spacious double aspect living room with two broad wooden double glazed windows and oak sills and window seats at the front and a part glazed door to the enclosed courtyard to the rear. There is a large granite fireplace with a wood burning stove and lined flue on a raised slate hearth, and the entire living room and all of the rest of the ground floor is laid with slate flagstones. There are three large double panel radiators, a built in bench with oak top and storage, plenty of power points and a TV point, 11 downlighters and four wall light points. A staircase with an understairs cupboard leads to the first floor and a solid screen separates the living room from the kitchen.

Kitchen

This is slate floored with a range of base and wall cabinets with cream coloured doors and drawer fronts, a pull out larder, granite worktops, a Belfast sink with a chromed mixer tap and integral appliances including a five burner gas hob with circulator hood and lighting, a single electric fan oven and grill and an automatic dishwasher. Space is allocated in the cabinets for an upright free standing fridge freezer. There are five downlighters, a wooden double glazed window looking out to the central courtyard and a doorway leads to the side lobby/laundry.

Side lobby/laundry

A wooden door leads into the house from the small parking area at the side of the house. The lobby has a fitted base cabinet and wooden worktop with space and plumbing for an automatic washing machine, a dryer and the wall mounted Vaillant mains gas fired central heating boiler. The floor is laid to slate and leads through a doorway to the garden room.

Garden room

A bright and spacious room with a double glazed roof and aluminium bi-fold doors to the central courtyard. The floor is laid to slate and has a step down to a lower level where there is a staircase to the rear garden and a doorway to the rear lobby. There is understairs storage, eight power points and an oak staircase to the rear garden with wrought iron twisted balusters and an oak handrail. A panelled wooden door leads to the rear garden.

Rear lobby

This slate floored room has a wooden double glazed door to the central courtyard with a matching window above, a TV and telephone point, eight power points, a double panel radiator, a staircase to the mezzanine office and a door to the wet room.

Wet room

This is fully tiled and has a slate floor and inset drainage. The shower is screened from the w.c. and basin and has a built in chromed thermostatic shower with rain shower head and shower wand, an extractor fan and two downlighters above the shower. The white sanitary ware comprises a wall mounted white porcelain basin with a chromed mixer tap and low level w.c. A chromed, plumbed heated towel rail is fitted and two further downlighters.

Mezzanine office

The staircase from the rear lobby is built of oak and leads to a mezzanine area which is ideal as an office. It has ample power points and a double glazed side window.

First floor landing

The landing has a white balustrade and a fire door to protect the staircase to the second floor. A short corridor serves bedrooms one and two and the first floor bathroom at the far end. There are four downlighters.

Bedroom one

This is a front facing double room with a broad wooden double glazed window and window seat, an oak effect laminate floor, six power points a TV and telephone point and a double panel radiator.

Bedroom two

A slightly larger double bedroom with a broad front facing wooden double glazed window and window seat, built in wardrobes with hanging rails, shelving and a cupboard, an oak effect laminate floor, a TV and telephone point, six power points, pendant light point and a double panel radiator.

Bathroom

Fitted with a white suite comprising a panelled bath with full height splashback tiling, a fitted chromed shower/mixer tap and glazed shower screen, a moulded basin set on top of a vanity cabinet with mirror and wall light above, an adjacent shaver point and a low level w.c. The wooden rear window is double glazed and has a white ceramic tiled sill and there is a plumbed chromed heated towel rail, an extractor fan and three downlighters.

Bedroom three

A rear facing single room with an oak effect laminate floor, a wooden double glazed rear window and window seat, a double panel radiator, four power points, a TV point and a telephone point.

Second floor

A staircase rises to a small landing and the stairwell is naturally lit by a velux double glazed skylight. A door leads into the top floor bedroom.

Top floor bedroom

A large room with great natural light from two large velux double glazed skylights. It also has a wooden double glazed end window. The floor is laid to oak effect laminate and there are two double panel radiators. Built into the room is a deep double wardrobe with hanging rails, and there is an adjacent cupboard with a concealed chest of drawers. Other low mounted doors give access to the insulated eaves for general storage. There are six downlighters, eight power points, a TV point and a door to the ensuite shower room.

Ensuite shower room

This room has a wooden obscure double glazed side window and a velux double glazed skylight for natural lighting. The shower is fully tiled with a built in thermostatic shower, glazed sliding door and screen. A moulded wash hand basin is fitted with a chromed mixer tap and has a vanity cabinet below, a low level w.c., a wall light point, an extractor fan, a fitted shaving mirror and a plumbed, chromed heated towel rail.

Exterior

Rear garden

A very generous garden with a stone paved sitting area, a curved stone bench and granite retaining walls and wooden steps up to the lawn and main garden. There are flowering shrubs and an apple tree, a panelled fence that runs up the garden on the south side and then the garden broadens to a large level area with wooden steps ascending to it as well as a slope for lawn mower access. At this large upper area there are glorious views to Meldon Hill, Kestor and the high moor with the promise of some magnificent sunsets and plenty of sunshine as it has a long south facing boundary. There is a good size shed a vegetable and fruit garden and a small summerhouse. Note: Part of the garden is owned on a separate title in the sellers name. It will be included in the sale.

Parking

To the side of the house is a gated area which leads to a concrete apron that would be large enough for a Fiat Panda sized car. The gas and electric and water meters are located here.