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Spacious family home with scope to renovate set within established gardens on an exclusive private road.
28 Kippington Road is a well-proportioned family home dating from the late 1950s with a later extension, presenting a superb opportunity for the incoming purchaser to renovate and refurbish, subject to the necessary building consents. The property occupies an excellent position on this sought after private road, close to the station, schools and High Street, with the principal rooms having delightful views over the rear garden. Features include modern bathroom suites, some wood paneled ceilings and walls, oak flooring, garaging with driveway parking and a wonderful, established rear garden, which is west facing and offers a high degree of privacy.
A spacious entrance hall features a large picture window, providing a view over an inner courtyard, inset with a pond.
The principal reception rooms comprise a bright and well-proportioned double aspect sitting/dining room with access onto the rear terrace via two sets of doors and a double aspect games room with fitted storage and with access to the terrace, with both rooms providing a wonderful outlook over the rear garden. There is also a family room with fitted storage which adjoins to a double aspect reading room.
The kitchen has views over the front garden and is well equipped with a range of wall and base units, together with a breakfast bar and integral appliances.
An adjoining utility room provides further storage, space for appliances and access to the garage.
Also on this floor is a double bedroom with fitted storage and a wash basin, with an adjacent cloakroom and a bathroom with a separate shower.
Arranged over the first floor is the principal suite comprising a double bedroom featuring a bank of fitted wardrobes and an attractive balcony, an adjoining dressing room with fitted storage and a well-appointed en suite bathroom with a separate shower.
There are three further bedrooms, one currently utilised as a study and two with wash basins and fitted wardrobes.
A modern family bathroom completes the accommodation.
The property is approached via a driveway with a secondary spur, leading to the integral garage and pedestrian side access, flanked to one side by an area of lawn, with borders planted with herbaceous shrubs and front elevations adorned by wisteria and climbing roses.
The west facing rear garden is a real feature and creates a lovely backdrop, with a generous paved terrace spanning the width of the property, ideal for al fresco entertaining. Adjoining the terrace is a large pond with aquatic planting and a swimming pool. The rest of the garden is laid to level lawn, with evergreen hedging and deciduous trees to the boundaries, creating a high degree of privacy. Towards the rear of the garden, there is a wooded area underplanted with rhododendrons. On from here is a charming Japanese influenced garden, incorporating a water feature,a timber Tea House and borders well-stocked with structural planting.
In total, the plot amounts to about 0.74 of an acre.
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Opportunities like this are so hard to come by and I love the opportunity this home gives, with such a good garden and aspect
David JohnstonProperty agent