A Substantial Victorian Semi- Detached, Currently Divided into Two Apartments, But Would Readily Convert Back To A Five Bedroom Family Home.

This is a lovely old late Victorian residence displaying architectural design features typical of that revered period. By construction it would have had a deep hallway featuring a spindled staircase, three separate reception rooms, Four bedrooms on the first floor and a fifth bedroom [servants quarters] on the second floor.Within the recent past it has been ‘converted’ into two apartments [ground and first floor] so that the owner could continue to live on the ground floor and generate rental income from letting out the flat above.Obviously this is a commercial option for a new buyer but in our opinion the property would more than deserve to be reconverted back to its former days as a substantial 4/5 bedroom family home. The property does require capital investment but this is fairly reflected in the offering price.

 

As discussed, the last owner opted to convert the property into two apartments so that she could continue to live within the ground floor and rent out the upper flat. For the purposes of this brochure we will detail the accommodation according to its original design. The only real changes have been the blocking-up of certain doorways, the ‘opening up’ of connecting rooms and some stud-partitioning. There are two central heating boilers. Reconversion back to a single dwelling would not be a complex matter.

 

 

A deep hallway featuring the original spindled staircase with newel posts. It rises to a break-landing at first floor level

 

A very light room with a ‘stone-mullion’ supported bay window to the front elevation. It has a marble-tiled fireplace and a radiator sits beneath the bay. The dividing wall between the lounge and the adjoining sitting room has been ‘arched’ through but the rooms could be re-separated quite easily.

 

A second reception room. It has two windows to the gable side, two radiators and a recess where the original fireplace was located

 

It was traditional within a Victorian household to have a morning room primarily used for breakfast and morning activities. It would now make an ideal study for undertaking home or computer work. A radiator is fitted.

 

The present dining area has been created by division from the morning room. It has a radiator and leads through to the kitchen.

 

With a quarry-tiled floor surface, a range of fitted base and wall units and connections for a gas cooker and a fridge. The boiler which provides gas central heating to the ground floor is located here.

 

Created when the flat conversion was undertaken this facility offers a three piece suite comprising of a step-in shower cubicle [with a Miralec instant shower unit], a low-suite wc and a pedestal washbasin above which is a strip light with an electric shaver socket.

 

 

 

A double sized front room from where there are views over Beardwood through two windows. Fitted radiator.

 

With radiator.

 

This room has been fitted with an essential range of kitchen units whilst the property has been utilised as an apartment, but historically was ‘bedroom three.’ A radiator is fitted and the gas central heating boiler supplying the first floor is situated here.

 

A rear bedroom with a fitted radiator

 

This original house bathroom has a three piece suite with a panelled bath, a pedestal washbasin and a low-flush wc. Above the bath is a Miralec instant shower unit.

 

 

This would have been the servants bedroom in the days of domestic ‘service’

 

 

The property has a walled garden frontage onto White Road. There is pedestrian access to the gable side.

 

At the rear there is a small curtilage and an area where a garage formerly stood. There is vehicular access from the rear.

 

The building has been fitted with double glazed windows within PVCu framework. There are currently two gas central heating boilers installed, one to heat the ground floor and the other to serve the first floor. Please note that we have are unable to hereby guarantee the functionality of any of the installations within the property.