4 bed Semi-Detached House Sold
This large four bedroom, three bathroom semi-detached property has a lot to offer. It is a spacious house in a prestigious location with unique features providing the flexibility to function as an ideal family home which is great for entertaining, home working, and relaxation. With lots of lateral space and scope for further expansion, it is well-suited to the changing demands of modern living. Its many attractions include a sunny south west-facing garden, a unique first floor balcony, and the opportunity to add further space (and value) subject to planning permission.
The house lies at the quiet back corner of desirable Radcliffe Road with vehicle access to the rear, where there is both a detached garage and gated off-street parking space. The house is wider than most in the street thanks to a two-storey side extension which provides additional lateral space and plenty of scope for a new buyer to tailor the house to their specific needs. It has a lot of special features including a sauna and utility room, and the potential to expand into the loft or to convert the garage into a workspace or garden studio.
This Edwardian property, which is well-maintained throughout, combines original features such as high ceilings, sash windows, and leaded lights, with high quality modern fixtures including solid wood floors, downlighters, and fully-tiled bathrooms. It is unusual in offering over 2,000 sq ft of living space with the potential to add a significant amount more.
The ground floor has three interconnected large living spaces; a central reception room has two sets of double doors leading to a nicely proportioned living room with a bay window to the front and a large family and entertaining space to the rear combining kitchen, dining area, and seating area. There is also a shower room/sauna with underfloor heating and a separate WC on this level. The main reception room has a contemporary feature French pink marble fireplace with coal-effect fire whilst the connected front living room has a traditional wood and cast iron fireplace. Both rooms have intricate cornicing and solid oak and mahogany parquet flooring. The kitchen is well-equipped and designed for relaxed dining, with an adjacent orangery-style space that has double doors to the garden.
On the first floor there are two large bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, a charming bedroom with a traditional bay window overlooking the garden, and a fourth double bedroom. The main bedroom suite spans the front of the house. It is luxurious, light, and spacious, with three sash windows in the bedroom and a further window in the spa-style bathroom. This room has a solid wood floor, is fully tiled with travertine marble, and has a contemporary suite including a large sunken whirlpool bath. The second bedroom has fitted wardrobes, and is adjacent to the family bathroom with a bath a large walk-in shower, and double doors opening onto a decked west-facing terrace with has views over the garden and is over 6 metres long. The third bedroom also has views over the garden from a large bay window, whilst the fourth bedroom, also a double, is currently fitted out as a dressing room.
The property has plenty of outdoor space. The generously sized front yard is paved with York stone and has pedestrian and vehicle gates and space for parking. The south west-facing rear garden is landscaped into three zones; a paved patio area adjacent to the house, a raised lawn with planted borders, and the garage and parking area to the rear with gates to the rear service road. The detached garage, which is an attractive brick and timber coach house-style building, has been insulated for sound, in readiness for conversion to a music studio but equally a workspace, or home gym could be made as it is prepared with separate power and consumer unit.
The property is in a sought-after quiet residential road equidistant from Winchmore Hill station, ‘village’ green and small shopping parade, and the many amenities of thriving Winchmore Hill Broadway, including a Waitrose. It is close to excellent schools and pre-schools, as well as the various sports grounds and New River walk.
Council tax band: D
