Oakleigh, Napsbury Lane, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

£830,000

Guide price

Generous 1/4 acre plot

Reception hall

2 Reception rooms

Kitchen

4 Bedrooms

Family bathroom

Store room

Garden

Garage

EPC rating E

Verandah | Reception hall | Drawing room | Sitting room | Family room | Dining room | Kitchen | 2 Bedrooms | Family bathroom | 2 Store rooms | Garden | Garage | EPC rating E

Oakleigh is a handsome stone-clad double-fronted property offering flexible accommodation arranged in an L-shaped configuration over two floors, sensitively extended from its initial construction as a bungalow to add additional first floor space. While the property would benefit from some cosmetic modernisation, it offers the prospective purchaser the opportunity to re-configure and update the space to create a truly stunning family home.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and briefly comprises a generous sitting room, a spacious dining room and a galley-style kitchen with a range of wall and base units with space for modern integrated appliances and a glazed door to the rear terrace. The ground floor accommodation is completed by three generous double bedrooms, one with a sink and all with built-in storage, together with a fully-tiled family bathroom.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to the first floor which offers a spacious bedroom, currently being used as a drawing room, with large picture windows and an inter-connecting store room with potential for conversion to additional accommodation if required.

St. Albans City station 2.1 miles (London St. Pancras International 19 minutes), M25 (Jct. 21A) 3.1 miles, M1 (Jct. 6) 4.2 miles, London Heathrow Airport 25.6 miles

The property is set in a popular and convenient location within very easy reach of the mainline station with its fast through services via St. Pancras International to the City (19 mins), Gatwick and beyond. Road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. The city centre with its wealth of amenities including shopping, leisure activities and excellent state and public schools is close at hand, as are the green spaces at Clarence Park, The Wick, Bernards Heath and Verulamium Park.

With its attractive streets, market place and precincts, St. Albans' historic city centre provides an appealing backdrop to a great range of speciality boutiques, independent retailers and major stores and to numerous bars, cafés, public houses and restaurants. St. Albans has a thriving cultural life, with regular concerts and theatre productions held in a variety of local venues, as well as a large number of sporting venues, including eponymous football, rugby and cricket teams and facilities for the keen amateur, including Westminster Lodge swimming pool, a community gym, a bowls and tennis club and a golf course.

The area offers a wide range of nearby state schooling with Outstanding Ofsted ratings including Cunningham Hill Infant and Junior Schools and Loreto College, as well as a good selection of independent schools including St. Albans, St. Columba's College, St. Albans High School for Girls and Aldwickbury.

The property is approached over a tarmac driveway and forecourt providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the integral garage. The low-maintenance front garden features an area of level lawn and a paved verandah area sheltering the front door. To the rear, the well-maintained enclosed garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and interspersed with mature specimen trees and features numerous seating areas including a timber gazebo with paved surround and a large wraparound paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.