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Wentworth Road – A rarely available chalet bungalow, finished to an incredibly high standard throughout. This beautifully designed home benefits from bright and spacious accommodation arranged across two floors and is located within a quiet and mature residential location.

Enter via the recently re-modelled kitchen/diner, featuring a range of base and eye level units, wooden worktops, various integrated/freestanding appliances and a singular rear door to the garden. A set of internal sliding doors lead to a brilliant sized living room with further built-in storage and set of French doors leading out to the rear garden. An inner hallway leads to two front aspect double-bedrooms, with both bedrooms featuring fitted wardrobes and one of the bedrooms currently serving as a playroom. The ground floor bedrooms are served by a smartly finished family bathroom.

To the first floor, an almost 19ft principal bedroom featuring a contemporary en-suite. The bedroom continues the trend of the house being light and airy with use of a rear aspect Juliet balcony and dual Velux windows.

The exterior provides a spacious and private rear garden, tastefully landscaped, predominantly laid-to-lawn and rear bark area. An initial raised decked area is perfect for all your summertime entertainment needs. The front of the property benefits from a low-maintenance garden and off-street parking. The property also offers a detached single garage.

The property is a short walking distance to both Hertford North/East lines, Hertford Town and Catchment for Abel Smith Primary (Ofsted Outstanding), Simon Balle all-through School, Richard Hale boys secondary, Presdales girls secondary & Morgans primary. Mandeville road (adjoining Wentworth Road) also benefits from its own hourly bus service to Hertford Town Centre.

A rarely available, 3-Bedroom, Victorian family home with both front & rear gardens, offering flexible accommodation across three floors. All within a stone’s throw of Hertford East Station and catchment area of the highly sought after local schooling.

The ground floor comprises of a good-sized entrance hall, front-aspect lounge with feature fireplace, formal dining room with feature fireplace, leading through to the kitchen. The kitchen features a range of base and eye level units with integrated appliances, wooden worktops and a door leading out into the garden.

The property also benefits from a basement offering flexibility to be used as another living area/cinema room or a guest bedroom if required.

To the first-floor landing, where the property features three principle bedrooms, including the large front aspect principle bedroom and two further good sized bedrooms. The three bedrooms are served by a four-piece family bathroom.

Externally at the rear of the property is a nicely landscaped rear garden with an initial patio entertainment area. The garden itself is predominately laid-to-lawn with various privacy hedging and mature trees. To the rear of the garden is a raised patio seating area and useful storage shed.

An attractive and recently extended three-bedroom character cottage with basement, expansive living accommodation and within a desirable no-through road location. Convenient for both Hertford North and East stations and the town centre.

Enter the property via the front door into the living room, with feature cast iron fireplace and front aspect sash window, leading through to the inner hallway to a second family room and onto the open plan and recently extended kitchen/breakfast room, with a range of fitted base and eye level units, quartz worktops, integrated Neff appliances, underfloor heating, and a central kitchen island. Light floods through into the kitchen/breakfast room via the skylights and large rear window. The kitchen/breakfast room is served by a separate utility with cloakroom/WC.

To the first-floor landing, where you are again met with floods of light via a large skylight. There are three good sized bedrooms, two of which being doubles and the principal bedroom featuring a character fireplace, dressing area and a fully fitted en-suite. The first floor is also served by a beautifully finished 3-piece family bathroom.

Heading down to the basement, where you’ll find a further reception room currently serving as an office and snug.

The exterior of the property consists of a good size sunny rear garden with patio entertainment area and laid lawn thereafter. There is also gated side access via a tunnel.

Located within the much sought-after town of Hertford, George St. offers a private no-through road location being a short walk to the town centre, equidistant to both Hertford North & East train stations and within the catchment area for the exceptional local schools.

A charming two-bedroom character cottage located in the highly desirable and sought after village of Bayford, Hertfordshire. This semi-detached home boasts wonderful views across open fields to both front and rear, with detached garage and driveway.

The ground floor accommodation offers a vast amount of character and charm, including lounge/diner with feature Inglenook fireplace and exposed timber beams, fitted kitchen, and rear aspect garden room. The ground floor is served by a fully tiled and four-piece bathroom.

To the first-floor landing, there are two double bedrooms each with fitted wardrobes and the larger bedroom benefitting from being dual aspect.

Externally the garden is a real focal point of the home, with it being West facing and measuring approximately 250ft long and 60ft wide. The garden is predominantly laid-to-lawn with mature trees, shrubs and a patio entertainment area to soak up the far-reaching views in those summer evenings. The front of the property provides both a garage and driveway supplying ample off-street parking.

Bayford is one of the more highly regarded villages within Hertfordshire, having a true community spirit. The village is within easy access to various road and rail links; Bayford train station (0.8 miles/10min walk) servicing London’s Moorgate station, with Broxbourne station service to London Liverpool Street and Hatfield (15min drive) with trains 25min into London Kings Cross. Hertford Town (3 miles) with its range of great schools, shops and restaurants and Little Berkhamsted’s local village shop (1.6 miles) are also within easy access via car or bus journey.

The vendor has planning permission approved for a wrap around two-storey extension, converting the home into a 3-bedroom/2-bathroom home and the erection of two outbuildings for the use of an office and home gym w/shower. Planning reference – 3/22/1199/HH & 3/23/0633/HH via the East Herts Planning Portal website. Plans are available directly Simply Homes.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional four bedroom, two bathroom family home set in a prime location in the centre of Hertford. The property is effectively brand new, having been completed just twelve months ago, offered with a substantial period left on the original NHBC guarantee and celebrates state of the art building materials and practices that combine to offer stylish, energy efficient yet generous living space arranged over three floors. There is designated parking at the front with electric charging point, additional guest parking, secure bike storage, individual room underfloor heating throughout, a splendid outdoor terrace on the ground floor and a large balcony to the rear first floor bedroom, both offering a lovely situation overlooking the river Beane.

A stunning four-bedroom Edwardian semi-detached residence, within walking distance of the town centre, train station and local schools. This delightful property has sympathetically refurbished and extended over the years by the present owners, retaining many of the original character features and supplemented by many modern improvements.

To the first-floor landing, comprising of three double bedrooms, one of which could serve as the principle bedroom and provides a very generous space, benefitting from a large bay window and front aspect balcony. Additionally on the first floor there is a three-piece family bathroom that serves each of the bedrooms.

To the second-floor landing where the cleverly designed loft conversion allows for another large double bedroom that could serve as the principle. Featuring a large amount of eaves storage, sash and Velux windows and served by a four-piece en-suite bathroom.

Externally the fantastic mature garden has been well established over the years by the present owners; well stocked with various flowers, shrubs, specimens and evergreens, patio entertainment space to the immediate rear with gate to side, outside water tap, useful garden shed and fencing to boundaries. Beyond the fencing at the rear there is an additional wooded area that has the scope to house an additional outbuilding or be opened up to make the garden larger. Returning to the front of the property is a shingle driveway providing ample parking for at least two cars.

Roe Green Lane is ideally situated near to Hatfield Station (1.3miles/5min drive) and Hertfordshire University (0.6miles/14min walk). The home is also a short walk to the town, local business park and close to the Galleria shopping and leisure complex.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this comprehensively appointed four bedroom, two bathroom family home arranged over three floors, in the heart of the tremendously popular town of Harpenden in the district of St Albans. The property is perfectly placed at the end of a quiet residential cul-de-sac, yet just ten minutes walk from the vibrant and thriving town centre that is bursting with shops, bars, pubs and restaurants. Factor in the nearby lovely open spaces of Harpenden Common, the Harpenden Cricket Club, proximity to St Albans and the mainline train station that connects speedily from Bedford in the north via Luton, central London and Gatwick to Brighton in the south, and it is clear to see that this property not only has the facilities to support a large busy family, but also, enjoys an unbeatable location.

Accommodation:
The front door opens into a neat and useful lobby area that then leads on into the spacious living room. This is a lovely room of excellent size and shape, blessed with plenty of natural light from the large picture window to the front. An attractively carved wooden fireplace with a tiled surround provides a stylish focal point featuring a wood burner style heater.

Glazed double doors open into the family room, giving a terrific open feel and easy flow between the rooms. Being fully open plan through into the kitchen/dining room makes this nicely proportioned room light, bright and really flexible as to how you best use it to suit your lifestyle. Being effectively interchangeable with the dining room brings you a multitude of options, and serves to really future proof this tremendous family home as your needs change over time. Currently being used as a dining area, and performing that task in exemplary fashion, it would also excel as a lounge/reading room, TV room, family hang out space or well sized home office/study.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful detached four bedroom, two shower room family home just a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the vibrant and popular village of Welwyn. The property boasts a substantially extended ground floor that now offers generous and flexible living space with a guest cloakroom, an immaculate garden room and a garage en-bloc.

Accommodation:
The modern front door, with inset glass panel, welcomes you into a spacious entrance hall occupying the centre of the house. From here doors lead into the living room, dining room and conveniently placed guest cloakroom, with the kitchen/breakfast room opening directly from the hallway.

The kitchen/breakfast room runs the full depth of the house front to back and is a lovely light, bright space thanks to the large windows at either end. It is a large room by any measure and is blessed with abundant storage within the extensive array of wall and floor mounted cupboards that are fitted around two sides of the perimeter walls. Set within the cupboards is a full complement of integrated appliances, with designated spaces left for free standing items such as a washer/dryer and double width range style cooker. The rest of the room is left as open floor space and is comfortably large enough for a substantial kitchen table and chairs as well as other occasional furniture.

Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful three bedroom cottage set in the picturesque village of Walkern. Sympathetically extended to the side and rear, it has just recently been fully remodelled and refurbished to a very high standard and a useful detached garden room added. This delightful turn-of-the-century cottage offers ample and well laid out living space, whilst keeping all of the wonderful original features.

Accommodation:

The attractive steps lead you up to the pretty leaded light front door. Once inside you are are met with a good sized hallway with doors leading to the living room, the conveniently placed downstairs cloakroom and double doors straight ahead into the kitchen/dining room. From the hallway there is also a traditionally styled staircase, with its nicely turned banisters, rising to the first floor.

The living room is really quite exceptional. Being twenty feet by twenty feet it offers a myriad of opportunities for its layout and furnishing, it would easily accept a dining table, as well as, sofas and chairs. Bathed in natural light from the large glazed windows/double doors to the rear, plus two windows to the side and with a stunning feature fireplace, this room has an abundance of style. Clever planning means there is a quiet study/library area placed at the rear of the fireplace, yet well lit by the adjacent window. Within the floor is a fascinating and truly unique historical feature, being an old well that has been sealed off and now showcased through a viewing panel made of safety glass.

The kitchen/dining room is another large room, offering all of the usual amenities with style and character. There is a large walk-in pantry plus plenty of wall and floor mounted storage cupboards along with a full range of integrated appliances that a busy family needs. The clever layout ensures plenty of floor space for a large dining table and this bright, airy room has plenty of natural light from the two win

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful four bedroom, two bathroom family home in the ever popular village of Little Berkhamsted. Enjoying a lovely rural village location, with a large enclosed rear garden, yet within easy reach of other nearby villages and the towns of Hertford and Broxbourne means this modern, stylish and immaculately presented property will fulfil the needs of every family member, adult and child alike. Easy access to road and rail links make it a straight forward commute into London, with a fabulous home office and a clever open plan arrangement to the ground floor making the best use of the substantial living space on offer.

Accommodation:
The part-glazed front door, with a porch protecting it, opens into a light, bright hallway. From here part-glazed internal doors lead into the large living room, the dining room and the office/study.
The office/study is a good size and shape, well lit by a large front facing window. Certainly large enough for a comprehensive multi workstation work from home facility, this would also do great service as a snug, gym, TV room or teenage hangout space. With four bedrooms upstairs, there is plenty of flexibility for making each and every room work for you to really meet your particular family needs. The room is well connected to the rest of the house via the main entrance hall, and also through an inner lobby that leads past the well placed guest cloakroom that holds the washing machine and tumble dyer, and directly into the kitchen.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this charming chain free, period home with three bedrooms, off street parking, a generous walled garden and an outbuilding which could be remodelled (subject to planning) to suit your needs. This is an unusually spacious property for such a desirable village location. Houses of this character and with such a generous plot, rarely come to the market.

Accommodation:
The well-proportioned entrance hall is accessed by two separate external doors, one to the side aspect and the other to the rear. The hallway is nicely lit by a rear facing window with a great viewing out into the garden as well as glass panels in both of the doors, with a useful storage cupboard built in under the staircase. From the entrance hall doors open into the lounge and kitchen which leads on into the sitting/dining room.

The kitchen is a neat, practical space with a large multi-pane window, there are a number of fitted cabinets which offer generous storage and plenty of food preparation worktop area, still leaving abundant floor space for any free standing appliances you may need. The kitchen is entirely fit for purpose but clearly has enormous scope to be remodelled and fully fitted to your exact specification.

Adjacent to the kitchen is the front facing sitting/dining room, of generous and well-balanced proportions. The original chimney breast remains, with a sizeable fireplace which would provide a perfect home for an open fire or log burner, providing a traditional visual focal point as well as welcome winter warmth. The room is comfortably large enough for a generous dining table and chairs as well as casual seating and would be ideal to open up to the kitchen making a superb combined kitchen/dining room.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this superb detached four bedroom, two bathroom family home located within a peaceful residential cul-de-sac on the highly desirable east side of Hertford. This is a really well specified house with generous, intelligently designed living space that has been carefully configured to meet all of a modern family’s needs, along with a valuable garden room that would be perfect as a substantial home office, among many other potential uses.

Accommodation:
This is an attractive house presented in fabulous condition inside and out, that enjoys a classic appeal, typified by the brick and half timbered finish to the front and the coordinating extended tiled roof sections that sit above the lovely bay window on the living room and provide a useful protective porch over the front door and front facing storage room.

The pretty front door, inset with decorative glass panels, opens into a generous entrance hall, from which the ornately crafted staircase curves up to a charming galleried upper hallway above. From the entrance hall doors open into the living room, kitchen/dining/family room and a well placed guest cloakroom, as well as a useful cupboard built in under the stairs. An elegant feature of the entrance hall is the wood floor that flows from the front door through into and around the large kitchen/dining/family room, giving a wonderfully authentic colour and texture that counterpoints perfectly with the clean, white and muted tones of the ceilings, walls and doors. It is a clever and expertly executed stylistic balance that is typical of the whole property.