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A charming three-bedroom, semi-detached family home, providing spacious, light and airy accommodation with a beautifully maintained rear garden that is bordering the river Lea. The property also provides the new buyer with the potential to extend, with approved planning permission for a side extension and loft conversion. (Ref no: 07/24/0405/HF / 07/21/0539/LDP)

Enter via the light and airy hallway with space for coats and boots, leading to the living room with large front aspect window and feature log-burning fireplace. A set of double doors lead to the formal dining room and kitchen, featuring a range of base and eye level units, various integrated appliances and rear aspect French doors out to the impressive garden. The ground floor also comprises of a separate utility room and a recently refurbished downstairs cloakroom/WC.

To the first-floor landing, comprising of three spacious double bedrooms, each with fitted wardrobes and the larger of the bedrooms featuring a full-length rear balcony. The three bedrooms are all beautifully presented and are served by a superbly refurbished four-piece family bathroom.

To the exterior of the property is a good sized private rear garden, comprising of an initial raised paved entertainment area, mature trees, flower beds and being predominantly laid-to-artificial grass. The end of the garden also benefits from a useful storage shed. Returning to the front of the property is the paved driveway, providing enough space for multiple cars.

Stafford Drive is considered one of the more premium locations in Broxbourne and is in close proximity to Broxbourne Train Station, which offers a fantastic train service to London Liverpool Street and to Stansted Airport. The local High Road offers a variety of shops, restaurants, pubs and access to various open spaces (Broxbourne Park, woods and Lea Valley basin). The home is situated within catchment to Broxbourne CofE and Sheredes primary schools, and the Broxbourne School (secondary)

Gardeners Cottage offers a truly unique opportunity to acquire an exceptional single-storey residence, ideally suited as a ‘lock-up and leave’ home. Situated within a private mews of just six exclusive properties, this beautifully presented home is maintained to show home standards throughout.

Stepping inside the property you immediately see the show home condition, with high spec finishing and overall attention to detail. In the entrance hall you will find a useful storage cupboard, separate cloakroom toilet and access to both the properties bedrooms. Both generous double bedrooms have their own en-suite, a full bathroom to the principle bedroom and shower room to the second guest bedroom. The principle bedroom is particularly impressive, being fitted with bespoke, high quality, range of wardrobes, draw units and dressing area.

The dual aspect kitchen/dining room feels particularly light and spacious due to the high vaulted ceilings with feature wooden beams. The kitchen comprises of a range of solid oak units with granite work surfaces and integrated high quality new appliances. The kitchen is nicely finished with tiled splash backs and a ceramic tiled floor. The main reception room is also a fantastic feature, again this reception room is dual aspect and has the feature vaulted ceiling with wooden beams. There are double doors that open up onto the courtyard garden. The focal point of this room is the fireplace, with feature lighting, timber mantle and housing a wood burning stove, perfect for the cold winter evenings.

Externally the property continues to impress. The home features a courtyard garden, that is deceptively spacious and is a fantastic sun-trap. The garden gives rear access to the garage, which the current owners have converted to a workshop area, this could easily be changed back in to a garage to hold a car if desired. There is parking to both the front of the garage and directly outside the property.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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

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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.

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Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this delightful three bedroom, two bathroom detached bungalow set in a quiet residential area on the favoured south side of Hertford. Enjoying a long driveway leading up to the detached garage, a deceptively large garden with brick built greenhouse and a super conservatory, this lovely home has a wonderful open aspect to the front overlooking a generous green space. Bungalows like this rarely come to the market, so this property presents an amazing opportunity. The home is in need of modernisation and offers fantastic scope to extend both on the ground floor and into the loft (STPP).

Accommodation:
The fully enclosed porch leads into an open plan dining room of really good size and proportions, generously lit by a large double window to the front. The bedrooms are nicely spaced through the house, with one at the front and the other two towards the rear. Each of them is a good size and certainly any of them would function equally as well in alternative roles should they not all be needed as bedrooms. Home office, hobby room, gym, TV room, library/reading room all fall readily to mind, but there are many others of course.

A nice feature, adding a whole extra layer of practicality and flexibility, are the two separate bathrooms. One of them has a shower and the other a fitted bath with shower attachment and screen.

The kitchen is a good size and has been cleverly designed to make maximum use of the space available. An extensive range of wall and floor mounted cupboards ensure more than ample storage space and extensive food preparation areas, still leaving plenty of room for the necessary appliances, either free standing or easily integrated. This room is certainly large enough to be slightly adjusted to incorporate a breakfast bar if needed for those grab and go meal times.

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.

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.

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 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.

A well presented three-bedroom and beautifully extended terraced family home, located conveniently just a short walk from Hertford North station and the town centre. This charming character home is arranged over three floors via a loft conversion and features unobstructed views across the Hertford countryside

Enter the property via the front door and into the entrance hallway, with living room to your right. Towards the end of the hallway is the kitchen/dining room, featuring a range of fitted base/eye level units, various integrated appliances, and a central kitchen island. Light floods through into the kitchen/dining room via the cleverly integrated skylights and rear aspect bi-fold doors. The ground floor also features a cloakroom/WC.

To the first floor landing, comprising of two double bedrooms and an attractive first floor family bathroom.

The top/second floor offers another generous bedroom with dormer windows, looking out over the rolling countryside and extensive eaves storage.

Externally, the property has a wonderful South facing garden that backs on to the stunning Beane Marshes. The garden features an initial raised decking, suitable for your entertainment needs, with stairs down to a lower turfed level. There is also gated side access via a tunnel.

Located within the much sought-after town of Hertford, Molewood Road offers a premium location, a short walk to the town centre; walking distance to both Hertford North & East train stations and within the catchment area for the exceptional local schools.

A substantial two double bedroom ground floor apartment set within this elegant Manor House conversion benefiting from generous room sizes with high ceilings throughout and beautifully private communal gardens.

The accommodation offers well proportioned rooms with double height ceilings, double glazing throughout, and comprises; large living room with a beautiful bay window and French doors opening to the communal grounds, principal bedroom with fully tiled en-suite shower room, second double bedroom, additional bathroom and a contemporary fitted kitchen.

Externally Ware Park Manor provides beautiful manicured communal gardens for all the owners to enjoy. The property also comes with the additional benefit of a garage en-bloc and ample guest parking.

Ware Park Manor is a mansion with rich history including numerous royal connections, converted into luxury apartments in 1980, offering spacious and elegant accommodation, well-proportioned rooms with views and country walks on your doorstep.

The property is approximately one mile from the county town of Hertford which provides for a comprehensive range of facilities to include shopping, restaurants, churches and schools. Hertford North station is 8 min (2.1 miles) away with connecting trains to London Kings Cross. The surrounding Hertfordshire countryside provides numerous leisure activities to include riding, walking, water sports, several golf courses and areas of historical interest.

Additional Information:
Local Authority – East Herts
Council Tax – Band E
Lease – 999 years (from 1983)
Service Charge – £3,500 P/A Approx.