Rye Close, Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham

£575,000

Guide price

A detached dormer bungalow with single garage set in a mature residential location on the edge of the village, offering potential for modernisation and improvement.

LOCATION

Last Hope is set in a mature residential location just off the Rissington Road on the eastern side of the popular Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water; a short level walk from the village centre. Bourton provides an excellent range of local facilities including a range of boutique shops, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, doctors, churches, a leisure centre, local primary school and the popular Cotswold secondary school. The area's larger commercial and cultural centres of Cheltenham, Cirencester and Oxford are within easy travelling distance and there are main line rail services at Kingham (8 miles) (Paddington 80mins approx) and a comprehensive local bus network radiating from Bourton. The village is set in the heart of the Cotswold Hills which provide outdoor rural leisure pursuits.

DESCRIPTION

Last Hope was constructed in the early 1980's by a well known local builder and has subsequently been extended and improved by the current owners to create well planned and flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The ground floor comprises of a bedroom, bathroom, dining room, large sitting room and a kitchen/breakfast room. There are two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor. The property offers further potential subject to any necessary consents if desired.

Approach

Timber front door with matching panel to side and outside light. Through to:

Entrance Porch

With tiled floor, mat well and casements to side and rear elevation. Glazed timber stable door

Hall

with staircase rising to the first floor. Below stairs storage cupboard and archway connecting through to the:

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

Fitted kitchen with stainless steel sink unit with chrome mixer tap set in a worktop with tiled splash back. Four ring gas hob with extractor over, comprehensive range of below work surface cupboards and drawers, space for washing machine, range of eye level cupboards and three quarter height unit with double oven to one side. Recessed ceiling spotlighting, space for fridge/freezer and wide double glazed casement window to front elevation.

From the hall, opaque glazed painted timber door through to the:

Sitting Room

Double aspect with double glazed french doors leading out to the south facing terrace and garden. Further double glazed casement to the rear of the property. Open fireplace with a stone hearth. Two wall light points.

From the kitchen/breakfast room, painted timber door to:

Secondary Hall / Landing

With built in cupboard.

Painted timber door to:

Dining Room

With double glazed casement window to rear elevation.

From the hall, painted timber door to:

Shower Room

With tiled floor, walk in shower with curved glazed shower screen, low level WC with built in cistern and inset wash hand basin with built in cupboards below. Fully tiled walls, opaque double glazed casement window to front elevation and door to airing cupboard with pine slatted shelving.

From the hall, painted timber door to:

Ground Floor Bedroom

With double glazed casement window to front elevation and overlooking the garden.

From the hall, stairs with timber balustrade rise to the:

First Floor Landing

With Velux roof light over stairs, recessed ceiling spotlighting and painted timber door to:

Bedroom Two

With built in eaves storage with sliding doors, hanging rail and shelving. Velux roof light to rear elevation, double glazed casement window to side elevation, recessed ceiling spotlighting and access to roof space.

From the landing, painted timber door to:

Bathroom

With paneled bath with central chrome mixer taps. Opaque double glazed casement window to front elevation, low level WC, part tiled walls and wash hand basin with built in cupboards below and electric strip light over, further built in cupboard. Vertical heated towel rail.

From the landing, painted timber door to:

Bedroom Three

With wide double glazed casement window overlooking the front of the property, recessed ceiling spotlights, built in cupboard, built in airing cupboard and further eaves storage.

OUTSIDE

Last Hope is approached off the Rissington Road and accessed from Rye Close in to a small cul de sac and in turn leading to Last Hope; a detached dormer bungalow of Cotswold stone elevations under a pitched reconstituted stone tiled roof. With graveled parking to the front and an attached single garage to the side with up and over door. The gardens are set principally to the south side of the house being landscaped with a paved terrace with inset gravel beds and borders and with a variety of clipped evergreen and deciduous shrubs and plants surrounding. A Cotswold stone wall fronts on to the Rissington Road.

SERVICES

Mains Gas, Electricity, Water and Drainage are connected. Gas-fired central heating.

LOCAL AUTHORITY

Cotswold District Council, Trinity Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1PX (Tel: 01285 623000) www.cotswold.gov.uk.

COUNCIL TAX

Council Tax band C. Rate Payable for 2022/ 2023: £1,755.84

DIRECTIONS

From the Tayler & Fletcher office proceed along the High Street to the end of the road and then turn right on to Rissington Road. Proceed along Rissington Road past Sadlers Edge on the left and then take the next left turn into Rye Close. Last Hope will be found immediately set back on the left hand side.