5 bed detached house for sale

High Street, Balsham, Cambridge CB21

A rare opportunity to acquire a light and spacious, double-fronted detached house, set back from the road in this sought after attractive village. The property has been sympathetically modernised, and is easy to maintain with double-glazing throughout. The versatile living space is provided on a generous plot, and the private driveway offers ample parking together with a detached double garage.

Covered Porch

With entrance door to:

Reception Hall

Natural wood style flooring, straight staircase to first floor with recessed area beneath, and glazed door to:

Living Room

Marble fireplace with wooden surround and mantle and coal effect electric fire, natural wood style flooring, full width bi-fold glazed doors lead to:

Dining Room

Natural wood style flooring and French doors (full height double glazed) lead to the gardens and paved terrace.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

Large Rangemaster induction cooker with five point hob and contemporary style extractor hood, fridge/freezer, Bosch washing machine, dishwasher, one & three quarters Franke stainless sink with inset bowls and mixer tap, modern Howden fitted kitchen units including draw units and a pull out shelved larder, with ceramic tiled splashbacks throughout, and a part glazed door leading to inset covered porch onto the driveway.

Inner Hall/Cloakroom

Coat hooks, door leading to:

Utility/Wc

Low level wc, stainless steel sink unit with mixer taps and Howdens cupboards below, worktop to side, Worcester oil fired boiler, high level storage cupboard containing the electrical distribution board, and part ceramic tiled walls.

Study/Play Room

Built in storage cupboards (mains water meter) and natural wood style flooring.

First Floor

Galleried Style Landing

Access to all five double bedrooms and the main bathroom, with trap door and loft ladder access to attic space.

Bedroom 1

Looks out on secluded south facing rear gardens, door to:

En Suite Shower Wet Room

Eternal Gris porcelain tiled shower area, pumped fixed rainshower and handheld shower, Schneider vanity unit with Laufen wash hand basin and drawers beneath, low level Duravit wc, electric towel radiator, upright Laufen shelved storage cupboard and Eternal porcelain tiled floor and walls. The wc, basin unit and storage cupboard are all wall mounted for ease of cleaning beneath.

Bedroom 2

Delightful view outlooking the rear gardens, built in airing cupboard with hot water cylinder and shower pump.

Bedroom 3

Front aspect and built in wardrobe.

Bedroom 4

Front aspect and built in wardrobe.

Bedroom 5

Side aspect.

Bathroom

White suite comprising; bath, vanity style unit with inset wash hand basin and mixer tap, cupboards below, wall mirror over, ceramic tiled splashbacks, low level wc, built in shower cubicle with tiled walls, wall mounted pumped shower unit, folding glazed shower door, wall mounted shelved cabinet.

Outside

The attractive front garden is laid to lawn with well stocked borders, cherry trees along the roadside in front of hedging, shrubs and trees also screen the east boundary. The five-bar gate at the roadside leads to a long tarmac driveway with a lawned area, borders and hedge on its west. The driveway includes additional parking space in front of the house and continues to a detached double garage at its rear. A pathway leads around the house through a wrought iron gate at front, past the rainwater harvesting tank and onto the south facing rear patio.
The mature rear garden has a delightful lawn with three apple trees. It is surrounded by long established rose and shrub borders. The lawn may be accessed by low steps from the paved terrace. The terrace has outside lighting.

Garage

It is set into the rear gardens with two up and over doors, workbench and light/power. To the rear of the garage there is an oil storage tank on a paved base.