3 bed semi-detached house for sale

Lea Bank Avenue, Kidderminster DY11

1930s semi detached home offering two reception rooms, three bedrooms, generous garden and parking, with scope to update and personalise.

Description

This circa 1930 home presents a wonderful opportunity to create a comfortable family base. The ground floor offers a bay fronted living room, separate dining room with fireplace and a practical kitchen opening to the garden. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a family bathroom. A long, enclosed garden lies to the rear while a gravelled frontage and shared driveway to the side provides off road parking. Situated on a quiet avenue in Kidderminster, the home is convenient for amenities and transport connections.

• Three bedroom 1930s semi detached home requiring a full renovation.

• Bay fronted living room and dining room with fireplace.

• Long rear garden with lawn, gravelled beds and established shrubs.

• Gravel frontage with shrubs and shared tarmac driveway providing off road parking.

• Peaceful residential avenue within reach of local schools, shops and transport links in Kidderminster.

The kitchen
The kitchen serves as a practical workspace with light toned base and wall cabinets topped by laminate work surfaces. A stainless steel sink with drainer sits beneath the rear window and tiled splashbacks ensure easy maintenance. There is space for appliances and a part glazed door opens directly onto the garden.

The living room
Designed for everyday relaxation, the living room centres around a wide bay window with multi pane glazing that overlooks the frontage. An original chimney breast provides a natural focal point and exposed floorboards hint at the home’s 1930s origins. The room opens back into the entrance hall, offering a cosy space separate from the dining room for quiet reading or socialising.

The dining room
Ideal for family meals and entertaining, the dining room features a contemporary fireplace with surround set into a panelled chimney breast. A broad window frames views across the rear garden, while timber floorboards complement the traditional style.

The primary bedroom
Positioned at the rear of the first floor, the primary bedroom offers generous proportions for a double bed and freestanding furniture. A large picture window frames views over the garden, while the chimney breast creates handy alcoves for wardrobes or shelving. This room provides scope to tailor storage to individual needs.

The second bedroom
The second bedroom offers comfortable dimensions for a double or twin arrangement. A wide casement window draws attention to the outlook across the frontage. The chimney breast adds architectural interest and alcove space, while the gently sloping ceiling reminds you of the home’s period character.

The third bedroom
This versatile third bedroom could serve as a child’s room or home office. It features a casement window to the front and a high ceiling with exposed beam detail. A built in ventilation grille is set into the wall and the floorplan makes efficient use of the available space.

The bathroom
Serving the first floor is a family bathroom fitted with a white suite. A panelled bath with electric shower over sits beneath the frosted window, and a pedestal wash basin and low level WC complete the arrangement.

The garden
At the rear, the generous garden extends the living space outdoors. A lawned area is bordered by gravelled beds and colourful shrubs and perennials, while a paved path runs along the fence towards the far end. Timber and brick boundaries give a sense of seclusion and the length of the plot offers scope for play, planting or further landscaping.

The driveway and parking
The gravelled foregarden offers low maintenance kerb appeal and provides off road parking, softened by established shrubs and seasonal planting. A shared tarmac driveway continues down the side of the home for easy access to the rear garden. Steps rise to the front door from the path, welcoming visitors.

Location

Location
Kidderminster is a historic Worcestershire town offering a blend of urban convenience and green surroundings. Residents benefit from a choice of supermarkets, independent shops, cafes and leisure facilities, along with primary and secondary schools in the local area. Rail and bus services connect to larger centres such as Worcester and Birmingham, while road links via the A449 and M5 open up the wider region. The River Stour and nearby parks provide opportunities for walking, and the Wyre Forest offers miles of trails and woodland scenery. This home sits on a residential avenue with a neighbourly feel and access to daily amenities.

Services

Services
The property benefits from mains gas, electricity, water and drainage.

Broadband Speed Ultrafast broadband available. Download speeds up to 1800 Mbps and upload speeds up to 220 Mbps source Ofcom checker.

Mobile Coverage Likely available from O2 EE Vodafone and Three source Ofcom checker.

Flood Risk Long term forecast According to the Environment Agency long term flood risk data, the property is currently at very low risk for river and surface water flooding.

Fees

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and were not evident or drawn to the attention of you, the Buyer, prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.

Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and/or the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.