Wayland Avenue, Exeter, Devon

6 Wayland Avenue is an attractive 1950s semi-detached property offering light-filled and well-maintained accommodation extending to just over 1,200 sq ft. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming wooden-floored reception hall with a useful cloakroom. It comprises a spacious sitting room with a front aspect bay window allowing for plenty of natural light and a feature fireplace with an inter-connecting door to the dining room which has patio doors to the terrace. The kitchen/breakfast room has a range of contemporary high-gloss wall and base units including a breakfast bar, complementary worktops and splashbacks, integrated appliances including a double oven and an induction hob and a door that opens onto the garden.

On the first floor the property provides a generous principal bedroom with a large bay window and built-in storage, two further well-proportioned bedrooms and a modern family bathroom with separate neighbouring W.C. The second floor loft provides excellent development potential into further accommodation subject to obtaining the necessary consents. It is currently used as an office with eaves and general storage areas.

Set behind low-level walling and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property has an attractive front garden and is approached through a wrought iron gate with a path leading to the front door, The enclosed rear garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by mature shrubs and colourful flowerbeds and features numerous seating areas, a vegetable garden with greenhouse and a paved terrace providing ideal space for al fresco dining. The property benefits from off-street parking with a garage at the rear.

The property sits in an enviable position in the conservation area of St. Leonards on the fringes of the city centre, near to Magdalen Road with its good range of mainly independent local shops and amenities, known as “The Village”, including an award-winning fishmonger and butcher, wine shop, fruit and veg shop, delicatessen, bakery, bank and convenience store as well as three cafés, a public house, restaurant and sought-after primary school. Exeter is a thriving city in the southwest that offers a wide choice of cultural activities with the theatre, the museum, arts centre and a wealth of good shopping and restaurants, plus a choice of supermarkets, including Waitrose. The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including St. Leonard’s C of E Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together with a good selection of independent schools including Exeter, The Maynard and Exeter Cathedral. The M5 motorway at Exeter provides links to the A38 to Plymouth or the A30 to Cornwall to the South and Bristol and London to the North and East. There are regular rail services to London Paddington from Exeter in just over two hours. Exeter International Airport provides an everincreasing number of domestic and international flights.

Local Authority: Exeter City Council
Services: Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage. Combi gas boiler.
Council Tax: Band D
Wayleaves and Easements: Wayleaves and easements: the property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not
Tenure: Freehold
Guide Price: £565,000