Woodside Way, Linslade, Bedfordshire

Why buy this home?

If you aren’t familiar with Linslade, you would be forgiven for not knowing where this home is as it sits on a peaceful cul-de-sac within an area that is popular with families. Leighton Buzzard Train Station can be reached on foot in under ten minutes with its regular, non-stop trains to London Euston. A choice of lower and upper schools, Mentmore Park, the Grand Union Canal and Tiddenfoot Lake are all within walking distance to enjoy, which solidifies this location as great for families.

The first thing you will notice about this property from the outside is the potential to extend over the garage (STPP). By doing this, you could create another bedroom or incorporate the existing third bedroom to create a larger bedroom with an en-suite. Converting the garage and store behind it would make the downstairs vast and provide an area with which an architect could be creative!

Entering the property, there is a porch which is where you could leave your shoes and coats without taking up space in the entrance hall.

A spacious lounge is the first room that you come to off the entrance hall and it is accessed via a set of double doors. It provides a lovely space to catch up with family after a long day, relax, socialise, or entertain friends. The current owners have a two-seater and a three-seater sofa but there is also space for an armchair, without it feeling cramped at all. The oak effect laminate flooring continues in from the entrance hall and an abundance of natural light flows in from a large window to the front.

At the rear of the property is the kitchen which overlooks the garden. It is fitted with handmade wooden units, some of which have additional pull-out racks to maximise space and keep everything organised. There is a floor to ceiling larder which keeps everyday items easily accessible and ample amounts of work surfaces allow more than one person to prepare meals without being on top of each other. Fitted appliances include an electric oven with a five-ring gas hob over it, an extraction hood, and a slimline dishwasher. There is space for a fridge/freezer.

A utility area, which includes a W/C, has a door that leads out to the side of the property. This door has been used many times over the years by the current owner’s children to remove damp clothing or muddy footwear without mess creeping into the main house. The utility area has plumbing for a washing machine and a sink in it so items can be washed straight away. There is also additional storage for cleaning products and space to hide away an ironing board and vacuum cleaner, freeing up space in the kitchen.

Next to the kitchen is the dining room. Traditionally, the lounge and the dining room would have been one large room, but the current owner has separated them with a stud wall. This could be opened up again to create a spacious lounge/diner. If a kitchen/diner was your preference, then the wall separating the rooms could be removed to create a kitchen/diner across the rear of the home.

Leading on from the dining room is a conservatory which extends the living area of the home. It is somewhere you could enjoy your breakfast or read a book with a coffee whilst overlooking the garden.

Outside, the rear garden benefits from recent landscaping. The main patio is the ideal place to BBQ or entertain family and friends and an additional patio is somewhere you are able to enjoy the last of the summer sun.

There is a passageway that provides access to the parking, and this is where you will also find entry to the garage. A wall has been installed to create two separate areas within here. An area currently being used as a home gym would make a fantastic office with the installation of a window and what is still the traditional garage section has an electric roller door.

The first floor has three double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a re-fitted shower room. The main bedroom, at the front of the house, is tastefully decorated and has fitted furniture meaning you only need to decide on what size bed to get! The second bedroom is also a great size with fitted wardrobes and benefits from recent decoration. Across the landing is the third bedroom and although smaller than the other larger two bedrooms, it does comfortably take a double bed. The single bedroom would make a lovely child’s bedroom or a nursery and has storage built over the bulkhead of the stairs.

The shower room is a mix of classic and contemporary with white gloss storage units, stylish tiling, and a traditional heated towel rail. The bath has been removed and replaced with a walk-in shower but the plumbing for the old bath is still in place so could be changed back if a bath was required.

At the front of the property there is paved driveway parking for two cars and a gate leads to the rear garden.

More about the location...

Linslade is an English town located on the Bedfordshire side of the Bedfordshire-Buckinghamshire border (and roughly a third-way between London and Birmingham). It borders the town of Leighton Buzzard, with which it forms the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade.

Linslade has no high street. Small, family run shops are clustered at the "Centre of Linslade", where three arterial roads converge to cross the canal and river. (Note, however, that Linslade's "Centre" is not its geographical centre.) Many of these buildings are Victorian in origin, as are all pubs, and the Hunt Hotel.

In recent years the area between the river and the canal has been redeveloped – adding Waitrose, Tesco, Aldi, and Homebase superstores. Other high-street stores and boutique shops, restaurants, bakery and butchers can be found in Leighton; or, failing that, at Milton Keynes. There are also corner shops.

Bedfordshire operates a three-tier education system, with Lower-, Middle and Upper Schools. Linslade has three Lower Schools (Linslade Lower, Southcott Lower, and Greenleas Lower) distributed relatively evenly across town; with a Middle School (Linslade Middle) and an Upper school (The Cedars) located opposite each other, on the edge of town.

The principal Leighton-Linslade facilities within Linslade are Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, which includes a swimming pool and indoor sports courts; Leighton Buzzard Golf Club and Leighton Buzzard railway station.

Linslade has two semi-wild park areas. Linslade Wood (colloquially called Bluebell Wood) is a mature woodland dating back to at least the 16th century. Tiddenfoot Pit, a former quarry, turned into a lake and wildlife area. Both are managed by Greensands Trust. Stockgrove Country Park and Rushmere Country Park are nearby.

Additional there are parks suitable for teenagers to kick around a football, and for dogs to run about, as well as fenced off play areas for young children, containing slides and swings.

In 1963 the Great Train Robbery took place at a site near Bridego Bridge, between the villages of Cheddington and Linslade. Every time a Great Train Robber was caught law dictated that they had to be brought back to the small court house at Linslade to be charged.
Council tax band: E