St. Matthews Gardens, Cambridge

Entrance hall, cloakroom/w.c, living room with study area, kitchen and dining room, three bedrooms, bathroom and en-suite shower room, loft room, split-level courtyard garden, front lightwell courtyard, lockable bicycle store, gated allocated underground parking space, communal gardens, EPC rating C

This well-presented, chain-free, smart four storey, three-bedroom townhouse offers flexible living in a popular location with quick access to Cambridge city centre, the river and Midsummer Common, Beehive Centre, Grafton Centre and retail parks. It also includes a secure underground car parking space. Flooring throughout is hardwood with laminate in kitchen and bathrooms. Windows are double-glazed.

The ground floor entrance opens into a hallway with access to the cloakroom w.c., stair-well up and down and the living room. The living room has two windows overlooking the rear courtyard garden including the useful space going into a large bay window. A study or play area to the front aspect can be used to enlarge the whole living room or be used as a separate room.

The lower ground floor comprises the kitchen and dining room with a practical stairwell space with storage cupboard. There are wall and base-level cupboards including a range cooker with seven-burner gas hob, extractor hood and spaces for dishwasher and washing machine. A door leads out to the front small courtyard under the front entrance. The dining area benefits from a bay window and door to the rear courtyard garden.

There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The front bedroom, next to the bathroom, includes a wardrobe. The bathroom has a shower over the bathtub, a medicine cabinet and heated towel rail.

The top floor features a store room accessed from the landing and bedroom with ensuite shower room with shower cubicle and heated towel rail. There is a deep built-in cupboard by the door and a fitted wardrobe system on the other side of the room towards the eaves space which could be used as a dressing area or study space.

Outside

The walkway to the front door runs above the lower ground floor small courtyard, which acts as a lightwell for the kitchen area. There is a lockable bike store beside the front door which also houses the gas boiler (newly installed in 2023). The rear split-level courtyard garden is enclosed with close fitted wooden fencing. A small paved area directly outside the dining room has steps up to a raised patio. At the rear of the patio is a further raised mature flower bed area containing shrubs and a tree.

The large communal garden is opposite the house with small children's playgrounds tucked discreetly behind each of the apartment blocks at either end. The secure car park is underneath the main communal green space where one parking space is numbered and allocated to the property.

Location

St Matthews Gardens is situated off York Street opposite the leafy St. Matthews Piece Park and playground, close to the York Street Medical Centre. Supermarkets are nearby at The Beehive Centre, Grafton Centre and along Newmarket Road. The river and Midsummer Common are just half a mile away and the city centre is also under one mile. The rail station is one mile away.

General

Freehold
Services - mains water, sewerage, and electricity. Gas fired central heating.
EPC rating C
Local Authority: Cambridge City Council
Council Tax Band: E (2024/25: £2748.72)
Service charge: (2024) £989

Broadband - Standard, Superfast and Ultrafast are available according to Ofcom Checker ( checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage ) as of 19.07.2024. Please check for your own requirements.

Mobile signal/coverage - EE, 3, 02 and Vodafone voice calls and data are available outdoors. 02 and Vodafone voice calls are available indoors; EE and Three calls are limited indoors according to Ofcom Checker ( checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage ) as of 19.07.2024. Please check for your own requirements.

The area around 107 St. Matthews Gardens CB1 2PH is labelled as having a very low risk of flooding from rivers and the sea and a high risk of surface water flooding ( check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/risk# ) as of 19.07.2024. Please check for your own requirements.

Agent's note: we would like to inform prospective purchasers that these sales particulars have been prepared as a general guide only. A detailed survey has not been carried out, nor the services, appliances and fittings tested. Room sizes should not be relied upon for furnishing purposes and are approximate. If floor plans are included, they are for guidance only and illustration purposes only and may not be to scale. If there are any important matters likely to affect your decision to buy, please contact us before viewing the property.