Skylark Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54

Beautifully presented semi-detached modern house, located on the edge of the village, in a popular residential development

The property is well placed on the edge of the development, with easy pedestrian access to the town centre with its many amenities and good schooling


PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Superbly presented semi-detached family home built in 2018 to a high standard, with living accommodation over three floors, detached single garage with off-street parking, and a low-maintenance rear garden
The large kitchen/family/dining room is particularly impressive, with two sets of double French doors to the rear garden, part-vaulted ceiling with Velux windows, and ample space for a dining table and chairs, and sofa, etc. The kitchen is finished to a good standard, with a good selection of wall and base units, inset stainless steel sink unit and a number of built-in Bosch appliances including a double oven, fridge-freezer, halogen hob, stainless-steel extractor hood, dishwasher, as well as a Candy washer/dryer. The kitchen is further complemented by high-quality marble tiled flooring and granite work surfaces
There is also a downstairs cloakroom leading off the entrance hall, both with marble tiled flooring, which connects to the sitting room
The sitting room is spacious in size and enjoys a dual aspect to the front and side aspects, providing plenty of natural light
To the first floor, there are two double bedrooms, with ample space for wardrobes cupboards, which are both serviced by the modern family bathroom consisting of a panelled bath, separate shower cubicle, low-level wc and pedestal wash-hand basin
To the top floor, is the principal double bedroom and a separate walk-through dressing area with a large built-in sliding wardrobe cupboard and an en-suite shower room with a shower cubicle with mains-operated shower over, low-level wc and vanity wash-hand basin
The property is well placed on the edge of the development, with easy pedestrian access to the town centre with its many amenities and good schooling, as well as the Greystones Farm Nature Reserve, which is home to wildflower meadows, Iron Age ramparts, a replica Iron Age roundhouse, working organic farm, and an interactive Discovery Barn
EPC Band B
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £1,850 pcm

OUTGOINGS
Council tax – band E
Tax payable for 2024/25 - £2,653.80
Estate maintenance charge currently payable - £107.50 per quarter

SERVICES
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are connected
Gas fired central heating
Time and temperature zone control
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 73.5 Mbps if provider is BT

SITUATION
Charming Cotswold village made popular by the shallow River Windrush running through the centre
Comprehensive facilities include Co-operative store, Pharmacy, doctors, community centre, dentist, primary school and the outstanding academy ‘Cotswold School’
Stow-on-the-Wold (4 miles) and Moreton-in-Marsh (8), both with many attractions, also have a good range of shopping facilities
The award-winning Daylesford Farm Shop, including the new and exclusive ‘The Club by Bamford’ is about 7.5 miles
The Members’ Club, Soho Farmhouse, is about 21 miles
Good train services from both Moreton-in-Marsh and Kingham (8 miles equidistant), the fastest reaching Paddington in approx. 80 minutes
Other larger towns within easy reach are Cheltenham and Cirencester (16 miles) and Oxford (28)

OUTSIDE
The low-maintenance rear garden is mainly laid to astro-turf, with an ornamental dry stream running through to the middle of the garden, as well as a terrace, with the whole enclosed by part panel fencing and part reconstituted stone walling, with a gated side access
The detached single garage is sited a short distance from the property, with an up-and-over metal door, and tandem parking for up to three vehicles in total