Homewood Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

38 Homewood Road is a handsome red brick property offering more than 3,600 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation features a wealth of wooden flooring and flows seamlessly from a welcoming reception hall with useful storage and a cloakroom. The layout includes a spacious dual-aspect sitting room with a feature fireplace with a contemporary inset woodburner and French doors opening to the rear terrace. There is also a well-proportioned dining room with a front aspect bay window and a feature fireplace. The large open-plan kitchen/dining room offers a range of wall and base units, complementary worktops and splashbacks, and modern integrated Neff appliances. The dining area is enhanced by a partially-glazed roof and French doors leading to the rear terrace. Double doors connect this space to a generous rear-aspect music room, which also features French doors opening to the terrace.

On the first floor, the property offers a principal bedroom with a fitted dressing room and a modern en suite shower room featuring twin sinks. There are three further bedrooms, one of which benefits from a modern en suite shower room. This floor also includes a second fitted kitchen and a modern family bathroom with a bath and separate shower. The second floor accommodates the property’s two remaining bedrooms, both with built-in storage, including one with a modern en suite bathroom.

Local Authority: St Albans City and District Council
Services: Gas, electricity, mains water and drainage
Council Tax: Band H
EPC Rating: C
Wayleaves and easements: the property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not

Set behind mature hedging and an area of level lawn and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a low-maintenance block-paved driveway providing private parking and giving access to the integral double garage. The generous rear garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by an area of mature shrubs and features numerous seating areas and a large paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

With its attractive streets, marketplace and precincts, St. Albans' historic city centre provides an appealing backdrop to a great range of speciality boutiques, independent retailers, major stores, supermarkets and services and to numerous bars, cafés, public houses and restaurants. The city also has a thriving cultural life, with regular concerts and theatre productions held in a variety of local venues, as well as football, rugby and cricket clubs, a community gym, bowls and tennis club and golf course, and green spaces including The Wick, Clarence Park, Bernards Heath and Verulamium Park. Communications links are excellent; the city’s mainline station (1.4 miles) offers regular fast through services via St. Pancras International to the City (19 mins), Gatwick and beyond, and road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and the A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted.

The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Fleetville Infant and Nursery School, Sandringham School, Beaumont School and Loreto College (all rated Outstanding by Ofsted), as well as a good selection of independent schools including St. Albans High School for Girls, St. Albans, St. Columba’s College and Aldwickbury.