Carlisle Avenue, St. Albans, Hertfordshire

£2,000,000

Guide price

• Porch

• Entrance Hall

• Drawing room

• Sitting room

• Reception room/office

• Kitchen/dining room

• Utility

• Cloakroom

• 5 Bedrooms

• 2 Bathrooms

• Garden

• Summer House

• Off-road parking

• EPC rating E

Mileages

St. Albans City mainline railway station 0.9 miles (London St. Pancras 19 mins), M25 (Jct 21a) 4.5miles, M1 (J8) 4.5 miles, London Heathrow airport 30 miles

The property

Located in a popular residential area to the north of the city, this stylishly extended Victorian property retains many original features and offers flexible family accommodation with easy access to the city's schools, shops and leisure facilities as well as mainline railway and motorway networks. A large porch with traditional stained glass door and windows leads into the entrance hall, linking all the ground floor accommodation.

A spacious drawing room with high bay window to the front, a feature fire place and stripped wooden floors, runs the length of the house with French windows further extending the living space out on to the rear terrace and into the garden. Two further reception rooms, one currently configured as an office with a feature tiled fireplace, provide flexible separate spaces for all the family.

To the rear is a large open plan kitchen/dining room which is filled with natural light and provides ample space for formal and informal family dining. Fitted with a stylish bespoke Mark Wilkinson fitted kitchen, granite surfaces, a large family range cooker and patio doors opening out onto the rear terrace to further extend the space for al fresco dining and entertaining. A separate utility room and cloakroom complete the ground floor accommodation.

Rising to the first floor the central landing accesses five double bedrooms and two bathrooms, providing flexibility to meet a wide range of family and guest needs.

General

Local Authority: City and District of St Albans

Contact: +44 (0)1727 866100

Services: Electricity, gas, mains water, mains

drainage

Council Tax: Band G

Tenure: Freehold

Location

The property is located right in the heart of the conservation area in the city centre, with its wealth of amenities including shopping and leisure activities. Both the Abbey and Verulamium Park are close at hand.

The property is within easy reach of the mainline station with its fast through services via Kings Cross/St Pancras to the City, Gatwick and beyond. Road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and the A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted.

St. Albans High School for Girls is just a few yards away, with the area also offering a choice of primary, junior and secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings of Good or Outstanding as well as several excellent independent schools including St. Albans School and St. Columba's College.

Outside

To the front, behind the privacy of a mature hedge, the garden is laid to paving to provide off road parking.

To the rear, the gardens have been attractively designed with a paved terrace bordered with mature shrubs and specimen plants, opening into a lawned area and a south facing summer house providing peaceful oases for relaxing in the afternoon sun.