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Guide price

£375,000

3 bed detached house for sale
Dorchester Hill, Blandford St. Mary, Blandford Forum DT11

    • 3 beds

    • 2 baths

    • 3 receptions

  • EPC Rating: F

  • Freehold

Symonds & Sampson - Blandford Forum

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About this property

  • No forward chain

  • Charming cottage with a colourful garden

  • Close to amenities

  • Scope for extension and modernisation

  • Three good sized bedrooms

  • Flowing accommodation

  • Character features

  • Basement

A charming character cottage with a pretty and sunny garden, situated within walking distance of Blandford town centre and offered to the market with no forward chain.

Accommodation

Hillside Cottage is a charming and characterful home, boasting a sunny and colourful garden giving the feel of a village location but within a short walk of Blandford town centre and its wide range of amenities. The heart of the home is the kitchen breakfast room, which overlooks the rear garden, enjoying several character features including beams and a stable door. The kitchen comprises of a range of wood wall and base units with a freestanding cooker and space for white goods. There is a formal dining room which enjoys a dual aspect, flooding the room with light. The cosy dual aspect sitting room has a wonderful brick fireplace set with a wood burner which is a charming focal point to the room. A further reception room currently arranged as a music room / office is laid with wooden floorboards and has characterful wooden beams together with access to the basement which could be used for storage. Completing the ground floor is a shower room comprising of a large walk in shower, w.c. And basin.

The master bedroom boasts views of the colourful rear garden, currently arranged as a twin and includes a decorative fireplace and a built in wardrobe. The second and third bedrooms are good sized rooms easily accommodating double beds and other pieces of freestanding furniture, the third includes walk in storage. The bathroom comprising of a white suite of bath with overhead shower, w.c. And basin.

Outside

The property is approached via a stone driveway leading to a parking area with space for multiple vehicles. The front garden is bound by a hedgerow and enjoys a high degree of privacy. Immediately in front of the cottage is a lawn with colourful plants including a pretty wisteria. The rear garden is a particular feature and is very much a gardener's garden. A patio adjoins the cottage, which enjoys a sunny aspect and is ideal for outside dining, a large lawn leads to the bottom of the plot and is bound by colourful beds, hedgerows and trees.

Situation

Blandford St Mary is a village parish on the outskirts of Blandford Forum. Local amenities include a primary school, Tesco Stores, filling station and the Parish Church is set in Lower Blandford St Mary. Blandford town with its varied amenities includes a Leisure Centre which is approximately half a mile in distance.

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Services

Mains electric, water and gas central heating (boiler has been condemned), private septic tank drainage

Material Information

Dorset Council Tax Band - F
Tel: EPC - F

There is mobile signal and Ultrafast broadband provided to the property as stated by the Ofcom website. There is no recorded flood risk at the property.


As per the estate agency act of 1979, we disclose the sale is on behalf of a member of staff of Symonds & Sampson.

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  • Tenure

    Freehold

  • Council tax band

    F

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