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" Fine early Garden City home retaining many original features lending it considerable charm and character Spacious and versatile family accommodation Quarter acre plot with South facing rear garden & heated swimming pool Double garage and ample off street parking Highly desirable location

The Property This fine example of early Garden City design dates from 1909. Subsequently extended this attractive semi provides spacious and versatile family accommodation, including four reception rooms, the garden room opening to a loggia or veranda, modern kitchen breakfast room and utility room. There are four double bedrooms on the first floor, two of which share a large balcony, a family bathroom with both shower and bath and a cloakroom laundry. There is also a shower room WC on the ground floor.

The house retains much of its original charm and character, with an original fireplace in the family room, an inglenook style fireplace with wood burning stove in the sitting room and benefits from gas fired central heating.

The Outside The house stands in a plot extending to very nearly a quarter of an acre, measuring approximately 141‘ by 71‘6 43.1m x 21.8m overall. Separated from the road by a hedge and fence, the front garden is laid mainly to a gravel forecourt providing ample off street parking and leading to the detached double garage. Fine mature beech and pine trees complete the front garden.

The south facing rear garden is approached via a gate between the house and garage and is some 84‘ 25.6m in length. It is laid to lawn with paved terrace patio, herbaceous beds and borders, ornamental shrubs and mature trees including beech, oak and conifers.

Set into an area of deckig, the swimming pool measures approximately 30‘ by 14‘ 9.3m x 4.24m and is heated by an air source heat pump. There are two timber garden sheds, one of which houses the filtration plant for the swimming pool.

The Location Sollershott East is one of the premier residential roads on the south side of the town, just half a mile from the town centre and within three quarters of a mile of the mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the London to Cambridge mainline and regular services run throughout the day. The fastest services to London King‘s Cross take just 29 minutes and to Cambridge is 26 minutes in the other direction. Junction 9 on the A1 M is a 1.7 mile drive away.

Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden City was the world s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops, green open spaces and other leisure facilities. St Francis‘ College and St Christopher School are each just a third of a mile away.

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