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"Pretty detached cottage with planning permission to extend, occupying a general plot, with south facing garden and views

Planning permission has been granted to extend the cottage and full details can be found in the Cotswold District Council planning portal planning reference 24 03391 FUL and are depicted in the proposed floor plan

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
This attractive and spacious three bedroom cottage offers well presented and flexible accommodation throughout, occupying an overall generous garden plot, with gravelled off street parking for several vehicles
The cottage now benefits from a useful boot room entrance hall with fitted cupboards, coat hanging space and welly boot storage, with an adjoining downstairs cloakroom and stairs rising to the first floor
The kitchen breakfast room offers a unique range of floor and wall units, granite work surfaces, Everhot Range, recess for upright fridge freezer, fitted open wooden shelving, space for a table and chairs, and exposed ceiling beam
Connecting to the kitchen is the utility boiler room with floor cupboards, part tongue & groove wall panelling, fitted Belfast sink and space, plumbing for washing machine and door to the garden
The sitting room is particularly spacious, with a stunning inglenook stone built fireplace incorporating a cast iron wood burner, exposed wooden flooring, and the benefit of an abundance of natural light from the adjoining south facing garden room, which is currently used as a playroom
On the first floor, the principal bedroom is generous in size, with an impressive, fitted range of bespoke hand built wardrobes cupboards and drawers and pretty views over the large garden
There are two further good size bedrooms with fitted and built in wardrobes
All three bedrooms are serviced by the vintage style family bathroom with panelled bath and a mains operated shower over
If this is a lettings investment, we would recommend a lettings guide price in the region of £2,350 pcm

OUTGOINGS
Council tax band E
Tax payable for 2024 25 £2,564.04

SERVICES
Mains water and electricity are connected
Private drainage
Oil fired central heating
Average broadband speeds advertised within this postcode are up to 26.4 Mbps if provider is BT
A connection to full fibre broadband is now available in the village with speeds up to 1600 Mbps
EPC Band E

SITUATION
Cold Aston is a desirable rural hill village, well located for transport links to Cirencester 14.5 miles , Cheltenham 13.5 and Oxford 31.5
The village has a public house, The Plough Inn, an Ofsted outstanding primary school, an active village hall and annual village Fayre
St. Andrew s Church, whose 5 bells were lovingly restored a number of years ago after 50 years of silence
The village name appears in the Domesday Book as Estone East Farm and by the mid 13th Century changed to Cold Aston; by 1535 the name changed again to Aston Blank, but in 1972 reverted back to Cold Aston
Other local towns with amenities for day to day requirements are Bourton on the Water 3 miles and Northleach 4.7
The award winning Daylesford Farm Shop is about 10 miles away
Mainline stations at Kingham and Moreton in Marsh, with train services to Oxford and London Paddington

OUTSIDE
The large south facing garden is mainly laid to lawn with tiered gravelled and terraced seating areas, backing onto open paddock land, offering a good degree of seclusion and countryside views
There is off street part gravel herringbone paved driveway with parking for several vehicles and wooden bin storage, accessed via a double five bar gate
The home office in the garden is on wheels and is excluded from the sale"