3 Bedrooms Semi-detached house for sale in Dorchester Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 | £ 400,000

Property Description

Summary
A charming larger style traditional three bedroom house of character, occupying a lovely position with elevated views across the city and towards the channel. Sizeable gardens, 20 ft kitchen & breakfast room, front lounge, separate dining room, gas heating, part PVC double glazing, alarm. No chain!

Description
A charming and traditional three bedroom larger style semi-detached house of character, built circa 1930, the front inset with a two storey wide splayed bay window, all beneath a hipped room of Rosemary tiles. Fronting a wide tree lined residential road, away from busy passing traffic, this substantial family home occupies an elevated position with panoramic views across the city and towards the channel, and also benefits part PVC double glazed replacement windows, gas heating with panel radiators, an intruder alarm, wood block floors, traditional and original panel internal doors and high coved ceilings. The ground floor living space comprises an open fronted porch, an elegant entrance hall of character inset with a spindle balustrade staircase, a front lounge inset with a wide splayed bay, a separate dining room inset with patio doors that open onto a secludes sun terrace with rear garden views, and an open plan kitchen and breakfast room (19'11 x 7'5). The first floor comprises three good bedrooms and a white shower room suite. Outside there is a block paved entrance drive, a garage (17'1 x 7'1) and a good sized rear garden. The property is available with no chain. See inside.

Location
Dorchester Avenue is a charming road, well located within easy reach of Roath Park Recreation Fields, Roath Park Flower Gardens whilst a little further is the Botanical Gardens and Roath Park scenic lake. Also close by are further local parks within Penylan including Roath Mill Gardens and Waterloo Gardens. Local amenities also include the Roath Park Tea Rooms, Waterloo Gardens Post Office, Penylan Pantry, Penylan Bowling Club, and the Church of St Edward King and Confessor located along Westville Road. Within a short driving distance is an exit off Llanedeyrn
Road onto Eastern Avenue, allowing fast travel from East to West Cardiff, the M4, Newport and Bristol.

Schools
The local primary schools are excellent and Marlborough primary school falls within and taken together form the catchment area of Cardiff High School. In addition to the English-medium community provision Ysgol y Berllan Deg and Ysgol y Wern are the Welsh-medium primary schools serving the local area under consideration and are in the Ysgol Bro Edern and Ysgol Glantaf catchment for high school respectively.

Local Shops
Within a short walk is the very popular Wellfield Road shopping centre with its extensive range of local shops and stores including Fab, a ladies fashion shop, Accessory Box which sells a range of fashion accessories, Barclays Bank Plc, Bentleys a café, Central Pharmacy, Cut Above is a unisex hairdresser offering a range of hairstyles, haircare products and other hair services, Derek Freye is a dry cleaners offering a range of cleaning and other clothing and linen services.

Errol Willy is a unisex hairdresser offering a variety of men's and women's hair services, File & Style is a beauty salon providing various pampering services and beauty treatment, Himalaya Restaurant is an Indian restaurant serving a selection of curry and other spicy foods which are traditionally eaten in India, and a new edition is Joe's Ice Cream parlour.

Entrance Porch
Open fronted, original tiled threshold, approached via a modern brick built stepped entrance path, outside light, hand rail.

Entrance Hall
A charming hallway of character, approached via a front entrance door inset with small pane shaped upper light windows, PVC double glazed side screen window with diamond leaded upper lights, wood block floor, double radiator, coved ceiling, original spindle balustrade staircase with hand rail to first floor landing, access to a useful sizeable under stair storage cupboard.

Front Lounge 14' 2" into a splayed bay narrowing to 11' 10" x 13' 1" ( 4.32m into a splayed bay narrowing to 3.61m x 3.99m )
In to a wide splayed bay inset with replacement PVC double glazed windows with diamond leaded upper lights and enjoying outlooks over the quite frontage road and continuing along Earls Court Road. Contemporary fireplace, coved ceiling, wood block flooring, radiator, traditional original panel door with door architraves opening in to the main entrance hall.

Rear Dining Room 13' 9" x 12' 6" ( 4.19m x 3.81m )
Approached from the hallway via an original and traditional panel door with original architraves, full height sliding double glazed patio doors open on to and overlook a paved sun terrace with rear gardens beyond, serving hatch to kitchen, radiator, two alcoves.

Kitchen And Breakfast Room 19' 11" x 10' 2" narrowing to 7' 5" ( 6.07m x 3.10m narrowing to 2.26m )
Fitted along two sides with a range of Formica floor units with round nosed laminate work surfaces, double drainer stainless steel sink, space with plumbing for an automatic washing machine, space with an electric cooker point, space for the housing of an upright fridge freezer, wall mounted Optia gas fired central heating boiler, two PVC double glazed windows with a side garden aspect, tongue and groove ceiling, PVC double glazed table door opening on to a paved sun terrace with access to the rear gardens, timer casement picture window with a rear garden outlook. Radiator. Part panelled walls. Traditional panel original door with door architraves leading to main hallway.

First Floor Landing
Approached via an original spindle balustrade staircase leading to a half landing and main landing, coloured glass window to side, access to roof space, original traditional panel doors and door architraves to each of the first floor principal rooms.

Master Bedroom One 14' 2" into a splayed bay narrowing to 12' " x 13' 2" ( 4.32m into a splayed bay narrowing to 3.66m x 4.01m )
In to a wide splayed bay, inset with white PVC double glazed replacement windows with diamond leaded upper lights and enjoying elevated and panoramic views across Cardiff city and towards the Channel. Window seat with storage space below, two wide alcoves, coved ceiling, radiator.

Bedroom Two 13' 8" x 13' ( 4.17m x 3.96m )
Two wide alcoves, radiator, original sash cord window with diamond leaded upper lights with outlooks across the good sized enclosed rear gardens.

Bedroom Three 8' 3" x 6' 9" ( 2.51m x 2.06m )
PVC double glazed window with diamond leaded lights to front, radiator.

Family Shower Room
White suite comprising W.C., shaped pedestal wash hand basin with chrome taps, large shower cubicle with ceramic tiled wall, clear glass sliding door and screens, chrome shower unit, built out airing cupboard housing a modern cylinder with immersion heater installed and shelving space above, stylish chrome vertical towel rail/radiator, dado rail, high ceiling, original timber casement window with diamond leaded lights enjoying outlooks across the rear gardens.

Outside

Front Garden
Chiefly finished in stone, edged with pretty borders of shrubs and plants, enclosed by original low brick built boundary walls.

Entrance Drive
Modern block paved private vehicular entrance drive enclosed along two sides by brick built boundary walls, and approached via an open entrance with two brick pillars.

Small Garage 17' 1" x 7' 1" ( 5.21m x 2.16m )
Attached garage approached via a roller entrance door, electric power and light, window to rear, courtesy door leading on to the side garden.

Rear Garden
A sizeable rear garden, laid chiefly to lawn, gently raised and approached via a wide stepped brick pathway, beyond a paved sun terrace. The rear gardens are enclosed chiefly by brick built boundary walls and are further tree lined to afford natural screens of privacy and security. They continue to the side of the property and lead to the small garage.

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