Detached house for sale in Orchard End, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster DY14

A fantastic four-bedroom home that has been significantly improved by the current vendors, offering excellent eco-credentials, including solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies to reduce energy costs.

Description

This marvellous, energy-efficient family home boasts a substantial and inviting layout. The ground floor features a generous family kitchen and dining room, two reception rooms, a utility room and a cloakroom.

Upstairs is equally spacious, offering four generously sized bedrooms and a well-appointed family bathroom, with the master bedroom enjoying the added luxury of an en-suite shower room.

Outside, ample driveway parking and an attached double garage provide plenty of space for vehicles. The property is complemented by a walled rear garden, offering quality outdoor space for relaxation and entertainment.

The property occupies a corner plot in the middle of the cul-de-sac, approached via a tarmac drive with parking for multiple vehicles and a large attached double garage featuring a pitched tiled roof.

The driveway is surrounded by wraparound gardens with a lawn and specimen trees, including a very large red Acer. A pathway with steps leads up to the front door, which is sheltered by a wooden canopy porch with a tiled roof.

Hallway
Upon entering, you find yourself in a hallway which has doors leading through to the kitchen dining room, the dining room/reception room two and the main living room. Stairs lead up to the first-floor and a cloakroom WC is also accessed from the hallway.

Kitchen Dining Room
This large dual-aspect kitchen dining room features solid oak wall-mounted kitchen cabinets with a granite-effect laminate worktop, a one-and-a-half bowl kitchen sink with a pull-out mixer tap, a built-in Neff double oven and space for a dishwasher. A three-panel window overlooks the rear garden and there is space for a family-sized dining table.

Utility Room
From the kitchen, there is access to the utility room, where there is space for a washing machine, a tumble dryer and separate upright fridge and freezer. There is also a door leading out to the rear garden.

Garage
The garage, accessed off the utility room, features two electric roller shutter doors and has been further insulated.

Dining Room/Reception Room Two
This second reception room has a large three-panel window overlooking the rear garden.

Cloakroom
To the right of the stairs, the cloakroom WC includes a coloured wall-hung washbasin with pillar taps and a close-coupled WC.

Living Room
At the end of the hallway is a fantastic large dual aspect living room with a large six-panel bay window overlooking the front of the property and patio doors leading directly onto a patio in the rear garden, filling the space with natural light. There is a working open fireplace with a stone surround on a stone hearth.

First Floor
On the first floor, there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The landing features a large window overlooking the front of the property.

Master Bedroom
The master bedroom, which overlooks the front of the property, includes large built-in sliding mirrored storage. The ensuite features a modern white pedestal washbasin with a single lever chrome mixer tap, a white close-coupled WC, a chrome towel warmer and a sizeable walk-in shower complete with a dual head mixer shower featuring a rain head and hand shower. An obscure-glazed window overlooks the rear of the property.

Family Bathroom
The family bathroom includes a white pedestal washbasin with a chrome single-lever mixer tap, a white close-coupled WC, a bath with chrome pillar taps and a recessed chrome mixer shower with a glass panel screen. The bathroom also houses the Telford Tempest Solar dual coil pressurised cylinder for the hot water.

Bedrooms Two, Three and Four
Bedroom two has a window overlooking the front of the property, bedroom three overlooks the rear and the fourth bedroom, also overlooking the rear, is currently being used as an office study.

Garden
The walled rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with original sleeper raised beds featuring mature planting. A manual extending patio awning above the patio doors shades the patio during the summer months.

To the right-hand side of the property is a side pedestrian access with a gravelled pathway bordered by lawn leading down to the driveway. This area also features a sizeable garden shed and houses the oil tank. There is also additional access via the left-hand side of the house, albeit currently fenced off.

Location

The property is nestled in the highly coveted Orchard End development on the outskirts of town, bordered by picturesque open countryside.

Cleobury Mortimer is a charming market town, ideally situated between the scenic Clee Hills and the Wyre Forest, providing ample opportunities for outdoor activities such as walking and cycling.

The town centre offers a variety of amenities to meet the needs of its residents, featuring local shops, pubs and a golf club. Cleobury Mortimer also hosts a range of local events and festivals, enhancing its allure as a peaceful and inviting place to live or visit.

Moreover, Cleobury enjoys convenient access to notable locations such as Ludlow, celebrated for its food festivals, as well as larger towns including Kidderminster and Shrewsbury.

Services

Solar Photovoltaic (Installed 2011): This system features 4kW panels connected to a high-quality sma inverter. The tariff is guaranteed for 25 years with an expiry date of November 29,2036, providing 12 more years of benefit. The estimated residual income from this installation is £36,000, tax-free.
Solar Thermal (Installed 2011): The installation includes two arrays of 20 tubes situated on the North East and South West facing roof of the property. It is complemented by a Telford Tempest Solar pressurised cylinder hot water tank, which is twin insulated stainless steel for thermal efficiency and twin coil for solar thermal.
Heating System: The property uses a Worcester Bosch Greenstar Danesmoor ext 12/18 2022+ oil-fired boiler for central heating and hot water (top-up for solar thermal), installed in 2023.
Fuel Storage: A double bunded kerosene (oil) tank ensures safe and durable fuel storage.
Additional Features: The home includes a working open fireplace and a Severn Trent water meter.
Internet Connectivity: Broadband with a download speed of 65 Mbps.

Fees

Administration Fee - refundable on exchange

An administration fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues highlighted in a survey that were not evident or drawn to the attention of you the buyer prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The administration fee levels are as follows:
An agreed offer under £500,000 will be £750 inclusive of vat
an agreed offer between £500,000 and £1,000,000 will be £2,000 inclusive of vat
all agreed offers over £1,000,000 will be £3,000 inclusive of vat

The administration fee is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and a positive completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.
Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and the administration fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property.

Once the administration fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all administration fees outlined above.