Bungalow for sale in Week St. Mary, Holsworthy, Cornwall EX22

For sale by Public Auction (unless sold prior) on Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 7pm | Rural three-bedroom bungalow | Generous plot with front and rear gardens | Range of outbuildings including two garages | Rural views | EPC rating - E

Description

A fantastic sized rural three-bedroom bungalow accessed down a ½ mile farm lane offering a unique opportunity to modernise for those seeking an ‘escape to the country’ way of life.

The property briefly comprises an entrance hall, good sized kitchen/dining room with ‘Sandyford’ oil fired cooker, living room with art deco open fireplace, pantry/rear porch, three-piece bathroom with walk-in shower enclosure with electric shower, two double bedrooms and a further single. Externally there is a generous driveway offering parking for multiple vehicles and access to both the integral and detached garage; generous gardens wraparound the property and are chiefly laid to lawn with some pretty planting borders including a wonderful rose arch. To the side of the property there are a range of useful outbuildings including a greenhouse.

Location

The property is set down a ½ mile rural farm track and is situated just 2 ½ miles from the village of Week St. Mary within walking distance of village facilities including Village Hall, Church, Community Post Office / Store and Public House.

There is convenient access to the B3254 Launceston to Bude road and the A39 ‘Atlantic Highway’ serving the North Cornish coast. The village is some 5.5 miles from the coastal resort of Widemouth Bay whilst other beaches such as Bude, Strangles, Bossiney and Crackington Haven are also nearby together with other tourist favourites such as Boscastle, Tintagel and Trebarwith Strand.

A full range of social, commercial and shopping facilities are available at the nearby towns of Bude to the north, Camelford to the west and Launceston to the south. At the latter the A30 dual carriageway spine road for Cornwall and Devon provides ease of access eastwards to the city of Exeter which provides intercity rail link, international airport and M5 motorway link.

Tenure Freehold.

Services

Mains electricity and water (sub-meter off the main farmhouse connection). Shared private drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Council tax band - C.

Energy efficiency rating – E.

Floor plans

The floor plans displayed are not to scale and are for identification purposes only.

Auction venue & date
Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, Devon PL16 0DE on Wednesday September 4th 2024 at 7pm.

Registration

Please note all bidders, including Kivells existing clients, will need to register with Kivells on the night of the auction in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the "Regulations") – as of 26th June 2017.

Bidders will be required to provide one form of government issued photographic identity and a utility bill addressed to them at their home address, dated within 3 months of the date of the auction. Failure to do this, may prejudice your ability to bid on the night.

Online bidding

Online bidding registration will be available 10 days before each auction and all bidders must register at least 48 hours prior to the auction. For further information, please visit or contact your local Kivells office.

Buyer’s administration fee
All successful buyers at Kivells’ Property Auctions should note that on exchange of contracts, a Buyer's Administration Fee of £2,000 plus VAT (Total: £2,400 inc VAT) is payable to Kivells on the night of the auction. This fee can be paid by either bank transfer, personal cheque or debit card.

Please note if the lot is sold prior to auction, or afterwards, these fee’s remain payable. There are no discounts for multiple lots purchased and you must consider this when bidding/offering prior.

Solicitor

Nicola Baddick – Seldons, Bideford
T: Auction payment
A 10% deposit will be required to be paid by the successful bidder upon the fall of gavel and at this point the contract is legally binding. The deposit must be paid to Kivells as auctioneers and can only be paid in the form of a cheque or bank transfer.

All bidders must only bid if they can make this payment.

Cheques must be drawn on a bank or branch of a bank in the United Kingdom, any other cheques may be rejected and it will be the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure they have the correct method of payment available at each auction.

Easements, wayleaves & rights of way
The property is offered for sale, subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the Property and Charges Register of the registered title together with all public or private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way, which cross the property.

Boundaries

Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor’s agent whose decision acting as experts shall be final.

Guide prices

Guide prices given are indications within 10% upwards or downwards of where the reserve price may be set at the time of going to print. Please note they are not an indication of the anticipated sale price or a valuation.

The reserve price is the minimum price at which the property can be sold, both the guide price and reserve price may be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

Please note that all prices listed, whether prior to or post auction, are subject to contract. The Auctioneers and sellers accept no responsibility for any loss, cost or damage that a buyer may incur as a result of relying on any guide price. It is the buyer's responsibility to decide how much they should bid for any lot. Please check with us for regular updates as guide prices are subject to change prior to the auction.

The guide price does not include the buyer's fee charged by the auctioneer or VAT which may apply to the sale or other amounts the seller may charge. The seller's Special Conditions of Sale will state whether there are other seller's charges and whether the seller has elected to charge VAT on the sale price.

Agents note

1). It is our understanding that the current drainage system is not compliant with the 2020 binding rules.
2). The photographs displayed were taken in 2023.

Directions

From Bude take the A39 towards Wadebridge. After approximately 1 miles take the left-hand turning signposted Marhamchurch. Follow this road up through the village, past the Bullers Arms and head out of the village on Sharlands Road. Continue this road for approximately 1 ½ miles and then take the left hand turning signposted Launceston/Bridgerule. After approximately 1 mile take the right-hand turn signposted Week St. Mary/Whitstone. Follow this road for approximately 1 mile taking the right-hand turn towards Week St. Mary, after 100m the farm lane will appear on the right with the property to be found ½ mile down said lane on the left-hand side.

Location

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The village of Week St Mary is just over a mile away and has its own post office /general store, church and popular pub, The Green Inn. The ancient market town of Holsworthy renowned for its weekly livestock and pannier markets, offers a wide range of shops, banks, professional services and agricultural suppliers. There is also a Waitrose supermarket, swimming pool and golf course nearby.

The north Cornish coastline, with its sandy surfing beaches and dramatic scenery is within a fifteen minute drive and the popular sea-side town of Bude offers much to see and do. To the south, the medieval castle town of Launceston is just off the main A30 trunk road and from here the regional city of Exeter is a 45 minute drive. The city has a diverse range of shops, restaurants, theatres and has a mainline railway station, bus terminal and airport together with a link to the M5 motorway and London