Henwick Road

Worcester

  • 5

  • 4

  • 2

  • No onward chain
  • Views of the River Severn and racecourse
  • Excellent location to Worcester City
  • Access to river frontage
  • Self contained annexe
  • Several balconies
  • Gated off street parking
  • Well maintained garden
  • Stylish master bedroom with free standing bath

Guide price

4481 sq. ft.

Tenant Info
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Please quote reference number JOB220133

Vantage Point - A magnificent contemporary detached house offering ample accommodation benefiting from access to the River Severn and located within walking distance of Worcester City Centre.
  • No onward chain
  • Views of the River Severn and racecourse
  • Excellent location to Worcester City
  • Access to river frontage
  • Self contained annexe
  • Several balconies
  • Gated off street parking
  • Well maintained garden
  • Stylish master bedroom with free standing bath

The car deck is private, with remote-controlled gates, and is situated under the main house and over the annexe on the lower ground floor.

A secure front courtyard surrounds the front door with boxed flower beds and easily maintained astroturf. Stepping into the property the main hallway has been finished with grey Karndean floors, large storage cupboards and plush carpeted stairs with bespoke lighting, rising up to the first floor of the main house or down to the annexe. There is a useful courtesy door to the parking deck from the hallway.


First floor
At the top of the main staircase is an office and well-appointed WC. The office is spacious and can also be utilised as a bedroom if required. This room features built-in mirrored cupboards along one wall, white porcelain floors and double sliding doors at the end which open onto a large river facing balcony.

Walking into the lovely bright kitchen/diner/living space, is truly a pleasure. The white porcelain flooring and clean lines of this modern integrated kitchen are the peak of high spec and contemporary design, with Neff and Miele appliances and an integrated wine fridge. Huge glazed folding doors at the living end, open up onto a spacious balcony with seating and staggering river views. The kitchen end also has doubled glazed doors which open onto another gorgeous balcony at the front of the house. The living space has a stylish freestanding log burner for those cold winter nights.


Second floor
The stairs bring you up into a short hallway, with doors to the three bedrooms and a jack and jill family shower room.

The master suite is a huge room, with a fully glazed wall at one end with enormous sliding doors, which open onto a spacious balcony overlooking the racecourse, gardens and river. The views are breath taking. There is more than enough room for a super king bed and there are his and hers walk-in wardrobes on either side behind the bed. At one end there is a raised platform, with a free-standing extra deep bathtub, so that you can gaze at the views whilst soaking in bubbles.

There is also an en suite shower room with grey floors, a sleek aubergine vanity unit with his and hers bowl handwash basins, a low level WC and large walk-in shower with a rainfall head and detachable shower heads at each end. There is also access to the jack and jill shower room.


Bedroom two
This spacious bright room has a door onto a front balcony which is shared with bedroom three, and a mezzanine level with built-in wardrobes and access into an attic for storage. It benefits from a gorgeous, granite and marble en suite bathroom, with a high quality white suite and bath with shower above.


Bedroom three
This is another bright double room which is serviced by the jack and jill shower room across the hallway. There are sliding doors which open onto a shared front balcony with great views of the front garden.


Lower ground floor
Beneath the car deck, there is a fabulous one-bedroom self-contained annexe with a high quality and luxurious, open plan living/kitchen/diner. There is a well-appointed en suite shower room and attractive kitchenette.

This is a gorgeous space, which is ideal for perhaps a teenager or Airbnb. Sliding doors open onto a decked dining/BBQ area with steps down into the rear garden and path to the River.


Utility
There is also a spacious and practical utility room, with a glazed door out onto the BBQ deck and gardens. There are worktops, a stainless steel sink, Karndean floors, and space for a washing machine and dryer.


Rear deck
There is space here for a table and chairs and a BBQ area, which is perfect for entertaining. The area surrounding the deck has been planted with tropical plants which are rich and green.

There is also a spacious storage room, which is ideal for garden tools.


Gardens
Lawns sweep down to the riverbank, with an attractive and secure, wooden fence at the bottom, and steps down to the River's edge.

The lawns are dotted with fruit trees, with a shale path leading straight through the middle, accented with a pedestalled planter at the halfway point. It really is a stunning space, with plenty of room for children and pets to play.

Agents note
The current owner has spent an incredible amount of money fully renovating the property thus creating a perfect turn-key ready home. The renovations totalled an investment of £265,000.

The renovations include:

Two boilers. Cost: £9,000
New in 2019 and serviced every year. Combi boiler for LGF, and double tanks for main house in loft).

Consumer units and re-wiring. Cost: £18,000
Two new consumer units (fuses boxes) in 2019 and rewiring of house to manage larger load modern life demands.
Addition of switches and sockets throughout home to support demands of modern life.
Wired smoke alarms installed on every level.

Underfloor heating. Cost: £20,000
Gas underfloor heating fitted throughout whole house.

Windows and doors. Cost: £50,000
Replacement of all windows and frames in 2018/19
- Main house Aluminium frames and sound reducing glass.
- LGF and stairwell UPVC and sound reducing glass.
Added bifold doors on living room and sliding doors on other balconies.
Replacement of both entrance hall doors with Solidoor with high security multipoint locking.
Additional door added to rear of house in utility, so entry/exit is not via the LGF bedroom.

Bathrooms. Cost: £43,000
Creation of four ensuites plus cloakroom in 2019/20.

Completely new furniture, radiators sinks, toilets etc. Includes integrated laundry baskets and luxury rain showers in two bathrooms.

Kitchen. Cost: £37,000
Completely newly installed kitchen in 2019 – designed for modern life (three ovens, integrated fridge, freezer, dishwasher, wine fridge, rubbish bins, large island with built in power supply, induction hob with integrated extraction to outside).
Sink drainage repairs – the houses have had problems with sink drainage we have had this fixed. 206 has also have this fixed.

Wood burner. Cost: £6,000
Installation of wood burner and Flue on roof.

Structural changes. Cost: £45,000
Separate office, with large built-in storage.
Built in home cinema system.
Creation of three ensuites upstairs – one for each bedroom
Creation of Master Suite with luxury bath, his and hers walk-in wardrobes and separate ensuites. A wall can be re-installed to create additional bedroom.
Creation of Annexe with Kitchen.

Stairwell. Cost: £7,500
Fully refurbished to modernise and bring light into the house.

All flooring. Cost: £16,500
Replaced throughout in 2019.

Painting. Cost: £5,000
Re-painting full house interiors in 2018/19
(walls, architrave, skirting, doors)

Annexe
Kitchen. Cost: £6,500
Creation of self-contained annex in LGF with ensuite, kitchen, sleeping and study area.

Other improvements to the home include:
Insulation
Removal of walls, ceilings and floors to add insulation and sound reducing plasterboard on internal and external walls and floors/ceilings.

Insulated and boarded loft
Spray foamed insulation added into ceiling cavity between LGF and car deck. Not installed at building time, making room largely unusable without this.

Internet
Hardwired internet cables added to supply to office, LGF, home entertainment system and loft.

Storage
His and hers large walk-in wardrobes in Master suite
Bedroom 2 mezzanine wardrobes and dressing area.
LGF large wardrobe system can be included in sale.
Built in storage for coats, shoes etc in entrance hall.
Large built-in storage in office.

External garden and mooring
Maintained lawn and mature fruit trees.
Maintained and purpose-built garden path. New foundations in 2020.
Fully functional mooring, purpose built in 2019, to replace old mooring.

Balconies and metal work
Reticulation system installed to reach front and rear balconies.
Exterior metal work all re-painted with industrial quality machinery paint in the last 12 months, includes garden fence and car deck fence.


Agent note 2
Neighbours are allowed to site ladders on the carport to service their houses.

Mains electricity, water and waste, broadband. Two gas-fired boilers, which supply hot water, bathroom towel rails and household under floor heating.

Council tax band G

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, will be payable by the Buyer to Andrew Grant Sales Limited prior to issuing the Memorandum of Sale and marking the property as Sold Subject to Contract. This fee will be reimbursed upon Exchange of contracts.

In the instance the Seller withdraws from the sale the fee will be returned to the Buyer. The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant Sales Ltd to cover costs in the event the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or doesn't Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than as a result of:

1. Any structural or material issues arising from any survey that has not previously been disclosed
2. A defect in the seller’s legal title
3. The local searches reveal any matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that were previously undeclared or unknown

The reservation 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 reservation fee is payable upon acceptance of an offer which itself is subject to an assessment of ability to proceed. Any renegotiation of an accepted price after the issue of the Sales Memorandum for any reason not covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be payable on any subsequent reduced offer accepted by the vendor. This will be returnable subject to the conditions that prevail for all reservation fees.