Deceptively spacious, incredibly charming cottage in one of South Leicestershire’s most desirable villages, midway between Leicester & Mkt Harborough. Convenient for state & private schooling. Nearby A6 provides excellent road links. Local train station being less than 1 hour from London St. Pancras.
SUMMARY
Offered for sale with no upward chain, this charming and delightfully quirky cottage has been skilfully converted by the current owners from what was originally three, 2 bedroom farmworkers cottages in one of South Leicestershire’s most sought-after and desirable villages lying just off the A6, midway between Leicester and Market Harborough and surrounded by some stunning countryside.
An impressive 140m2 of beautifully presented accommodation over 2 floors with scope to add a
further 2 bedrooms and shower room in the loft space if required, subject to the usual consent.
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With double glazing, central heating, 8 recently installed solar panels and an inverter still having in
excess of 10 years remaining on the guarantee, the property briefly comprises:
An entrance hall with downstairs wc off, and a staircase to the first floor. A useful study/utility room
which could be converted for alternative use, including a ground floor bedroom if required.
An impressively spacious through lounge with windows to the front and back of the property, and a
large dining kitchen with a door into the garden.
Upstairs there is an extremely spacious landing, a master bedroom suite with en-suite facilities and 2
further double bedrooms. The family bathroom completes the first-floor accommodation.
THE ACCOMMODATION
Benefiting from uPVC double glazing, gas central heating, 8 solar panels and a useful garden room
which would be ideal for running a business from home. The original front door of No 3 still exists
and provides access through an enclosed porch, into the kitchen and the lounge. A brick-built porch
has been created to the side of the property which leads into a spacious entrance hall providing
access to the ground floor rooms with a staircase rising to the first floor and a downstairs wc off.
The first of the ground floor rooms has a sink and drainer with plumbing for a washing machine and
is used by the current owners as a laundry/storage room but it could be converted for a number of
uses including a home office, snug, or a ground floor bedroom if required.
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A door leads off the hall into a surprisingly spacious lounge which has a fireplace and windows
overlooking the front and the garden to the rear. Another door leads into the dining kitchen which
has a dining area to the front with a feature brick wall and illuminated shelving, with the kitchen
area being fitted with cottage style base and wall units and a door into the back garden.
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Upstairs, the landing provides access the first-floor accommodation.
The staircase opens onto an extremely spacious landing which currently doubles up as an office area
but lends itself to a number of other uses including a first floor sitting room or for the installation of
a second staircase to the loft space should additional bedroom/ hobbies room accommodation be
required.
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The master suite covers the whole of one of the original cottages with a spacious and beautifully
presented bedroom area having a range of fitted furniture, a dressing area and an en-suite shower
room comprising a toilet sink and a walk-in shower enclosure.
There are 2 further double bedrooms, both excellently presented and having windows overlooking
the front with the corner bedroom also having a window to the side,
The very spacious family bathroom comprising a toilet, sink and a bath has scope to add a separate
shower cubicle if required.
OUTSIDE
A timber gate from the side of the property provides pedestrian access into the quaint and very
private, south facing cottage style patio garden with an ornamental slabbed area, mature, wellstocked borders and beds, 3 outhouses and an attractive roof-top terrace above the garden room.
The garden room has been cleverly created from the former garage with patio doors leading from
the garden. It is currently used as an additional sitting area but is ideal as a home office.
THE AREA
Burton Overy is a small South East Leicestershire conservation village in the Harborough district of
the county. With a feeling of being remote, this thriving semi-rural community surrounded by
farmland is only just over 1 mile from the main A6 Leicester to Market Harborough road and being
only aprox 9 miles from each.
The age, style and size of the properties in the village vary widely with some cottages showing 16th
and 17th century characteristics whilst some of the larger homes have clearly been built more
recently but have remained very much in keeping with the feel of the village.
The village is very popular today with both local buyers and those from further afield due in part to
the proximity of; high quality schooling in both the private and state sectors, neighbouring towns
with shopping, banking and leisure facilities and the Market Harborough railway station which allows
travel to London St.Pancras in under 1 hour
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