5 bed semi-detached house for sale

Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5

An attractive, well-presented semi-detached family home featuring modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings and elegant interior designed décor throughout, all combining to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment. Located in a desirable location within walking distance of Harpenden Common, the town centre and the station.

The property
35 Crabtree Lane is an attractive semi-detached family home offering almost 2,000 sq. Ft. Of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. Configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment featuring some sash glazing, modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings and elegant décor throughout, the accommodation flows from a welcoming part-panelled reception hall with feature tiled flooring, useful storage and a cloakroom.

The property features a spacious sitting room with a large front-aspect bay window, a feature fireplace, and bespoke fitted storage. There is also a well-proportioned family room with exposed wooden flooring and additional bespoke storage. The generous dual-aspect kitchen/breakfast room includes wooden parquet flooring, a range of wall and base units with complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, a range cooker, modern integrated appliances, and space for a good-sized dining table. A useful interconnecting fitted utility room offers a door to the side aspect, French doors to the rear terrace, and several sky lanterns that provide abundant natural light.

On the first floor the property provides a spacious front aspect principal bedroom with walk-in storage and a modern en suite shower room, two further well-proportioned rear aspect bedrooms, one with fitted storage and a fully-tiled en suite shower room, and a fully-tiled family bathroom. The property’s two remaining double bedrooms can be found on the second floor, both with vaulted ceilings, skylights and bespoke fitted storage and one benefiting from a contemporary fully-tiled en suite shower room.

Screened by mature hedging and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a private block-paved forecourt providing private parking and bordered by a low-maintenance area of level lawn and over a shared tarmac side driveway giving access to private parking and the garage to the rear of the property. The well-maintained contemporary enclosed garden to the rear offers an area of level lawn bordered by a generous paved terrace off the kitchen/breakfast room and a separate raised paved seating area at the end of the garden with a pedestrian gate to the rear garage, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Harpenden has a thriving High Street and comprehensive range of shopping facilities, including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, a Marks and Spencer store and boutique shops, together with numerous restaurants, coffee shops and bars. Good sporting and leisure facilities include a sports centre with indoor swimming pool and rugby, tennis, bowling and cricket clubs, together with three golf courses. Cycling, riding and walking can be enjoyed in the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest and Rothamsted Estate.

Extensive amenities can also be found in St Albans and Welwyn Garden City. Communications links are excellent: The M1 gives access to major regional centres, the M25 and motorway network, and Harpenden station (0.6 mile) offers regular services into central London.

Distances
Harpenden High Street 0.6 mile
St Albans 4.8 miles
Welwyn Garden City 7.4 miles
M1 (Junction 9) 4.5 miles
London Luton Airport 7.2 miles
Central London 33.9 miles
London Heathrow Airport 35.9 miles

Nearby Stations
Harpenden Station
Luton Airport Parkway Station
Albans City Station
St Albans Abbey Station

Key Locations
Rothamsted Manor
Rothamstead Sports Centre
Eric Morecambe Centre
Harpenden Golf Club
Harpenden Common
Harpenden Farmers Market
The Nickey Line Walk
Heartwood Forest
St Albans Cathedral
Verulamium Park
Verulamium Museum

Nearby Schools
Crabtree Infants’ and Junior School
High Beeches Primary School
Manland Primary School
Sir John Lawes School
Katherine Warrington School
St Georges School
Aldwickbury School
St Hilda’s School School
The King’s School
St. Albans High School for Girls
St Albans School