3 bed semi-detached house for sale

Shanklin Drive, South Knighton, Leicester LE2

This traditional semi-detached home in South Knighton occupies a generous plot with an established rear garden and offers excellent scope for extension to the side and rear, subject to the necessary planning permissions.

The property provides well-proportioned accommodation requiring some modernisation, making it ideal for those seeking a home they can update to their own style. The ground floor includes two reception rooms, a kitchen, a useful garden room, and a ground floor shower room. Upstairs are three good-sized bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate WC.

Outside, the home benefits from a driveway to the front and side providing off-road parking, a garage to the rear, and a larger-than-average mature rear garden - perfect for families, gardeners or anyone looking for outdoor space.

South Knighton is well placed for access to everyday amenities and services, including highly regarded schooling such as Overdale Infant and Junior Schools, nursery day-care, and local shops and cafés found along Queens Road in neighbouring Clarendon Park. Leicester City Centre, the University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, and Leicester General Hospital are all easily accessible, as is nearby Knighton Park.

EPC Rating: D

Location

The property is well located for everyday amenities and services, including local public and private schooling including Overdale Infant and Junior Schools and nursery day-care, Leicester City Centre and the University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. The property is located close to Knighton Park and Queens Road shopping parade in neighbouring Clarendon Park with its specialist shops, bars, boutiques and restaurants.

Entrance Porch

With an internal door to the entrance hall.

Entrance Hall

With stairs to the first floor landing, an under-stairs storage cupboard with a boiler, radiator.

Reception Room One (4.66m x 3.67m)

(measurements into the bay window) With a double-glazed bay window to the front elevation, picture rails, plumbing for a radiator.

Reception Room Two (4.46m x 3.93m)

With double-glazed French doors to the rear elevation, picture rail, electric fire, fire surround, TV point, radiator.

Kitchen (4.75m x 2.34m)

With a double-glazed window to the side elevation, a sink and drainer unit with a range of wall and base units with work surfaces over, an electric oven, a gas hob, plumbing for a washing machine, plumbing for a dishwasher, radiator.

Lobby

With a double-glazed door to the side elevation.

Ground Floor Shower Room (1.72m x 1.48m)

With a double-glazed window to the side elevation, shower cubicle, wash hand basin, WC.

Garden Room/Reception Room Three (2.94m x 2.46m)

With patio doors to the side elevation, window to the rear elevation, radiator.

First Floor Landing

With a double-glazed window to the side elevation.

Bedroom One (4.73m x 3.70m)

With a double-glazed bay window to the front elevation, fitted wardrobes, a wash hand basin, radiator.

Bedroom Two (3.82m x 3.69m)

With a double-glazed window to the rear elevation, picture rails, a built-in wardrobe, radiator.

Bedroom Three (2.88m x 2.65m)

With a double-glazed window to the rear elevation, built-in cupboard, radiator.

Bathroom (1.95m x 1.59m)

With a double-glazed window to the rear elevation, bath with electric shower over, wash hand basin, airing cupboard, tiled flooring, radiator.

Separate WC (1.5m x 0.8m)

With a double-glazed window to the side elevation, WC, tiled flooring.

Rear Garden

Generous-sized block-paved patio seating area, an extensive lawn area (in excess of 100ft), a variety of flowers, mature shrubs, fruit trees, partly fenced perimeter, mature trees, outside tap, side door to the garage and a shed.

Parking - Driveway

A block paved driveway to the front elevation with gates providing access to further parking available to the side elevation. Please note that parking is subject to vehicle size. Prospective purchasers should ensure the dimensions are suitable for their vehicle before relying on it for parking purposes.

Parking - Garage

With fold-open doors to the front elevation, power and lighting.

Disclaimer

Measurements are taken electronically and are for guidance only - not to be relied upon as exact. Services, appliances, and fittings have not been tested. Buyers must satisfy themselves through inspection. Floor plans are not to scale and are for layout guidance only. Knightsbridge Estate Agents make no warranties regarding the property. By law, we must carry out anti-money laundering checks for buyers and sellers. These are handled on our behalf by Lifetime Legal, who will contact you once you instruct us to sell or have an offer accepted. A £60 fee (incl. VAT) covers required data and any manual checks. This must be paid before we can publish your property (for vendors) or issue a memorandum of sale (for buyers). The fee is non-refundable and paid directly to Lifetime Legal. We receive a portion of this fee for facilitating the checks.