3 bed semi-detached house for sale

Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3

A three bedroom semi-detached home with a full length living and dining room, established gardens, a new driveway and attached garage.

Description

The living and dining room extends from the front of the property to sliding doors opening onto the rear terrace, creating the principal space within this home. A separate kitchen includes a pantry, while the rear hallway provides garden access and a downstairs WC. Upstairs, two double bedrooms and a single bedroom accompany the bathroom. A lawned rear garden complements the parking and garage provision.

The ground floor
Pale kitchen cabinetry is paired with dark work surfaces, with a gas hob, extractor and built in oven arranged beside the corner return. The sink sits beneath a rear facing window overlooking the garden, while an adjoining pantry provides additional storage.

Stretching the full depth of the home, the living and dining room has a broad front window and sliding glazed doors onto the rear terrace. Ceiling coving runs around the room, with a wall mounted fire at the garden end.

Beyond the kitchen, the rear hallway opens directly onto the garden and includes a cupboard. A separate WC is fitted with a washbasin and an obscured glass window. An enclosed glazed porch leads into the entrance hall, where the staircase rises beside a panelled balustrade. Separate doors open into the living and dining room and kitchen, keeping both principal ground floor spaces independently accessible.

The first floor
Overlooking the rear garden, the primary bedroom is a double room with built in cupboards and overhead storage along one wall. Its broad window provides an outlook across the lawn and surrounding gardens.

Both further bedrooms face the front of the property. The second is a double room with a wide window and ceiling coving, while the third provides single bedroom accommodation with its own window overlooking the frontage.

White wall tiling surrounds the bathroom’s bath and overhead shower. A pedestal washbasin and WC complete the fittings, with an obscured glass window above the basin.

The garden and parking
A paved terrace spans the rear of the home, separated from the lawn by a low decorative wall. A central path continues through the garden, with shrubs, borders and timber fencing defining its edges. A timber shed stands beside the property.

The new block paved driveway leads to the attached garage, which has double doors at the front and a separate rear pedestrian entrance. A lawn and established shrubs soften the frontage, while a paved route continues along the side of the home.

Location

Kingston Avenue forms part of an established residential area in northern Worcester, with traditional homes and gardens shaping the street.

Everyday shopping is available around Blackpole, including Lidl and the wider retail parks. Worcester city centre offers a broader choice of shops, cafés and restaurants, while Perdiswell Leisure Centre on Bilford Road adds local swimming and fitness facilities.

St Barnabas CofE Primary School is a local option for younger children. Secondary education includes Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, with further educational provision available across Worcester.

Worcester Foregate Street and Worcester Shrub Hill provide rail connections towards Birmingham, Hereford and London Paddington. Road links connect the northern side of the city with the wider Worcestershire area, supporting journeys for work and leisure.

Gheluvelt Park offers formal gardens, play facilities and tennis courts alongside a riverside conservation area. The River Severn and Worcester’s historic centre provide further opportunities for recreation, with the cathedral contributing to the city’s character.

Services

The property benefits from mains gas, electricity, water and drainage.

Broadband Speed
Ultrafast broadband available. Download speeds up to 10000 Mbps and upload speeds up to 10000 Mbps (source: Ofcom checker).

Mobile Coverage
Likely available from EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. (source: Ofcom checker).

Flood Risk
According to the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk data, the property is currently at very low risk for river flooding and very low risk for surface water flooding.
EPC

The EPC rating for this property is: D.

Council Tax
The Council Tax for this property is Band C.

Fees

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and were not evident or drawn to the attention of you, the Buyer, prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.

Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and/or the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.

Compliance and Verification Fee

A Compliance and Verification Fee of £85 plus VAT (£102 inc VAT) per individual purchaser or related party requiring anti-money laundering, identity, source and proof of funds or financial verification checks is payable upon acceptance of an offer and receipt of the reservation fee.

This fee represents the cost of compliance administration and verification services undertaken in connection with the proposed purchase including anti-money laundering checks, sanctions screening, source of funds verification, proof of funds checks and associated compliance procedures.

The Compliance and Verification Fee shall be deducted from the reservation fee monies held by Andrew Grant.

No compliance or verification work shall be commenced until the reservation fee has been received in cleared funds.

The Compliance and Verification Fee becomes due immediately upon acceptance of the offer and receipt of the reservation fee and shall become non-refundable once any compliance or verification work has commenced, irrespective of whether the transaction subsequently proceeds to Exchange of Contracts or completion.

Where all or part of the reservation fee is refundable under the reservation fee terms, any Compliance and Verification Fees incurred shall first be deducted from the monies returned.