Detached house for sale in Asquith Boulevard, West Knighton, Leicester LE2

Situated in West Knighton, conveniently close to local amenities and a delightful stroll away from the picturesque Knighton Park, this detached family home offers ample space and a south facing garden. The home comes with the added advantage of no onward chain.

The property provides plenty of flexible accommodation with scope to update and extend at the rear. A generous frontage offers ample off-road parking and the garage gives you extra space, a good-sized kitchen gives you room for a breakfast area and the rear garden is wider than average with a good degree of seclusion.

A wide entrance leads you onto a brick-paved driveway with an attractive shrub bed to the left and the garage ahead of you with an up-and-over door. The part-glazed front door opens into a handy porch, good for boots and coats, and a further door takes you into the entrance hall. The stairs to the first floor are on the right and adjacent is a downstairs cloakroom with a low-level WC and wash hand basin with tiled splashback with mirror above.

Opposite the stairs is the large lounge with a deep bay window allowing lots of light into the room. On one side is a gas fire that sits on a raised tiled hearth with a brick surround behind and a wood mantel. Above this is an extensive range of fitted shelves that gives you a variety of storage and display options. Through a square archway is the dining room which has sliding glazed doors leading into the lovely conservatory and overlooks the rear garden.

Off the hall is the well-proportioned part-tiled kitchen with a wood floor and a range of wall, base and drawer units providing plenty of storage space with composite work surfaces above. A stainless steel single drainer sink unit with mixer tap sits below the window, with superb views over the garden. There is a built-in double oven and gas hob, as well as space for a dishwasher and under-counter fridge or freezer. A handy pantry is to one side, perfect for storing packaged foods and vegetables. Next to this is a utility room with plumbing for a washing machine and a part-glazed door into the side access.

The carpeted turned staircase takes you to the galleried first-floor landing, which provides access to an airing cupboard, the loft, three double bedrooms, which all benefit from fitted wardrobes, a single bedroom and the family bathroom.

The part-tiled family bathroom has a corner panelled bath with a wall-mounted electric shower unit, mixer tap curved shower curtain rail, a low-level WC, a pedestal wash hand basin with mixer tap set into a vanity unit that provides storage and a mirror-fronted bathroom cabinet above.

The property’s wide frontage gives you plenty of off-street parking and there are a variety of well-established shrubs on the left. To the right is a picket fence and a slatted side access gate that gives way to the side access. The rear garden, which is bordered by wood fence panels, is wider than average with a paved entertaining terrace immediately outside the house and a path down the right-hand side. It is mainly laid to lawn with mature hedges and trees that provide a good level of privacy.<br /><br />