Detached house for sale in Covert Lane, Stourbridge DY8

A stunningly presented and extended family home situated close to countryside.

Description

This lovely home seamlessly blends modern convenience with stylish interiors and is perfectly positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, providing a sense of seclusion and privacy.

Inside, the ground floor offers a light-filled living room to the front and an extended area at the rear with a contemporary open-plan kitchen/dining/family room. The first floor has spacious bedrooms, one of which with an en suite shower room, and a family bathroom.

The rear garden, featuring a decked area and lawns, provides a private retreat.
The property is approached via a block-paved driveway, offering parking for multiple vehicles and an electric car charging point. The entrance to this property is accessed by brick steps bordered by raised beds displaying established planting and foliage at the side and front.

Entrance
An obscure-glazed entrance door leads to a porch, an ideal space for coats and shoes. This porch features obscure-glazed windows on either side and a tiled floor. From here, steps lead to the front door, unveiling a spacious and light-filled living room.

Living room
This room boasts oak flooring and a beautiful built-in window seat with storage below, positioned beneath the bay window. Additionally, there is a log burner with a tiled hearth, storage on one side, shelving on the other, a staircase ascending to the first floor and doors leading to the rear of the property.

Kitchen/dining/family room
Extended by its current owners, the rear of the property includes a beautiful kitchen/dining/family room and a study area. The family room is a perfect place to relax, with an open basket fire and a brick surround at the focal point.

Dining area
The family room flows into the dining area with matching floor tiling found throughout this fantastic open-plan space. Two Velux windows light the space whilst bi-folding doors provide access to the rear garden.

Kitchen
The light-flooded kitchen area is contemporary in design, with matte graphite grey units and stylish gold handles. Integrated appliances include a dishwasher, a double oven, an induction hob and an extractor fan above.

A Belfast-style ceramic sink with a mixer tap complements oak worksurfaces, which incorporate a breakfast bar. Soft-closing cupboards and drawers offer ample storage.

Study and utility room
This excellent study area comprises a tiled floor, an under-stairs storage cupboard and a door to the utility room. The utility room is equipped with a sink unit with a mixer tap and tiling to the splashbacks and flooring and has space for domestic appliances and an additional door to the garage.

Garage and cloakroom
The garage houses the Worcester boiler and includes lighting and power, as well as a door to the front.

Accessible from the utility room, the ground-floor cloakroom features a low-level WC, an enclosed washbasin and a vanity unit.

First Floor
The landing grants access to the bedrooms and bathroom positioned to the right of the staircase.

Bedroom one
A charming bedroom with steps leading down features a large front window.
This bedroom boasts its own en suite, including a white suite with a low-level WC, an enclosed washbasin with a mixer tap set upon a vanity unit with a matching mirrored wall cabinet above. There is also a walk-in shower cubicle with a waterfall showerhead. Tiling adorns the walls and flooring, alongside a chrome towel radiator and an obscure-glazed rear-facing window.

Bedrooms two, three and four
Two additional bedrooms are situated at the front of the property. With one bedroom featuring matching built-in wardrobes, cupboards, a dressing table and a window. The other front-facing bedroom includes a window and access to the loft. There is another double bedroom overlooking the rear garden.

Bathroom
The modern house bathroom is beautifully appointed, boasting a freestanding bath with a handheld shower attachment on the mixer tap and a shower cubicle with a waterfall shower and an additional handheld shower attachment.

There is also a washbasin with a mixer tap and vanity unit beneath, a low-level WC, tiling to the flooring and partial walls, recessed shelving, a towel radiator and an obscure-glazed window to the rear.

Garden
The rear garden is a prominent feature of this property, being generously sized. A decked area is available for alfresco dining and entertaining, leading to a sizeable lawned garden enclosed by panel fencing. Well-established borders feature colourful planting.

The garden has a private aspect and comes equipped with an outside tap and courtesy lighting. There is one small brick outbuilding, two garden sheds and one large 3.5 x 4.5m log cabin office/workshop with power.

Location

Nestled at the end of a cul-de-sac, 22 Covert Lane offers an idyllic setting for walkers. It is perfectly positioned, right on the edge of breathtaking countryside and is conveniently accessible to Norton, Wollaston and Stourbridge.

Approximately 12 miles to the west of Birmingham lies the charming town of Stourbridge. With its excellent shopping amenities, the town centre provides a delightful retail experience. Furthermore, boasting two railway stations, it takes just 30 minutes to reach Birmingham by train and a mere 2.5 hours to journey to London, rendering it an excellent choice for commuters.

Services

Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage. Broadband is available at this property.

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 highlighted in a survey that 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 levels are as follows:
An agreed offer under £500,000 will be £750 inclusive of vat
an agreed offer between £500,000 and £1,000,000 will be £2,000 inclusive of vat
all agreed offers over £1,000,000 will be £3,000 inclusive of vat

The reservation fee is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and a positive 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 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.

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.