Detached house for sale in Bondleigh, North Tawton, Devon EX20

For sale by Public Auction on 17th April 2024 at 7pm at Lifton Strawberry Fields. In need of complete renovation, a four bedroom house in a lovely rural setting. Range of useful outbuildings and set within 3.36 acres of gardens, yard & paddock. EPC E.
Auction Guide Price £375,000 - £425,000

Situation
Highfield is located about ½ mile from Bondleigh, a quiet rural hamlet located some 8 miles to the north-east of the market town of Okehampton, nestled in the foothills of Dartmoor National Park, offers an excellent range of amenities and notably the haunted ruins of an 11th century castle.

The cathedral city of Exeter is 20 miles to the south-east and has a wide range of shopping and leisure facilities including a mainline railway station and bus terminal, and access to the M5 motorway and beyond.

Introduction
Highfield is set in a very private and peaceful, south facing position at the end of a no through road. It commands super views over its own grounds, the surrounding countryside and valley below. There is excellent walking and riding out opportunities in the locality as well as the open moorland on Dartmoor.

We understand the property has been unoccupied for about five years and is in need of substantial renovation and modernisation.

The house boasts 4 bedrooms and 3 reception rooms and sits in approximately 3.36 acres of gardens, pasture paddocks, yards and outbuildings.

Please note: The property will not be cleared and is sold as seen.

The accommodation briefly comprises

Porch
hallway
kitchen
utility room
breakfast room
sitting room
dining room
first floor landing
three double bedrooms
one single bedroom
bathroom

The Out Buildings
Located to the west of the farmhouse, is a range of miscellaneous outbuildings in varying states of repair. They come complete with contents.

Garage
store
lean to store

Nissen hut style building

Store
store
workshop/store
barn
store
store

Portal frame agricultural building

The Land
The land extends to some 3.36 acres in all and sits to the south and west of the house and outbuilding. Comprising a gently sloping south facing grass paddock which benefits from super far reaching views over surrounding countryside.

Auction Information
The auction will be held at Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, Devon PL16 0DE on 17th April 2024 at 7pm. Buyers are advised to attend by 6.30pm to register.

Registration | Please note all bidders, including Kivells existing clients, will need to register with Kivells on the night of the auction in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the "Regulations") – as of 26th June 2017.

Bidders will be required to provide one form of government issued photographic identity and a utility bill addressed to them at their home address, dated within 3 months of the date of the auction. Failure to do this, may prejudice your ability to bid on the night.

Online Bidding | Online bidding registration will be available 10 days before each auction and all bidders must register at least 48 hours prior to the auction. For further information, please visit or contact your local Kivells office.

Buyer's Administration Fee | All successful buyers at Kivells Property Auctions should note that on exchange of contracts, a Buyer's Administration Fee of £2,000 plus VAT (Total: £2,400 inc. VAT) is payable to Kivells on the night of the auction. This fee can be paid by either bank transfer,
personal cheque or debit card.

The successful buyer will also be required to reimburse the vendor for search fees, details of which will be available in the auction pack.

Please note if the lot is sold prior to auction, or afterwards, these fee’s remain payable. There are no discounts for multiple lots purchased and you must consider this when bidding/offering prior.

Solicitor | Patrick Hunter Shentons Solicitors Winchester.

Guide Prices | Guide prices given are indications within 10% upwards or downwards of where the reserve price may be set at the time of going to print. Please note they are not an indication of the anticipated sale price or a valuation.

The reserve price is the minimum price at which the property can be sold, both the guide price and reserve price may be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction. Please note that all prices listed, whether prior to or post auction, are subject to contract.

The Auctioneers and sellers accept no responsibility for any loss, cost or damage that a buyer may incur as a result of relying on any guide price. It is the buyer's responsibility to decide how much they should bid for any lot. Please check with us for regular updates as guide prices are subject to change prior to the auction.

The guide price does not include the buyer's fee charged by the auctioneer or VAT which may apply to the sale or other amounts the seller may charge. The seller's Special Conditions of Sale will state whether there are other seller's charges and whether the seller has elected to charge VAT on the sale price.

Auction Payment | A 10% deposit will be required to be paid by the successful bidder upon the fall of gavel and at this point the contract is legally binding. The deposit has to be paid to Kivells as auctioneers and can only be paid in the form of a cheque or bank transfer.

All bidders must only bid if they can make this payment.

Cheques must be drawn on a bank or branch of a bank in the United Kingdom, any other cheques may be rejected and it will the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure they have the correct method of payment available at each auction.

Completion | Will take place at 28 days from the auction, or earlier by agreement between the parties. On the night of the auction, 10% of the purchase price will fall due as a deposit being exchange of contracts. Be final.

Tenure | Freehold.

Local Authority | West Devon Borough Council.
Note: The property is not within Dartmoor National Park

Easements, Wayleaves, Rights of Way | The property is offered for sale, subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the Property and Charges Register of the registered title together with all public or private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way, which cross the property.

Floor Plans and Land Plans | Not to scale and for identification purposes only.

Boundaries | Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor’s agent whose decision acting as experts shall be final.

Services
Private drainage. Mains electricity and mains water.

Directions
Postcode = EX20 2AQ
What3words = ///stunt.surface.complain.

Viewing
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