Detached house for sale in Sibley Avenue, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5

Storm porch | Reception hall | Sitting room Family/dining room | Music room | Study Kitchen | Cloakroom | 5 Bedrooms | Family bathroom | Garden | Garage | EPC rating D

Sibley Avenue is a handsome 1950s red-brick family home offering sensitively modernised accommodation arranged over two floors. Retained features include period-style glazing and an open fireplace. Featuring a wealth of wooden flooring throughout, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful storage and includes a spacious sitting room with a bay window, parquet flooring, feature exposed brick open fireplace, a well-proportioned study, and a large open plan family/dining room with French doors to the rear terrace.

The kitchen opens into the dining room and offers a range of wall and base units and space for modern integrated appliances. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a rear aspect music room with useful cloakroom, a door to the integral garage and French doors to the rear terrace, suitable for a variety of uses.

Harpenden has a thriving High Street and a comprehensive range of shopping facilities including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and a Marks and Spencer store. It boasts an excellent selection of restaurants, coffee shops and numerous independent shops. The town is home to several outstanding state schools, with independent schools nearby including Beechwood Park, St. Albans High School and Boys’ School and Aldwickbury Prep School. Good sporting and leisure facilities include a sports centre with indoor swimming pool and rugby, tennis, bowling and cricket clubs, together with three golf courses. Cycling, riding and walking can be enjoyed in the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest and Rothamsted Estate.

Having gently curved ceilings, the first floor offers a generous principal bedroom, four further well-proportioned double bedrooms, one with a feature front aspect bay window, and a modern family bathroom.<br /><br />Set behind low-level walling, screened by mature shrubs and trees and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a block-paved forecourt providing generous off-road parking and giving access to the integral garage. The enclosed rear garden is laid mainly to level lawn interspersed with mature shrubs and trees and features numerous seating areas and a spacious paved terrace, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.<br /><br />Harpenden and station 1.5 miles (London St. Pancras International 24 minutes), St. Albans 4.9 miles, Welwyn Garden City 6.7 miles, M1 (Jct. 9) 4.7 miles, London Luton Airport 7.9 miles, London Heathrow Airport 34.1 miles, central London 34.9 miles