4 bed semi-detached house for sale

Oakfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicester LE4

Property Description
A rare opportunity to secure a substantial four-bedroom home on one of Birstall’s most highly regarded roads, offering character, space and enormous potential to create something really special.

Oakfield Avenue has long been considered one of the village’s most desirable addresses, known for its attractive individual homes, established surroundings and impressive street scene. Opportunities to buy here are always sought after, and this particular property represents an exciting chance to secure a home on the road at a more accessible price point, with the freedom to modernise and put your own stamp on it.

Already extended to provide four-bedroom accommodation and generous living space, the property has fantastic bones. It would now benefit from some cosmetic updating, but for buyers who can see beyond décor, there is a huge amount to work with.

First Impressions
The house itself is particularly attractive, with its mock Tudor styling giving it real presence from the road.

A newly laid tarmac driveway with contrasting block-paved edging provides generous off-road parking, complemented by an established frontage with lawn, hedging and planted borders.

The integrated garage features attractive barn-style double doors, while the approach to the original front door retains a wonderful black and white chequerboard tiled detail, immediately introducing some of the character found within the home.

Entrance Hall
Stepping through the original entrance door, you enter a spacious hallway with two windows to the front, wall panelling, radiator and alarm system.

The staircase rises to the first floor with useful storage beneath, while the hallway provides access to the principal ground-floor rooms.

Front Reception Room
To the front is a fantastic bay-fronted reception room.

High ceilings and the large double-glazed bay window create a bright and spacious feel, with a radiator and additional wall-mounted electric heater. It is an excellent room that could work equally well as a formal sitting room, dining room, playroom or home office depending on the needs of the next owner.

Extended Living Room
The second reception room is one of the real highlights of the property.

Extended to the rear, it provides an impressive amount of living space and enjoys a wonderful outlook across the mature garden through a substantial glazed rear elevation.

A door provides direct access outside, while high ceilings, radiators and a gas fire complete what is already a superb main living room.

Breakfast Kitchen
The breakfast kitchen has also been extended and provides another generously proportioned space overlooking the rear garden.

Currently fitted with a range of wall and base units and work surfaces, there is a stainless-steel sink and drainer, plumbing for a washing machine, space for a cooker and dishwasher, together with an exceptionally large rear window and an additional side window bringing plenty of natural light into the room.

For buyers looking to undertake a larger renovation, the ground floor offers particularly exciting possibilities. With two substantial reception rooms and an extended kitchen already in place, there could be potential, subject to the necessary permissions and structural advice, to reconfigure the accommodation and create the large open-plan kitchen, dining and family space so many buyers now look for.

Utility Area, WC & Garage
From the kitchen, a step leads down into a useful side utility-style area, where there is a WC, access into the rear of the integrated garage and a further door leading directly into the garden.

The garage itself provides valuable additional storage and further adds to the practicality of the house.

First Floor
The generous proportions continue upstairs, where the property provides four bedrooms and an unusually large family bathroom.

The principal bedroom sits to the front and is an impressive double room, benefiting from high ceilings, radiator and a double-glazed window.

Bedroom two is another excellent double, positioned to the rear with built-in wardrobes and views across the mature garden.

The original third bedroom is a particularly good-sized single and could potentially accommodate a smaller double bed, while the fourth bedroom forms part of the extension and would make an ideal child's bedroom, nursery, home office or dressing room. This room also houses a cupboard containing the central heating boiler.

Family Bathroom
Another particularly impressive feature is the extended family bathroom.

Much larger than you would ordinarily expect in a property of this style, it is fitted with a four-piece suite comprising a separate shower, bath, WC and wash hand basin, along with partial tiling and an airing cupboard. Loft access is also available from this area.

Rear Garden
Outside, the mature rear garden gives the property another major selling point.

A patio provides space for outdoor seating and entertaining, leading onto a lawn surrounded by established borders and a variety of mature plants, shrubs and trees.

The established greenery creates an excellent degree of privacy, making the garden feel peaceful and secluded despite the property's convenient village location.

The Riva Lily View
For us, this is all about opportunity.

Oakfield Avenue is one of those roads buyers regularly wait for, and properties here can command a premium once modernised. This house gives someone the chance to secure the location, character and generous proportions at a price that reflects the updating still to be done.

Importantly, you are not starting with a small house that needs expensive extensions simply to create enough space. Much of that work has already been done. There are four bedrooms, two substantial reception rooms, an extended kitchen, a large bathroom, garage, excellent parking and a private mature garden already in place.

Modernise what is here, or explore a more ambitious reconfiguration of the ground floor, and there is the potential to create a superb long-term family home on one of Birstall's most desirable roads.

For somebody looking for a home they can improve over time and genuinely make their own, this could be a very exciting opportunity.

Key Features
Highly regarded Oakfield Avenue location
Attractive mock Tudor-style semi-detached home
Extended four-bedroom accommodation
Two generous reception rooms
Extended breakfast kitchen with further potential
Exceptionally spacious four-piece family bathroom
Newly laid tarmac driveway with block-paved edging
Integrated garage and useful ground-floor WC
Mature and private rear garden
Fantastic opportunity to modernise and create your own family home