3 bed detached house for sale

Columbia Drive, Lowerwick, Worcester WR2

Make your mark on this detached Lower Wick home, with connected living spaces, a garden room and driveway parking for seven cars.

Description

Within walking distance of local amenities, this detached home offers an opportunity to modernise in an established part of Lower Wick. A connected lounge and dining area extends into a separate garden room, while the kitchen opens directly outside. Upstairs are two double bedrooms with built in wardrobes, a single bedroom and a family shower room. An enclosed rear garden combines lawn with a broad patio, complemented by a garage with a rear utility room and extensive driveway parking.

The ground floor
The kitchen has an extensive arrangement of wall and base cupboards, with work surfaces wrapping around a stainless steel sink beneath a window. Space and plumbing accommodate a range of appliances, while an external door gives direct garden access.

Adjoining the kitchen, the dining area forms the link between the living room and snug. A wide archway keeps it open to the main reception space, while sliding glazed doors allow the snug to be opened up or closed off.

A broad front window and a gas fireplace with a timber surround give the living room its welcoming character. The wide opening into the dining area creates an extended reception space, with distinct areas for sitting and dining.

The brick built snug provides a separate retreat overlooking the rear garden. A wide side window and glazed panels around the angled rear elevation brighten the room, with French doors opening directly onto the patio.

The first floor
The primary bedroom is a double room overlooking the front, with an extensive arrangement of built in wardrobes and overhead cupboards. Matching bedside drawers complete the storage around the bed recess.

Overlooking the rear garden, the second double bedroom also benefits from built in wardrobes and overhead cupboards. A broad window brings an open outlook across the surrounding gardens, giving this room a different perspective from the primary bedroom.

The third bedroom is a single room with a front facing window. Its position away from the main living spaces also makes it a useful option for a dedicated home office.

The family bathroom is arranged as a shower room, with a walk in shower, pedestal wash basin and WC. Two obscure glazed windows provide privacy, complemented by tiled walls and a heated towel rail.

The garden and parking
A broad paved patio extends from the snug to the garage, providing space for outdoor dining beside the lawn. Established shrubs line the borders, with timber fencing and brick walls enclosing the garden and a rear door accessing the utility room.

The driveway extends across the front and along the side, providing parking for seven cars. It leads to the garage, which has an up and over door, light and power, with a separate utility room at the rear.

Location

Columbia Drive lies in Lower Wick, an established residential area on the western side of Worcester. Local amenities are within walking distance, while St John’s provides a wider range of shops and services.

The shopping parade on Canada Way includes a Co op convenience store and other everyday businesses. Lower Wick Swimming Pool adds a community leisure facility within the surrounding neighbourhood.

Local education includes Pitmaston Primary School on Malvern Road and Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary on Bransford Road. Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form provides secondary education in St John’s.
Bus services connect Lower Wick with St John’s and Worcester city centre. The A4440 Southern Link Road provides access towards junction 7 of the M5, supporting journeys across the wider region.

The River Severn and Diglis Bridge offer opportunities for riverside walking and cycling. Worcester’s cathedral, canal basin and city centre provide further places to explore, balancing the residential setting with cultural and recreational attractions.

Services

The property benefits from mains electricity, gas, water and drainage.

Broadband Speed
Ultrafast broadband available. Download speeds up to 1800 Mbps and upload speeds up to 1000 Mbps (source: Ofcom checker).

Mobile Coverage
Likely available from EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. (source: Ofcom checker).

Flood Risk
According to the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk data, the property is currently at very low risk for river flooding and very low risk for surface water flooding.

The EPC rating for this property is: C.

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 which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and 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 will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and 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/or 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. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

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.

Compliance and Verification Fee

A Compliance and Verification Fee of £85 plus VAT (£102 inc VAT) per individual purchaser or related party requiring anti-money laundering, identity, source and proof of funds or financial verification checks is payable upon acceptance of an offer and receipt of the reservation fee.

This fee represents the cost of compliance administration and verification services undertaken in connection with the proposed purchase including anti-money laundering checks, sanctions screening, source of funds verification, proof of funds checks and associated compliance procedures.

The Compliance and Verification Fee shall be deducted from the reservation fee monies held by Andrew Grant.

No compliance or verification work shall be commenced until the reservation fee has been received in cleared funds.

The Compliance and Verification Fee becomes due immediately upon acceptance of the offer and receipt of the reservation fee and shall become non-refundable once any compliance or verification work has commenced, irrespective of whether the transaction subsequently proceeds to Exchange of Contracts or completion.

Where all or part of the reservation fee is refundable under the reservation fee terms, any Compliance and Verification Fees incurred shall first be deducted from the monies returned.