Mackie Avenue, BN1

***GUIDE PRICE ?450,000 - ?475,000***

Beautifully presented and naturally light, this semi-detached family home sits on an attractive avenue in Patcham: a quiet suburb of the city with excellent transport links and a wonderful sense of community. Built in the 1950s, the house has been well-designed with the family in mind, so the rooms are already spacious, yet as a semi-detached property, there remains scope to extend further in an area where planning consents are easier to come by.

With three bedrooms and room for further extension in the loft, there is space for a family to grow. To the front, there is ample off-street parking alongside a south facing garden and there is a second patioed garden to the rear for children to play in safety. Mackie Avenue sweeps through Patcham close to Mackie Park. This house holds a corner plot giving it two areas of lawn bathed in sunshine from the south, and a neat brick drive with space to park two or three cars. Stepping inside, it is clearly a well-maintained home with a stylish d?cor allowing the new owners to move straight in with ease.

To the front of the house, the living room has ample space for comfortable furnishings for the family to relax in the evening. It is homely with a wood burning stove, or gas central heating for when time is of the essence. Natural light filters in through new white shutters on the south facing box bay window and natural wood flooring brings both form and function to the space, complementing sage green walls. Moving through the house, the kitchen breakfast room spans the back of the house with space for a kitchen table to seat six. Newly fitted, the finish is stylish in a modern-country style pairing Shaker cabinets with solid oak worktops with a butler sink seamlessly cut-in. While the dishwasher is integrated, space has been left for a range cooker and an American fridge freezer which may be available by separate negotiation. A door leads through to the separate utility room where there is space for machines alongside an area for ironing and folding clothes, nicely tucked away from the rest of the house.

Outside, the rear garden is laid to stone with space for outdoor seating, children s play equipment and alfresco dining. While it is technically north facing, it receives plenty of sunshine due to an open aspect to the east and west, and there is a long sleeper flower bed for growing plants and herbs. Returning to the house, there are three bedrooms on the first floor; two spacious doubles and a single, ideal as a nursery or study for those working from home, or older children needing a quiet space for exam revision.

To the rear, the second double is currently designed as a child s bedroom with a wall mural, but it would be easy to change style with a lick of paint. It is a sunny double room with a double-glazed window and two full height wardrobes built into the alcoves around the chimney breast ensuring the floor space is not compromised. Next door, the principal bedroom shares the same aspect and shuttered box bay window as the living room below it, plus there are further built-in timber wardrobes offering ample clothes and shoe storage for two. Nearby, the bathroom is classic in white with a chequerboard floor and a shower over the white bath suite.