3 Bed Detached House For Sale

Entrance hall, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, downstairs cloakroom.  Three first floor bedrooms, family bathroom and a further separate WC.  Enclosed gardens to front and rear.  Driveway providing off-road parking for two vehicles.

Location
18 St Margarets Crescent is located close to the amenities of the town.  Leiston benefits from a high street which offers a good variety of independent retailers, together with a Co-operative supermarket.  There is also the popular Leiston Film Theatre, a post office, Barclays Bank, a library, museum, garage, a number of public houses, Leiston Primary School with nursery and Alde Valley High School.  Saxmundham lies about three miles to the west where there are further facilities, including Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets, and rail services to Ipswich with some direct trains through to London's Liverpool Street station.  The Heritage Coast, with the popular coastal villages and towns of Thorpeness and Aldeburgh, is within two miles. The county town of Ipswich lies about twenty miles to the south-west.  

Directions
Approaching Leiston from the Saxmundham direction entering via Waterloo Avenue, take the third turning on your left into St Margarets Cresent where the property can be found just before the turning to Huxley Close on the right hand side and identified by a Clarke & Simpson For Sale board.

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Description
18 St Margarets Crescent is a three bedroom semi-detached former local authority house with brick and rendered elevations under a pitch tiled roof which is believed to have been built circa 1920.  

Whilst the property benefits from gas-fired central heating, via strategically placed radiators and UPVC double glazing throughout, the property is now in need of refurbishment and modernisation.  

The accommodation is well laid out over two floors and comprises of entrance hallway providing access to the sitting room with views to front and rear.  Dining room, also with views to front and rear. A cloak room and the kitchen which has windows to side and rear, a range of fitted wall and base units and a single drainer sink unit inset into roll top work surfaces.

On the first floor there are three bedrooms and a family bathroom with a separate W.C.

Outside
The property is approached from the highway via a drop curb that leads to a private driveway providing off-road parking for two vehicles where there is a garden to front mainly laid to lawn with a pathway to the front door.  There is side access to the generous size rear garden which is mainly laid to lawn and is enclosed by panel fencing and hedging.
 
Note 1
It is essential that each buyer “wet” signs a copy of the Flagship Declaration of Interest Form.  Please contact the agent for further details. 

Note 2
Flagship Housing Ltd have a restriction against use of the property as a House of Multiple Occupation(HMO).  The incoming purchaser may wish to explore a release of this restrictive covenant with Flagship Housing Ltd directly.

Note 3
It should be noted that Flagship Housing Ltd will not accept any offers within the first 14 days of marketing and all offers will need to be accompanied by a “wet” signed Declaration of Interest form.  

Viewing Strictly by appointment with the agent.  

Services - Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity.  

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EPC  Rating = C (Copy available from the agents upon request).

Council Tax Band B; £1,800.91 payable per annum 2025/2026

Local Authority - East Suffolk Council; East Suffolk House, Station Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1RT; Tel:  

NOTES
1. Every care has been taken with the preparation of these particulars, but complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed.  If there is any point, which  is of particular importance to you, please obtain professional confirmation. Alternatively, we will be pleased to check the information for you.  These Particulars do not constitute a contract or part of a contract.  All measurements quoted are approximate.  The Fixtures, Fittings & Appliances have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order.  Photographs are reproduced for general information and it cannot be inferred that any item shown is included.  No guarantee can be given that any planning permission or listed building consent or building regulations have been applied for or approved. The agents have not been made aware of any covenants or restrictions that may impact the property, unless stated otherwise.  Any site plans used in the particulars are indicative only and buyers should rely on the Land Registry/transfer   plan. 

2. The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 require all Estate Agents   to obtain sellers’ and buyers’ identity.

3.  There is an engrossment fee of £150 payable by the purchaser upon completion.  

4. Flagship Housing Ltd have a restriction against use of the property as a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO).  The incoming purchaser may wish to explore a release of this restrictive covenant with Flagship Housing Ltd directly.

5. Flagship Group has informed the agent that there may be a covenant upon the garden of the property.  Please speak to the agent for further information.

6. In cases where applicants are purchasing the property with cash funds, the vendor requires exchange and completion to take place within 28 days of instructing legal representatives and reserves the right to abort the sale if this condition is not met.
 
April 2025