5 bedroom detached house

Storm porch | Sitting room | Conservatory | Study | Dining room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Utility | Cloakroom | Principal bedroom with en suite shower room | 4 Further bedrooms | Family bathroom | Loft space | Garage | Garden | EPC rating D

The property
28 Cunningham Hill Road is a well-presented home that offers elegant accommodation ideally suited to both entertaining guests and a modern, family lifestyle.

The main reception room is the comfortable sitting room, which has a window seat and an open fireplace. Bi-fold doors open from the sitting room into the splendid conservatory, which is flooded with natural light from the south-facing aspect. There is also a formal dining room, a breakfast room and a kitchen which has plenty of storage in shaker-style units, a built-in breakfast table and integrated appliances.

Upstairs there are five bedrooms, including the generous principal bedroom, with its extensive fitted storage and en suite shower room. Three of the further bedrooms have their own washbasins and four of the bedrooms benefit from air conditioning. The first floor also has a family bathroom with a separate shower.

The property is set in a popular and convenient location within very easy reach of the mainline station with its fast through services via St Pancras International to the City (19 mins) Gatwick and beyond. Road users enjoy easy access to the M1, M25 and the A1(M) and to the airports at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. The City Centre with its wealth of amenities including shopping and leisure activities is close at hand, as are the green spaces at Clarence Park, Bernards Heath and Verulamium Park.

The area has a wide range of state schooling including Fleetville Infant and Nursery School, Fleetville Junior School, Verulam School, Beaumont School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted) and Loreto College (also rated Outstanding by Ofsted), as well as a good selection of independent schools including St. Albans High School for Girls, St. Albans, St. Columba’s College and Aldwickbury.

At the front of the property there is a brick-bordered gravel driveway, with plenty of parking space for several vehicles and access to the integrated garage at the side of the house. The front garden has border flowerbeds with a variety of shrubs and hedgerows, and a small area of lawn.

To the rear, the garden has an elevated area of paved terracing and a lawn with border flowerbeds. Towards the end of the garden there is a private, peaceful wooded area. There is also pedestrian access to the Foxcroft playing fields and play area from the rear of the garden.