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More room at impressive bungalow

THE Hollies is an impressive
country bungalow at Bransford,
near Worcester. Originally built
during the 1960s it has been
substantially extended and
enhanced by some exposed timbers
and leaded light timber casement
double glazed windows.
The reception hall has an oak
floor and a cloakroom with a
Victorian style white suite and a
slate floor.
Beyond the hall is a dining room
with an open fireplace and steps
down to a lounge with a reclaimed
brick fireplace and twin double
glazed french doors to the gardens.
There is also a study with a small
period fireplace, book shelving and
a timbered ceiling.
Adjacent is a sitting room, also
with a timbered ceiling and book
shelves
The Hollies has a breakfast
kitchen with a range of pine units,
EXTENDED: The Hollies at Bransford, near Worcester, has four bedrooms.
work surfaces, a double Belfast
sink and a range cooker. The good
sized breakfast room has a dining
area with a tiled pantry and
adjoining the kitchen is a freezer
room and a long utility room.
An inner hallway with an oak
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floor leads to four bedrooms. The
master en-suite – yet to be fitted –
there is a guest bedroom with an
en-suite dressing room and a well
appointed bathroom. There is also
a shower room.
The Hollies is approached
through gates and along a
driveway to a parking area. A
single garage includes a small store SMART: Family homes. Page 3.
room, there is a partly-built stable
block with two loose boxes, a tack AUCTIONS........................................ 5
room and a store room. Close by is CLASSIFIEDS.................................... 5
a small paddock. NEW HOMES................................... 4
The good-sized rear gardens are
mostly tiered lawns. RESIDENTIAL
There is a fenced kitchen garden Philip Laney & Jolly......................... 2
with raised beds and a good-sized
orchard. LETTINGS
BUYER’S INFO Griffiths & Charles...........................
Hills Estate Agents............................
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PRICE: £625,000 Houselets......................................... 5
AGENT: HALLS Simply Lets....................................... 8
CALL: 01905 611066 Town & Country Property Services.. 6

LUXURY: The Bridges House at Tardebigge, near Bromsgrove, has a big sitting room, a magnificent indoor swimming pool and large grounds.

You’ll enjoy a wonderful country life

with swimming pool and paddocks
THE Bridges House at Tardebigge,
near Bromsgrove, is an extensive
family home with an indoor
swimming pool, paddocks and
woodland.
A light and spacious reception
hall has a vaulted ceiling with a
first floor gallery and an engineered
hardwood floor, which continues
into a comprehensively fitted library.
The formal drawing room has a
sculptured fireplace with a multi-
fuel burning stove together with
french doors to the garden. There is
also a sitting room that features a
pine fireplace surround.
The extensively fitted bespoke
kitchen has polished granite work
surfaces, a double china box sink, a
full complement of appliances and a
limestone tiled floor which
continues into the dining room
where there is a dresser style unit.
A utility is equally well fitted.
A particular feature of The
Bridges House is its indoor heated
swimming pool with air conditioning,
a changing room, a shower
enclosure with body jets and a
spiral staircase up to the master
bedroom.
The first floor rooms are arranged
around a light, part-galleried
landing and four bedrooms, all with
their own en-suites.
The property is approached over a
cattle grid and along a tree lined
gravelled drive between woodland
and post and rail paddocks.
There is an electrically operated
gate, boxed beech hedging and
beautifully maintained lawns with
many specimen trees. The gardens
also have sculptured herbaceous
borders and mature shrubberies, all
providing lots of colour throughout
the year and with minimal
maintenance.
The drive opens out into a large
turning and parking area overhung
by magnificent oaks and leading to
a detached three-car garage with
electrically-operated up and over
doors.
Beyond is a fenced kitchen garden
together with a timber framed
greenhouse, a garden shed and a log
store. The grounds also include a
woodland walk and paddocks with a
water supply.
BUYER’S INFO
PRICE: £1,695,000
AGENT: ANDREW GRANT
CALL: 01905 734735

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Four floor listed house makes

the grade with original features
Mike Pryce discovers a family home with five bedrooms, a gym in the cellar and there’s even a television set in the main bathroom

G
ROWING families need
larger houses – two or
three bedrooms just
won’t do. So here are a
selection of properties
in both town and country, period
and modern, with four bedrooms or
more.
The first is an end of terrace, five
bedroom grade two listed Georgian
town house at 1 Rainbow Hill
Terrace, Worcester, that retains
some original period features and
has accommodation over four floors.
The property has an impressive
portico entrance and a reception
hall with its original staircase and
tiled floor. At the end of the hall is a
cloakroom with a coloured suite
and cupboards.
Close by is a drawing room with
an ornate hand-made fireplace, a
fitted gas fire and a bay window.
There is a separate substantial
dining room with a range of fitted
shelves.
A fitted breakfast kitchen has a
range of light oak wall and floor
mounted units and a door from it
leads to a laundry.
A flagstone and tiled staircase
leads down to a home gym with a
pine floor, a wine rack and a stable
door to the outside.
The period staircase from the
reception hall leads up to a
spacious landing with a walk-in
linen cupboard and part double
glazed doors to a small and
attractive balcony.
The master bedroom has a range
of fitted cupboards with overhead
cupboards, a dressing table with an
adjoining seat and a pretty period
fireplace with a cast iron grate.
There is a further separate double
bedroom with a range of wardrobe
cupboards and a chest of drawers.
The main bathroom has a large
spa bath, a jet power shower and a
television.
The second floor has three more
double bedrooms and another
bathroom.
A double garage can be found at
the rear, together with an adjoining
workshop/garden store. There is a
small front garden, side gardens
and a rear walled paved courtyard.
BUYER’S INFO
PRICE: £420,000
AGENT: HALLS
CALL: 01905 611066 ATTRACTIVE: 1 Rainbow Hill Terrace, Worcester, has original period features, gardens and a courtyard.

THREE MORE OF A KIND: HOMES FOR THE GROWING FAMILY

MILBRAE OAKLAND HOUSE 25 LOWER DRIVE

Milbrae, Shoulton Lane, Hallow,
near Worcester, is an outstanding
detached house that has been
totally refurbished, renovated and
extended.
There is a drawing room with dual
aspect windows, oak flooring, a
broad inglenook with a log burner
and french doors to the garden.
A kitchen/breakfast room has a
walnut suite, an integrated
freezer, a dishwasher, an oil fired
Rayburn,a fitted oven and a
central island with a four-ring hob.
The ground floor master bedroom
suite has a dressing room, an
en-suite shower room and a large
walk-in shower.
There is alsoa formal dining
room, an office, a snug, a utility
and a shower room.
Upstairs are three more
bedrooms – one has an en-suite
lavatory – and a family bathroom.
Electrically operated gates open
into large landscaped gardens.
There is a detached garage with a
room above, a further detached
barn/garage with a store and a
detached entertainment room
with a bar – perfect for parties
and entertaining.
PRICE £629,950; AGENT
ANDREW GRANT; CALL 01905
734735
Oakland House at Old Hill, Flyford
Flavell, near Pershore, is a
substantial four bedroom family
home built in 2000.
It has a large reception hall with
an oak block wood floor and a
hand-made staircase. The ground
floor layout includes a cloakroom,
a large drawing room with a Bath
stone fireplace and a multi-fuel
stove, a conservatory and a
dining room.
The breakfast/kitchen has a high
an extensive range of hand-made
oak cabinets and integrated
appliances. Beyond is a utility.
Upstairs is a large landing and a
master bedroom with a dressing
room and an en-suite bath and
shower room. There are three
more double bedrooms and a
family bathroom with a shower.
The house has a shared driveway
and parking for several cars.
There are gardens with maturing
shrubs and plants, lawns, a small
fishpond and a paved area for
alfresco dining.
Oakland House also has a large
single garage, a metal framed
greenhouse and a shed.
PRICE £575,000; AGENT
KNIGHT FRANK; CALL 01905
723438
With five bedrooms, 25 Lower
Drive, Besford, near Pershore is
an executive-style house with
spacious and versatile
accommodation.
It has an impressive galleried
main reception hall with a
hardwood staircase and the
reception rooms include a sitting
room with an open fireplace,
double doors to a dining room
and french doors to a terrace.
The layout includes an
office/family room, a big live-in
kitchen with a breakfast and
sitting area, a study and a utility.
Upstairs is a large master
bedroom with an en-suite
bathroom, a guest room with an
en-suite shower room, three more
bedrooms and a smart family
bathroom.
Outside is a drive, a detached
double garage, parking and
turning and attractive gardens
with a decked terrace providing a
perfect spot for sitting out and
al-fresco dining. There are view
across open countrysideand also
the grounds of the Besford estate
to enjoy.
PRICE £547,000; AGENT JOHN
SANDERS; CALL 01905
726220

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NewHomesNews
AROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS
There’s a big advantage
when you buy off plan
AFTER almost a year spent
searching for their dream home,
Sam Laceby and Dan Clark were
beginning to think they’d never
move. That was until they decided
to pay a visit to the opening of
Lavender Fields, a new development
by Taylor Wimpey Midlands in
Evesham.
As soon as they were shown the
plans for a three-bedroom Salisbury
style town house they were sold and
wasted no time in reserving their
choice of plot – even though they
only had the development plans to
base their decision on.
Miss Laceby, aged 25, said: “We’d
outgrown our flat in Evesham so
decided to look for something
bigger – a proper house with a
garden. Because we live in such a
beautiful area house prices reflect
this, so finding somewhere suitable
within our budget was proving to be
difficult.
“We’d been looking for months
and even though on many occasions
we’d driven past the signs at the
Lavender Fields site, we had never
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thought to stop and take a look. It
was only after visiting my parents’
new home in Spain – built by Taylor
Wimpey –that we realised how
beautiful and well built the
development was. We made a
decision there and then to visit
Lavender Fields as soon as it
opened.”
The couple were the first
customers to reserve a home on the
opening weekend, taking advantage
of the benefits that buying a home
off plan can bring.
Miss Laceby said: “Even though
our home isn’t yet built and won’t
be ready until next summer, it was
clear from the floor plans that this
was the home for us.
“We’d never considered a town
house but fell in love with the
Salisbury straight away. As it’s
three-storeys we get so much space
for our money, which is fantastic as
nothing we’d seen previously had
been as big.
“Buying off plan has meant that
we got to pick one of the best plots.
We can choose our kitchen and we
PROPERTY NEWS Thursday, December 16, 2010
get to see our home being built
which is very exciting.”
With Taylor Wimpey’s expert
team in place, the couple’s home
buying process has been smooth
and stress free.
Mr Clark said: “The whole team at
Lavender Fields has been fantastic.
We’ve had plenty of questions but
Jan, the sales executive, has been so
helpful, keeping us up to date with
everything and putting us in touch
with the recommended solicitors.
“Because we’re buying a new
home we also get the NBHC 10-year SO PLEASED: Dan Clark and Sam Laceby at Taylor Wimpey Midlands’
guarantee so that gives us Lavender Fields in Evesham with, left, the site manager Julian Foster.
additional peace of mind in case
anything was ever to go wrong, smoothly. As Sam highlights, if for people to enjoy, together with
although based on what I’ve seen so you’re in no rush to move buying off footpaths, cycle ways and a
far I think our new home’s going to plan has many benefits so it’s children’s play area.
be perfect.” definitely worth considering.” Prices start at £154,995 for a two-
Anne Wallace, regional sales and Designed to appeal to a range of bedroom terraced home.
marketing director for Taylor house hunters the development, For more information about the
Wimpey Midlands, said: “It’s once complete,will offer one and homes available at Lavender Fields
fantastic that Sam and Dan have two-bedroom first-time buyer call 0845 0264001 or log onto
found their dream home at properties through to traditional taylorwimpey.co.uk/midlands.
Lavender Fields and we’re delighted three, four and five-bedroom family Alternatively, visit the marketing
that their home buying experience homes. The development will suite – open daily – to view the
with Taylor Wimpey has gone so feature plenty of green open spaces development plans.
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AuctionsNews LettingsNews
UNDER THE HAMMER HOMES OF THE WEEK

Low miles Mini was

double price winner
THERE was a record attendance at
John Goodwin’s recent collective
sale at the Pavilion Room, Ledbury, HALLOW, WORCESTER EASY ROW, WORCESTER
when a number of vehicles were Large detached period house with two Modern executive style with kitchen,
among the lots. receptions, breakfast/kitchen, shower lounge/diner, three bedrooms, en-suite
The first set the scene for others room, three bedrooms and a bathroom. and lounge. Unfurnished.
when a 1989 Mini more than doubled £795 pcm £930 pcm
RACING expectations at £3,100. The price was TOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545
AHEAD: no doubt influenced by the
The 1989 extraordinarily low mileage – less
Mini than 9,000 miles – with a full bundle
which had of supporting documentation.
9,000 Perhaps the most startling price of
miles on the sale went to another vehicle, this
its clock. time a toy Triang Major pedal
tractor complete with additional seat
attachment and trailer.
This was originally bought at
another local auction for £120 and
was estimated at £150-£200. Bidding
opened at £100 and rose steadily in
an increasingly hushed auction
room to achieve a final hammer THE WHARF, WORCESTER WARNDON VILLAGES, WORCESTER
price of £1,200 prompting a ripple of Executive apartment available furnished Modern property. Lounge, kitchen, two
applause. It was sold to a local or unfurnished. Offering very best of both double bedrooms, bathroom, front and
private collector. canalside and city living. Two bedrooms. rear gardens and parking for two cars.
Once again the strongest section of £800 pcm £595 pcm
the sale was jewellery, boosted by a MARTIN & CO 01905 619890 TOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710
large entry of gold coins, no doubt
prompted by recent record high gold
values. Krugerrands made up to
£780, sovereigns (£205) and one half
sovereigns made £135, reflecting a
scarce date.
The best prices of the day were
reserved for two impressive rings.
The first, a white gold and platinum
2.3 carat diamond solitaire made
£4,100. The highest price went to an
18 carat white gold and platinum,
sapphire and diamond cluster ring
with a fine quality Burmese
sapphire surround by 10 brilliant cut
diamonds. It sold for £4.,200.

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