Detached house for sale in Birmingham B13, 5 Bedroom

A well-appointed period family home, set in delightful landscaped gardens, whilst occupying a convenient and popular residential location within Moseley. The well-proportioned accommodation is set over three floors, extending to some 2,497 . (232 sq.M.) and briefly comprises; Reception hall, cloakroom, front sitting room, living room, generous breakfast room/ kitchen, laundry/pantry. Rear hall, gardeners WC and garden room, this area providing further extension potential (subject to any necessary planning consents).

On the first floor are 3 bedrooms, a study/bedroom 4, en suite shower room and separate WC. On the second floor is bedroom 5 with an en suite shower room.

Off road parking on the front drive and attractive private rear gardens.

About 0.18 acre

situation Moseley is located around 3.5 miles from Birmingham City Centre, and has been a highly desirable residential area since the end of the last century. The Cadburys and Chamberlains built their respective mansions, Uffculme and Highbury, in the woodland hinterland between Moseley and Kings Heath. It now has two conservation areas containing fine Victorian and Edwardian houses, set amidst attractive tree lined roads.

Moseley is well placed for the M42 motorway network and is approximately 11 miles from Birmingham International Airport.

Arts and leisure Birmingham's most cosmopolitan suburb Moseley is home to the Midlands Art Centre, a good choice of bars and event venues, as well as many popular restaurants offering a wide variety of global cuisines, from the world famous Stoney Lane Balti houses, to the Michelin starred Carters. Moseley Village has a good choice of convenience shopping, including a Marks & Spencer food hall, and holds a very popular farmers market once a month.

Moseley is fortunate to have a wealth of parks. Nearby Cannon Hill Park contains a 5 acre woodland area, as well as the mac and an abundance of leisure and children's facilities. Other parks include Moseley Park and Pool, Kings Heath Park and the excellent Highbury Park.

Sporting facilities include 2 golf courses, tennis clubs, an angling club and the recently refurbished Edgbaston cricket ground, all within easy distance.

Schools There are a good range of state and independent schools in the area of considerable merit. Schools range from the foundation King Edward schools and grant maintained grammar schools, to state comprehensive and specialist needs schools, and include King Edwards Camp Hill, Queensbridge and primary schools Moseley C of E and King David. Further excellent independents can be found in nearby Edgbaston, including West House, Edgbaston High School and The Priory School.

Description 32 Reddings Road is a sympathetically improved and tastefully refurbished period family home, which offers most well-presented modern family accommodation, whilst still retaining many period style features.

The house offers attractive part rendered and part brick faced elevations principally set beneath a pitched tiled roof, with relief offered by a double storey projecting bay window and black and white part timbered elevations to the front façade. The property offers well laid out living space, set principally over the two floors, with a second floor providing an excellent additional bedroom suite served by an en suite shower room.

The current owners have considerably improved and sympathetically refurbished the house over the preceding 7 years, to include new plastering to the majority of rooms, partial rewiring where deemed necessary, newly installed radiators and also new exposed timber floors to a good number of rooms, as well as a modern fitted kitchen with appliances within the generous size breakfast/dining kitchen. The property also offers a wonderful opportunity for an incoming purchaser to potentially extend/remodel the kitchen area further, to possibly create an additional reception room with an aspect over the gardens, subject to obtaining any necessary planning consents.

The well laid out and well-presented accommodation is therefore ideally suited for family occupation, enjoying ample levels of natural light throughout, as well as having many character features such as exposed timber floors, high skirting boards and picture rails to a number of rooms, splendid fireplaces to the two reception rooms, as well as two feature stained glass windows to the side of the main staircase up to the first floor.

The house is set within delightful landscaped gardens, situated predominantly to the rear of the house, with the whole extending to around 0.18 acre in total.

Extending to some 2,497 . (232 sq. M.), the accommodation comprises:

On the Ground Floor From the front drive, a portico entrance porch with quarry tiled floor, leads through a timber front door with stained glass insert, into the good size central reception hall. There is a cloaks recess, useful built in under stairs cloaks cupboard, and doors off to a cloakroom, the two principal reception rooms, as well as the excellent breakfast/dining kitchen.

The main front sitting room has a double glazed bay window enjoying a delightful south facing aspect to the front, an open fireplace with a tiled hearth, inserts and timber surround, as well as exposed timber boarded floor, high skirting boards and a picture rail.

The rear living room, has an exposed timber boarded floor, high skirting boards and a picture rail, as well as the central feature of a fireplace with a tiled hearth, and a coal effect gas fire set within. Double glazed sliding patio doors continue out onto the timber decked private rear terrace and gardens.

The superb fitted breakfast/dining kitchen is a generous size room measuring some 23'3'' in length, and is fitted with a range of base units, ample work surface areas, one and a half bowl single drainer sink unit with mixer tap, whilst appliances include, a Rangemaster cooker, concealed full height aeg fridge/freezer, and a Bosch dishwasher. A cupboard houses the Vaillant gas fired central heating boiler, and there is a useful pantry/laundry room off the kitchen, with plumbing for a washing machine and dryer.

From the kitchen a covered rear passageway gives access to the front and rear aspects, and has space and plumbing for a washing machine and dryer, a large deep stainless steel sink unit and also space for an upright fridge/freezer. There is a useful built in store, gardener's WC and a rear garden room. This area is also ideally suited for conversion into additional living space for an incoming buyer, subject to any necessary planning consents being obtained.

On the First Floor An elegant staircase, with two (secondary glazed) feature stained glass windows to the easterly wall, continues up to the first floor landing, with newly laid exposed timber boarded flooring, and leading off to the principal bedroom accommodation.

Bedroom 1 has a large south facing bay window to the front, and is served by a recently installed en suite shower room. There are a further 3 bedrooms on this floor (bedroom 4 being currently utilised as a study/office), as well as a family bathroom and a separate WC.

On the Second Floor A staircase leads up to the second floor landing, with a deep storage cupboard within the eaves, a shower room and in turn leads off to bedroom 5, with further good size storage space set within the eaves.

Outside At the front of the house a loose stone driveway provides off road parking for a number of cars. The more recently landscaped gardens are situated primarily to the rear of the property, and enjoy a private aspect. The timber decked back terrace offers an excellent seating area, and continues onto the level central lawn via a wide paved path. There are well stocked borders and the delightful gardens are also fenced to three sides. There is a central children's play area, and to the far end of the garden is a secure garden machinery store and separate timber garden shed.

The house and gardens in all extend to around 0.18 acre in total.

General information The property is Freehold. The Agent has not checked the legal documents to verify the Freehold status of the property. The buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or Surveyor.

Services: All mains services are understood to be available and connected.

Fixtures and Fittings: All fixtures and fittings mentioned in these particulars of sale are included in the asking price. All others are specifically excluded, but some items may be available by separate negotiation.

Viewing: Strictly by prior appointment with the Selling Agents: Robert Powell, 7 Church Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3SH. Telephone No: Regulated by RICS.