Yahoo Finance Property: 7 homes with parks on the doorstep
Recent research by estate agency Jackson-Stops found that 52% of home buyers say that proximity to a park is a must when moving to a new area — and with more than 27,000 parks across the UK, they’re spoilt for choice.
Parks and the people who look after them are currently being celebrated in Love Parks Week, which runs until 6 August, so why not take this timely opportunity to check out these properties for sale, all close to public green spaces?
1. TwentyFour, Rosemount, Aberdeen, £269,950
The last remaining flat in a new development next to Westburn Park, one of the city’s largest with a tennis club, playground, cycle track, bowling green and a skate park.
On the third floor and ready to move into, the 824 square foot home comprises two double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, two bathrooms, an open plan kitchen/living/dining room leading out to a balcony and a utility room.
Full Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) is being paid, saving the buyer £3,097. By Cala Homes.
2. Dundee, offers over £525,000
This detached stone house is in the city’s desirable West End and according to the Home Report, was built about 100 years ago.
It includes six bedrooms and two bathrooms arranged over the first floor and second floors, a ground floor kitchen, adjoining utility, living room, dining room and boot room, plus period features such as stained glass windows and plasterwork throughout.
Victoria Park — where you’ll find a rose garden, tennis courts and a playground — is moments from the front door. For sale through Verdala.
3. Hampstead, London, £625,000
Constable, Keats and CS Lewis are just three of the art and literary greats inspired by Hampstead Heath, London’s wildest open space. Snap up this gorgeous flat a short stroll away and you’ll be able to follow in their footsteps.
On the first floor of a period building, it consists of a double bedroom with a bay window and fireplace, a shower room and a combined kitchen/living room opening on to a balcony.
A communal roof terrace gazes out over Hampstead village and the city skyline. Available from Knight Frank.
4. Roker, Sunderland, offers over £885,000
East Dene, a large detached Victorian villa, is perfect for buyers who love being out in the fresh air, as it’s very near two sandy beaches and on the edge of Roker Park which has a children’s railway, a model boating lake, play areas and sports facilities.
Now needing modernisation, the house contains five bedrooms, a bay-windowed drawing room and adjacent bar room, three further reception rooms, a first floor sun terrace and a mature secluded garden. Get in touch with Sanderson Young.
5. Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, offers over £900,000
Built in the early 1920s for a surgeon who’d worked during the First World War, Wych House is a much-loved family home that’s being sold because it’s outgrown the needs of the existing owners.
It has five double bedrooms, four reception rooms, a conservatory and a large garden backing on to Droitwich Lido Park.
As well as play areas, a five-a-side football pitch, tennis and basketball courts, the park is home to one of Britain’s last remaining open air inland saltwater pools — which has the bonus of being heated. Contact Fine & Country.
6. Hampton Wick, Middlesex, £1.95m
Anyone searching for a period property to renovate should take a look at this double-fronted detached house, currently configured with four reception rooms and four double bedrooms, and incorporating an unconverted loft and a cellar, workshop and storage space on the lower ground floor, and a separate coach house.
The two back bedrooms overlook Bushy Park, the second-largest of London’s eight royal parks, where Henry VIII once hunted and which is still inhabited by herds of red and fallow deer. Find out more from Dexters.
7. Regent’s Park, London, £9.95m
If you have £10m to spend and want a home with history in a very central location, how about this spacious duplex?
Dating from 1823, it’s in Grade I-listed York Terrace West, on the south-east side of Regent’s Park and part of John Nash’s redevelopment of the neighbourhood.
On the first floor there are three generously-sized reception rooms, a kitchen, a cloakroom, an ensuite bedroom and a full-width balcony overlooking the park.
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A grand staircase leads to the second floor, comprising three further bedroom suites, a study and utility room.
Residents have access to a 24-hour concierge, an underground car park, storage rooms and landscaped private gardens. Contact London Real Estate Office.
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