5 bedroom Semi-detached house Sold STC

A stunningly original and impressive period family home, bursting with period features throughout. Located in the Heart of Hulls Avenues and benefitting from spacious rooms, a large private garden, off road parking and driveway. This property has an exceptional location, only a moments walk from Hulls most stylish amenities and excellent transport links.

Welcome to this enchanting family home, built across 1902 & 1903, the property sits on the cusp of both the Victorian & Edwardian architectural eras and displays the very best design features of these periods, in abundance. From the moment you step from the grand, tree-lined Marlborough Avenue, through the double entrance doors and into the storm porch your are greeted with the most elegant of glazed wall tiles, mosaic floor tiles and beautifully original stained glass. Creating a welcoming and stylish entrance, their intricate patterns and craftmanship ensure this porch makes a great first impression to your guests and a warming welcome for you every time you return home!

Through to the grand hallway you are met with pitch pine architrave which beautifully frames the handsome, original panelled doors. Large, ornate plasterwork adorns the ceiling as magnificent corbels support a huge archway. The wide and sweeping staircase is flanked by a decorative newel post, intricately carved from a solid piece of rich, red mahogany. The handrail of the same timber is a-top a forest of turned spindles, painted brilliant white to contrast wonderfully and add even further period elegance to this room. The vast split-level landing is a continuation of the grandeur of the hallway up and onto the upper floor, leading you to 5 generous bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The sitting room presents 14" timber skirting, huge stepped plaster cornicing and an impressively detailed centre rose to the ceiling. Natural daylight floods the room through a huge, south-facing bay window while your gaze is drawn to the elegant feature fire surround. There is an overall feeling of period grandeur in this room.

Through into the dining room / second drawing room, you are again presented with an abundance of period features on a grand scale, a further period fireplace with over-mantle mirror sets the theme for this room. There is a large double-glazed window and door arrangement opening out onto the York stone flag patio. With the exception of the main entrance door, all windows throughout the property have been upgraded to double-glazed, timber replacements, made to the original design of the property.

The breakfast room offers teak parquet flooring, traditional plasterwork cornicing, a living flame gas fire with a feature fire surround and a wonderful bay window with views out to the garden which really opens up this intimate room to natural daylight.

Through into the bright, light and modern kitchen there is a large range of shaker-style base and wall units, all custom built. Several lighting options are available for different events and three large pull-out pantry cupboards provide convenient and accessible storage. There are two high-level ovens, a recently installed full size dishwasher and a four-ring halogen hob with externally-vented extraction above.

On from the kitchen is a generously-sized laundry room with a series of wall and base units, a sink with drainer and chrome mixer tap there is space and plumbing for a washing machine and ventilation ducting for a tumble dryer. The Worcester-Bosch Greenstar 532 combination boiler is also located in this room conveniently placed for ease of Engineer servicing.

The recently-installed wet room offers a convenient place to shower when returning after a bike ride or run or just as a useful downstairs W.C, located adjacent the rear entrance door to the property. There is a wet-room floor, bright white tiles floor to ceiling, a two-piece white suite comprising of a close-coupled W.C and large basin with integrated storage below and an illuminated vanity mirror. There is a dual-head shower powered by a thermostatic mixer valve, all in chrome and extraction directly above the shower.

The store to the rear offers additional great space as ambient food storage, a possible workshop or internal shed. There is power and lighting and a separate door to the garden.

To the first floor is a large family bathroom which has been recently updated, comprising of a generous walk-in bathtub, a separate shower cubicle with Chrome thermostatic mixer valve, a close-coupled W.C, the original Victoria basin has been retained with an upgrade to the chrome ware. The walls are stylishly tiled from floor to ceiling and the room is brightly illuminated by several chrome finished downlighters. 

There are four double bedrooms and one single bedroom -

Bedroom No. 1 to the front of the property benefits from a large south-facing bay window which floods the room in daylight, the original Victorian built-in wardrobe is adjacent to the chimney breast and large plasterwork cornicing remains to the high ceiling, providing a grand, period feel to this room.

Bedroom No. 2 is a very generous room with high ceilings, it has a large window overlooking the garden and has retained many original features. These include the built-in Victorian wardrobe, deep skirting and architrave, a magnificent slate fire surround with cast iron and tiled insert and the cast iron fender are all still in place.

Bedroom No, 3 is to the rear with a full range of fitted wardrobes, a convenient wash-hand basin set into a vanity cupboard, a large bay window with fantastic views across the rear garden and charming Victoria fireplace. 

Bedroom No. 4 is also to the rear with a fitted wardrobe and views to the side garden.

Finally Bedroom No. 5 to the front of the property, this is a spacious single bedroom with a large window looking out onto Marlborough Avenue. A high ceiling, tall skirting boards and original door with Victorian door furniture continue the period theme of this property.

To the outside and rear of the property is a spacious and well-designed garden offering a large York stone flagged patio, bordered by a mature herbaceous border containing many carefully selected shrubs and shaped trees. There is a generous lawned area, a greenhouse and a recently erected garden shed to the bottom corner of the garden, accessed by a continuation of the York stone flag paving. This all makes for a wonderfully relaxing area but also one which has been carefully planned to provide practicality and several different uses. There is outdoor lighting and power sockets available around the patio area. 

To the side of the property is a full width car-port and a block-set driveway providing off-road parking for two vehicles behind period-style gates and railings and there is a double power socket located under the car-port. The block-set paving continues conveniently around the front of the property to the front entrance porch, there is a border of mature shrubbery behind the period railings offering privacy from the road and softening the hard landscaping beautifully. The front of the property is a perfect mix of modern convenience and elegant Victorian style.

Together with the replacement double glazed windows, this property also benefits from being fully re-roofed in 2007, at which time the timber gutters and facias were also replaced.

The property is in very good overall condition, having been well-maintained for the last 35 years under the custodianship of the current owners, it is a delight to see such a wonderful example of Victorian/Edwardian family home, fantastically preserved and ready for a new family to make this their home.