1 Wakefield Avenue, Edinburgh, EH7 6TN

The property

This exceptionally spacious and flexible lower villa is situated within private gardens to the front and rear in a popular residential area. Local shops are available for everyday needs with a varied selection of supermarkets all within easy reach at nearby Portobello, Piershill and Meadowbank Retail Park. A choice of both primary and secondary schooling is also available along with a choice of regular public transport. Local recreation facilities include golfing, Portobello Beach and Promenade, multi-screen cinema, gyms and fitness clubs. The property opens to a vestibule with tiled floor and dado rail opening to the roomy hallway with a deep understairs store cupboard and shelved cupboard for linen. To the front the impressive bay window with stripped back wood offers an ornate cornice, period style fireplace with ornate tiled insert and fire and part open shelved cupboard. The kitchen is at the rear and offers ample room for dining purposes and offers a good range of wall and base units, under counter fridge, slot-in cooker, sink unit, access to boiler and a door to utility room. The good-sized utility room again is to the rear and gives direct access to the garden and side of the property and provides plumbing for an automatic washing machine also included in the sale, wall, base and sink units. The first of the three bedrooms is a spacious double windowed room to the front with ornate cornice and open display cupboard. Bedroom two is a good-sized room to the rear with plain cornice and the smallest of the bedrooms is situated to the side with plain cornice. A spacious shower room (was a fourth bedroom) is to the rear with plain cornice, 3-piece suite with shower enclosure, thermostatic shower, wash and basin, WC, full length window and heated towel rail. A long narrow WC compartment with wash hand basin is also to the rear and could accommodate a bath or shower subject to planning that may be required. The rear garden offers a patio area ideal for al fresco dining, lawn area, shrub borders, greenhouse and garden shed. The front garden with central path offers two garden areas either side with shrubs.