5 bed detached house for sale

High Street, Riseley, Bedford MK44

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a modern 1960s’ built, and subsequently extended, five-bedroom detached property in need of updating throughout.

There is much scope for further extension, subject to any necessary planning approvals.

The property has a good entrance hall added to the front and incorporating a cloakroom. From here access is available through to the spacious dining room and on to the equally good size living room, an earlier extension. There is also a kitchen/breakfast room, a utility room and a further room, a later extension, currently used as a bedroom as part of the potentially five on offer. This room could also suit a variety of other uses.

The first floor offers four bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate shower.

There is gas fired central heating and double glazing but no warranties are offered.

Externally the property sits on a large plot with an excellent frontage, a tarmac drive leads to the double length garage and a gated side access leads to the established rear garden.

Riseley is a quiet North Bedfordshire village only 10-15 minutes from Kimbolton and 15-20 minutes from Bedford. Kimbolton has a quaint High Street, while Bedford has a bustling centre full of food and drink offerings and family entertainment. Both these historic towns have highly regarded independent schooling (Kimbolton School and the Harpur Trust).

The pretty riverside market town of St Neots is around half an hour away, Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre is around 20 minutes away, and Northampton and Milton Keynes are around 45 minutes away. You can reach Cambridge by road in less than an hour, and London by rail in as little as 40 minutes from Bedford station. For national travel, the village is between the A1 and the M1, and for international travel, Luton airport is closest at an hour away.

This rural location is abundant with bridleways and footpaths, fields and forest. The centre of Riseley has a shop, a village hall, sports clubs and playing fields, The Giddy Goat café and community hub, The Fox & Hounds pub, and an Ofsted ‘Good’ Primary School. The very popular ‘The Plough’ gastro pub/restaurant is in neighbouring Bolnhurst, Sharnbrook has Tofte Manor country retreat, Colmworth has a golf club, and there are extensive equestrian facilities in the area including Keysoe International.