3 Bed Character Property House For Sale Aylesbury, HP18

The property is vacant but, because it is accessed from a private road, please book a viewing rather than turning up randomly and wandering over the plot. When making enquiries with us please ask for Colin Barton and call on . \r
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A true rarity. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself with this roughly one-third acre plot (approx. 200Ft x 75Ft), upon which nestles a three-bedroom detached coach lodge built around 1910 with a large downstairs footprint. \r
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The location is to die for. It's truly lovely. If you don't want an extensive project skip the rest and carry on with your search. If you want a full-on project and/or demolish & build, then read on. If planning applications generally make you nervous, then this probably isn't for you either unless you wanted to stabilize and refurbish the existing property alone.\r
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The location and views are everything that you could hope for. The outlook is over open farmland but with the wildlife diversity of a coppice to the side. The access is down a privately owned road and the property is set back about 600 yards from the nearest public highway. That, in turn, is about a mile from the junction with the A41 roughly mid-way between Bicester and Aylesbury at Kingswood. Thame, Aylesbury and Bicester are all roughly equidistant at about 8-10 miles away and Oxford and Leighton Buzzard approximatley double that. \r
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Below is a link to a drone video showing access down the private road and around the plot, Video 1 and just the plot from the air, Video 2.\r
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Neighbouring property values seem to start at north of £1M. The access road serves much larger properties as well, so the whole environment is a gem. \r
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If you have children under 13, the property is conveniently located only about 4 miles from Ashfold Independent School, although still manageable for daily runs to Akeley Wood and Swanbourne. \r
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Over the fields is the Wotton House Estate, which is the former stately home of the late Sir John Gielgud, one of the nation's greatest Shakespearean, stage and screen actors of the 20th Century who worked alongside Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Alec Guiness and Dame Judi Dench.\r
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Our seller is an ex-pat who has inherited the property. This is a disposal sale for which probate has already been granted. Solicitors are on standby, ready to go. We are happy to recommend trusted local architects and builders upon request. Buyers should make their own pre-application planning enquiries before making offers. Unconditional bids are invited.\r
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Don't let us over-sell it when we say that 'Yeat Lodge' is in a severe state of disrepair. There is evidence of advanced subsidence on one corner by the porch and this extends along the wet room. The crack is so wide I can fit my hand in it, to put things in context. There is extensive water damage from hole(s) in the roof, rotten timbers, severe damp, and rodent infestation. The room layout is bottom-heavy, in a useful way for the footprint size, with the bedrooms appearing to be a historic loft conversion, so the third bedroom is small, and the staircase is both narrow and relatively steep. You could class one of the downstairs rooms as a bedroom, possibly as there are two other decent-sized reception rooms, the larger being over 20Ft (6m) long. So, it begs the question: Should you refurbish and maybe reconfigure what is there currently and possibly extend or, demolish and start again (subject to planning)? \r
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A sensible place to start for surveys would be a structural engineer's report. We can recommend a good one if needed. The subsidence is advanced under Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors guidelines with gaps well over 15mm wide, which is the benchmark for a severe rating. The property is on level ground so at least it's not trying to walk downhill! We haven't done a soil test or dug any trial holes.\r
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The owner's solicitor advises (subject to confirmation by legal enquiry) that there appear to be no charges or contribution to costs for the upkeep of the private access road, so good news there.\r
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Agents rarely have genuine opportunities like this. If you have the skillset or access to it, then this represents the chance of a great development prospect. Call us for a viewing on .