Please note: 17 Fern Avenue is offered at a discounted rate as part of the First-Time Buyer Scheme. Under the terms of the covenant, the property is available to qualifying first-time buyers only, so please check your eligibility before arranging a viewing.
If you're stepping onto the ladder, they don't come much more ready to go than this, and thanks to the First-Time Buyer Scheme you can own it for less. Number 17 Fern Avenue is a beautifully presented two-bedroom end-terrace house on one of Clayton's most popular stone-built developments, offered at a discounted price to qualifying first-time buyers. It's a rare chance to land somewhere this smart at a price this affordable, with offers over £155,000 invited.
The house sits behind its own off-street parking, with an allocated space to the front, so you pull up right by the door. The stone frontage, the canopy over the front door and the neat black railings give it real kerb appeal, and the development has the tidy, settled feel of a street where people look after their homes.
Step inside and everything's been done for you. Wood-effect flooring runs from the entrance through into the kitchen, and there's a storage cupboard off the entrance for coats, shoes and the vacuum. The kitchen sits at the front with its sink under the window, finished in crisp white gloss with wood-effect worktops and a stainless steel splashback. There's a built-in oven, a gas hob with an extractor above, and space for a tall fridge-freezer and a washing machine, so it's ready to cook in from day one. Across the entrance, a downstairs WC is exactly the kind of extra you don't always get at this level, and it saves everyone a trip upstairs when friends are round.
To the rear, the living room is a genuinely lovely space at 3.9 m by 4.6 m. It's bright and welcoming, with soft neutral walls, a pale carpet, brass ceiling lights with matching wall lights, and French doors with glazed side panels that open straight out to the patio. There's room for two sofas and a television without anything feeling squeezed, and the staircase, with its white spindles and timber handrail, rises from the room itself. It's the sort of room that works just as well for a quiet night in as it does with friends round, and on a warm day you can throw the doors open and spill out onto the patio.
Upstairs there are two bedrooms and the family bathroom. The principal bedroom runs across the front at 3.9 m by 2.9 m, a comfortable double with a wide window that floods it with light and plenty of space for a double bed and a long chest of drawers. The second bedroom, at 3.9 m by 2.6 m, overlooks the garden and is well proportioned too. It's currently set up as a nursery with a cot, a changing unit, a nursing chair and a full-height sliding wardrobe all fitting comfortably, and it would work just as well as a guest room or a home office. The bathroom is smartly finished with a panelled bath, a shower over with a glass screen, neutral tiling around the bath, a WC and a pedestal basin.
Outside is a real bonus. The rear garden is tiered to make the most of every inch: a paved patio sits right outside the French doors, big enough for a garden sofa and coffee table, with railings and steps leading up to a lawn enclosed by timber fencing and a traditional dry-stone wall along the back. It's a sheltered spot for a morning coffee, a safe patch of grass for little ones, and somewhere to sit out on a summer evening.
Add in the reassurance of the remaining NHBC warranty, freehold tenure, council tax Band B and a superb EPC rating of B, and you've got a first home that's as easy to run as it is to love.
Set in popular Clayton, you're within walking distance of 'Good'- and 'Outstanding'-rated schools. Clayton Village Primary School and Clayton St John CofE Primary School are both 0.5 miles away and Stocks Lane Primary School is 0.8 miles, while for the secondary years Beckfoot Thornton is 0.8 miles, Trinity Academy Bradford 1.3 miles and Dixons Allerton Academy 1.5 miles. There are local shops close by, and getting about is straightforward: Bradford city centre is around 11 minutes by car (3.6 miles), Halifax town centre about 13 minutes (5.2 miles) and Leeds city centre around 29 minutes (16.7 miles). For anyone commuting further afield, the M62 at junction 26, Chain Bar, is about 20 minutes away (8.4 miles).
Who does it suit? A first-time buyer couple, a single buyer or a young family who want a home they can move straight into without spending a penny. With two good bedrooms, a downstairs WC, a proper garden and parking, it's a home you can grow into rather than out of in a couple of years, and with Bradford, Halifax and Leeds all within a half-hour drive, it works for commuters in every direction.
For a qualifying first-time buyer, the chance to own a home this immaculate at a discounted price is a genuinely rare one. To check your eligibility and arrange your viewing, get in touch with me, Michael, at Brownsett Personal Estate Agents on 01274 955 559.
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