MICHAEL'S NOTE
Most homes make you choose between moving in now and planning for later. This one lets you do both. 54 Oakleigh Road is a detached three-bedroom house on a corner plot where Oakleigh Road meets Cranbrook Street in Clayton. It is finished throughout and ready to move into, and it comes with architectural drawings for a two-storey side extension that would make it a four-double-bedroom home with an en-suite. Planning approved reference 26/01602/HOU. The kitchen, bathroom and boiler were all renewed in 2020, and nearly every year since has added something. The work here is done, and the next step is yours to take whenever you are ready.
THE ARRIVAL
Secure gates, fitted in 2021, open onto the driveway and the detached garage, so the car is off the road and behind a closed gate at the end of the day. The glazed porch, 1.5 m x 3.1 m, is the entrance a busy household needs. It has a front door with decorative leaded glass, a long sill for plants, room for a shoe rack and a cabinet for everyday clutter, and a sliding door into the house, fitted in 2023 and FENSA certified. The hall, 1.2 m x 1.8 m, carries a parquet-pattern floor to the foot of the stairs, and the light from the porch glass follows you in.
LIVING
The living room, 3.8 m x 4.6 m, is the room you will remember. Solid wood flooring, laid in 2021 in a Versailles-style parquet pattern, runs wall to wall beneath a ceiling rose and deep coving, and the fire surround gives the sofas an obvious place to face. A cast-iron column radiator, also from 2021, suits the character of the room. French doors open into the conservatory, 2.7 m x 6.0 m, the home's second reception room. A wide opening framed by white pillars leads through to the dining area, so on a family evening you can see from the sofa to the kitchen without everyone sharing one room. The replastering and wool carpets were done in 2021, so the decorating is finished, not waiting for you.
THE KITCHEN
The kitchen, 2.2 m x 3.1 m, was fitted in 2020. It has oak Shaker-style cabinets, glass-fronted wall units with lighting beneath, pale speckled worktops and a range-style cooker, with the sink set under the window. A breakfast bar with seats for two separates it from the dining area, 2.6 m x 3.2 m, where the table sits beside a second set of French doors into the conservatory. Three pendant lights hang over the bar, spotlights light the rest, and a stone-effect tiled floor takes the wear of family life. Whoever is cooking stays part of the conversation, and on a busy Sunday the dining table can spill over into the conservatory.
REST
Upstairs, the landing has a window, a loft hatch and a white balustrade with chrome spindles. The primary bedroom, 2.8 m x 3.8 m, has fitted sliding wardrobes along one wall. The second bedroom, 2.8 m x 3.3 m, has fitted white Shaker-style wardrobes and cupboards and is currently used as a snug with a sofa bed, which shows how flexible it is. The third bedroom, 1.9 m x 2.3 m, looks over the rooftops towards green hillside and suits a child, a nursery or a home office. The family bathroom, 1.9 m x 1.9 m, renewed in 2020, has a shaped bath with a glass screen and a shower over it, marble-effect metro tiling, patterned floor tiles, a wall-hung basin, a chrome heated towel rail and cafe-style shutters at the window.
THE GROUNDS
The house stands on a corner plot at Oakleigh Road and Cranbrook Street. At the rear, raised decking built in 2020 carries a pergola and a hot tub, the place to be on a Friday night once the week is done. A base laid in 2025 is ready for artificial turf, for a lawn that stays neat without the weekend mowing. The fascias, soffits and gutters were replaced in 2024, so the outside has had the same care as the inside.
ROOM TO GROW
The detached garage is where the next chapter begins. The architectural drawings, included in the sale, show a two-storey side extension in its place, adding a ground-floor garage and utility, with the first floor reworked into four double bedrooms, one with an en-suite. Planning approved, reference 26/01602/HOU. The planning officer has recommended approval, and the decision notice is still to be confirmed. To be clear, the extension is proposed and not built: today the house has three bedrooms, one bathroom and a detached garage. For a growing family, that means buying the home you need now with the route to the home you will need later already drawn.
THE SETTING
The school run from Oakleigh Road is short. Clayton Village Primary School is 0.3 miles away, Clayton St John CofE Primary School 0.4 miles and Stocks Lane Primary School 0.7 miles. Beckfoot Thornton is 0.8 miles, with Trinity Academy Bradford at 1.4 miles and Dixons Allerton Academy at 1.5 miles. By car, Bradford city centre is about 10 minutes away (3.5 miles), Halifax town centre about 13 minutes (5.2 miles) and Leeds city centre about 29 minutes (16.6 miles). The M62 at junction 26, Chain Bar, is about 19 minutes away (8.3 miles), which opens up the wider motorway network for commuting. Ofcom shows full fibre (FTTP) available at this address at up to 10,000 Mbps download and upload, with Virgin Media, Netomnia and Openreach listed. The flood risk is rated very low.
LIVING HERE
A weekday starts with the 0.3-mile walk to Clayton Village Primary School, then the car leaves from behind its own gates for the 10-minute drive into Bradford. In the evening the family gathers by the fire surround on the parquet, with the conservatory doors open and the dining table set beyond the pillars. At the weekend, the hot tub on the raised deck takes care of the rest. When the family needs more room, the drawings are already in the drawer.
PRIVATE VIEWINGS
54 Oakleigh Road is offered at an asking price of £300,000. It is freehold, in Council Tax Band D, with an EPC rating of C and a potential of B, and the sale is subject to an onward chain. To arrange a private viewing, call me, Michael, at Brownsett Personal Estate Agents on 01274 955 559.
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