Positioned on the edge of sought-after Moretonhampstead, Three Lower Kinsmans Dale is a period semi-detached home with gardens, countryside views and clear scope for refurbishment. Now requiring modernisation, the property offers two reception rooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms, a bathroom and a useful rear utility/outbuilding. Offered with no onward chain, this is an appealing opportunity to create a home of your own in one of Dartmoor’s most desirable market towns. Freehold. EPC F. Electric heating.
THE PROPERTY Positioned on the edge of Moretonhampstead, Three Lower Kinsmans Dale is a period semi-detached home with garden, views and clear scope for refurbishment. The house now requires modernisation, but its appeal lies in its proportions, position and potential.
The accommodation is arranged over two floors and includes two reception rooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a bathroom, together with a useful utility/outbuilding to the rear. There is a quiet, established feel to the setting, with the gardens sitting to the front and off to the rear of the house and views opening out towards the surrounding countryside. For buyers looking to create a home of their own, this is an appealing opportunity in one of Dartmoor's most sought-after market towns.
The property is offered with no onward chain.
ACCOMMODATION The entrance opens into a porch and hallway, from which the ground floor unfolds in a traditional and practical arrangement. The sitting room lies to the front, looking back across the garden, while the dining room sits beyond, creating a natural progression through the house towards the kitchen and rear access.
There is an honest simplicity to the layout. The rooms are clearly defined, practical and full of potential, offering a future owner the opportunity to restore, update and shape the house around their own way of living or remodel to suit modern living taste and preference.
From the hallway, the sitting room lies to the front of the house, overlooking the garden and approach. It is a well proportioned room with a simple, traditional feel, offering an obvious place for the main living space once the property is renewed. The dining room sits at the centre of the ground floor, and gives the layout a sense of flow, while still retaining the character of separate, clearly defined rooms. Sitting off, the kitchen extends to the rear of the house. It is a practical space with fitted units, work surfaces and room for appliances, with a glazed roof section drawing in additional natural light. A door to the rear gives access outside and to the garden area
The first floor provides three bedrooms, each with its own outlook and character. The principal bedroom sits to the front, with a broad window and views towards the garden and neighbouring greenery.
The additional bedrooms provide useful flexibility for guests, children, home working or dressing space.
As with the ground floor, the interiors now require modernisation, giving a future owner the chance to rethink finishes, decoration and layout in a way that suits modern living requirements
The bathroom is arranged on the ground floor, off the dining area beside the kitchen, and forms part of
the current rear section of the house. It is fitted with a bath, WC and wash basin, and is now ready for
updating as part of the wider renovation.
Its position at the rear gives a future owner the opportunity to review the arrangement of this part of
the ground floor and consider how the bathroom, kitchen and rear access might best work together,
subject to any necessary consents
OUTSIDE The property enjoys garden areas to both the front and rear, giving it more outside space than may first appear evident from the approach. To the front, a planted garden sits behind established hedging, with lawn, mature shrubs and seasonal colour creating a soft and private setting for the house. A side path provides access around the property to the rear, where there is a further area of fairly open garden, together with access to the utility/outbuilding and to the rear of the property itself.
There is also a timber summer house/storage situated in the garden. From the rear views open towards the surrounding countryside, reinforcing the property's attractive edge-of town position. The outside space would benefit from attention, but it offers genuine scope for a future owner to reshape and enjoy the gardens alongside the wider renovation of the house. Buyers should refer to the title plan and satisfy themselves as to the exact extent of the land, boundaries and access arrangements
KEY FACTS FOR BUYERS TENURE - Freehold.
The property includes garden areas to the front and rear. The land is understood to be held under an unregistered title. Buyers
should refer to the title documentation and verify the title position, boundaries and access arrangements through their solicitor. Please note there is no private parking with the property.
COUNCIL TAX BAND - C
EPC - F
SERVICES
The property has mains electric, water and drainage connected. The property has electric heaters in some of the rooms.
BROADBAND
Ultrafast Broadband is available but for more information please click on the following link
Open Reach Broadband
MOBILE COVERAGE
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ABOUT MORETONHAMPSTEAD Moretonhampstead sits at the north-eastern gateway to Dartmoor National Park - close enough to the moor to feel genuinely connected to it, while retaining al the character and convenience of a proper Devon market town. It is a place people tend to stay in once they discover it, and it is not difficult to understand why. The town itself offers a good range of everyday amenities: independent shops, a wel-regarded primary school, a doctor's surgery, a Post Office, cafés and pubs that serve the community as much as visitors. The White Hart Hotel on the Square is a landmark in its own right, and The Horse and Hippo cafe/restaurant also offer fantastic food.
Beyond the town, the National Park is immediately accessible - whether on foot through ancient lanes and high moorland, by bike, or simply by car to any number of striking view points and open spaces. Castle Drogo, the National Trust's remarkable early twentieth century granite fortress, is within a few miles, as is the beautiful Teign Gorge and the village of Chagford, one of Devon's most admired small towns with its own collection of independent shops, galleries and excellent restaurants.
For connectivity, Exeter is around seventeen miles to the east, easily reached via the A30, and offers a mainline railway station with fast services to London Paddington. Newton Abbot, with its own station and wider retail offer, is around nine miles to the south. Moretonhampstead strikes a balance that is genuinely difficult to find: the pace and beauty of Dartmoor life, with the wider world well within reach.
VIEWINGS Strictly by appointment with the award winning estate agents, Sawdye & Harris, at The Dartmoor Office - 01364 652652
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