House For Sale in Godmanchester

 

 

Located in the popular town of Godmanchester this three storey house boasts a top floor master suite with dressing area and en-suite shower room. There are two double bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor in addition to the sitting room, the open plan kitchen/dining room and a cloakroom on the ground floor.

 

 

 

 

Asking Price: £219,995

Full Details

ENTRANCE HALL
Door to front. Stairs to first floor. Radiator. Understairs storage cupboard. Smoke alarm. Doors to Kitchen/Dining Room, Lounge and:

CLOAKROOM
Two piece suite comprising low level toilet and wash hand basin. Half tiled. Radiator. Extractor fan.

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 22′0 max x 8′6 (6.70m x 2.59m)
Double glazed windows to front and rear. Fitted with a range of Maple effect wall and base mounted units with complementary work surfaces and tiled splashbacks. Cupboard enclosing gas central heating boiler. Stainless steel one and a half bowl sink unit with mixer taps over. Plumbing for washing machine. Double stainless steel electric oven with stainless steel gas hob over and extractor above. Space for fridge freezer. Two radiators. Back door leading to garden.

LOUNGE 15′6 x 9′7 (4.72m x 2.92m)
Double glazed window to front and double glazed French doors to rear. Gas fire with marble hearth and back and ornate surround. Telephone and television points. Two radiators.

LANDING
Doors to bathroom, bedrooms two & three and stairs to second floor.

FAMILY BATHROOM
Double glazed window to front. Three piece suite comprising low level toilet, floating wash hand basin and bath with shower over. Half tiled.

BEDROOM TWO 15′7 x 9′6 (4.75m x 2.89m)
Double bedroom. Two radiators. Coving to ceiling. Double glazed windows to front and rear.

BEDROOM THREE 15′7 x 8′4 (4.75m x 2.54m)
Double bedroom. Two radiators. Coving to ceiling. Double glazed windows to rear and front.

SECOND FLOOR LANDING
Door leading to master suite.

MASTER SUITE 16′7 x 12′5 (5.05m x 3.78m)
Double glazed dormer window to front and double glazed Velux window to rear. Radiator. BT and television points. Archway through to:

DRESSING AREA: 7′3 x 6′6 (2.21m x 1.98m)
Double glazed Dormer window to front. Built-in wardrobes. Access to loft space. Door leading to:

EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM
Double glazed Velux window to rear. Three piece suite comprising low level wc, shower cubicle and wash hand basin. Radiator. Half tiled.

OUTSIDE
The small front garden has a border with shrubs and pathway leading to front door. The driveway to the left of the property provides off road parking for two cars and leads to:

The Garage which has light and power connected and personal door to:

The fenced garden measures approximately 40ft x 40ft and is laid to lawn with shrub borders, a patio area and gated side access to the drive. 

 

Estate Agents in Godmanchester can help you move.

Whatever your reason is for moving, call Gatehouse Estates for a free Valuation on 01480 433933.

Gatehouse Estates can help you with everything from Valuations for Sale or Rental, storage, removals, Mortgages, Conveyancing, Marketing & more.

Country Home advertising in Cambridgeshire

Is your Country Home being advertised well by your Estate Agent?

We ensure that all of our homes are advertised in the local press and not in miniture boxes the size of postage stamps! Our Country Home selection are advertised as above.

For a great service contact Phillip at Gatehouse Estates, the Cambridgeshire Country Home specialist.

Find us on globrix.com

Gatehouse Estates have now joined Globrix.com in addition to the other major portals including Rightmove, Primelocation, FindaProperty, SellmyVilla & Facebook. If you are looking for a property in and around Huntingdon please contact us.

 

As Estate Agents we not only advertise online at gatehouseestates.co.uk but also on FindaProperty.com, Primelocation.com, rightmove.co.uk, sellmyvilla.com, twitter and facebook. Gatehouse Estates advertise on all of these portal to maximise your homes exposure.

Houses For Sale in Godmanchester

If you are looking for houses For Sale in Godmanchester then Gatehouse Estates, as the longest established Estate Agent in Godmanchester can help.

Over the years we have sold hundreds of houses in Godmanchester and always have a selection For Sale.

For details of our current houses For Sale in Godmanchester please call us or search our website.

 

Estate Agents in Buckden.

 

There are no Estate Agents in Buckden, yet!

But if you are looking to buy or sell in Buckden then Gatehouse Estate Agents in Godmanchester can help. As local Estate Agents they have sold many properties in Buckden over the years from Huntingdon & Godmanchester.

Gatehouse Estate Agents can be contacted on 01480 433933.

Different Valuations from different Estate Agents?

Have you have wildly different valuations from different Estate Agents?

I valued a local property this morning and have just spoken again to the owner. It turns out that they had four valuations ranging from £220,000 to £300,000.

I’m not going to mention who else valued it or what value I put on it at but it seems crazy me to have such a wide range of opinions.

So, do Estate Agents just pick a figure out of thin air ?

I can assure you that I don’t make it up on the spot. When it comes to the moment to tell a potential vendor what I think there property is worth, if I not absolutely sure I’ll go away and do some more good old fashioned cross market analysis.

Before the wonders of Rightmove plus (an archive of Rightmove for Estate Agents) and Google Earth it was more difficult if you were not experienced but now there is no excuse.

So why could this happen to you?

• Some agents go in at a high valuation to please the owner and secure the instruction, sign them up for months with a view of reducing it later to get it sold.
• Some agents want a quick sale, the lower the value the higher the chances of a quick sale and an easy fee.
• It could be bad preparation by the agent, not checking or having time to check comparable evidence before the appointment.
• It could be a lack of experience,  lots of good Estate Agents left the industry during the recession. Lack of experience in the local area also makes a difference.
• Some agents Valuers get paid commission on instructions or listings, so they don’t really care if it sells or not!
• If all the Estate Agents stock is 10% too much money don’t be surprised if your valuation matches.

The key for any owner when faced with this dilemma is to ask the following.

WHY? Why have you valued my house at that price.

WHAT ? What evidence have you got to show me to back up your valuation ?

WHO? Who are you and how long have you been valuing in this area?

WHEN ? When can you start marketing ? Just don’t sign a Sole Agency agreement!

What’s happening with UK House Prices?

There is more in the news today about UK house prices only being 10% down on the peak prices of 2007. My concern with these surveys is who they are conducted by, how do they get their information and why every new one seems to contradict the last. Why?

I’ve had a look at who does these house price surveys, how they are compiled and how the company benefits from publishing their reports. Call me skeptical but Nationwide seem to get a huge amount of publicity every month, the more extravagant the claim, the more publicity they get and maybe, just maybe they sell more mortgages? Rightmove publish surveys and also benefit from the publicity created to drive potential house hunters to their website over their competitors.

Land Registry produces statistics which are helpful. Land Registry records all completed property sales in England & Wales and is now publishing a monthly report on house prices, in addition to its quarterly survey. It has been recording and publishing the price of all property sales since April 2000.

Of all of the sales recorded by Land Registry since 2000 nearly 1.5 million properties have been sold more than once enabling the comparison of properties sold now with the price paid when it was sold before. I’d like to point out though that no allowance is made for properties that were sold a year ago, renovated at great expense and sold again?

The Land Registry’s quarterly survey is used to dream up the average UK house price. They add up all of the sale prices for that quarter and divide them by the number of sales although they take out repossession sales which to my mind make the figure higher then it really is. You also have to bear in mind that Land Registry only have the Sold Price information once the sale has completed and that can be months after you agreed the sale price. Twin this with the fact the reports are quarterly and Land Registry figures are out of date when they are published.

The Government, for some reason, has its own monthly house price index, issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). It uses lending information from fifty Mortgage lenders.

Unlike the Land Registry survey this government index does not contain information on cash purchases, which account for about a quarter of all sales making this costly Government exercise a quarter wrong and it is also two months in arrears. They also base their maths on the amount of money spent rather than quantity. Relying on expenditure in this way means that London will have a greater influence on the government’s index.

Nationwide and Halifax are Britain’s two biggest mortgage lenders and well know High Street financial institutions. They produce there reports, which often contradict each other even though their figures are often very similar, as they are both based on the purchase price agreed at survey stage. Once again though mortgage lenders only take into account their own mortgage sales and no cash transactions.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) often have there say as to what they feel is going on. This simply involves asking some of their members how they feel the market is moving. Very scientific!

Hometrack, Team & movewithus produce their own house price surveys. All three of these organisations attempt to collect information from Estate Agents who are usually paying them monthly membership fees. They simply call the Estate Agents and quiz them on the quantity of previous months enquiries, viewings, sales and exchanges. When though have you ever heard an Estate Agent say they are quiet?

Rightmove only look at asking prices for houses placed on its own website over the previous month. Rightmove only has 35% of all homes for sale and if I chose to market any house, worth £200,000 at £2 million we all know I’d never sell it but Rightmove would include it in their survey!

What is interesting is that none of the organisations producing these surveys sell houses! If you want to know the value of your property call your local independent Estate Agent, if you want to know where prices will be in a years time frankly your guess will be as good as everyone else’s!

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An old photo of our office.

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Estate Agents in Buckden, Cambridgeshire.

 

There are no Estate Agents in Buckden, yet!

But if you are looking to buy or sell in Buckden then Gatehouse Estate Agents in Godmanchester can help. As local Estate Agents they have sold many properties in Buckden over the years from Huntingdon & Godmanchester.

Gatehouse Estate Agents can be contacted on 01480 433933.

 

 

 

Huntingdon Estate Agents

Gatehouse Estate Agents had an office in Huntingdon for years but have now relocated themselves from the very crowded inner ring road to Godmanchester.

There are still many Estate Agents in Huntingdon including a few new names.

The Huntingdon High Street is still ocupied by Peter Lane & Partners Estate Agents, Thomas Morris, Malcolms, Harvey Robinson, Taylors Estate Agents and Wellington Wise.

Being in Godmanchester offer both buyers and sellers room to park, it allows us much easier access to the surrounding villages without getting stuck on the ring road and offers us a much more popular window showcase.

 

 

On the Move?……………………..Call us!

 

Gatehouse Estate Agents are using this advert for Huntingdon bound traffic.

The road from Godmanchester to Huntingdon can be busy at peak times and this is a light hearted joke at the conjestion whilst advertising our Huntingdon based Estate Agents.

 

Godmanchester Estate Agents

 

If you are selling your home in Godmanchester you have a choice of two local Estate Agents.

The only two Estate Agents in Godmanchester are Gatehouse Estates and Malcolms.

Gatehouse Estate Agents in Godmanchester opened in 1989 and offer residential sales and letting from their base on the corner or The Causeway and Cambridge Road.

Malcolms Estate Agents in Godmanchester are where Bennett Sanders (and before them, Campbells) used to be.

For a free Valuation and some honest, no nonsense advice from us call Phillip on 01480 433933.

Don’t put your house on the market yet!

Did you ever think you’d hear an Estate Agent advising you not to sign on the dotted line straight away?

Legally if you sign up to market your property this morning you will need to order and pay for a Home Information Pack or HIP.

By this afternoon it looks as though the new Government will have suspended them saving you up to £500!

I suspect that we will still need to have the Energy Performance Graphs done but the are only £50 and we’ll have to wait and see if we need the completed before marketing like the current HIP or if they just need to have been ordered.

 

Rental houses, Molesworth and Alconbury, UK

Current rental housing availability off base are SHOWN BELOW.

Welcome to the selection of family housing that we believe will be suitable for service personnel looking to live off base, but close to JAC Molesworth and RAF Alconbury in the UK. There aren’t any estate agents in Molesworth or Alconbury, but we are close by. Our offices are in a small town called Godmanchester and we have another in Bedford.

Our staff are very used to helping USAF Personnel, and civilians, to find accommodation. Our rental contracts will have your required “Military clause” inserted.

If you are looking for housing availability for several months ahead, please view our alternative selection of properties to rent near JAC Molesworth and RAF Alconbury where you will be able to choose from a list of homes that should be available in time for your posting. Be sure to use the form and let us know when you’re coming so we can note your interest in a particular property.

I hope that we can help you to find a home for your stay in England. Helen Powell, General manager, Gatehouse Estates Property management

For a full availability, please visit our main website, email us for details or telephone 00 44 (0)1480 433933.

Properties available to rent now, or in the near future:

Executive 2 bedroom apartment in Brampton, where Alconbury is just 4 miles (8 minute drive) & Molesworth is 9.5 miles (13 minute drive). This luxury apartment has kitchen/breakfast room with appliances, parking, 2 double bedrooms, lounge, walking distance to mainline railway giving access to London in under an hour. The property is available now for £725pcm. Click here for more information.

Large 2 bedroom apartment with stunning river views in Little Paxton, St Neots where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The apartment benefits from 2 bedrooms, open plan living area, bathroom & en-suite facility, integral kitchen appliances. Available from 6th June for £850pcm. Please click here for more information.

Three story townhouse with 4 bedrooms in Little Paxton, where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The family home also benefits from lounge, family bathroom, kitchen/breakfast room, 2 en-suite facilities, cloak room, utility room, gardens to the front & rear. Availble now for £1050pcm. Please click here for more information.

 Modern family town house to rent in Little Paxton, where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The property benefits from 4 bedrooms, lounge/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, bathroom, shower room & en-suites facility, garage & rear garden. The property is available for £1350pcm. Click here for more information.

Beautifully presented furnished luxury apartment to rent in Stotfold which is just over a 30 minute drive to both JAC Molesworth & RAF Alconbury. The property comes with a weekly cleaner & gym membership is available. The property is fully furnished with lounge/dining room, kitchen with built in appliances, dressing area, one double bedroom. The apartments are set in landscaped gardens. The property is available from 1st June for £995pcm. Please click here for more information.

Top floor apartment to rent in Little Paxton, St Neots where JAC Molesworth & RAF Alconbury are approximately a 20 minute drive away. The property benefits from 2 double bedrooms, open plan living area, bathroom & en-suite shower facility, integrated kitchen appliances, views over river, singe garage. The property is part furnished & available 1st June for £750pcm. Please click here for more information.

Gatehouse Estates are pleased to offer for rent this detached family home in Alconbury Weston. Alconbury Weston is just 1mile from Alconbury (a 5 minute drive) & 12 miles from Molesworth (a 20 minute drive). The house comprises of lounge, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, 3 bedrooms and bathroom. Outside are gardens and a garage. The property benefits from warm air gas central heating. The property is available now for £760pcm. Please click here for more information.

Gatehouse Estates has a range of executive luxury apartments to rent in central Peterborough. The apartments are finished to a high standard & have either 1 or 2 bedrooms, open plan living area, en-suite facilities, kitchen with appliances. Secure parking facility & a range of services including gymnasium. The monthly rental ranges from £950pcm – £1400 pcm. Click here for more information.

Four bedroom link detached town house available to rent. The property is 13.5 miles from Alconbury & a 20 minute drive, JAC Molesworth is 19 miles & a 28 minute drive. The property benefits from 4 double bedrooms, lounge, kitchen/dining room, 2 cloak room facilities, family bathroom, en-suite to master bedroom, gardens & garage. The property is offered unfurnished for £1050pcm, please contact us on + 44 (1480) 433933 or e-mail gmc@gatehouserental.co.uk for more information.

**** PLEASE NOTE****

Residential housing of good quality, close to Molesworth and Alconbury, generally lets very quickly. If a particular property is of interest, please let us know as soon as possible.

 

To book a viewing on any property above, just fill in the short form:

SORRY NOW LET. Large detached home to rent in Kimbolton which is just 6 miles from JAC Molesworth & 14 Miles from Alconbury, bothcan be reached by car in under 25 minutes. The property has 4 bedrooms, lounge, dining room, kitchen with utility room, bathroom & en-suite facility to master bedroom, south facing rear garden, double garage & off road parking. The Property is available mid June for £1100pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. 3 bedroom chalet style house to rent in the village of Keysoe. Keysoeis approximately30 minutes drive from both Molesworth & Alconbury. The property has lounge with open fireplace, fitted kitchen, bathroom, single garage, gardens to the front & rear. The property is available unfurnished now for £725pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Executive 1st floor apartment with river views to rent in Eynesbury, St Neots which is 17 miles from JAC Molesworth & a 30 minutes drive or 11.2 miles from Alconbury& a 18 minute drive. The apartment has 2 bedrooms, family bathroom, en-suite facility to master bedroom, open plan living area withbalcony, fitted kitchen with appliances, allocated parking. The property is available unfurnished, available now £750pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Modern riverside apartment with river views available now. The apartment has 2 double bedrooms & is situated in Little Paxton where Molesworth & Alconburyare approximately a 20 minute drive away. The apartments benefit from open plan living area, en-suite facility, kitchen with appliances, bathroom & allocated parking. Available now for £850 pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET Beautifully presented home, in Gt Staughton where Alconbury is 24 minutes drive & Molesworth 30 minutes drive away. The property has 3 bedrooms, lounge/dining room, fitted kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, bathroom, garage & off road parking. The property is availbale early June for £800pcm. Please click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Large detached family home to rent in Brampton, which is just 10 minutes drive to RAF Alconbury & 15 minutes drive to JAC Molesworth. The property is offered furnished with4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, bathroom & en-suite to master, utility room, off road parking & gardens. The property can come with a one bedroom annexe for £1750 pcm or on its own for £1250pcm. Click here for further information.

SORRY NOW LET. Ground floor apartment to rent in Little Paxton, St Neots where JAC Molesworth & RAF Alconbury are approximately a 20 minute drive away. The property benefits from 2 bedrooms, open plan living area, juliette balcony, bathroom & en-suite shower room, covered parking area, views over river & loch. The property is unfurnished & available in May for £795pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Top floor apartment with 2 bedrooms, available to rent for £675pcm in Little Paxton, where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The apartment benefits from open plan lounge/dining room/study, fitted kitchen, 4 piece bathroom, communal gardens, garaged parking. Click here for more information

SORRY NOW LET. Detached bungalow to rent in the village of Gt. Staughton. Alconbury is 24 minutes drive & Molesworth 30 minutes drive away. The bungalow has 3 bedrooms, fitted kitchen, lounge, dining room, cloakroom, utility room, bathroom, rear garden, garage & off road parking. The property is available NOW for £795 pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Detached bungalow in rural location in Stonely, where Molesworth is a 20 minute drive & Alconbury is about 25 minutes drive. The property has open country views from a large walled garden. The bungalow has 3/4 bedrooms, lounge, dining room, fitted kitchen, bathroom, shower room & double garage. The property is unfurnished & available now £1175pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET. Modern town to rent in Little Paxton, where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The property benefits from 4/5 bedrooms, lounge/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, bathroom, shower room & en-suites facility, garage & rear garden. The property is available now for £995pcm. Click here for more information

SORRY NOW LET. Modern family town house to rent in Little Paxton, where Molesworth & Alconbury are approximately 20 minutes drive. The property benefits from 4 bedrooms, lounge/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, bathroom, shower room & en-suites facility, garage & rear garden. The property is available for £1250pcm. Click here for more information.

SORRY NOW LET.Top floor apartment with 2 double bedrooms available to rent from 27thMarch 2010. The apartment has open plan living area, family bathroom, kitchen with appliances, allocated parking & views over river loch. The property is available for £795pcm.

Our office in Godmanchester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our office is located on the corner of The Causeway and Cambridge Street opposite the very busy mini round-a-bout in the centre of town. We have parking opposite, next to the Chinese Bridge and great views of the River.

The Gatehouse Guide to Selling your Property.

 

The average Briton only moves house four times in their lives, so it is not surprising that many of us find it a daunting thing to do. When you consider the national average cost of moving home is a staggering £15,000, it’s not something you want to get wrong!

Now, unless you are a First Time Buyer, in Rental Accommodation, an Investment Buy to Let buyer or you are doing a Let to Buy you will need to sell your existing home.

The first step to selling any property is to get some good professional advice from an Independant local Estate Agent. Many of us offer a free Market Appraisal or Valuation without any obligation to use us. It is a good idea to see two or three agents to get a variety of opinions.

 The reason I strongly recommend Independent Estate Agents is that they are generally more experienced and unbiased. It’s not uncommon to deal directly with the owner or partner of a local firm who has the reputaion of their business to protect.

 Aside from finding out what your property is worth an experienced Estate Agent will be more than happy to suggest ways of possibly improving not only the value of your home but also the saleability. I have never been afraid of suggesting that a room be redecorated or de-cluttered. There are times when a few pounds spent could save you hundreds when it comes to the negotiations on price.

I ofter look at peoples property with a critical eye and make honest suggestions to improve the firt impression a prospective buyer would get, this often doesn’t mean costly redecorating as buyers tend to do this when they move in but can mean rearranging furniture or showing that one of your rooms could be used for other purposes.

A good Estate Agent deals with hundreds of property sales every year. Having been an Estate Agent myself for 15 years I’ve come across and helped resolve many issues that you’d never normally experience. The beauty of having this experience on tap means that you can be guided through the process from the initial Valuation, through Home Information Packs, through initial Marketing, Viewings, Offers & Negotiations, the legal Conveyancing  Process and even what happens on the day you move.

 

When you have chosen an Estate Agent and your property is tidy, de-cluttered and arranged for sale make sure the photographs taken do it justice. With web advertising it is essential now, more than ever that the property looks good. Some common errors by Estate Agents are that all of the photographs are taken in one go and as a result the garden may be in shadow or the sky is grey and miserable. Cars need to be moved from outside, as do dustbins. The photos need to be bright and it’s quality not quantity that will get you Viewings.

To get the most out of the Viewings of your home by potential purchasers let your Estate Agent do the viewings. This is not because I assume my clients to be incapable but firstly I strongly believe that it’s part of what we are paid for, secondly I’m not emotionally involved and as such the viewers will be more honest with me and finally I want the viewers to feel comfortable and relaxed as they imagine themselves living in your home, surveys have shown that buyers prefer meeting Estate Agents on Viewings than the sometimes awkwardness of meeting the owners.

 

Make sure the Estate Agency you have chosen will send an experience full timer to your home not an amatuer paid by the hour just to open the door and follow people around pointing out the obvious. How many times have I heard ”This is the Kitchen” and “I’ll have to find out for you” when not being able to answer any questions about the property or your local area.

When you receive an offer the Estate Agent’s sole jobs at this point are to ensure that the offer is qualified. By this I mean a cash offer with a 4 week move is very different from an offer requiring a huge Mortgage and a chain of 8!

Explaining the terminology and benefits of an offer is part of our job, pressuring an acceptance is certanly not! The golden rule of selling is to ‘achieve the best possible price’ and not simply ‘getting a deal done’.

 

 

Once you are happy to agree a sale and you have chosen & instructed Solicitors or a Conveyancing firm you have two people to help you through this fairly straight forward but often stressful process. Both your Estate Agent and Solicitor are being paid to ensure the security of your sale and advise you along the way. Don’t let them forget that you are paying them both or their Services.

 

New Window Displays in Godmanchester

 

From Huntingdon the new window displays at Gatehouse Estates are much more visible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The window displays are just the first part of the makeover now that Gatehouse Estates are selling property again in addition to property lettings from their long established base in Godmanchester near Huntingdon.

 

 

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