THREE HOUSES FOR SALE ON SAME ROAD - BUT DON'T THINK THEY ARE ALL ALIKE!

Three homes on the same road are on the market with Besley Hill Estate Agents’ Fishponds office. But, if you assume that these terraced Victorian houses, situated in Elmgrove Road, Fishponds, are all the same, you will be mistaken. “Although the properties have a similar front elevation, they are radically quite different internally,” says senior branch manager, Mark Symonds. “All of them have retained some original period features but each has its own character as a result of modernisation and improvements over the years. So it really is a case of not judging a book by its cover.” Number 24, priced at £250,000, is a highly distinctive, beautifully presented four-bedroom property with double glazing. In the lounge is an attractive period-style fireplace with a decorative cast iron grate, inlaid Victorian tiles and a polished wood surround. Also on the ground floor are a dining room, with half-glazed French doors leading on to the rear garden, and a kitchen/breakfast room fitted with a range of pine-effect wall and floor storage cupboards with rolled edge work surfaces, built-in oven, gas hob and extractor. There are three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor and, on the top floor, a master bedroom with two Velux roof windows, further front skylights and twin under-eaves storage cupboards. Number 28, for sale for £235,000, is a superior three-bedroom house which has a lovely atmosphere and benefits from many tasteful improvements to create a home of quality. The lounge has a period fireplace with impressive marble surround, inlaid pictorial tiles and tiled hearth, complemented by a sash bay window with stained and leaded glazed details, ceiling coving, ceiling rose and picture rail. There is a separate dining room with built-in glass-fronted dresser and a kitchen/breakfast room that comes with a superb cream natural wood-effect shaker-style kitchen incorporating a wine storage unit, Belfast inset china sink with twin cupboard beneath, gas range cooker, overhead extractor, natural wood block work surfaces and natural wood stripped floor. The secluded rear garden has a level well-tended lawn, circular paved patio with pergola above with established climbing shrubs and plants, timber garden shed, decorative gravelled surfaces and patio area. On the market for £232,950, number 52 is a spacious house offering modern accommodation mixed with period charm comprising a lounge, dining room and kitchen/breakfast room, along with three bedrooms, bathroom, study/ office and carpeted loft space. The kitchen area has modern base and wall panelled units with wood work surfaces, circular bowl sink and fitted gas hob with oven below and extractor over. Glazed French doors in the kitchen/breakfast room open on to the rear garden, which has timber decking adjoining the property with the remainder laid to block paving and an area with bark chippings and mature planting. For further details of these three houses, or to make an arrangement to view, contact Besley Hill Estate Agents, 764 Fishponds Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3UA, tel 0117 965 3162, email fishponds@besleyhill.co.uk, website www.besleyhill.co.uk