Situation
4 Ashby Road is situated in the heart of the highly sought-after village of Ticknall. The village, which once formed part of the Harper Crewe Estate, is best known for Calke Abbey, the second largest stately home in Derbyshire and once home to the Harpur Crewe family. Within the village there is a general store/cafe, public houses, a primary school (with restricted class sizes), church, village hall and a very active cricket club. A wider range of facilities can be found in the nearby market towns of Melbourne and Ashby de la Zouch.
The location allows easy access to major conurbations and transport routes, including the A38, A50 and A42, allowing access to the major Midlands' towns and cities, including Derby, Nottingham and Birmingham. A local bus services provides access through the area.
The local area offers great opportunities for walking, cycling and horse riding and with sailing and fishing on Foremark and Staunton Harold reservoirs. The area is well served by highly regarded schools including a primary school in the village, Chellaston Academy Secondary School and a number of schools in Melbourne. Private schools include Repton School, Foremark Preparatory School and Derby Grammar and Derby High schools.


Description
A fantastic opportunity to acquire an easily managed four bedroom detached property, offering superbly presented accommodation throughout, extending to circa 2086 sq.ft in all. Constructed of brick elevations, beneath a pitched tiled roof in the 1980's and having undergone refurbishment in recent years, with modern dining kitchen and contemporary bathroom/en-suite facilities.
There is parking and a double garage to the front and enclosed mature gardens to rear, which enjoy good levels of privacy.


Accommodation,/b>
Approached from the front, with door opening into the broad reception hallway, which allows flow through the ground floor and stairs rising to the first floor. There is a well-appointed guest cloakroom, deep storage cupboard and a spacious sitting room with gas stove and French doors to the conservatory, being of dwarf wall and uPVC construction, with side entry French doors. The ground floor is completed by the dining kitchen, which is fitted with a comprehensive range of base and wall units, beneath quartz worksurfaces. With a range of built in appliances, hard wearing Vusta flooring, which continues into the dining area. There are rear entry French doors and access to the utility room, with storage units, plumbing and the gas fired central heating boiler.
On the first floor landing, there is a deep airing cupboard and access to the four bedrooms. The generous master bedroom has a well-appointed en-suite shower room and fitted furniture. There is a family bathroom, being fully tiled to a modern standard.


Gardens and grounds
Doors lead from the kitchen and conservatory out to the rear garden and patio. The patio has an attractive sleeper type retaining wall and steps leading to the lawn. There are wonderful mature borders providing plenty of colour, and a water feature. An access around the side of the house leads to the front garden which is also very well presented and is part enclosed with a mature hedge. The driveway provides parking for three cars and there is a double garage of brick construction with power connected.