3 Bedroom Detached House

The Bungalow That Doesn't Ask You To Give Anything Up. Three/four bedrooms, a south-facing garden that looks after itself, and a kitchen-diner that has clearly been used by people who actually cook - all in Ashfield, where the good schools are.

Most bungalows in Ashfield ask you to make a choice. Either there's enough space for everyone, but the place is tired and needs work before you'd want to put the kettle on. Or it's been done up nicely - but it only has two bedrooms and the grandchildren end up on a camp bed in the lounge.

This one sits in neither of those camps.

The ground floor does everything a couple needs day to day. The living room is large enough for a proper sofa arrangement with room left over, with a feature fireplace giving it some character. The kitchen-diner is the real heart of the house - cream high-gloss units, dark granite-effect worktops, an integrated double oven and induction hob, with a dining area that gets good natural light from the rear. It's been set up by people who actually used it, and it shows.

One of the two ground floor bedrooms leads straight into a sunroom at the back. Whether that becomes a home office, a reading room, or simply somewhere to sit with a coffee and the newspaper without the television on in the background is entirely up to you. It's a quiet corner of the house that a lot of people don't realise they need until they have one.

The shower room has been fully tiled floor to ceiling in large-format grey stone-effect tiles and feels freshly done. Contemporary vanity unit, walk-in enclosure, close-coupled WC and round mirror with matt black fittings - it's a clean, modern finish that won't need touching.

The two bedrooms on the top floor give the grandchildren somewhere proper to stay. Not the sofa, not a camp bed - actual bedrooms, with a view over the rooftops and out towards the sea. If four bedrooms is more than you need, there's real potential to open the upper floor into one large room that could serve as a studio, a home office, or simply a space that works differently for you.

Fully renovated in 2016 and kept in good order since, the property is ready to move into. There's nothing to plan, price up or live around while it gets sorted. You unpack, you settle in, and by the end of the first weekend it already feels like home.

Outside, the south-facing garden gets the sun from morning to evening and is designed to be low maintenance - which means you can enjoy it rather than manage it. A glass of wine on a warm evening, a cup of tea on a Saturday morning. That sort of thing.

Workington town centre is around a five-minute drive away, or a 25-minute walk if you're up for it - with The Royal George a useful stopping point on the way. Ashfield Infant and Junior Schools are a ten-minute walk, with secondary schools not much further. If the grandchildren are at school age, you already know what the Ashfield postcode means to parents around here.

If you've been looking for a bungalow that gives you the easier life without making you feel like you've traded anything away, this is the one to come and see.

We're expecting strong interest - get in touch to arrange a viewing.