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Three bedroom semi detatched in a row of 16. Purpose built for wheelchair user. Area redeveloped, fairly quiet - partly HA, partly private. Rubery/Northfield border.

Access to all amenities - large supermarket, schools from nursery to secondary, leisure park (bingo, cinema, restaurants, gym, bowling, pub/hotel, astro-turf) 10 minute walk. Health Centre/dentist 5 minute walk. Bus routes 2 minute walk.

In spite of having all this on your doorstep, you're not far from the countryside if you want to go and enjoy it. Tarmac path behind house leading to large duckpond - with resident ducks, swans and herons to feed! On the edge of the countryside - 10 minute drive to open countryside and Waseley Hills & Lickey Hills country parks. 10-15 minute drive from M5.

House itself is 3 years old, and purpose built - Housing Association specialising in adapted properties. All wide doors with lowered handles and plenty of space - very accessible. Also lots of extra wiring is installed if you need to have an electric door opener system etc installed. 3 access points - front, side (carport and driveway) and rear (garden) South facing so enjoys tons of sun which the lounge and the garden gets the most of!

Gas central heating/water on a timer. Electric immersion heater as backup. Fully double glazed.

HALLWAY: Wide hallway with space to park and charge scooter/outdoor wheelchair. Wide front door. Built in cloaks cupboard with 4 high hooks, 4 low hooks and room for shoes etc! Enclosed stairs. Hall includes:

LIFT: Wessex lift up to first floor.

DOWNSTAIRS WC/SHOWER: with wc/ low small hand basin. Half tiled with fully tiled wheel/walk in shower area. Sealed lino flooring. Winder handle for window.

KITCHEN: at the front of the house. Fully fitted with white cabinets & light wood effect work surfaces. Fitted fan assisted oven. Fitted sink and gas hob to counter tops which are hung on wall brackets and can be adjusted in height to be suitable for use by the wheelchair user if needed (we have them set high at the moment but they were'nt hard to adjust.) Plumbing for washing machine and space for dryer and dishwasher.
Door opening onto drive/carport.

LOUNGE: At rear. Large lounge with plenty of powerpoints/ariel/ telephone etc. Lots of natural light with 3 windows and door. Gas fire (standard HA one still - we never got round to switching it). Fittings in place for electric fire if you prefer it. Understairs cupboard which houses the lift motor but can be used as extra storage. Laminate flooring (light). Door accessing GARDEN.

Upstairs..........

BEDROOM 1: Front. Largest room. At the moment has a ceiling track hoist with the track going through double doors into the:

MAIN BATHROOM: Bath, large/low sink (has a temperature regulator on it if you need it - we had it turned off), WC. Ceiling track on a turntable to allow hoist access to WC/Bath/Bed1. Half tiled around bath/sink (white) and blue lino flooring fully sealed.

BED 2: Rear. Double room - currently has 2 single beds - bunks which have been adapted and dressed up with MDF to create a cave to fit into undersea theme - could possibly leave if neeeded. Small fitted wardrobe. Decorated as underwater at the moment.

BED 3: Rear. Smallest room- single but big enough for a double bed.

LANDING: wide enough for full wheelchair access. Lift access. Boiler cupboard.

REAR GARDEN: Good sized rear garden with slabbed patio area to top and the rest lawned (lawn needs some attention - I'm no gardener!) Washing poles and small wooden shed. Walled to 2 sides (up to 6 foot) and 6 foot fence to remaining side. Gate to:

SIDE GARDEN/DRIVE: We have a "Dallas" drive which could give a home for up to 4 cars. Carport with access through kitchen door. Two areas of lawn and lots of young shrubbery/trees. (again, these could use attention!)

In exchange we are ideally looking for a 3/4 bed fully adapted house in the South Birmingham/ Bromsgrove/ Solihull area, preferably rural/semirural and in particular - Hollywood, Wythall, Hall Green areas. We'll give consideration to anywhere in England. Must have garden and off street parking.

If you have a council property with downstairs only adapted we may be willing to consider, if we like it :)

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