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The rent is just £45-£50pppw payable each term. (Alternatively, the rent can be paid monthly
by arrangement.) 40 Week contract (Contract can be extended into summer vacation at half rent
if required and graduation week is always free when you graduate!) Deposit £150 pp
This is a 5* bedroom, centrally heated double glazed house.
(*Which I let 4 students or sometimes 3.) It has 3 large bedrooms and 2 smaller bedrooms. (*A 4th person would usually use
both of the smaller bedrooms). Downstairs it has a comfortable lounge, kitchen, breakfast room and one of the larger bedrooms.
Upstairs are the other 4 bedrooms together with a bathroom with separate WC. Outside there is a yard to the rear with a small
garden area. (Which is good for Barbecues in the summer.) The house is spacious with ample storage space yet is still a cozy
place to live.
The house was built in 1897 and just as an example of the ongoing restoration work, the original door to the
lounge was restored a few years ago by Merlin (with a little help from his daughters) and this took over 40 hours of painstaking
work. This door is made from pine trees planted over 200 years ago whereas the 'new' lounge skirting
boards were made from trees planted in the last century which were carefully individually selected by Merlin.
The lounge currently has a 100% wool carpet, a leather 3 piece suite, a pine dresser and solid birchwood coffee
tables. Below are some photos of the house. Click on an image to see it
in a separate window.
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| The Lounge |
The bathroom has a white 'oyster
style suite' with gold plated taps.
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| The Bathroom |
The breakfast room has a very large amount of cupboard space. Here you will find a fridge/freezer, micowave
oven and pine bench set. The breakfast room also houses the washing machine. It has a feature tile inset, together with
the solid oak cornicing, light pelmet and trim. The kitchen/breakfast room has some 24 electrical outlets - so you will
never be at a loss for somewhere to plug in the toaster!
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| The Breakfast Room |
The kitchen has
ample wall and base units, a stainless steel sink, fan assisted electric oven and gas hob with extractor fan. There is
an adjoining walk in larder area currently housing a further fridge freezer.
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| The Kitchen |
A door from the kitchen leads to the rear yard which contains a small garden. This is ideal for barbecues
in the summer. Unfortunately, the tree shown in the picture has now been cut down but the daffodils are always out in March.
Each bedroom has its own distincive
character. The downstairs bedroom has a square bay-window with solid Brazilian mahogany trim overlooking the small garden
area. The room has an old marble fireplace and is well furnished and boasts an impressive mexican style double bed. A spacious
and homely, comfortable room.
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| Downstairs Bedroom |
The upstairs front bedroom is a very bright and
sunny room with views from the bay window over to the Tunstall Hills. Prior to Merlin, the house was owned by Dr Moore and
his wife before they moved to Hylton Castle and Dr Moore's origional desk can still be found in this room which
he used to use as a study.
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| Large Front Bedroom |
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