House sold in Farrarmere

This low maintenance face brick family home is waiting for a facelift. Set in a quiet street with lovely street appeal it offers four bedrooms, a study, three reception rooms and staff accommodation.

As you walk into the entrance hall, you have a study as well as a reception room. A water feature breaks the space nicely. The main house has a semi open plan dining room, kitchen and tv room. All opening onto a covered patio overlooking a large rock pool with a built-in braai. There is a fireplace in the tv room however it has been covered up. This is a lovely feature should one chose to renovate and reopen it. The kitchen is a melamine kitchen with visible wear and tear. However, it offers a lovely breakfast nook for family breakfasts, a 4 plate gas stove, space for a double door fridge, a walk in pantry as well as a scullery to make up clean ups easier. It has direct access to the four-car garage. The garage currently fits three cars with a workshop, however it can fit four cars, should the workshop be removed.

Down a passage are three bedrooms as well as a full bathroom and a guest cloakroom. The three bedrooms are well sized with laminate wood floors, built in cupboards and face onto the pool. There is a strongroom with a large gun safe as well as under stair storage. The main bedroom is situated up a wide stairwell, beautifully lit by a large skylight.

The main bedroom has ample light as well as access to a private balcony overlooking the pool. It has a walk-in closet as well as a spacious full ensuite bathroom. The ensuite bathroom has a large skylight with beautiful and private views of the treetops.

This property has plenty to offer with some maintenance required.

Additional features and maintenance requirements:

• Borehole pumped into house

o New pressure pump

o New motor

o New pressure cylinder

• Programmable gas heater in living area

• Staff room with a bathroom

• Plans drawn up to add a flatlet on top of garage

• Broken windows will be replaced

• Automatic irrigation (not working)

• Air conditioners (not working)

• Carport not on plan (seller happy to remove it)

• Skylight to bedroom – leaking

• Heated pool (heating not working)

• CCTV (not working)

• Plans (at council)

• Electric fencing (not working)

Farrarmere is a well patrolled community, with schools, medical facilities, and shopping centres nearby. The local park run happens every Saturday at the well-loved Homestead Dam. There is plenty on offer in Farrarmere as it is a well-run and a close community with easy access to Boksburg, the highway, Germiston and the rest of Benoni.