For sale: renovated house in a sought after rural village with quick access to road and rail links

Selby is a 16 minute drive away and has a host of amenities including a golf club, supermarkets and rail services to Leeds and York with a journey time of about half an hour.

The house was in need of renovation and updating when the couple bought it and they have transformed it with side and front extensions, a new roof, new bedroom, new bathroom and a new kitchen plus new electrics and plumbing.

“We also replaced the windows and doors, redid the plastering and rendered the property,” says Richard.

“Hillam has been a great place to live and easy for me to get to Leeds for work. I work on the outskirts of the city centre and it takes me about 20 minutes to drive there. I used to live in the Leeds suburb of Horsforth and it took me a lot longer than that to get into work from there even though it is a lot closer in distance.”

The couple, who lived in their nearby holiday lodge while tackling the project, are selling to scratch another renovating itch but says Richard: “We have renovated four properties now and we have bought another but that will be the last project, at least I think it will.”

The house on Lilac Oval has an entrance hallway, a sitting room/dining room that leads into a dining kitchen with walnut-effect cabinetry with ribbed glass cupboard doors, integral double oven, integral fridge/freezer, integral dishwasher and a five ring gas hob with extractor fan over.

There is also a utility room, a downstairs W.C., and a study which has potential to become a sixth bedroom.

On the first floor, there are two ensuite bedrooms and a third bedroom plus a separate bathroom with bath and waterfall shower. On the second floor, there are two further bedrooms.

Outside is a driveway with space for two vehicles and there is a rear garden plus a lawn which wraps around the right hand side of the property.

There is also a curved decking area with space for seating, a gravel area down the left hand side of the property and steps down to the rest of the garden.

Hillam is a village and civil parish in the Selby District and comes under the auspices of North Yorkshire County Council.

The house is on the market with Park Row Properties, Sherburn-in-Elmet, for £500,000.

For more detailed information on the property for sale and to book a viewing appointment to see it in person, telephone: 01977 681122 or yoiu can visit the estate agent’s website at www.parkrow.co.uk