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Enjoying a prime residential setting on Ryehill Avenue, this traditional double-upper villa represents a wonderful family home in Edinburgh’s highly desirable Leith Links district. The classic Victorian home is presented to an appealing standard throughout, striking a characterful blend of period features and contemporary interior design.
Welcoming you into the traditional stone-built property is a bright and spacious lower vestibule with practical space for storing coats, shoes, bikes and buggies, as well as a secure rear door to the private garden. From here an original staircase leads up to the carpeted first-floor hall. The front-facing living room is brimming with charm and character, with period features such as restored floorboards, intricate cornices and a wide bay window framed by classic panelling and bespoke plantation shutters. The room benefits from a living-flame gas fire within a contemporary limestone surround and an anthracite double flat panel vertical radiator. Owing to such generous proportions the living room would lend itself to various lounge and dining configurations to suit.
The sunny breakfasting kitchen to the rear has beech-effect cabinetry topped with solid marble work surfaces. The breakfasting kitchen also incorporates a walk-in cupboard, which provides additional hidden storage for household goods. Returning to the hall, completing the first floor are two well-proportioned double bedrooms (one of which is currently used as a formal dining room) and a family bathroom comprising a thermostatic mixer shower-over-bath, an inset basin with vanity storage and a close-coupled toilet. The second floor accommodates a large double bedroom with an en-suite shower room with an electric shower and a walk-in cupboard with further access to eaves storage. The versatile single bedroom on this level is currently used as a home office and also benefits from eaves storage. Gas central heating (first floor only) and double-glazed sash windows ensure year-round comfort and efficiency.
Accessed via a shared passageway and enjoying the afternoon and evening sun, is the southwest-facing rear garden, which features a lawn/drying green and a selection of mature shrubs. To the front is a small private garden and unrestricted on-street parking.
The popular residential area of Leith Links lies to the east of Edinburgh’s City Centre and close to bustling Leith and the fashionable Shore area. A wide selection of local shops are within the vicinity and a Tesco supermarket can be found just a short walk away at Easter Road. The property lies within the school catchment of Hermitage Park Primary and Leith Academy, and Leith School of Art is nearby. HOME REPORT: £350,000. EPC BAND: C.