Blog 33
A little bit of local history in
the making
A
few months ago I was driving down Kings Avenue, just east of Ipswich town
centre, and noticed that the property my mum had lived in when she was born in
Kings Avenue in Ipswich was up for sale with an estate agent.
She
had lived in the property from 1930 to when she was evacuated at the onset of
the Second World War and her parents continued to live there until the late 50’s
early 60’s.
The
property stayed in the family after that date and I remember visiting it as a
small child.
I’d
always kept an eye on the property, but had never seen it up for sale
before. I was delighted when the owners
of the property contacted us here at Jonathan Waters Estate Agents wanting to
view some of our properties.
They
hadn’t sold Kings Avenue yet so I took the rather cheeky option of asking if
there was any possibility my mum could re-visit the property to see what it
looked like today.
They
were delighted to be able to help and very accommodating, and it was with a
slight degree of nervousness one Sunday afternoon that we turned up at the
property.
The
owner was very interested in local history, like myself, and it was great for
my mum to be able to see the house that she had lived in all those years ago
and for the current owners to hear more about what the house would have looked
like in the 30’s.
It
had changed considerably. The hallway
had been removed to enlarge what was the former front room and the front room
and rear room had been knocked into one.
The
owners and previous owners had been careful to maintain the character of the
property and improvement work had been done with a sympathetic slant.
I
was absolutely amazed to see the bedroom which was my mother’s back when she
lived there at the time, almost unchanged and the original Victorian fireplace was still a
feature of the room.
As
many of you know, I am a massive fan of the Victorian/Edwardian era of
architecture and firmly believe that some of the finest features of properties
date from that period.
The
current owner was intrigued by a chain attached to the back wall near the
kitchen window stating that he had no idea what this was, it had just always
been there since he had lived there.
My
mother was able to tell him that this was the original washing line going back
to the property from the 1930s and possibly even before that and he was amazed.
A
couple of the features of the property was a lovely balcony off the first floor
master bedroom which had views over Alexandra Park.
In
all my years in estate agency I have not seen many properties so close to the
town centre which offered you uninterrupted views like that.
I
was intrigued to know why the property hadn’t sold – it seemed reasonably
priced and we eventually got involved with the marketing of the property and
soon found a successful buyer. The home
is now in the hands of the new owners and I hope they enjoy it as much as the
outgoing owners and long before them my mother and her family did.
We
are currently marketing a property just east of the town centre at Back Hamlet
in Ipswich. A two bedroom terraced house
at £115,000. This property is equally
close to the waterfront, Alexandra Park and the university and, like my
mother’s former property in Kings Avenue, has had the lounge and dining room
knocked into one with open plan stairs going up.
If
you would like to view this or any other similar properties in the Ipswich area
then contact myself or one of my staff at Jonathan Waters Estate Agents Ipswich
office at either Foxhall Road or in the town centre at 35 Buttermarket.
Ipswichestate agent - We are currently experiencing a lot of demand for
property in this area so if you are thinking of selling then why not also
contact us. We can arrange a completely
free and without obligation visit to your home to discuss current market prices
and what the price of houses in Ipswich are actually doing at the moment.
625 Foxhall
Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ND
01473 721133
35
Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1BH
01473 281188
Bristol
Court, Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath Business Park, Martlesham IP5 3RY
01473 620222
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