This detached family home is located on Gainsborough Avenue, a popular residential cul-de-sac close to Clarence Park.

Herts Advertiser: The property offers plenty of potential to extend.The property offers plenty of potential to extend. (Image: Hamptons)

While the house may be in need of modernisation, it offers superb potential to refurbish and extend, subject to planning permission.

A welcoming entrance hall leads to the living room, sitting room and dining room, which in turn opens into the kitchen. There is also a downstairs WC.

Herts Advertiser: The 13ft sitting room overlooks the street.The 13ft sitting room overlooks the street. (Image: Hamptons)

Herts Advertiser: The kitchen and dining room are at the rear of the property.The kitchen and dining room are at the rear of the property. (Image: Hamptons)

Herts Advertiser: The kitchen overlooks the garden.The kitchen overlooks the garden. (Image: Hamptons)

Herts Advertiser: Doors lead out to the garden from the 20ft living room.Doors lead out to the garden from the 20ft living room. (Image: Hamptons)

On the first floor there are four double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Herts Advertiser: The family bathroom has a bath and a separate shower.The family bathroom has a bath and a separate shower. (Image: Hamptons)

Herts Advertiser: One of the property's four bedrooms.One of the property's four bedrooms. (Image: Hamptons)

There are lawned gardens to both the front and rear, with a variety of mature trees and shrubs.

Herts Advertiser: There is a beautiful garden to the rear.There is a beautiful garden to the rear. (Image: Hamptons)

There is also a driveway leading to the detached garage, which is accessed from Blenheim Road.

PROPERTY FACTS

Gainsborough Avenue, St Albans

Guide price: £1.5m

Hamptons, 01727 890770, www.hamptons.co.uk