Property description
A really spacious character family home, positioned in a country lane just off the centre of the village of Hogsthorpe, close to the well served village of Chapel St Leonards - adjacent to the beach and sea front. The house offers five bedrooms upstairs as well as a bathroom & separate shower room. A real bonus is the second/back staircase providing double access up & downstairs, offering the potential for an upstairs annexe/guest room. Downstairs there's a huge family dining kitchen with patio doors leading to the garden - ideal for the summer! Accessed from the kitchen is a utility room/store with cloakroom/wc, a door leading up the rear staircase to bedroom five and the main family lounge/diner with a feature fireplace and cast iron multi burner, with a corner bar area which could easily be used as a small study. The home benefits from oil central heating (with a new boiler in Sept 2013) & majority uPVC double glazing. A real bonus is the good range of adjacent stores and sheds outside offering further potential. The sweeping gardens mainly extend to the side & rear and are mostly lawned but well stocked with shrubs, plants & fruit trees with an area for growing vegetables as well as a patio & seating area. The house makes a versatile family home with outbuildings that may convert for a business use/home studio (subject to planning).
Entrance Lobby Having a UPVC sealed unit double glazed entrance door, coat hooks, fitted shelves, ceiling light point, wood panelled and glazed door to kitchen.
Family Dining Kitchen 8.05m (26'5') x 4.72m (15'6')
Having a one and a half bowl single drainer stainless steel sink unit and mixer tap set of knowledge work surfaces extending to 3 sides to provide a good range of oak effect base cupboards and drawers under together with matching range of wall mounted storage cupboards over incorporating two glass fronted display cabinets,, tiled splash backs to work surfaces, space for cooking range (not included) with stainless steel double canopy extractor hood over, space for large fridge/freezer, oak effect laminate wood flooring, two radiators, seven ceiling lights, double glazed double French doors to garden, built in pantry cupboard with ample shelving, part glazed door to staircase (with access to bedroom five), access door to utility room and lounge.
Utility Room/Store 5.11m (16'9') x 1.88m (6'2') widening to 9'2
Having Belfast style sink unit, tiled floor space for fridge/freezer, fitted work surfaces with storage space and shelving under and wall mounted shelving over, space and plumbing for automatic washing machine and dishwasher, coat hooks, Worcester oil central heating boiler, fluorescent ceiling lights, rear entrance door
Cloakroom Being tiled with a pedestal wash basin, close coupled WC, toiletry cabinet, ceiling light point.
Lounge 7.47m (24'6') x 6.35m (20'10') maximum
Having a feature exposed brick fireplace incorporating cast-iron multi-burner with raised half, display and storage areas to either side with polished wood display shelves over incorporating lights, TV plinth, two radiators, exposed beams to ceiling, smoke alarm brick built fitted bar area/possible study with storage shelves, glass shelves and light, cupboard under stairs for ceiling lights and corner staircase with parquet flooring and exposed wood stairs leads to the landing.
Stairs & Landing Having radiator, smoke alarm to ceiling light points storage/small study area.
Bedroom One (front) 3.89m (12'9') x 3.38m (11'1')
Having a range of fitted wardrobes with hanging rails and shelving,, matching chest of drawers and bedside units laminate wood flooring radiator coving to ceiling, ceiling light point.
Shower Room Having a three-piece refitted white suite comprising tiled shower cubicle with Triton electric shower therein pedestal wash basin close coupled WC, laminate tiled flooring, part wood washed walls, access to roof space, radiator with towel rail over, glass toiletry shelf, fitted mirror, extractor fan, bathroom cabinet, built in leading cupboard, ceiling light point.
Bedroom Two (front) 3.89m (12'9') x 3.71m (12'2')
Having laminate wood flooring, radiator, coving to ceiling, ceiling light point
Bedroom Three (side) 2.59m (8'6') x 2.13m (7'0')
Having radiator, ceiling light point.
Bedroom Four (side) 3.66m (12'0') x 1.90m (6'3')
Having radiator and ceiling light point
Bathroom Having a three-piece refitted white suite comprising deep wood panelled Bath with antique style mixer tap/shower attachment, pedestal wash basin, close coupled WC, tile effect vinyl floor covering, part wood washed walls, glass toiletry shelf, ceiling light point, built in airing cupboard housing insulated hot water cylinder with electric immersion heater and slatted shelf.
Bedroom Five (rear) 5.08m (16'8') x 4.72m (15'6') m/s inc stairs area
Having radiator, three ceiling light points, separate staircase leads down to the end of the kitchen making this room ideal for its own access/potential annex.
Outside Front/Side/Rear There is a small area of frontage with space for ½ cars and a block paved driveway providing a further off-road parking space and hand gated garden path leads to the main entrance and a further block paved patio and seating area with dwarf garden wall leading to a mainly lawned garden with shaped flower beds and borders containing various established plants shrubs and bushes and enclosed by brick garden wall and fencing with further raised page seating area to catch the sun and adjacent apple tree. Steps lead up to a further garden area mainly gravelled and containing large raised vegetable beds (currently unset) and leading to the various outbuildings and oil tank. This in turn leads through a gate to an additional storage area behind the shed is also usable as a garden. Outside light. Outside tap.
Outbuildings Three concrete block stores
Brick built store
large timber shed/store/workshop
coal bunker
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Property Features :
- A spacious detached family home in a village location
- 5 Bedrooms, a bathroom AND shower room upstairs (+2 sets of staircases)
- Huge family dining kitchen and lounge diner with fireplace & cast iron burner
- Also downstairs - large utility room, cloakroom/wc & potential study
- Oil central heating (with replaced boiler), majority uPVC double glazing
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