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A spacious four bedroom bungalow of just over 2000 sq. ft.
including the integral double garage. Positioned in a highly
desirable location where the ponies roam freely up to the property.
With a private plot and south facing walled garden, ample parking,
heated outdoor swimming pool with the property running costs almost
entirely covered by the solar panels. Coming to the market for the
first time since being constructed in 1968.
The property is situated in a highly desirable cul-de-sac, close
to the open forest and within easy reach of Brockenhurst village
centre, which offers a mainline railway station with direct links
to London Waterloo and a good local community of shops and
restaurants.
The picturesque village of Beaulieu lies 7 miles to the East
with the marina of Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River.
Approximately 4 miles to the South is the Georgian market town of
Lymington with its extensive yachting facilities, ferry service to
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and its famous Saturday county market. To
the North is the village of Lyndhurst and Junction 1 of the M27
motorway which links to the M3 giving access to London.
A large integral covered front entrance step opens into a
generous lobby that has ample cupboards for coats and boot storage
and leads into the large reception hallway with cloakroom and where
a wing leads to all bedrooms. A door opens to the generous sitting
room with open fireplace, a picture window to the front aspect and
glazed sliding doors to the south facing garden and patio.
The dining room is accessed through glazed double sliding doors
with a window to the front aspect and a hatch to the kitchen. The
kitchen has a range of free standing appliances with window to the
front aspect and glazed rear door. The studybedroom 5 has a side
aspect window and a range of fitted shelves and desk.
The principal bedroom suite is positioned at the end of the
south wing with ample fitted wardrobes and dressing table. There is
a generous en suite shower room with electric shower. It is a fully
tiled room and has a WC and hand basin with side aspect window.
There are three further double bedrooms all with generous fitted
wardrobes and served by the fully tiled family bathroom with WC and
hand basin and a side aspect window. There are two airing
cupboards, one housing the hot water cylinder.
The large loft access in the corridor is fitted with an easily
retractable wooden ladder to access the extremely clean and
spacious part-boarded, insulated loft with lighting.
The bungalow is discreetly set at the end of this desirable
cul-de-sac with a stunning generous plot having mature boundaries
of flowering cherry, liquidambar and rhododendrons. A cattle grid
leads to the sweeping drive flanked by lawns and a pathway leads to
the front entrance and gates to both sides of the bungalow leading
to the beautiful private south facing walled gardens where there is
a kidney shaped outdoor swimming pool. The whole is well planned
with two brick built composting areas, potential for a small
vegetable garden and an archway with mature flowering wisteria.
There is also a wooden and glazed summer housepool changing
hut.
The integral garage is accessed from a covered rear porch next
to the rear door from the kitchen and is where the wall mounted gas
boiler is located. This is also where the solar panel inverters and
meters are positioned as well as the air source heat pump for the
swimming pool. This is a generous double garage with a wide metal
electrically operated up and over door.
Additional Information:
Services: Mains electric, gas, water and drainage
Tenure: Freehold
Energy Performance Rating: D Current: 68 Potential: 83
Council Tax Band: G
The two south-facing solar PV systems, commissioned in 2011 and
2012, have a combined rating of 3.91kW. The 2024 feed-in
tariffexport rate paid for all power generated, whether consumed on
site or exported, is 74.385p per kWh. This government
guaranteed tax-free return is index-linked (RPI) for 25 years from
commissioning. The return to the homeowner in 2023 was almost
£2500, in addition to the avoided cost of drawing power from the
grid when the panels are generating.
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