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" A beautifully appointed detached period house standing in an exceptionally convenient location of the town within half a mile of the High Street and a mile of the mainline station. The house has been carefully enlarged with skill and sympathy to create an exceptional family home. The house retains all of the character of a building of this period with bright and well-proportioned accommodation with beautiful fireplaces, picture rails, high ceilings and large windows. Features of note include a stunning open plan kitchen/breakfast room with double doors opening to the garden and a spacious dining area. The bespoke fitted kitchen is set around an island with a full range of cabinets and pan drawers, Belling induction range, integrated dishwasher, refrigerator, freezer, butler sink and marble work surfaces. The further generous and flexible living accommodation includes an elegant double aspect sitting room, dining room and study/play room. There are four bedrooms including a very impressive principal bedroom suite with an adjoining dressing area and en suite shower room. There is also a separate family bathroom and an en suite shower room to the guest bedroom. Of note, each of the bath and shower room suites (with power showers) have been fitted with stylish white sanitary ware. Importantly, the improvements to the house also included the installation of a double glazed windows and replacement wiring.

Situation
The house stands in a very well-established location of the town. Ackender Road consists of mainly late Victorian and early Edwardian houses just to the west of the centre of the town within a quarter of a mile of the Butts Green and public gardens. The historic market town of Alton has a good range of High Street shops, weekly and specialist markets, senior schools, Waitrose and M&S Simply Food, further education college, Alton School, sports centre, two outlying golf courses and mainline station to London Waterloo. The surrounding countryside provides ample opportunity for many country pursuits. The A31 provides a route to the A3 and M3 linking to London, the South Coast and beyond.

Outside
The garden is a very special feature of the house and has been landscaped to take full advantage of the principally westerly aspect to the rear. A sandstone paved terrace adjoins the kitchen/breakfast room and provides an ideal outside seating area. The rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with established flower and shrub borders together with a monkey puzzle tree. Timber shed. A gate to side provides a link between the front and rear. The house is set behind an area of garden to the front with a private driveway providing parking for two / three vehicles. "