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A five bedroom character detached home built circa 1935, set along this highly sought-after road in the heart of the New Forest National Park fronting onto the open forest at Woodlands. The property is set within easy access to the local amenities in Ashurst and the train station at Ashurst New Forest. The property has been extended in 2016 to offer well laid out accommodation over three floors and benefits from a good sized garden and a variety of outbuildings including a tandem garage and summer house.

Woodlands is a particularly desirable residential area located on the north eastern edge of the New Forest National Park. Within Woodlands there is a public house, village hall and the highly regarded Spot in the Woods with a wider range of amenities including shops, schools, public houses and restaurants available in the nearby villages of Ashurst and Lyndhurst. The New Forest offers a wide range of outdoor pursuits and places of interest with the open forest easily accessible for walking and riding. The city of Southampton to the east provides a comprehensive range of retail and leisure facilities. The property is well located for road and rail. Junction 2 of the M27 motorway links up with the M3 motorway for the M25 and London and the nearby villages of Ashurst and Totton offer direct rail links to London Waterloo.

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall – with staircase leading up to the first floor, and access to ground floor accommodation

Living Room – A spacious double aspect room with a feature woodburning stove complemented by brick hearth and surround and opening into the dining room to the rear.

Study Snug – Accessed from the hallway this room is currently used as a ground floor bedroom but can be used for a variety of uses such as a study, music room or family snug.

Kitchen Breakfast Room– Kitchen comprising a range of wooden units and complimentary laminated work surfaces and tiled splashbacks, three oven Aga, and space for secondary cooker, fridge, freezer and dishwasher. Breakfast bar area with additional work surfaces and storage cupboard.

Utility Room – With a coordinating range of modern units with work surfaces and space under for a washing machine and dryer. Part glazed door out to the side of the property.

Ground Floor Shower room – Modern suite offering a walk in double shower unit, wash hand basin and WC.

Dining Room – Extending across the width of the property, the dining room benefits from aspects over the rear garden, with two large velux windows set into the ceiling and French doors leading out to the terrace with a further picture window. This versatile room links the Kitchen and Living Room.

First Floor:

Landing - Staircase rising to the second floor, window overlooking the open forest to the front and doors leading to all bedrooms

Bedroom 1 – Set to the rear of the property with aspects over the rear garden and inset vanity unit.

Family Bathroom – Panelled bath with shower over, wash hand basin, and airing cupboard.

Separate WC

Bedroom Two – With aspects to the front overlooking the open forest and a built-in full height wardrobe.

Bedroom Three – With aspects to the front overlooking the open forest and a built-in full height wardrobe.

Bedroom 4 - Currently used as a study with views over the rear garden

Second Floor: Small landing area with built in storage cupboards, leading to the WC and Bedroom 5

Bedroom 5 – With large windows overlooking the rear garden and fields beyond and further velux window set into the sloping ceiling to one side.

WC – Wash hand basin and toilet

The property is set back from the road allowing for a lovely sized front garden with access through a five bar wooden gate onto a gravel driveway offering parking for multiple cars and easy access to the garage and access to the side of the house.

The front is completed with a lawn with a selection of trees and shrubs and is bordered with wooden fencing and mature hedgerow at the front giving privacy and seclusion.

The good sized rear garden offers a terrace ideal for entertaining with access out from the dining room and leading to a large level lawn with mature planted borders and ornamental trees and shrubs. Further useful outbuilding include a summer house to the rear of the garden which can be used for a number of purposes and currently set up as a games room but could be used as a home office and has the benefit of a further rear terrace. A number of storage sheds, a child’s playhouse and a greenhouse complete the outbuildings. There is an outside tap with hot water set over a butler sink.

There are lots of beautiful walks straight from your front door through the New Forest at Woodlands.