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This beautiful double fronted, three bedroom detached forest cottage is situated in a prime location within the village of Woodlands to the north of Lyndhurst. The property has been well maintained and reconfigured by the current vendors and offers light and generous accommodation. The mature garden of approx. 0.4 acres, is a particular feature of the property and abuts fields to the rear. Further benefits include off street parking and a tandem length garage.

Woodlands is a traditional New Forest village situated between the National Park capital Lyndhurst and Cadnam. The village benefits from a junior school, village hallcommunity centre and post office with a well-stocked store. There are a number of fine restaurants and pubs within striking distance, including The Gamekeeper and still a real sense of forest community.

There is a direct mainline rail connection to Waterloo from Ashurst Station about 2 miles away from the property. The larger commercial centres of Southampton and Bournemouth are all easily accessible from the M27 which is within a short drive of Woodlands.

Thought to have been built circa 1906, the original cottage would have been a small property with later additions under a double pitch roof to provide what is now a very comfortable and generous country cottage.

A welcoming entrance hall, with solid oak flooring, leads through to the principal living accommodation with stairs leading up to the first floor.

The dual aspect sitting room extends the full depth of the property and benefits from patio doors leading out to the pretty rear garden and offers a feature fireplace with inset wood burner.

Set to the rear of the property, the kitchen is accessed via a sunny breakfast room, originally a 4th bedroom, this room now opens out to the garden with access off here to the cloakroom and opening in turn into the family kitchen.

An extensive range of units are complemented by solid oak worktops, with an inset double ceramic Shaw’s butler sink and fitted range cooker with 5 gas rings including a wok burner, double electric rings and double electric ovens. There are also double extractor fans to the exterior.

A utility room is set off the kitchen with plumbing for appliances, water softener and providing additional storage facilities. The conservatory provides a lovely seating area overlooking the gardens and fields beyond.

A dining room to the front of the property completes the ground floor living accommodation.

The first floor landing leads to three generous bedrooms and a large family bathroom which comprises both a bath and walk in shower cubicle. The principal bedroom suite is set to the rear overlooking the garden and fields to the rear and benefits from a range of built in wardrobe storage. There is access to the loft via a retractable loft ladder in the bedroom.

The modern en-suite shower room offers a walk in shower and vanity units with ‘his and hers’ inset sinks. Both further bedrooms are set to the front of the property, one with a range of fitted storage.

Agents Note: 

• Burglar alarm with annual maintenance contract

• Security lights to the exterior

• Cavity wall insulation and enhanced loft insulation

• Double glazing throughout

• New soffits, fascias, bargeboards, gutters and drainpipes installed in 2021

The cottage is screened by hedging on all sides and is accessed through a five bar gate onto a gravelled drive which provides ample parking and leads to the tandem garage with electric controlled doors.

The front garden is beautifully planted with smart box hedging and an array of mature shrubs and plants offering a variety of interest and colour which is evident throughout the side and rear gardens too. A well maintained climbing wisteria wraps around the property.

The rear generous garden is cleverly landscaped to offer interest and segregated areas to allow for a vegetable garden with hexagonal summerhouse to the side and garden shed with attached log store. There is an outside tap, double outside power socket and power to the greenhouse. Several water butts are also discretely placed around the garden. The garden features a variety of topiary, box hedging, and ornamental trees including an ornamental topiary pear tree, silver birch, a number of mature acers, camellias, rhododendrons and apple trees. A couple of paved terraced areas provide for entertaining and seating areas and are interspersed with paths leading you around the full extent of the garden.