XXXXX House is situated on the southeast side of the village of XXXXX, which is approximately 5 minutes drive away. The village has local amenities including a post office village store and two inns. The centre of Exeter is only about 15 minutes drive away via the old A30. The property is well situated within its grounds and presents well, although some updating will be required in places.
THE HOUSE
The sitting room is on the right of the entrance hallway and has a nice aspect overlooking the gardens with doors through to the south facing conservatory room. Both these rooms have a light and bright feel to them, and they feel spacious. The conservatory in turn has a door leading on to a south facing patio terrace. The
dining room is to the left of the entrance hallway, it is west facing, and also has a light and bright feel to it, and a small hatch allows easy access to the kitchen. The Kitchen as it is currently is probably not large enough for your requirements, as well as being very tired. As we discussed on the phone I feel, that subject to consultation with a surveyor/ architect, you could extend the kitchen into the playroom or extend into the garden on the Eastern side of the house, creating a larger kitchen with a breakfast area. The sauna room could then be used as a back kitchen/ utility room.
Sitting Room
Conservatory
On the first floor there are currently five bedrooms, one of which is very small, and would be better suited to create an en-suite bathroom for bedroom 4. Apart from bedroom 5, the bedrooms are of a reasonable size, bedroom 2 being a large single or tight fitting double room with the bed up against the wall. Bedroom 1 has a shower unit in the corner; it might be preferred to box this in to create an en-suite room rather than the open shower. The family bathroom is tired and might need replacing.
The vendor informs me that he bought the property 8 years ago and undertook extensive rewiring when he moved in.
Dining room
Kitchen
THE OUTSIDE
The landscaped gardens surround the property and the house is well positioned within them. There is a large parking area in front of the house this in turn leads on to a further parking area and range of barns, some in better condition than others. If you were to buy the property I suggest that some rationalisation of these be done, retaining only those that are in better condition. The swimming pool is of concrete design and is currently heated only by solar cover. The gardens are mainly laid to lawn with a range of mature shrubs. On three sides of the property are paddocks which extend to approximately 14 acres, these seem to be in reasonable condition, and should be well draining as most of that hill usually is. They are currently rented out to a local farmer, the vendor believes that he would be keen to carry on this arrangement. There is a small area of woodland on the eastern boundary; this allows the current vendor to be fully self-sufficient in wood for the sitting room fire.
SUMMARY
A property well worth considering, it has a light and bright feel to it even though it is west facing. It would be beneficial if the kitchen could be enlarged. The only drawback to this property is potential road noise, when I visited you could hear the noise of the A30 as the wind was blowing from that direction, although this is not the prevailing wind direction. I feel you will have to make your own conclusions about the noise issue. Most of your main requirements can be found in this property, and the farmhouse style Kitchen can be created within your budget.
