5 bedroom detached house for sale

Millgate Homes have a reputation for building award winning houses of outstanding quality. They are of traditional construction; this includes concrete floors to the ground and first floor and generally solid internal walls. Millgate are known for paying meticulous attention to detail and finishing. There are nine separate detached executive residences within Woodham Gate; it is a private gated development adjacent to the Basingstoke Canal. Hatherton House is double fronted with an attractive cottage style porch. It is enhanced by cream uPVC double glazed windows plus timber soffits and fascias and also offers many special attributes. These include arguably the prettiest front elevations of all the properties within the development, hand cut tiles accentuated by attractive Dormer windows to three bedrooms, ‘v’ joint pointing to quality traditional bricks with attractive detail to the corners of the house, the plinth and decorative brickwork over the ground floor window to the study, which continues around the side. Internally the specification is exacting and special features include a Mark Wilkinson Lansbury kitchen made from hand selected oak complimented by luxury Galaxy granite work surfaces and upstands, Miele appliances in stainless steel and unusually matching quality within the utility room. The bathrooms are furnished with designer white sanitary ware from Villeroy & Boch and the baths are from Vernon Tutbury. All have chrome fitments by Hansgrohe. All tiling throughout the house is tasteful and to the highest quality. There are TV, fm and telephone points to many rooms and an advanced Bang & Olufsen cable network enabling linking of both audio and video with full infrared remote control to pre-selected rooms. Further features include inset low voltage ceiling lights finished in chrome as is all the door furniture, power points and light switches etc. Elegant cornicing graces formal areas, with coving elsewhere throughout the property. Another well thought feature is a dual zone facility to the central heating. This means that the first floor can be cooler than the ground floor if desired. A detached double width garage with electronically operated remote up and over door is adjacent to the property. There is parking for two cars to the front. Both the front and the rear gardens of the property are landscaped. The rear garden being completely fenced providing security and privacy. The communal landscaping within Woodham Gate is exemplary. In 2008, when these fine properties were built, Millgate Homes won three Evening Standard New Home in the south east Awards, for this development. These were, The New Home of the Year 2008, Best New Small Development 2008 and Best New Family Home with five or more bedrooms 2008. The location is highly convenient and exclusive. It is almost equidistant from West Byfleet and Woking shopping centres and railway stations (Waterloo from 26 mins). It should be noted that there is the balance of a two year home emergency cover insurance on the property, the balance of a three year snagging guarantee and the balance of a ten year NHBC guarantee. Our client is prepared to provide early vacant possession.

Ground Floor

Covered Entrance Porch
Inset low voltage ceiling light, solid oak front door with twin leaded light obscured glass panes and chromium door furniture, giving access to:

Reception Hall
Ophera video entry phone system (which can provide a concierge service, if required). Understairs storage cupboard with light and electric consumer unit. Staircase to first floor accommodation with American oak spindles and balustrades. Doors to study, sitting room, open plan drawing/dining room/luxury kitchen and:

Cloakroom
Designer white suite comprising wash hand basin with pillar style mixer tap, wc with concealed plumbing, marble display shelf and sill, half tiled walls in attractive designer ceramics with large mirror to the basin wall, extractor fan, obscured glass window to the side aspect.

Sitting Room
Formal private room with square bay window facing the front aspect.

Open Plan Drawing Room/Dining Room/Luxury Kitchen
This open plan area is divided into three informal sections and can be described as follows:

Drawing Area
This room has a focal point of a magnificent stone fireplace with granite inset and gas coal effect fire to a stainless steel hearth and surround. There are twin windows either side of the fireplace. To the rear of the room, there are twin French doors giving access to the rear garden. The floor is finished with large designer ceramic tiles, which continue throughout the kitchen/breakfast room and the dining room.

Dining Area
This fine room could be utilised as a conservatory/family room or breakfast room but is currently used as a formal dining room and has double glazed windows to three sides overlooking different aspects of the rear garden. The roof is also double glazed and has two opening windows, French doors lead to the rear garden terrace.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Beautifully furnished with Mark Wilkinson oak hand cut units comprising wall and floor cupboards, obscured glass fronted cabinets, drawers (all soft close) with a towel recess, bin cupboard and pull out larder storage. The kitchen is from the Lansbury range and benefits from Galaxy granite work surfaces with matching upstands and sill to the side window and there is a central island unit with further cupboards and drawers with one side curved to provide a stunning breakfast bar. The Miele Hi-Light ceramic hob has four halogen zones with a designer stainless steel island extractor over. Further Miele appliances (available by negotiation) include a magnificent tall larder fridge with wine cooler and a separate integrated tall freezer adjacent, dishwasher with décor panel to the front, eye level multifunction oven, fan assisted oven under (both appliances have a grill facility). Adjacent to the side window there are two Franke stainless steel sink bowls with a designer mixer tap over and a waste disposal to the smaller sink. There is attractive pelmet lighting to the wall cupboards and this designer area provides formality to the dining room and drawing room. A door leads to the:

Utility Room
Continuation of the large designer ceramic floor tiling. Further Mark Wilkinson Lansbury cut oak floor cupboards plus a tall cupboard housing a Mini Max water softener and a Glo-Worm condenser boiler (Grade A boiler serving the central heating and hot water). The work surfaces are again Galaxy granite with matching upstands. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine and condenser tumble dryer. A door leads out to the side passageway.

First Floor

Part Galleried Landing
Double width airing cupboard housing a Mega-Flow style Tribune insulated hot water cylinder with immersion heater and slatted shelving, entry phone system, window to the side aspect to the half landing, doors to bedrooms and family bathroom.

Master Bedroom
Rear aspect, two large double built-in wardrobes, door to:

Luxury Designer En-Suite Bathroom
White suite comprising vanity wash hand basin with pillar style mixer tap and wc with concealed plumbing. There is a cupboard under the sink and a marble counter, which matches the sill to the window. In addition there is a double width shower cubicle, fully tiled with designer ceramics and a porcelain shower tray. The glass sliding doors are frameless with stainless steel furniture. In addition there is a substantial deep bath with a hand held shower and mixer tap. Walls are half tiled in attractive ceramics and there is a further marble clad display shelf. The chromium heated towel rail is of continental style and the floor is finished in designer tiling. There is an extractor fan, a shaver socket and an obscured glass window to the side aspect.

Bedroom Two/Guest Bedroom
Large double built-in wardrobe, tv point, telephone point, door to:

Jack & Jill Bathroom
With doors from the guest bedroom two and the landing, this designer bathroom again features a vanity wash hand basin with pillar style mixer tap set into marble counter and wc with concealed plumbing. In addition there is a double width shower cubicle, fully tiled with designer ceramics and a porcelain shower tray. The glass sliding doors are frameless with stainless steel furniture. In addition there is a substantial deep bath with a hand held shower and mixer tap. Walls are half tiled except to the shower cubicle and there is a large mirror over the tiling to the basin area. There is a marble display shelf and sill to the window and designer floor tiling. The chromium continental ladder style shower rail is a feature and there is an extractor fan.

Bedroom Three
Front aspect, double built-in wardrobe.

Bedroom Four
Front aspect, large double built-in wardrobe.

Bedroom Five
Front aspect, double built-in wardrobe, access to insulated and part boarded loft with light.

Outside

Front Garden
The property is entered by way of a Tegula block paved drive with granite set edging. This provides parking for two vehicles and access to the double width garage. A brick lined Indian Sandstone pathway provides access to the front door and continues around the side of the property where there is a lockable gate, which gives access to the rear garden. There is a manicured lawn and well stocked bark lined shaped beds with a variety of mainly evergreen specimen shrubs and there is external security lighting to the front elevations (There is an area of lawn to the left hand side of the garage following the fence line to the road with a young Silver Birch tree).

Double Width Garage
Heated, brick built with a pitched tiled roof providing potential light storage space, lights and power.

Rear Garden
Indian Stone paved terrace with pathway connecting to the side passageway and attractive brick edging. There is an extensive lawn with feature shrub bed and log edging to the higher lawn and side boundary. The garden is exceptionally well enclosed providing privacy and security and there is further security lighting to the rear and side elevations. There is also an outside power point and water tap to the wide side passageway.

Directions
From our West Byfleet office proceed south-west along Madeira Road and at the end turn right into Sheerwater Road. Continue through the traffic lights over the canal bridge to the mini roundabout and turn left into Woodham Lane. Woodham Gate is the 7th turning left after the mini roundabout and can be found more easily by turning left immediately before the bollards for the right hand turning into Martyr's Lane (wait at the electric gates for a representative of Waterfalls to join you).

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