5 bed detached house for sale

Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4

Home Farm House is an attractive double-fronted
period family home offering more than 3,200 sq
ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged
predominantly over two floors. Configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment, the property offers generouslyproportioned rooms with elegant neutral décor and quality fixtures and fittings including contemporary sanitaryware throughout. The accommodation flows from a gable end entrance lobby with a useful cloakroom and an inter-connecting wooden-floored reception hall with a fitted utility room with separate gable end access. It briefly comprises a family room with a front aspect bay window, exposed wooden flooring, a feature open fireplace and a door to a
neighbouring front aspect sitting room, also with
exposed wooden flooring and an original cast iron
feature open fireplace and with a front access door. A study has exposed wooden flooring and doors to the rear garden and to a neighbouring dual aspect dining room with tiled flooring. The dining room opens into a triple aspect kitchen/breakfast room, also accessible from the sitting room. It has a vaulted ceiling with exposed A frame beams, tiled flooring, a range of bespoke wall and base units, a breakfast bar, double
Belfast sink, complementary work surfaces, a fouroven Aga, modern integrated appliances, space for a good-sized table for more informal meals and French doors to the terrace. The property also benefits from generous cellarage, suitable for a variety of uses.

The part-vaulted first floor is accessible over a
concealed staircase off the study and a staircase
rising from the reception hall. It provides a principal bedroom with a front aspect bay window and fitted storage, four further bedrooms and a dressing room, together with a family shower room and a family bathroom with bath and separate shower enclosure.

Set behind low-level walling and featuring a bell tower and an inset front aspect wall clock, the property has plenty of kerb appeal. It is approached over a driveway providing private parking and giving access to a detached timber-framed triple carport. The part-walled wraparound garden is laid mainly to lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and mature specimen trees. It features a shed, a timber
summer house with French doors to the garden and a generous raised paved terrace, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining

The property sits next to the Ashridge Estate in
the Chilterns National Landscape, surrounded by
thousands of acres of National Trust woodland and
stunning rolling countryside connected by extensive footpaths and bridleways. Nearby Little Gaddesden village offers day-to-day amenities including a church, village shop, Post Office, farm shop, two pubs, a primary school and football, cricket, bowls, tennis and golf clubs. The historic market town of Berkhamsted offers comprehensive independent, high street and supermarket shopping, cafés, restaurants and pubs, primary and secondary schooling, a cinema and sports centre. Hemel Hempstead and St Albans both offer extensive shopping, service and recreational amenities. Transportation links are excellent: The M1 connects to the M25 and motorway network, and Berkhamsted station (4.6 miles) offers regular services to central London.