4 bed detached house for sale

The Ridgeway, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24

An attractive double-fronted 1920s period family home, sensitively combining modern amenities with original period features. It is located in a highly desirable, peaceful setting within easy reach to local amenities and Brookwood train station with its regular train services to London Waterloo in around 35 minutes.

Dating from the 1920s and one of only 36 unique properties in the secluded Sheets Heath area of the village, Green Shutters is a charming detached double-fronted family home offering 2,012 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. It offers an exciting opportunity to extend the footprint, if required (Subject to the necessary consents).

In its current configuration the property provides a cohesive and practical living and entertaining environment. The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming entrance porch with a cloakroom/WC, opening to a through reception hall with a further front access entrance door, a fitted utility/pantry room and stairs rising to the first floor. It briefly comprises a large L-shaped dual aspect living room with a feature exposed brick chimney breast incorporating a fireplace and two sets of French doors to the rear terrace, a spacious triple aspect sitting room with a feature fireplace and space for a study area and a generous dining room with a rear aspect bay incorporating French doors to the terrace. A door from the dining room opens into an L-shaped kitchen/breakfast room. It has tiled flooring, a range of wall and base units, complementary work surfaces, modern integrated appliances and dual aspect breakfast area with space for a good-sized table for more informal meals and a door to the rear terrace.

On the first floor the property provides a dual aspect principal bedroom with a fitted dressing area, useful eaves storage and en suite shower room, three further well-proportioned bedrooms, two double and one single, and a family bathroom. The property also benefits from a boarded loft, providing additional storage.

Screened by mature hedging and trees and having plenty of kerb appeal, including its eponymous green window shutters, the property is approached over a block-paved herringbone-patterned in-and-out driveway providing private parking for multiple vehicles and leading past the house to give access to a detached double garage to the rear. Extending to 0.37 acres, the well-maintained rear garden is laid mainly to lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and hedging. It features a spacious terrace accessible from the living, dining and kitchen/breakfast rooms, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. On the doorstep are public recreational facilities including tennis courts and a playing field, heathland trails and a flat accessible towpath along a picturesque stretch of the Basingstoke canal

Brookwood village offers local shopping and eateries together with a church hall, petrol station, primary school, recreation ground, nature reserve and a country park with angling ponds. There are 3 golf courses within a 10-minute drive. The village also borders the Basingstoke Canal’s flight of locks, offering beautiful towpath walking and cycling routes. Woking town centre offers extensive shopping facilities including M&S, a community hospital, cinema, theatre, restaurants, pubs, leisure centres and schooling. Transportation links are excellent: Buses link the village to Woking, Frimley, Guildford and Camberley. Brookwood station (0.5 mile) offers regular services to Waterloo, and the A3 gives access to the south coast and to connections with the M3 and M25 road network. The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling.