5 bed detached house for sale

Ackender Road, Alton GU34

A well-appointed individual detached family house occupying a very convenient location for the amenities of the town (0.9 of a mile to the mainline station) and public gardens. The house stands within generous grounds of in all about 0.19 of an acre and has light and well-proportioned accommodation with spacious rooms, high ceilings and large windows. The generous accommodation provides an ideal layout for everyday family living and is set off a reception hall with a sitting room, dining room and family room. The elegant sitting room is a very attractive living space and has a central fireplace together with doors opening into the family room. The family room could either be furnished as a home office or 2nd sitting room/play room and overlooks the rear garden. The dining room extends to and is set to the opposite side of the reception hall and adjoins the kitchen/breakfast room. The kitchen has the benefit of double doors opening out to the garden and is fitted with a range of eye and base level cabinets together with an oven and electric hob. The ground floor accommodation is completed with a utility room and a cloakroom.

There are five bedrooms to the first floor including a principal bedroom benefiting from an en suite shower room.

The house is in good decorative order and has the considerable benefit of double glazed windows and a gas fired central heating system. The property could also be further enlarged with the conversion of the loft space (subject to any necessary planning and building control consents).

Outside

The house stands within a generous and attractive landscaped garden. The grounds provide a beautiful setting and are far larger than initially expected with areas of lawn, well stocked flower and shrub borders and a variety of young and mature trees including a magnolia. A paved terrace adjoins the family room and kitchen/breakfast room and provides an ideal outside entertaining area. An area of raised decking provides a further outdoor space for relaxation and enjoying the garden. A timber shed with a work bench is also set within the rear garden. A private driveway provides ample parking to the front and access to the oak framed car barn.

Situation

Ackender Road is a favoured location of the town and about a third of a mile from the High Street. The historic market town of Alton has a good range of High Street shops including Waitrose and M&S, weekly and specialist markets, schooling for all age groups, sports centre, two outlying golf courses and mainline railway station connecting to London Waterloo. The A31 provides a route to the A3 and M3 linking to London, the South Coast and beyond.

Property Ref Number:

Ham-64532