4 bed detached house for sale

Budleigh Salterton, Devon EX9

Description

Knowle House Lodge has undergone an extensive redevelopment and complete refurbishment by the current owners, resulting in a beautifully presented contemporary family home that perfectly blends character features with modern living.

The property opens into a welcoming entrance hall, providing access to a useful home office/study and generous storage space. The spacious sitting room enjoys an attractive countryside outlook to the front and features a charming fireplace with wood-burning stove, together with double doors opening directly onto the garden.

At the heart of the home is the impressive 28ft kitchen/breakfast room, beautifully designed for modern family living and entertaining. This triple-aspect space benefits from Amtico flooring with underfloor heating, an extensive range of fitted wall and base units, integrated appliances, and a central breakfast bar. Bi-fold doors open seamlessly onto the large patio and sun terrace, creating an excellent indoor-outdoor flow. Leading from the kitchen is a practical utility room with additional storage and direct garden access, along with a separate downstairs WC.

The first floor offers four generous double bedrooms, all enjoying delightful countryside views, together with a well-appointed family bathroom featuring a bath, separate shower, WC and wash basin. The principal bedroom suite is particularly impressive, benefitting from sliding picture doors with a glass balustrade and a contemporary en-suite shower room. Completing tji sfloor is a modern bathroom with traverteen tiling and a stunning view of the neighbouring Lily Farm Vinyard.

Formerly the lodge to Knowle House and believed to date back to 1890, the property retains a sense of history and character while offering stylish and versatile accommodation throughout.
Externally, the property is approached via a sweeping gated driveway providing ample parking for numerous vehicles. The gardens are mainly laid to lawn and complemented by a variety of mature fruit trees and flowering plants. Situated opposite the driveway is a substantial timber-framed double garage, garden store, and separate garden room with decked sun terrace. All buildings benefit from power and offer excellent potential for future conversion, subject to the necessary planning permissions.

Situation

Knowle is a hamlet in the favoured East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (anob), close to the coast and with an abundance of walks through sleepy lanes and woodland trails. It lies just 2 miles from the centre of the charming and sought after seaside town of Budleigh Salterton which is a wonderful coastal town on the World Heritage Jurassic coastline. The beautiful two mile long beach, framed by the picturesque sandstone cliffs, is renowned for its pebbles and wonderful vistas, and is considered one of the most desirable coastal locations in the UK. There are a wealth of facilities befitting a town of its importance including shops, pubs, restaurants, theatre, sailing, croquet, bowls, tennis, shooting and cricket clubs plus East Devon Golf Club. The cathedral and university city of Exeter is only 14.3 miles away and offers an extensive range of facilities and schooling.

Directions

From the M5 at Exeter take the Sidmouth Road towards Clyst St Mary. At the roundabout take the A376 Exmouth Road towards Clyst St George. At the roundabout take the B3179 Woodbury Road taking you through the village of Woodbury. At the end of the road take the B3180 towards Exmouth/Budleigh Salterton and follow this road as it merges into the B3179. At the Knowle Hill roundabout take the first exit towards Budleigh Salterton and after 0.3 miles take the first lefthand turn towards Knowle. After 0.2 miles turn left onto Dalditch Lane and the property will be on your lefthand side just past the entrance of Lily Farm Vineyard.

Services:

The vendor has advised the following: Mains gas (serving the central heating and hot water), mains electricity, water and drainage. Woodburning stove. Wet Underfloor heating system to ground floor. Dry Underfloor heating system in the two upstairs bathrooms. Telephone landline not currently under Contract. Broadband: (fttc) Download speed 40 Mbps and Upload speed 10 Mbps currently under Contract with Plusnet. Mobile signal: Several networks currently showing as available at the property including O2, EE, Three and Vodafone.

Agents Note:

The property benefits from a Podpoint Electric Vehicle Charging point. The vendors advise that there are 2 security cameras at the rear of the property / 1 on the shed monitoring the driveway and 1 on the back of the house monitoring the patio.

The vendor advises that Planning Permission was granted for a side and rear extension in November 2015 (Ref No 15/2241/ful - pp-04523558) Further details available on the East Devon Planning Portal.

The driveway at the front belongs to the neighbouring property Knowle House, the vendors of Knowle House Lodge have a right of way to access their property. They advise that they have never been asked to contribute to any form of maintenance etc.

The vendors also advise that the flooring downstairs is Karndean lvt (fully replaced April 2025 under an insurance claim, as there was an escape of water from the back of the water meter which damaged part of the flooring. As the flooring flows seamlessly throughout the whole ground (truncated)