5 bed detached house for sale

Dell House, Bishops Sutton Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24

Perfectly placed to make the best of a wet weekend or take advantage of the British summertime! There’s a sociable kitchen-diner, sitting room and study downstairs and a dedicated games room upstairs. And when the sun comes out again, open fields sit right behind the private, landscaped back garden.

Rain or shine, everyone in this impressive detached family home gets somewhere to go. From getting together in the games room upstairs, or a film in the sitting room. Outside the garden with views of the fields beyond it are right there waiting.

Chances are, the sitting room is where the family will end up most evenings. It’s filled with light throughout the day, with a log-burning stove for the colder months and double doors straight out to the garden for the warmer ones.

If you're working from home, the separate study gives you somewhere properly private to shut the door and get on with it.

The sociable kitchen-diner is perfect for family get-togethers or entertaining. Bi-fold doors open the whole space onto the patio, so cooking, eating and everyone else's homework can all happen in the same room without getting in each other's way. A walk-in larder and separate utility room keep the clutter out of sight, and there's internal access through to the double garage.

Upstairs, five bedrooms give everyone their own space, with the main bedroom benefiting from built-in wardrobes and its own ensuite.

Two more bedrooms sit right off the games room, which makes perfect sense if you've got teenagers - somewhere they can disappear to with friends without taking over the sitting room downstairs. Planning permission has been granted to extend the playroom onto a first-floor terrace, offering the opportunity to create an elevated outdoor space overlooking the fields and garden.

A stylish family bathroom serves the four bedrooms.

The garden's been landscaped with established shrubs, trees and colourful borders, wrapping round to a large patio terrace that's built for long summer evenings.

Beyond the back fence, open fields roll away giving the perfect sunset landscape.

Bishops Sutton itself has a 12th-century church, a village pub called the Ship which has recently benefited from a huge refurbishment and adds to the genuine sense of community, while Alresford is only a mile away with its Georgian streets, independent shops and a proper café culture.

Winchester and the M3 are within easy reach for the commute, and Winchester and Alton stations both run direct trains to London Waterloo.

There's no onward chain, so however quickly you want to move, nothing here is holding you up.

If you want a family home that gives everyone room to do their own thing - and still pulls you all back together for Sunday lunch - this is well worth a look.

I’m expecting plenty of interest, so get in touch to arrange a viewing.