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5 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
5 bed
4 bath
EPC rating: B*
0.30 acre(s)

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Service charge: £0 per annum
Council tax: Band H
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Stunning family home
  • Private gated development of 6 houses
  • Garden office/studio
  • Cinema and gym
  • Close to Maidenhead station for easy access to London
  • EPC Rating = D
A beautiful detached family home enjoying a wonderful semi-rural position

Description

The Shires is an exclusive gated development of six country homes built by Hicks Developments in 2017. No 2 is a beautiful, detached barn style property and is a stunning home which offers generous and flexible family accommodation. The property has been finished to a very high specification and includes marble flooring plus underfloor heating and hard-wired internet in every room.
Upon entry you are greeted with a light and spacious hall leading through to the sitting room overlooking the garden at the rear. The open plan family room also has views over the garden and leads into the kitchen/dining area. The kitchen is from Lanza and has quartz worktops, a granite topped island and Siemens appliances. There is also a utility room and cloakroom.

Leading off the hall is access to the integral large garage and the staircase to the lower
ground floor which comprises of a large gym/bedroom 5 and en suite shower room.
There is also a cinema room with the latest Yamaha Amp, arcam sound system and 89” Samsung TV with full Rack for additional inputs (sold by separate negotiation). The lower ground floor benefits from an air circulation system.

Upstairs there is the principal bedroom with an en suite bathroom and fitted wardrobes. There is a further guest suite, 2 double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Location

2 The Shires is privately situated, tucked away in the popular village of Littlewick Green. The village has a Montessori School, village pub (The Cricketers) and Red Roofs Theatre School. Comprehensive recreational, educational and shopping facilities can be found in Maidenhead. Excellent access to Maidenhead train station and the M4 and M40 (via the A404M) give 2 The Shires very good transport links (now with Crossrail). There is a comprehensive range of state and private schooling in the area, with horse racing, golf, boating activities all available close by. The nearby Knowl Hill Bridle Path is great for cycling, walking and riding. The regional market towns of Henley-on-Thames and Marlow are both within 6 miles and the other major regional centres of Reading and High Wycombe are both within 11 miles.

Square Footage: 3,960 sq ft


Acreage: 0.3 Acres

Directions

Leave Henley over the bridge and head east on White Hill/A4130 towards Remenham Lane and continue to follow the A4130 for 5.3 miles. At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Henley Road, turn left to stay on Henley Road 1.2 miles. At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Bath Road, A4. At the roundabout, take the second exit and stay on Bath road for 0.6 mile the turn left down Cherry Garden Lane and The Shires is on your right.

Additional Info

Drive into the gated development, which has private paddocks to both sides of the driveway adding to the country feel of the location, through another private gate accessing the property. There is parking at the front of the house and a large garage. The rear south facing garden is mainly laid to lawn and has a terrace, outdoor kitchen and hot tub. There is a garden office which was built recently and has air conditioning and bi fold doors.

Places of interest

    At Savills Henley, our services cover development, property management, letting and renting and of course buying and selling property. Whatever the service, we offer insightful and realistic advice throughout the process, using our local knowledge and experience. We cover all of Henley and the surrounding villages, along the Thames and out as far as the M4, M40 and from Wallingford to Littlewick Green. Most visited website Savills.co.uk is the most visited UK national estate agency website, averaging over 2.4 million visits a month in 2020, and recording over 3.1 million visits in January 2021. Global exposure Our site is available in 22 languages including English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. This guarantees your property will have the global exposure it deserves as well as providing access to more buyers via our website. Put simply, because we get more qualified visits, you get more opportunities to sell.

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    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on January 5, 2023

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    Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on January 5, 2023

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    Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
    Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services

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