Schmaltings in the popular village of Baltonsborough offers a superb opportunity to purchase a wonderful family home with a smart contemporary edge, eco-friendly credentials and featuring its own swimming pool, sauna and orchard. As you would expect from a home owned by an architect the design is exceptionally well thought out with Western Red Cedar cladding and galvanised steel guttering making the front elevation quite stunning on first sight.

A floor to ceiling glass panel provides wonderful light into the entrance hall where there is a downstairs cloakroom and access into the spacious open plan living area via the sitting room and kitchen. This fantastic area perfectly provides for family living and entertaining with doors that open it up onto the garden for a seamless transition during the warmer months with a Stovax woodburner and tradtional cast iron radiators making it cosy in the cooler months of the year. The kitchen is beautifully fitted with a combination of grey and white units and integrated Miele appliances including a triplet of ovens, wine fridge and dishwasher. A stylish island unit finished with yellow work top sits opposite the gas hob with extractor fan over. The kitchen has a lovely outlook towards the playing fields opposite the house and faces east, so morning coffee can be made whilst enjoying the morning sun and perhaps contemplating a swim. Just off the kitchen a separate utility area has been thoughtfully fitted with a range of storage cupboards, Belfast sink and fridge/freezer. Adjacent to the kitchen an impressive double height family room features a woodburning stove for cosy winter evenings and doors into the garden. This room is punctuated with a distinctive cast iron spiral staircase leading to a mezzanine bedroom which if required could be combined with the first floor of the main house. On the ground floor the clever positioning of a shower room, WC and sauna, with additional outdoor access to the swimming pool, means this room has everything needed to provide separate accommodation for guests or family as well as providing pre and post swim amenities.

Stairs lead up from the entrance hall to a central landing where four bedrooms and a family bathroom lead off. The main bedroom looks out over the rear garden and is fitted with bespoke Beech veneer cupboards, wardrobes and dressing table. A second rear facing double bedroom features a vanity unit with sink and both these rear facing rooms enjoy far reaching countryside views toward Butleigh Court. The two front facing bedrooms, one a double and one a single, both enjoy the convenience of fitted wardrobes. The family bathroom is very stylish with the large walk-in shower featuring soft rubber flooring while white metro wall tiling and flooring that matches the paintwork completes the stunning contemporary look here. Additionally to that offered in the main house and connected via a covered walkway from the utility room, there is a configuration of practical buildings including a very generous 10M wide double garage with adjacent store and workshop. Stairs lead to a further store and separate studio accommodation which is fitted with a granite topped kitchenette and metro tiled shower room. Subject to planning consent this area could gain permission to become an income generating annexe or remain as it is, providing accommodation for older children, guests or relatives. We highly recommend viewing to appreciate all that this unique property provides.

Outside
Entry to the property is through a wooden five barred gate where there is plenty of parking on the block paved and tarmac driveway which is bordered by well-established attractive planting. At the rear the scheme has been designed using ‘garden rooms’ with Beech hedging and yew being used to great effect to divide the different rooms. An area of raised vegetable beds is set within block paving set off with clipped Buxus. The garden provides plenty to keep a keen gardener happy with Roses, Azaleas and Rhododendrons providing striking colour that is combined with evergreen structural planting and a softer herbaceous scheme in the beds making this a delightful place to be all year-round. The swimming pool is heated via an air source heat pump which is powered by solar energy and is fitted with a telescopic cover making it an almost year-round feature of life at Schmaltings.

There is c.1 acre paddock to the rear of the property which is available by separate negotiation, planted with established apple and plum trees. (There is a mutual covenant on this paddock and the neighbouring paddock which protects them both from being built on).  

Situation
Baltonsborough is a lively and popular village in the heart of Somerset. Local amenities include a good local pub, a village hall, a primary school. Shopping can be found in nearby Street (with its famous Outlet stores at Clarks Village), the market town of Somerton and the historic city of Wells just a short drive away. Local attractions include the Glastonbury festival, the Hauser and Wirth Roth Bar and gallery in Bruton, the Kingweston Golf Club and several good local pubs and restaurants. Bath and Bristol are both about an hour’s drive to the North. Local independent schools include Millfield School, All Hallows prep school, Hazelgrove the Bruton schools and Wells Cathedral. Maintained schools include Strode College, Crispin School, Brookside Academy and the blue school in Wells.

Local transport links are excellent with a mainline railway station in nearby Castle Cary offering direct services to London and the South West. The A37 and A303 offer good road links to London and the M5.

NOTE: This property is new to the market but the photos were taken last year.

Services
Mains drainage, water and electricity. Solar panels with a feed in tariff, LPG gas supply for the kitchen hob, oil fired central heating and an air source heat pump for the swimming pool. Broadband 100 mb/s

Local Authority: Mendip District Council

Council Tax: Band : F

EPC: C

Tenure: Freehold

Directions: From the A361 turn right onto Woodlands road continuing onto Coxbridge Drove. Continue onto Burnetts Lane, turn left onto Martin Street and the property will be found on the right.

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Council Tax Band: F
Tenure: Freehold