This contemporary, architect-designed, detached house, in a delightful edge-of-village location enjoys views over the glorious Monmouthshire countryside and has been carefully planned for ease, practicality and energy efficiency.

Oslo is a versatile property, ideal as a family home, with an excellent local primary school adding to its appeal for those with young children. It would also be a convenient home for downsizers. It benefits from a light-filled, open-plan layout; double-height spaces; sleek, minimalist interiors, a ground-floor principal suite and wonderful areas for outdoor entertaining.

Designed and built in 2017, to meet the vendor's exacting requirements, this one-off property was developed to meet her vision for a home that was "modern, very, very light and open plan." It is a premium quality and thoughtfully detailed property, with a high spec finish, including excellent insulation, which means it enjoys an impressive EPC rating of B. Wooden, grey-painted double glazed windows are used throughout and include several large apex windows which fill the house with natural light and frame the breath-taking rural views.

Oslo stands in a peaceful location at the end of a no through country lane on the outskirts of the pretty hillside village of Mynyddbach (meaning small mountain in Welsh). At the heart of the Monmouthshire countryside, it is surrounded by wonderful walks and enjoys beautiful views of open fields and rolling hills and valleys. Less than a mile away, in the village of Shirenewton, there is a local pub, church and recreation hall. Around five miles away, the market town of Chepstow provides shops, services and further recreation and social opportunities. The property is within easy access of the M48 motorway network for commuting to Bristol, London, Newport and Cardiff.

Step inside:- - A glazed entrance door opens to a large porch flooded with light from two Velux windows in the vaulted roof. The porch has attractive, hardwearing wood effect flooring which continues throughout the ground floor. Directly opposite the entrance door, there is useful coat hanging space concealed behind sleek double sliding doors.

The porch opens into an inner hallway, from which a glazed wooden staircase leads up to the first floor. A door from the hallway opens to the outstanding open plan kitchen/dining/living space. This is divided into three distinct zones, with a stylish, dual-facing Dovre wood burning stove in a central chimney breast separating the living and dining areas. Another feature of these two zones is the LED lighting inset into the ceiling.

From the living area a pair of French doors opens to a gravelled terrace and views of the garden and the rolling Monmouthshire hills. From the dining area, there are two sets of trifold doors, one set opening to the same gravelled terrace and the other to a large, paved patio at the side of the house. The dining area is particularly bright and airy, with the ceiling above it soaring to double height and light flooding in from a large apex window.

The sleek, Wren kitchen has been carefully thought through, to provide ample cupboards and drawers which make for clutter-free work surfaces. It has a central island/breakfast bar with a bank of ceiling lights over. There is a comprehensive range of Neff integrated appliances, including a hob set in the island and elsewhere, an integrated oven and a separate oven/microwave. The kitchen has elegant white granite worksurfaces and contemporary grey Metro tiled splash backs. Innovative refinements, which the vendor particularly appreciates, include pop-up power sockets and a shallow drainer sink alongside the main sink.

The property benefits from the convenience of a ground floor principal bedroom. Taking up one wall of this bedroom is a modern Gliderobes built-in wardrobe with triple sliding doors and a matching built-in chest of drawers. There is a luxury, fully-tiled ensuite shower room with non-slip floor tiles and a generous amount of vanity units. From the bedroom, a set of French doors opens to the gravelled terrace and the views.

The downstairs accommodation is completed by a neatly-fitted WC off the inner hallway. Here there is a cupboard to hide the washing machine, with space on top to stack a dryer.

The ground floor benefits from underfloor heating throughout, with radiators upstairs. The property is so well insulated that, with the wood burner and sunlight pouring in through the windows, the vendor rarely needs to use the heating.

The first floor of the property boasts two spacious double bedrooms. One of these, which the vendor also uses as a study, is filled with light from two Velux windows and a tall apex window to the side of the house. It also has a glazed gallery, which means it benefits from light from the apex window above the dining area. The vendor has placed her desk in the gallery space. "It is a pleasant spot to sit and work and enjoy the countryside views."

This bedroom also benefits from a single cupboard with hanging space as well as eaves storage. There is further eaves storage accessed from the landing. The second upstairs bedroom, which has a single Velux window, also benefits from eaves storage.

Both upstairs bedrooms share a fully-tiled, modern family bathroom, which has a bath with a shower attachment, a comprehensive range of sleek vanity units and a heated towel rail.

Outside - Oslo owns a large, tarmac parking area, located to the side of the property, which is shared with two semi-detached family homes which the vendor had built on adjacent land, granting a right to park for four cars. The three remaining spaces are used by Oslo and there is room to create up to two more spaces if needed.

Steps and an alternative pathway lead down from the parking area to a large paved terrace at the side of the house. Accessed through trifold doors from the dining area, this south and east-facing terrace, with views over the garden and valley, makes the most spectacular, sheltered outdoor entertaining space.

A curved wall at the back of the house leads round to the entrance door. Meanwhile to the front there is a large gravelled terrace and beyond that a wooden garden shed, incorporating a storage area, log store and tool store.

Steps lead down from the upper terrace and patio to a lower level, to an area of grass, three raised wooden vegetable and flower beds, a wildflower area and a wildlife pond. There is a flower border along the terrace, a shrubbery and established trees near the car park and five fruit trees near a wooden decked area in front of the garden shed. The decking is a lovely place to relax in the evening. "I put a table and chairs there so I can sit and enjoy the last of the sun before it disappears behind the hill."

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