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4 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Attractive Detached Property
- Substantial Accommodation
- Four bedrooms
- Garage & Garden
- Far reaching views
- Requires some modernisation
‘The Cottage’ is a handsome, double fronted, detached that will require some TLC, located just a short distance from both Gillingham and Mere in a rural setting, with far reaching countryside views. The accommodation is spacious and offers scope to further alter and improve where required. The ground floor accommodation currently comprises two reception rooms, both with fireplaces, front aspects and doors to the stairs and kitchen. The sitting room also leads to the main garden via UPVC French doors. To the rear of the property is the kitchen and beyond this a useful utility room. A covered area leads from here to a W/C and the back of the garage. On the first floor are four large double bedrooms and the main bathroom with a sloping ceiling and which is accessed from a half landing.
SITUATION
Forest Deer is a hamlet located between Mere and Motcombe. Mere is a charming and historic town located south of the Wiltshire Downs. The bustling town centre offers a range of excellent local facilities within the vibrant high street, including Co-Op Post Office and hairdressers and doctors surgery. attraction include the Hillbrush visitors centre and restaurant, Mere Down Falconry, Stourhead and King Alfred’s Tower. Gillingham (4 miles) offers further amenities such as an excellent range of shops to include Waitrose and Asda and a mainline railway station serving London Waterloo and the West Country. Mere benefits from close access to the A303 with an easy route to London via the M3.
OUTSIDE
The property sits alongside the road with an attached garage adjacent to the former vegetable garden and greenhouse. To the other side of the property lies the majority of the garden which is predominantly laid to lawn with mature hedges and trees. There are two gates allowing access onto the lane. The property enjoys far reaching views to the front and rear.
COUNCIL TAX
Dorset Council Tax D
EPC: F
SERVICES
Mains water and electricity are connected to the property. An oil fired boiler provides heating and hot water. Drainage is via a septic tank. Note: the septic tank may not comply with all the current regulations.
DIRECTIONS
Post code : SP8 5QL
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