5 bedroom detached house for sale

A five bedroom detached property located in the popular village of Layer de la Haye. The property is approached by a sizeable driveway offering plenty of off street parking, including a detached double garage with workshop. With accommodation that extends to approximately 2835sq ft, the property includes a well apportioned 22ft by 19ft sitting room / dining room that leads to an extensive garden room and kitchen breakfast room. The ground floor is complete with a separate family snug, utility room, boot room and downstairs shower room. This property is bright and spacious with the potential to be thoughtfully modernized with limited structural alterations or has the capacity, subject to planning, to be extended to offer a considerably larger foot print.
On the first floor, there are five bedrooms and family bathroom with the principle bedroom offering an en-suite and plenty of storage.

Outside, the enclosed rear garden is private with mature hedging providing a high degree of privacy. The side of the property and immediate rear has been laid to a stone terrace, perfect for entertaining in the warmer seasons, with the remaining garden laid to lawn interspersed with attractive birch trees.

The popular village of Layer de La Haye has its own primary school, two public houses and a local village store which provides shopping for your everyday needs. There is also an excellent farm shop selling local produce and home reared meat. Within walking distance is Abberton Reservoir and visitor centre, perfect for a family afternoon stroll to discover an abundance of wildlife, particularly the large variety of butterflies, birds and wildfowl. Very popular with birdwatchers and photographers. The surrounding countryside is also very popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists. There are many excellent hacking routes around the village.

Layer de La Haye is just outside the Roman city of Colchester which offers a wide range of shopping and recreational facilities, a range of highly regarded schools including the Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester High School, St Mary’s School for girls and Holmwood House Prep School as well as a mainline railway station with links to London Liverpool Street with a journey time of approximately 50 minutes. For health and leisure activities the house is 5 minutes to the heath spa and fitness centre at Bannatynes Kingsford Park, very popular with local families and, for more extensive facilities Fivelakes/Crowne Plaza Country Club and Golf Course is only a 10 minute drive.

TENURE - Freehold
COUNCIL TAX - F
LOCAL AUTHORITY - Colchester

SERVICES
Mains gas, electricity, water and drainage