5 bedroom detached house for sale

An imposing Tudor-style house in landscaped grounds set within a gated development.

Description

A beautifully presented three-storey, five bedroom house, built in 2016 in the Tudor style offering light-filled accommodation and presented to an extremely high standard. The house provides many modern features and is set within a secure gated development, with a south-westerly facing garden incorporating woodland, offering a peaceful and private feel.

The property is entered from the front via a generous entrance hall with double doors that lead to the kitchen/breakfast room. This space boasts an array of finely crafted units surrounding a central island topped with quartz worktops. The kitchen has been fitted with a range of integrated appliances and also benefits from underfloor heating, tiled flooring and bi-fold doors on two sides, offering access to and stunning views of the rear garden and woodland.

A separate utility room is accessible from the kitchen. The sitting room is a delightful space, full of natural light and features oak flooring, a fireplace with a wood-burning stove, and French doors opening onto the rear garden. Additionally, there's a spacious dining room also with oak flooring a wood-burning stove. An impressive oak glazed staircase rises to the first floor.

On the first floor there are four bedrooms. The principal suite boasts garden views, a charming vaulted ceiling, a Juliet balcony and an expansive dressing area along with a luxurious four-piece en suite bathroom. Bedroom two overlooks the front of the property and also provides an en suite bathroom. Bedrooms three and four share a three-piece family bathroom. Rising to the second floor, there is the fifth bedroom with en suite bathroom.

Outside
To the exterior the garden is south-westerly facing and commences with a large paved terrace, ideal for outdoor dining and entertaining, having been fitted with external ambient lighting. A single door from the terrace leads into the double garage. The garden is encompassed by mature woodland offering a tranquil private area totalling about 0.48 acres.

Services
All mains services connected. The property has recently benefited from the installation of Ultra Full Fast Fibre broadband services.

Agent's note
A 'common areas' annual maintenance charge is levied on all properties within the gated community. These annual costs are currently circa £250 for general maintenance and an additional £300 for those properties in the private gated land.

Location

Chelmsford: 4.8 miles, Ingatestone: 5 miles, Brentwood: 10.2 miles , Epping: 13.9 miles, Stansted Airport: 13.2 miles. All distances approximate.

The property occupies an exclusive modern development comprising mainly larger family homes, set amongst open countryside and protected woodland.

Edney Common, Highwood lies some 4 miles to the west of Chelmsford between Roxwell and Ingatestone. Highwood has a C of E primary school which is within walking distance of the house.

To the south, Ingatestone has a thriving village centre with many shops, restaurants and further schooling including the renowned Anglo European School. At Ingatestone there is direct access on to the A12 and also a mainline railway station with a service to London Liverpool Street.

The surrounding countryside around Highwood is some of the most attractive in Essex with many cycle and bridleways connecting the villages to the north towards Dunmow and Bishop's Stortford, and to the south through Navestock towards Brentwood.

Brentwood School, King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, Chelmsford County High School for Girls and New Hall School are within easy reach.

Square Footage: 2,994 sq ft


Acreage: 0.48 Acres

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