4 bedroom detached house for sale

HOMEWAY,

HOMEWAY CORNER, WESTHAY, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9TP

The house has a central entrance hall, wet room, dining room, 25” sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, utility room. Upstairs, there are 4 bedrooms, all with built-in-wardrobes, one has an ensuite shower room, and there is a family shower room.

Outside a gated gravel drive fans out to create a parking area plus there is a double garage. An expansive garden wraps around the whole house (circa 1 acre). The enclosed, private, rear garden is perfect for pets and children.

Location

Set well back from the road behind a mature hedge line, this house is nestled between the two villages of Westhay and Meare. There is a good pub in Westhay and a part time post office, shop and primary school in Meare. Both villages have good communities, and they share a village hall.

More comprehensive facilities are available 3 miles southeast in Glastonbury or Wedmore 4 miles north.

There is excellent walking immediately accessible on footpaths and tracks. Nature Reserves and the Avalon Centre are all within a mile.

Description

A home that ticks all the boxes. This super property has extremely comfortable and welcoming accommodation with bags of space both upstairs and downstairs. As well as a large sitting room the recently fitted kitchen and utility is an appealing feature. Outside a huge garden offers plenty of scope for various uses, including potentially a plot subject to planning.

Accommodation

A covered porch shelters the front door which opens to a bright and spacious reception hall. The ground floor rooms radiator from here. To the right is a large wet room ideally suited to those with mobility issues. To the left, a triple aspect sitting room makes the most of garden views and has a classic Bath stone fireplace with gas fire for ease to give comfort in the winter months. There are French doors out to the south facing terrace. Internal doors open to the dining room which has views over the rear garden. a door leads back to the central hallway.

The kitchen is to the right of the hall, and it has space for a breakfast table and again a window above the sink offers views of the rear garden. The kitchen is fresh and functional with attractive, sleek units, electric hob, extractor, eye-level oven and separate combi microwave oven. A large American fridge freezer is plumbed in, and there is an integrated dishwasher. Beyond the kitchen the utility room has a sink and fitted base and wall units with space for a washing machine. A door leads out to the rear garden and another door leads out to the front drive. Beside the kitchen is a versatile room, which would be an ideal office.

Upstairs there are 4 very good-sized bedrooms with attractive views of the garden. One has an ensuite shower room and there is a family shower room. They all have built in wardrobes, and in addition the galleried landing is very spacious with a large window to the front and there’s access to the loft where a ladder and a light make it easy to utilize the boarded space for storage.

Outside

An attractive gated drive meanders past the front of the property to the double garage. There is plenty of space for parking vehicles. The double garage has a remote up and over door on the left and a manual door on the right and a pedestrian entrance at the back, it has electricity and space for storage of vehicles and /or garden equipment.

An enclosed garden wraps around to the back of the property with a terrace adjacent to the house and a huge lawn, bounded by mature trees, giving total privacy. There is plenty of scope to make your mark on the garden if you are a keen gardener. Alternatively, a hot tub on the terrace is a perfect place to relax.

As well as rear garden there is an area of lawn to the front.

Given the size of the plot and the fact that there is an old gateway out to the road, someone might want to investigate if there is scope to create separate dwelling on the south side of the plot STP.

Tenure and other points

Freehold. Mains water, electricity, drainage. Oil fired central heating and hot water. Council Tax Band G. EPC rating D. Piano and fridge/freezer included in sale.

About the area

Meare is a village and civil parish 3 miles northwest of Glastonbury and has been a settled site for even longer than Glastonbury. The parish Church of St Mary, formerly in the keeping of Glastonbury Abbey dates from 1323 and is a Grade I listed building. The village also has a primary school, village meeting rooms, a number of societies and clubs and a good community spirit.

A farm shop selling essentials and local produce is located on the outskirts of the village between Meare and Westhay. Close by is the Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve with superb walks along numerous paths with trails and hides, a great way to escape the hustle and bustle of daily life. The Heath has an abundance wildlife including Otters, Marsh Harriers, Bitterns, Great White and Cattle Egrets and the fabulous Starling murmurations in the spring and autumn, these are a magnificent and often twice daily sight around the village. There is easy access to the other towns of the area including Wells, Street and Wedmore whilst Bristol and Yeovil are well within commuting distance.

Glastonbury's past and its present are linked with its dominant landmark and the town grew up alongside the Abbey and become a manufacturing and trading centre. Today it’s a thriving market town and a major tourist venue, welcoming thousands of visitors each year. Medieval Glastonbury - designated a conservation area - clusters around the evocative ruins of the Abbey.

There are excellent state & independent schools, Wells Blue School, St Dunstan's, Wells Cathedral School, Strode College, Millfield and the Bruton schools.

Important Notes

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Identity verification & Anti Money Laundering (AML) Requirements

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We are required to use a specialist third party service to verify the purchaser(s) identity.

The cost of these checks is £60 (inc. VAT) per person. This is payable at the point an offer is accepted and our purchaser information forms completed, prior to issuing Memorandum of Sales to both sellers and buyers and their respective conveyancing solicitors. This is a legal requirement and the charge is non-refundable.

Property Details

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VIEWINGS

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All viewings are by appointment with the Agents.

Roderick Thomas, 1 Priory Road, Wells, BA5 1SR.

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