House For Sale £1,650,000
A 1950’s style property situated in one of the most prestigious addresses in the exclusive Loudwater locality. This property with attractive brick elevations offers five bed accommodation and is set within a mature and beautifully landscaped plot which has the benefit of additional lightly wooded paddock space. The accommodation is well presented with a modern fresh and bright atmosphere set in a very prestigious semi-rural location. This lovely house offers considerable living space with four reception rooms, a leisure room and five very well-proportioned bedrooms two with en-suite shower rooms.
The house sits within Bridle Lane which is a private gated road and this particular location is one of the most exclusive residential locations in the area. It affords easy access to London via Rickmansworth Station with the Metropolitan line into Baker Street and the Chiltern line into Marylebone station. The location is at the eastern end of the Chilterns within the lovely Chess Valley between Rickmansworth, Chorleywood and Watford with access to the motorway network via junctions 17 & 18 of the M25.
The main entrance has an original timber door with glazed panel from under a decorative Storm porch. The entrance door opens into a very bright and welcoming hallway with a feature staircase to the main landing and all of the first-floor accommodation.
Many of the principal ground floor rooms have direct access off this imposing hallway which has an under stairs cloaks and storage cupboard.
From the hallway a tall square arch structure gives access into a generous size Lounge with two large windows to the front and rear and attractive views over the rear garden and paddock. This main reception room has direct access into the dedicated dining space with glazed doors and fixed glazed side panels onto the patio and access to the rear garden. From the main reception space, a door opens into a leisure room used as a gymnasium and games room.
Off the hallway there is a door into a double aspect home office/study space and there is a cloakroom and under stairs storage room off the main hallway.
The kitchen is a particular feature of this property and is a statement of modern design and a lovely combination of traditional dining space and functional kitchen space which features granite worktops, a velux skylight and high quality fitted furniture finished in grey and spaces for a host of free standing appliances including a range style cooker. The kitchen opens into a Garden Room dining/breakfast space with walk in bay feature with full height glazed doors which give direct access to the paved rear terrace and into the lovely rear garden.
A door from this garden room diner into a further reception space used as a “snug room” with a window to the rear.
From the kitchen a door opens into a big utility/laundry room with spaces and service connections for a number of laundry appliances and an unusually large Belfast sink. There is direct access from the laundry utility room into the large garage/storeroom and workshop.
From the main entrance hall, a stairway leads up to a lovely bright landing with a velux style window to the front. This landing affords access to all bedrooms, the family bathroom, loft space and airing cupboard.
The main bedroom is accessed via a dressing room with an extensive range of fitted wardrobes and steps down to the main bedroom. There are windows to front and rear and further steps up to a door into an en-suite shower room with large shower, twin wash basins, WC and a towel radiator. There is a window to the front.
Bedrooms 2,3,4 and 5 are all accessed off the landing and bedroom two has the benefit of an en-suite shower room.
The good size family bathroom has a door off the main landing and is fitted with a period style bathroom suite and offers a bath with separate shower, a pedestal basin and a towel radiator. The walls are part tiled and there is a window to the rear.
A gas boiler wall mounted in the garage provides central heating via radiators and hot water via a hot water cylinder. Most of the windows are high quality UPVC frames with double glazing and leaded lights on most of the front elevations
To the front of the property there is an extensive carriage drive with a central lawn area, landscaped border beds and mature planted boundaries. A tall well maintained laurel boundary hedge fronting Bridle Lane. The main driveway provides access to the large garage which is set on the side of the property which provides additional storage and workshop space and a door with access to the laundry/utility room.
There is a wide pedestrian gated access from the front driveway running down the side of the main house with access to the substantial back garden.
The secluded back garden has a full width paved patio adjacent to the property and extends onto a lawn area via a few steps down and with mature planted beds. The garden has a substantial Hartley Botanic Victorian Villa greenhouse and a large designer fish pond fitted with specialist filtration plant There is additional gated pedestrian access on the eastern boundary which leads into a fully fenced paddock with open area of grass and interspersed with small groups of mature trees. The garden has secure fenced boundaries, and the paddock is adjacent to farm fields at the rear.
The area is well resourced with excellent state and private schools as well as extensive leisure facilities, gastro pubs and good local shopping.
Service Charge
£200 per annum (towards road maintenance)
Local Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Council Tax Band
Band G
Agency Notes
All buyers should note that we will require proof of funding and suitable id to support any offers you wish to make on this property.
D1/0803212
The house sits within Bridle Lane which is a private gated road and this particular location is one of the most exclusive residential locations in the area. It affords easy access to London via Rickmansworth Station with the Metropolitan line into Baker Street and the Chiltern line into Marylebone station. The location is at the eastern end of the Chilterns within the lovely Chess Valley between Rickmansworth, Chorleywood and Watford with access to the motorway network via junctions 17 & 18 of the M25.
The main entrance has an original timber door with glazed panel from under a decorative Storm porch. The entrance door opens into a very bright and welcoming hallway with a feature staircase to the main landing and all of the first-floor accommodation.
Many of the principal ground floor rooms have direct access off this imposing hallway which has an under stairs cloaks and storage cupboard.
From the hallway a tall square arch structure gives access into a generous size Lounge with two large windows to the front and rear and attractive views over the rear garden and paddock. This main reception room has direct access into the dedicated dining space with glazed doors and fixed glazed side panels onto the patio and access to the rear garden. From the main reception space, a door opens into a leisure room used as a gymnasium and games room.
Off the hallway there is a door into a double aspect home office/study space and there is a cloakroom and under stairs storage room off the main hallway.
The kitchen is a particular feature of this property and is a statement of modern design and a lovely combination of traditional dining space and functional kitchen space which features granite worktops, a velux skylight and high quality fitted furniture finished in grey and spaces for a host of free standing appliances including a range style cooker. The kitchen opens into a Garden Room dining/breakfast space with walk in bay feature with full height glazed doors which give direct access to the paved rear terrace and into the lovely rear garden.
A door from this garden room diner into a further reception space used as a “snug room” with a window to the rear.
From the kitchen a door opens into a big utility/laundry room with spaces and service connections for a number of laundry appliances and an unusually large Belfast sink. There is direct access from the laundry utility room into the large garage/storeroom and workshop.
From the main entrance hall, a stairway leads up to a lovely bright landing with a velux style window to the front. This landing affords access to all bedrooms, the family bathroom, loft space and airing cupboard.
The main bedroom is accessed via a dressing room with an extensive range of fitted wardrobes and steps down to the main bedroom. There are windows to front and rear and further steps up to a door into an en-suite shower room with large shower, twin wash basins, WC and a towel radiator. There is a window to the front.
Bedrooms 2,3,4 and 5 are all accessed off the landing and bedroom two has the benefit of an en-suite shower room.
The good size family bathroom has a door off the main landing and is fitted with a period style bathroom suite and offers a bath with separate shower, a pedestal basin and a towel radiator. The walls are part tiled and there is a window to the rear.
A gas boiler wall mounted in the garage provides central heating via radiators and hot water via a hot water cylinder. Most of the windows are high quality UPVC frames with double glazing and leaded lights on most of the front elevations
To the front of the property there is an extensive carriage drive with a central lawn area, landscaped border beds and mature planted boundaries. A tall well maintained laurel boundary hedge fronting Bridle Lane. The main driveway provides access to the large garage which is set on the side of the property which provides additional storage and workshop space and a door with access to the laundry/utility room.
There is a wide pedestrian gated access from the front driveway running down the side of the main house with access to the substantial back garden.
The secluded back garden has a full width paved patio adjacent to the property and extends onto a lawn area via a few steps down and with mature planted beds. The garden has a substantial Hartley Botanic Victorian Villa greenhouse and a large designer fish pond fitted with specialist filtration plant There is additional gated pedestrian access on the eastern boundary which leads into a fully fenced paddock with open area of grass and interspersed with small groups of mature trees. The garden has secure fenced boundaries, and the paddock is adjacent to farm fields at the rear.
The area is well resourced with excellent state and private schools as well as extensive leisure facilities, gastro pubs and good local shopping.
Service Charge
£200 per annum (towards road maintenance)
Local Authority
Three Rivers District Council
Council Tax Band
Band G
Agency Notes
All buyers should note that we will require proof of funding and suitable id to support any offers you wish to make on this property.
D1/0803212
