House For Sale £600,000
There has been an addition of a kitchen/dining room extending onto a patio, a second bathroom, a double aspect loft room, and a re-landscaped garden and driveway.
The period feel of the house has been sympathetically retained throughout the restoration and extension, with period features, solid oak flooring, stairs, architraves and skirtings. Mains gas and drainage have been added, along with insulated solid ground floors with underfloor central heating, a new water supply, designer radiators, as well as being reroofed, rewired and re-plastered throughout.
It has extensive thermal and acoustic insulation added, in addition to hi-speed fibre broadband, mobile phone controlled heating systems, window blinds throughout the house, LED down-lights, and a water softener treating the whole-house supply, with a filtered drinking water system added in the kitchen.
The attractive rural village of Warren Row sits within a delightful network of footpaths and woodland, yet is within easy reach of the Elizabeth Line railway stations and the national motorway network.
The Cotswold gravel driveway of approximately 60ft provides ample off-road parking for three cars.
Steps lead up to the part glazed front door. The front elevation of the cottage has recently been repointed and has attractive diamond brick detail.
The sitting room has a front aspect fully-opening window, the original exposed beam to the ceiling and the original period architrave around the window and door. The cast iron fireplace has a newly fitted wood burning stove, with shelving and cupboards on either side. The Italian porcelain flagstone flooring runs throughout the ground floor and patio. The house has the advantage of underfloor heating throughout the ground floor, operated over three zones by the gas central heating boiler. There is also insulated plasterboard lining the front wall.
The inner hallway accommodates the utility area, having an under-stairs cupboard and a cloakroom alcove with storage over. The utility area has a solid oak worktop with space for a washer-dryer underneath and has the wall-mounted gas fired combination boiler above.
Leading off the hallway is the recently created ground floor shower room, entered using the solid oak ledged and braced door with vintage period fittings. It features a period white and chrome suite with a corner shower having a rainfall shower head and additional hand wand, a wash hand basin, a w.c. With high-level cistern, fully tiled walls, a period radiator with heated towel rail and underfloor heating.
Beyond the hallway there is the recently added kitchen extension, featuring a full range of modern handle-less kitchen furniture with white wall units and contrasting wood-effect base units and matching worktops, having eight soft-close large drawers, with a further six hidden drawers inside, and subway-style tiled walls above the worktops. There is an inset one-and-a-half bowl sink unit with a mixer and filtered water taps. The cooking appliances consist of a four-zone induction hob, a combination microwave oven and a large conventional oven. There is also a built-in auto-defrost fridge-freezer and a dishwasher. One cupboard houses the water softener unit.
The open-plan dining area has LED spotlights and a large double-glazed skylight window with remote control electric opening and rain-sensing auto closer. There are double-glazed slide-and-turn patio doors, with integrated Venetian blinds inside the glazing, which opens over a minimised
sill, to the rear patio, laid in matching Italian porcelain outdoor flagstone tiles, offering an open-plan outside living experience when opened up.
From the patio, there are central stone steps leading to the rear cottage garden, which leads to two additional patios and the woodland garden.
An exposed oak staircase leads to the first-floor landing.
Bedroom 1 is a bright room with a front aspect, having a fully-opening double-glazed window with distant views over open countryside, solid oak timber flooring, a decorative original cast-iron fireplace and the original period architrave. In addition, it has a stainless steel designer radiator with
insulated plasterboard against the external wall.
Bedroom 2 has a rear aspect, with a solid oak wooden floor and a fully-opening double-glazed window overlooking the rear garden.
The first-floor bathroom is entered using the solid oak ledged and braced door with vintage period fittings. It features a period white and chrome suite comprising a curved shower-bath with rainfall shower head and a hand wand, washes hand basin, a w.c., and a period radiator and heated towel rail. The tiled floor has electric underfloor heating that can be remotely controlled by a mobile phone.
From the landing, solid wooden stairs lead up to bedroom 3, the second-floor double-bedroom, currently in use as an office. The triple-glazed top-hinged Velux window to the front offers extensive views over the surrounding countryside. The double-glazed dormer windows to the rear have an attractive view overlooking the private rear garden and woodland. There is
ample under-eaves storage with vintage wooden access doors and interior lighting. A stainless-steel designer radiator complemented by the solid oak wooden flooring gives a very pleasant feel to this light double aspect room with magnificent views in each direction.
Outside
The rear patio features Italian porcelain tiles and slide-and-turn patio doors opening from the kitchen. Stone steps lead up to a curved Italian porcelain tiled central pathway landscaped well-stocked cottage garden borders on each side, leading to a further two patios.
The long south-west facing rear garden stretches approximately 200 meters, the first part being cultivated, leading to two patios, with the remainder being bluebell woodland. There is adequate space for additional buildings, such as a home office, subject to any planning permission required.
There is permitted access into the woods beyond.
Living in Warren Row
The neighbouring village of Crazies Hill has a primary school and a popular pub, The Horns offering food and refreshments and has a large beer garden.
Twyford is a large village located along the A4 approx 4 miles away and has a Waitrose supermarket, Post Office, and other shops, cafes, and restaurants.
Wargrave is a riverside village approx 3 miles away, with a church and some small independent shops. The village holds a fun regatta every other year and also benefits from having infants, in primary and secondary schools.
There are good transport links. Twyford railway station is approximately 4 miles away and has an excellent mainline railway station with regular trains to Reading and into London Paddington, with Crossrail linking East and West London. The A4 provides road links to the A404M linking the M4 and M40 to the east and also the A329M, linking the M4 and M3 to the west.
Schools
Crazies Hill Church of England and Knowl Hill Church of England, Primary Schools. The Piggott School Comprehensive in Wargrave also has the Sixth form.
Private Schools in the area include The Dolphin School, Reading Blue Coat, Queen Anne's Caversham, The Abbey and Kendrick Grammar School.
Leisure
There are gym facilities and a pool at Castle Royle golf and country club, which is approximately 2 miles away.
River pursuits include boating with marina facilities at Wargrave. Local golf clubs include Castle Royle, Hennerton and Temple Golf Clubs.
Tenure - Freehold
Local Authority - Wokingham Borough Council
Council Tax Band - C
Services - All mains services
The period feel of the house has been sympathetically retained throughout the restoration and extension, with period features, solid oak flooring, stairs, architraves and skirtings. Mains gas and drainage have been added, along with insulated solid ground floors with underfloor central heating, a new water supply, designer radiators, as well as being reroofed, rewired and re-plastered throughout.
It has extensive thermal and acoustic insulation added, in addition to hi-speed fibre broadband, mobile phone controlled heating systems, window blinds throughout the house, LED down-lights, and a water softener treating the whole-house supply, with a filtered drinking water system added in the kitchen.
The attractive rural village of Warren Row sits within a delightful network of footpaths and woodland, yet is within easy reach of the Elizabeth Line railway stations and the national motorway network.
The Cotswold gravel driveway of approximately 60ft provides ample off-road parking for three cars.
Steps lead up to the part glazed front door. The front elevation of the cottage has recently been repointed and has attractive diamond brick detail.
The sitting room has a front aspect fully-opening window, the original exposed beam to the ceiling and the original period architrave around the window and door. The cast iron fireplace has a newly fitted wood burning stove, with shelving and cupboards on either side. The Italian porcelain flagstone flooring runs throughout the ground floor and patio. The house has the advantage of underfloor heating throughout the ground floor, operated over three zones by the gas central heating boiler. There is also insulated plasterboard lining the front wall.
The inner hallway accommodates the utility area, having an under-stairs cupboard and a cloakroom alcove with storage over. The utility area has a solid oak worktop with space for a washer-dryer underneath and has the wall-mounted gas fired combination boiler above.
Leading off the hallway is the recently created ground floor shower room, entered using the solid oak ledged and braced door with vintage period fittings. It features a period white and chrome suite with a corner shower having a rainfall shower head and additional hand wand, a wash hand basin, a w.c. With high-level cistern, fully tiled walls, a period radiator with heated towel rail and underfloor heating.
Beyond the hallway there is the recently added kitchen extension, featuring a full range of modern handle-less kitchen furniture with white wall units and contrasting wood-effect base units and matching worktops, having eight soft-close large drawers, with a further six hidden drawers inside, and subway-style tiled walls above the worktops. There is an inset one-and-a-half bowl sink unit with a mixer and filtered water taps. The cooking appliances consist of a four-zone induction hob, a combination microwave oven and a large conventional oven. There is also a built-in auto-defrost fridge-freezer and a dishwasher. One cupboard houses the water softener unit.
The open-plan dining area has LED spotlights and a large double-glazed skylight window with remote control electric opening and rain-sensing auto closer. There are double-glazed slide-and-turn patio doors, with integrated Venetian blinds inside the glazing, which opens over a minimised
sill, to the rear patio, laid in matching Italian porcelain outdoor flagstone tiles, offering an open-plan outside living experience when opened up.
From the patio, there are central stone steps leading to the rear cottage garden, which leads to two additional patios and the woodland garden.
An exposed oak staircase leads to the first-floor landing.
Bedroom 1 is a bright room with a front aspect, having a fully-opening double-glazed window with distant views over open countryside, solid oak timber flooring, a decorative original cast-iron fireplace and the original period architrave. In addition, it has a stainless steel designer radiator with
insulated plasterboard against the external wall.
Bedroom 2 has a rear aspect, with a solid oak wooden floor and a fully-opening double-glazed window overlooking the rear garden.
The first-floor bathroom is entered using the solid oak ledged and braced door with vintage period fittings. It features a period white and chrome suite comprising a curved shower-bath with rainfall shower head and a hand wand, washes hand basin, a w.c., and a period radiator and heated towel rail. The tiled floor has electric underfloor heating that can be remotely controlled by a mobile phone.
From the landing, solid wooden stairs lead up to bedroom 3, the second-floor double-bedroom, currently in use as an office. The triple-glazed top-hinged Velux window to the front offers extensive views over the surrounding countryside. The double-glazed dormer windows to the rear have an attractive view overlooking the private rear garden and woodland. There is
ample under-eaves storage with vintage wooden access doors and interior lighting. A stainless-steel designer radiator complemented by the solid oak wooden flooring gives a very pleasant feel to this light double aspect room with magnificent views in each direction.
Outside
The rear patio features Italian porcelain tiles and slide-and-turn patio doors opening from the kitchen. Stone steps lead up to a curved Italian porcelain tiled central pathway landscaped well-stocked cottage garden borders on each side, leading to a further two patios.
The long south-west facing rear garden stretches approximately 200 meters, the first part being cultivated, leading to two patios, with the remainder being bluebell woodland. There is adequate space for additional buildings, such as a home office, subject to any planning permission required.
There is permitted access into the woods beyond.
Living in Warren Row
The neighbouring village of Crazies Hill has a primary school and a popular pub, The Horns offering food and refreshments and has a large beer garden.
Twyford is a large village located along the A4 approx 4 miles away and has a Waitrose supermarket, Post Office, and other shops, cafes, and restaurants.
Wargrave is a riverside village approx 3 miles away, with a church and some small independent shops. The village holds a fun regatta every other year and also benefits from having infants, in primary and secondary schools.
There are good transport links. Twyford railway station is approximately 4 miles away and has an excellent mainline railway station with regular trains to Reading and into London Paddington, with Crossrail linking East and West London. The A4 provides road links to the A404M linking the M4 and M40 to the east and also the A329M, linking the M4 and M3 to the west.
Schools
Crazies Hill Church of England and Knowl Hill Church of England, Primary Schools. The Piggott School Comprehensive in Wargrave also has the Sixth form.
Private Schools in the area include The Dolphin School, Reading Blue Coat, Queen Anne's Caversham, The Abbey and Kendrick Grammar School.
Leisure
There are gym facilities and a pool at Castle Royle golf and country club, which is approximately 2 miles away.
River pursuits include boating with marina facilities at Wargrave. Local golf clubs include Castle Royle, Hennerton and Temple Golf Clubs.
Tenure - Freehold
Local Authority - Wokingham Borough Council
Council Tax Band - C
Services - All mains services
