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5 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Award winning contemporary home
- Incredible open plan living space
- Underfloor heating throughout
- Triple garage
- Secluded c. 0.65 acre south facing plot
- Swimming pool
- Exclusive private estate location
- Set behind secure electric gates
- EPC Rating = C
Description
8 Albany Close sits at the end of a cul de sac and is hidden behind double wooden gates. From the street it presents as an unassuming property which unfolds as you enter the garden. The site rises up with terraces and is wrapped on all boundaries within an envelope of hedges and trees.
This property offers open plan flexible living in a totally unique and contemporary style within the most private of settings. It is a spectacular RIBA award winning house built in 2006 by Wilkinson King Architects; featured in several publications and nominated for multiple architectural awards. The design is cantilevered, supported by two internal walls and pillars clad in aluminium. The expanse of glazing creates the sense of the garden flowing seamlessly under the floating upper floor.
The transparent entrance and inner porch with a second glass door leads in to the central expanse. The atrium with the double height ceiling allows the glass staircase to rise up to the galleried first floor level, leading up to the five bedrooms each with en suite bathrooms. The three reception spaces at ground level are unified by the limestone floor. Visual division is created with colour and internal walls.
The dining room, kitchen and utility all have bulthaup furniture with Gaggenau and Miele appliances, completed by a wall of storage at the far end of the dining room. The reception room at the southern boundary is open with two sides of glazing and glass doors which look out to the pool and pool house, framed by the surrounding landscaped garden. A feature wall houses a gas fire.
On the first floor you find the bedrooms, all benefitting from en suite bath or shower rooms and generous fitted cupboard space. The principal bedroom is located at the rear of the property above the reception room. With floor to ceiling windows, this spacious room has glorious views of the garden and a generous en suite with separate bath and shower.
The triple garage can be accessed from both inside and outside the property, whilst the generous plot extends to c. 0.65 acres in total.
It is worth noting that the original architect has recently designed an alternative layout for the property, which includes the creation of a new TV/family room in place of the integral garage and the installation of a double car port to the front of the property. These proposed plans can be found as a secondary floor plan within this listing and accompanying CGIs are at the end of the gallery.
Location
Albany Close is a prestigious, private road, located off the gated Blackhills, both of which are much sought after by families wanting a picturesque and secluded setting.
It is located approximately 1.8 miles from the centre of Esher with its appealing range of shops, bars, restaurants, Waitrose supermarket, Everyman cinema and the renowned Sandown Park racecourse. The entrance for the beautiful National Trust Claremont Landscape Gardens, which the property backs directly onto, is also found just 0.7 miles from the property.
Transport links into central London are provided at Esher and Claygate train stations with regular and direct services to Waterloo taking 23 and 29 minutes respectively.
Elmbridge has a wonderful selection of both state and independent schools, making the area ideal for families, which include ACS Cobham, Claremont Fan Court, Esher Church School and Shrewsbury Lodge to name just a few.
Square Footage: 4,699 sq ft
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