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4 bedroom detached house

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Detached house
4 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: B*
1,600 sq ft / 149 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band F
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Exclusive development
  • Immaculately presented
  • Kitchen with Neff appliances
  • Reception room extending to over 27’
  • Separate study
  • 4 Double bedrooms
  • Enclosed South West facing garden
  • Double garage and ample parking
  • Freehold
  • Council tax band: F
An immaculately presented family home with South-West facing garden in this favoured parkland development. The property benefits from four double bedrooms, light and spacious reception rooms and a double garage with ample parking. Council Tax band F, EPC rating B, Freehold.

Situation - Sandhill Park is approached via a sweeping private driveway through attractive parkland. Situated close to the popular village of Bishops Lydeard, nestled between The Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, offering a good range of local amenities including a Primary school, Post Office, convenience store, local pub, and health centre. There is a footpath leading from Sandhill Park to the village for ease of access. For steam railway enthusiasts, Bishops Lydeard lies along the West Somerset railway line, whilst nearby Dunster gives visitors and locals a chance to explore its picturesque medieval village and castle.

Taunton offers an excellent range of shopping, recreational, and leisure facilities, including the renowned Somerset County Cricket Ground and Taunton Racecourse. Taunton also offers a good selection of both state and independent schools, including Castle School, Taunton School, King’s and Queen’s Colleges, and Richard Huish Sixth Form College. There is easy access to the M5 via junction 25 and regular rail services to London from Taunton Station.

Description - 11 South Drive is an impressive family home occupying a prominent position on this exclusive development of just 28 properties, built by a reputable local developer, Strongvox Homes, in 2016 to a high specification. It boasts attractive rendered elevations with a veranda to the front aspect and a pitched tiled roof. This immaculately presented 4 double bedroom detached family home includes a double garage, ample driveway parking, and an enclosed southwest-facing garden to the rear, adjoining the American Garden.

Accommodation - The accommodation includes a covered veranda with a front door leading to the entrance hall, featuring a staircase to the first floor and Karndean flooring that continues through to the kitchen, study and cloakroom. There is a door leading to an under-stair storage cupboard and a door to the downstairs cloakroom with a washbasin and WC. From the entrance hall, glazed double doors open into the spacious reception room, extending to over 27 feet. This room provides separate areas for both the sitting room and dining room, with two sets of double doors opening to the garden and a fireplace housing the wood burner. Additionally, there is a separate study. The kitchen is beautifully appointed with a range of cream-fronted base and wall-mounted units, oak worktops, a Belfast sink, and Neff appliances, including an induction hob, electric oven, combined oven/microwave, dishwasher, and fridge freezer. There is also space for a breakfast table. Beyond the kitchen is the utility room with further units and plumbing and space for laundry appliances, along with a door to the outside.

To the first floor, there is a galleried landing with doors to the airing cupboard and a hatch to the loft space. The principal bedroom includes a built-in double wardrobes and a separate en suite bathroom fitted with a white suite, including a separate bath and walk-in shower. The second bedroom is a good-sized double with a built-in double wardrobe and an attractive outlook over the garden. Both bedroom three and four also overlook the garden. The family bathroom is fitted with a white suite, again including a panelled bath and separate shower.

Outside - Approached from the close, a brick-paved driveway provides off-road parking for four cars and gives access to the double garage. There is large area of garden with trees and planted borders. The double garage has a remotely operated up-and-over door, lighting, and a rear pedestrian door opening to the garden.

Adjoining the property to the rear is a large paved patio providing an attractive space for outside dining. Predominantly laid to lawn, the rear garden is enclosed with timber fence panels and attractively landscaped with planted borders, interspersed trees, and a further seating area at the far end.

There is a gate opening to what is known as the American Garden. This is a large garden, for the private use of residents only, filled with trees, a bench and edged by woodland, overlooking farmland across to the Blackdown Hills in the distance.

Agents Note - There is a management charge for this development for £140 per quarter (totalling £560 per annum) that covers maintenance of the communal areas.

Services - All mains services connected. Gas fired central heating and log burner. Broadband available: Standard, Superfast and Ultrafast (Ofcom). Mobile signal coverage: Voice and Data likely (Ofcom). Please note the agents have not inspected or tested these services.

Directions - From Taunton take the A358 towards Minehead. On approaching Bishops Lydeard turn left signposted to Halse and the West Somerset Steam Railway Station, proceed along this road going over the bridge and then take the second turning on the right. After a short distance you will see the entrance on the right to Sandhill Park. Follow the long winding road into the development and by Sandhill Park bear right and follow the road into the development where number 11 can be found after a short distance on the left.

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    Stags Taunton office is situated in Hammet Street, only 50m from the heart of the main shopping area. Taunton is the county town of Somerset, with over 1,000 years of religious and military history, its name comes from "Town on the River Tone", which is the river that flows through the town. Taunton has a number of fine historic buildings, including Taunton Castle, which now incorporates the Somerset County Museum and the Castle Hotel, Gray's Almhouses, St James Church, Priory Barn (Somerset County Cricket Museum), Bath Place and the Tudor Tavern (now Café Nero). As one of the Government's "Strategically important towns or cities", Taunton has received funding for a number of large-scale regeneration projects, which have further established the town as a major business destination in the South West. Taunton has excellent shopping and leisure facilities, with a number of indoor shopping complexes, high street multiples and quality independent shops, as well as restaurants and cafes. As a sporting centre, Taunton has much to offer, with horse racing at Taunton Racecourse, just two miles from the town centre, and cricket at the County Ground, which is home to Somerset County Cricket Club. In addition, there are excellent tennis and general sports facilities available at Tone Leisure Centre.

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