5 bedroom detached house for sale

Accommodation

The last home in this luxury small and exclusive development, built by the one of Cumbria’s most prominent and luxury developers, McKnight Builders. This spacious and contemporary home is entered off the private drive and under a hard wood porch into a bright and airy hallway. From here there are recessed double doors into the sizeable open plan kitchen and dining room, the heart of this bright and stylish home. This room is extensively glazed with sliding doors onto the rear garden. There is a separate dining area and ample space for a central island if desired. The open plan kitchen leads nicely onto the main living area, a triple aspect room also with floor to ceiling sliding windows, allowing light to flood in and with access to the garden. There is a feature log burner with stone hearth. To the right of the entrance on this floor is a ground floor bedroom with a sliding patio window onto the garden and a generous ensuite. This bedroom has the versatility to be used as a further reception room, office or as a bedroom, thus allowing great flexibility with future proof planning for its new owner if required. There is a sizeable utility boot room with sink, wall and floor mounted cupboards with eye level housing for white goods and a practicable back door. From here is a large understairs walk in store/cloaks cupboard, housing the underfloor heating manifold. Access from here into the double garage which has two insulated electric up over remote controlled doors. The garage houses the solar panels and battery and the EV charger. This completes the ground floor.

The handsome oak and glazed staircase open onto a superb and bright gallery landing with the extensive windows dropping spectacularly right into the open kitchen dining space below. On this floor are four generous bedrooms, and four bathrooms. There is a principal bedroom with a fully fitted dressing room, sizeable ensuite and Juliette window. A further generous double room with ensuite and a fourth spacious bedroom with Juliette window. There is a superb family bathroom with ample space for both walk in shower and a bath. A cupboard housing the water cylinder is off the landing. The fifth bedroom or studio suite is large and triple aspect, it has a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite bathroom. This space has great versatility as it sufficiently generous in size to allow the addition of a kitchenette if required (services in place) allowing multi-generational living for elderly relatives or adolescents, making the property perfect for families looking for their forever home.  

Outside

Being just one of just five homes in the development the property has an exclusive feel and is private and well positioned with the rear garden and patios facing west, ideal for alfresco dining and catching the afternoon and evening sun. The sliding patio doors open onto this space, perfectly bringing the outside in and an attractive porcelain patio and pathway circumnavigates the whole property. The gardens are newly laid to lawn and once enjoying the benefit of some mature planting the properties grounds will provide an enviable private and space sunny space in the heart of this very sought after village. It has an extensive block paving to driveway with external lighting and ample parking for three or four cars in addition to the garage.

Services

Tenure is Freefold. Council Tac band TBC. EPC, as a Passive house, it is likely to be A+ TBC

Heating is Air Source heat pump with 300 litre hot water cylinder with under floor heating to ground floor and radiators to the first floor. 4.1 KW solar in roof panels with 5 Kw battery storage. There is a 7 KW Zappi EV car charger working of the PV solar in the Garage. Mechanical Ventilation heat recovery system throughout the property. Rationel Scandinavian Triple Glazed Tilt and Turn windows and doors, timber internally with aluminium external clad for minimal maintenance. Oak fire doors throughout.Fibre broadband to the property. Mobile signal is good. Smoke, CO2 and burglar alarms. Sensor lighting outside.

NB. The photographs shown of the kitchen and bathrooms are for illustrative purposes only and show an identical properties kitchen and bathrooms as an example.  Allowances are given to the purchaser for the kitchen, bathrooms and floor coverings, which McKnights will supply and fit.  

Location and directions

Widely regarded as one of Carlisle's best villages, Wetheral has a wonderful community feel and benefits from a shop and Post Office, cafe, two pubs, restaurant, leisure club with pool and gym as well as a doctor’s surgery and Church, not to mention a village hall and an active social community. Further to this, the village is served by both bus and railway just a few minutes’ walk from the property, with the latter offering access to both Carlisle and Newcastle. The M6 and A69 are both just minutes away offering access to the wider region. Whilst benefitting from all of the above, the village manages to retain a rural feel, sat high above the river Eden, along which there are a plethora of pleasant woodland walks, one being across the viaduct to the neighbouring village of Great Corby. The property is centrally positioned in the village and located on a private driveway through Hall Moor Court. It is just 2.8 miles from M6 motorway, 5 miles from Carlisle City centre and just 18 miles from the North Lake District and Penrith. Newcastle International Airport being 53 miles.

A little about Passive design.

Passive design uses orientation utilising sunshine, shade, ventilation and building materials – to avoid the need for fossil fuels for traditional central heating and hot water production. The only technical input being solar roof panels linked to the electrical circuits for hot water storage and air source heat pumps to feed the underfloor heating system. The house uses simple solar gain and external thermal insulation to retain heat all year round with solid wall construction and no cavities or cold spots. By only using the highest levels of insulation, airtightness and building materials, passive specification homes can use up to 90% less energy than a standard home.

Internal air is circulated through filters and mixed with fresh air to help maintain a steady temperature even in the middle of winter and to assist with cooling in summer. Passive specification homes offer a superior indoor comfort experience thanks to the consistent temperatures and good quality airflow. They also have the added benefit of reducing both external and internal noise due to the high levels of insulation and triple-glazed windows. Such homes will have the most efficient performance standard available in today’s market. With an expected EPC of A+ We are advised by the builder the projected annual energy cost to be £1500 pa.

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These particulars, whilst believed to be accurate are set out as a general guideline and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Intending Purchasers should not rely on them as statements of representation of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy. The services, systems, and appliances shown may not have been tested and has no guarantee as to their operability or efficiency can be given. All floor plans are created as a guide to the lay out of the property and should not be considered as a true depiction of any property and constitutes no part of a legal contract.