6 bedroom detached house for sale

A substantial detached Victorian property totalling in excess of 4,000 sq ft (including garages and outbuildings) located on a generous plot of approximately 0.86 of an acre, in the popular residential area of Denvilles, Havant.

The house retains some of its period features such as ornate cornicing and large bays to the front elevation. It is presented in fair order throughout, having most recently been used as a care home and offers scope for modernisation and extension/further development, subject to the necessary consents.

The generous accommodation comprises entrance porch, entrance hallway with understairs cupboard and stairs to first floor. There is large reception room with glazed double doors within a bay leading to the front, doors to garden room with ceramic tiled floor and access to outside. A breakfast/reception room, also with doubled glazed doors in to the garden room in turn leads through to a double aspect kitchen, with a range of wall and base units, stainless steel sinks with ceramic tiled flooring. Off the main entrance hall there is another large reception room, again with glazed double doors in a bay leading out to the front of the property. A rear hallway leads into a utility room which houses the hot water tank and there is a door providing access out to the rear. There is a cloakroom with a window to the rear, low level WC and hand wash basin along with a separate ground floor wet room with shower, WC and pedestal hand wash basin. From the inner hallway, there is a door that leads to what could be used as a separate ground floor annexe incorporating a kitchen/dining/sitting room with bay window to side aspect, bedroom with glazed double doors in a bay and a wet room with tiled flooring, low level WC, hand wash basin and shower. A rear hallway leads through to a utility room with sink and space/plumbing for washing machine/tumble dryer and a back door leading out to the rear. To the first floor there is a half-landing with access to a double bedroom with window to rear, a former bath/shower room with window to rear and plumbing in situ, and a separate WC. Off the main landing there are two double bedrooms and two further double bedrooms both with en-suite facilities along with a separate bathroom and a separate wet room.

The property is approached via a long gravel driveway with access via a pair of solid timber gates which lead through to a large area of graveled parking and access to the garaging. The garden is mainly laid to lawn with some mature trees. The plot is fully enclosed by part brick walling, chain link fencing and part timber fencing with a timber bin store/compound. There is a covered veranda on the west elevation, along the front of the property.

The property is extremely conveniently located being half a mile to Warblington railway station or 1.5 miles to Havant railway station, allowing fast and easy access to London via either Havant and Waterloo or Chichester and Victoria. Additionally, the property is within easy walking distance of the local store and secondary school, whilst Portsmouth is fast becoming a shopper’s paradise at Gun Wharf Quays, the main city centre, along with attractions such as the Spinnaker Tower, museums and the historic dockyard and naval base. To the east, Chichester is a well renowned and popular cultural centre with the Festival Theatre, as well as being home to Goodwood with its Festival of Speed, Revival meeting and horse racing. To the south is Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island, with its beautiful beaches.