5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Modern detached property
- Five double bedrooms; two en suite
- Three separate reception rooms and a garden room
- Refitted custom built kitchen/breakfast room
- Utility room and cloakroom
- Gas fired heating
- Driveway parking for six cars and double garage
- Rear garden with open views
A long driveway leads to the front of the house, providing parking for up to six cars and access to the double garage which has power connected, eaves storage and a door to the rear. There is also a garden shed at the side.
Rooms
Reception Rooms
The sitting room has an ornate ceiling rose and coving, and a feature inglenook style fireplace with a raised hearth and open flue. Full height sliding doors open onto a paved rear terrace with views over the garden and surrounding fields. The dining room has exposed oak flooring and overlooks the driveway at the front of the house, and the study is dual aspect also overlooking the driveway.
Kitchen/Breakfast Room
The kitchen/breakfast room has been refitted in a range of two tone Shaker style units with a combination of granite and hardwood work surfaces incorporating a breakfast bar with seating for up to seven people. Integrated appliances include an electric double oven, an induction hob with extractor over, a dishwasher, a double fridge, a separate undercounter freezer and wine chiller. Dual aspect windows overlook the garden and a wide aperture leads into the garden room which has additional dual aspect windows and glazed doors to the rear garden.
Rear Garden
A gated side access leads to the rear garden which is enclosed by a combination of close boarded and post and rail fencing. It is principally lawned with established borders and a mature tree. There is a pergola with climbing plants at the side outside the kitchen and utility rooms, and a walled outdoor entertaining area which takes full advantage of the open views at the rear.
Situation and Schooling
Clapham has amenities including shops, a post office, public houses, a village church and a lower school. It is 3 miles from Bedford town centre and the Harpur Trust schools and has transport links to both the M1 and the A1. The property is in catchment for Lincroft Academy School and is about 1 mile from Beds and County Golf Club. The Towers Health and Racquets Club is about 1.5 miles away.