* Share of freehold
* Modernised Edwardian Ground Floor Flat
* Entrance Porch
* Sitting Room
* Dining Room
* Kitchen
* Two Bedrooms
* Bathroom with Utility Space
* External Home Office
* Driveway Parking
* Close to Amenities
With a host of sympathetic, intelligent and practical enhancements allied with
a clever extension, all undertaken by the current owners, this is a unique
opportunity to acquire what is simply a wonderful ground floor flat in one of
Andover's most established residential areas, close to town centre amenities,
local schools along with open countryside literally on the doorstep. Original
construction was in the Edwardian era and the property maintains a wealth of
that period's feel whilst providing modern, contemporary living throughout.
The property benefits from driveway parking for two vehicles, mature, low
maintenance gardens to both front and rear plus a fully insulated, spacious
external home office complete with its own wood burning stove. Internally, the
well presented accommodation comprises entrance porch, dining room with an
open plan flow into a rear aspect kitchen, sitting room, two bedrooms and a
bathroom.
The extended part of the property provides a new covered entrance porch with
feature reclaimed decorative flooring, modern contemporary bathroom with a
utility function and a cosy dual aspect sitting room with vaulted ceiling to
the rear alongside a loft space with pull down loft ladder. The sitting room
has a truly light and airy theme with not only French doors opening out to the
rear garden but also a large transom window above the French doors and a velux
window to one side allowing natural light to flood into the vaulted space. A
real feature of the sitting room is a wood burning stove, set within a
brickwork enclosure which acts as a heat sink. The heart of the property is a
generous dining room with an open plan flow into the rear aspect kitchen with
solid Beech worksurfaces and solid oak fronted cupboards and drawers. Natural
light even floods into this central room via a sun tube. Towards the front of
the property are both bedrooms, the smaller of which with a side aspect and
part of the wall of which is curved, and made from an original 1930s cinema
booth. The master bedroom has a front aspect with bay window.
Outside, the property has a low maintenance gravelled front garden with access
via a gateway from Old Winton Road. The front garden is bordered by attractive
evergreen Yew hedging and has a raised herbaceous border in front of the bay
window, a brick bin store and a flagstone path to one side which leads to the
entrance porch and front door. The rear garden is accessed either internally
via the French doors from the sitting room or from the rear next to the garage
doors and driveway area through a solid oak rear gate. A path then leads into
the rear garden, again bordered by evergreen Yew hedging, Cyprus trees and
laid to gravel with a wildlife friendly pond. Adjacent to the rear of the
property is a Yorkstone flag patio providing a tranquil outdoor seating/dining
area. Within the rear garden is the home office with its own dedicated power
supply and consumer unit, fully insulated throughout with power, lighting and
a data connection for the Internet. This outbuilding even has its own wood
burning stove and includes its own loft storage space. With adjustments to the
flooring, what is now used as a home office could be converted back to a
garage alongside the existing driveway.
Viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate and understand the full
range of detailed enhancements that this property has to offer, too numerous
to describe in finer detail within this summary but, they do include extensive
wall and floor insulation, first floor sound - proofing, the raising of ceiling
heights to allow transom window installation above new internal doors and also
a replacement plumbing and waste system upgraded to solid copper pipework
throughout.
Andover offers a range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities
including a college of further education, a cinema, theatre and leisure
centre. The mainline railway station runs a direct route to London's Waterloo
in just over an hour whilst the nearby A303 offers good road access to both
London and the West Country. Old Winton Road can be found on the southern side
of Andover off Winchester Road and has its own convenience store and also
benefits from being on a town centre bus route. The location provides good
access not only to the town centre but also open countryside with the start of
the historic Ladies Walk just opposite the property. Rooksbury Mill Nature
Reserve, Harewood Forest and the outlying Clatford villages are all short
distance away also with Andover Golf Club located on Winchester Road with the
Hampshire Golf Club a short distance further on as Winchester Road heads
towards Stockbridge, Wherwell, Chilbolton and the River Test.

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