Windrush, in Uplands Road, Totland, where you can watch some spectacular sunsets from the hot tub and terrace. Picture by Peter Boam.
HOMEFILE
Location...Totland
Bedrooms...Four/five
Price...£825,000
Agent...Kingston and Grist
Tel...01983 756575
THE wonderful elevated position of a Totland home with magnificent sea, downland and village vistas has been a magnet for those who know a thing or two about location — developers and builders.
Spacious Windrush, in unmade Uplands Road, also has pleasant front views over a field opposite to downland and was built for his family in the 1930s by William Downer of long-established Island builders William Downer and Sons.
Seven years ago, an award-winning West Wight developer who had long admired the property finally realised his dream of owning it.
The imposing detached house had fallen into disrepair and he took it back to a shell, creating a more open-plan layout downstairs, adding a huge rear Everest conservatory and converting the attic into a fabulous room with amazing views to Headon Warren, West High Down and across the sea to Bournemouth and the New Forest.
A top specification was a priority and luxury touches include a quality Shaker-style kitchen creating a warm cottagey feel and a master bedroom with well-appointed en-suite shower room and separate dressing room.
The ultimate in relaxation is immersing yourself in a hot tub on the large rear sun terrace and watching spectacular sunsets over the sea.
With glorious views from both front and rear windows, the four/five-bedroom accommodation abounds with traditional touches.
Oak interior doors match the original oak front door, oak flooring enhances many downstairs areas and the attic room and there are Victorian-style radiators decorative cornice and decorative architrave.
An open entrance porch and detached two-bay carport are both oak-framed and an integral double garage has an electrically operated door.
Also outside is a timber garage in the back garden, a boat store, log store and two sheds.
From the 27ft-long PVCu double-glazed conservatory is access to two adjoining rooms ideal for creating an annexe, one of them a bedroom with shower cubicle and separate WC and the other a study/bedroom five.
The morning sun streams into the oak-floored entrance hall through fanlights over the front door and inner double doors.
Off the hall is a cloakroom housing a WC, which also has a lovely view to the sea.
Focal point of the comfortable 29ft by 22ft is a woodburner and there are sweeping sea views through a rear window and doors to the terrace plus two front windows, one a bay with built-in seat.
Similar sea views can be enjoyed from the dining area of the cheery tile-floored kitchen/diner.
Along with attractive units and solid oak worktops, the front-facing kitchen has a four-oven Aga and integrated freezer and dishwasher.
A long window with wonderful rear views lights the upstairs landing and there is a spiral staircase to the attic room.
The 20ft by 12ft master bedroom, with en-suite shower room, has superb front and back views and a there is a rear-facing dressing room fitted with attractive floor-to-ceiling wardrobes.
Bedroom two has a front downland outlook and bedroom three enjoys sea views.
A neat block-paved in and out driveway fronts the house and beyond the rear terrace are landscaped lawned gardens with two timber sheds.
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