16 Rush Close, Shanklin, offers pristine, five-bedroomed accommodation. Picture by Peter Boam.
HOMEFILE
Location...Shanklin
Bedrooms...Five
Price...£445,000
Agent...Webb and Jenkins
Tel...867777
A SHOWHOME-smart detached property in an elevated spot at Shanklin provides everything the discerning modern-day family has come to expect.
Only 18-months old and with the remainder of an NHBC warranty, number 16 Rush Close has pristine, five-bedroom accommodation combining attractive contemporary details with the practical requirements for a smooth-running household.
A striking, beautifully-designed black-and-white kitchen open to the dining room is perfect for entertaining and family meals.
Appliances are either neatly built in or hidden away next door in the utility room.
Two of the four, double bedrooms — the fifth is a good-sized single —have a sleek, well-appointed shower room and the family bathroom is also luxuriously appointed.
Built to a high specification and with underfloor heating downstairs, the house abounds with quality finishes. Gorgeous, solid oak flooring extends from the entrance hall into the large lounge and flows through to the dining room.
Huge glossy grey porcelain tiles feature in the kitchen, while large white porcelain tiles enhance the downstairs cloakroom/WC.
Small, charcoal-coloured floor tiles contrast with stone-coloured Travertine wall tiles in the upstairs bathroom and en-suite shower rooms, all with a chrome towel radiator.
Around a mile from the wide range of shops and amenities in the centre of the town, the house backs on to trees lining a much lower-level footpath along an old railway line.
These trees, a habitat for squirrels, create a pleasant outlook from rear-facing rooms and from the neatly-lawned back gardens.
Next to the lounge and reached via sliding patio doors is a large decked area, ideal for outdoor meals.
An extensive block-paved parking area fronts the house and attached double garage with electric up-and-over doors.
White walls and woodwork as well as attractive hardwood internal doors create a fresh feel in the spacious entrance hall and throughout.
However, there is an appealing splash of wall colour in the lounge, where an accent panel of contemporary-patterned wallpaper is a focal point. The comfortable 25ft-long lounge runs from the rear to the front, where there is a leaded-light window.
A similar front window lets light into the dining room with a wide arch to the ultra-smart, rear-aspect kitchen.
In addition to glossy white units and dark worktops, there is a breakfast bar peninsular with inset halogen hob and stainless-steel extractor, a built-in oven, grill and microwave and an integrated dishwasher, fridge and freezer.
The utility room with a rear door has plumbing for a washing machine. Also downstairs is an attractive cloakroom/WC, with stylish waterfall tap to a handbasin with lovely mosaic-tile splashback.
Plush neutral carpeting continues from the upstairs landing into the bedrooms, three with a front outlook and the others rear-facing.
A fresh white Roca suite in the family bathroom includes a bold, square handbasin, bidet, WC and bath with delightful floral-pattern Laura Ashley splashback tiles.