PROPERTY OF THE WEEK
LOCATION: Sandown
BEDROOMS: Five
PRICE: £499,950
AGENT: Arthur Wheeler
TEL: 01983 868333

Space, and lots of it, is always wanted by growing families and there is plenty on offer at attractive Bracklesham, in Sandown.
Also ticking the location box, with its Nunwell Street setting looking out to nearby Los Altos Park and distant downland, the attractive detached house has big back gardens and five-bedroom accommodation.
Proportions are impressive, with the lounge/diner an immense 38ft long, the main bedroom measuring 21ft by 12ft and the galleried upstairs landing and entrance hall both sizeable.
But also creating an impact are original 1920s’ features, including doors, picture rails in most rooms, a super fireplace in the lounge/diner and a host of details in the showpiece entrance hall.
Extending into the huge loft space is a possibility at Bracklesham, which is close to schools and the town centre and just up the road from the railway station.
Lawn and pretty shrubs and flowers providing year-round interest feature in the front and back gardens. A front driveway, with room for three or four cars, leads to a detached garage with an electric door, power, light and water.
A covered terrace off the loggia, and with park and downland views, has steps down to a further large terrace, with access to extensive basement storage space. There are more steps to the large, lawned garden, where there are trees including mimosa, magnolia and bay, as well as holly and hydrangeas.
Within a quarry-tile-floored entrance area is the original heavy oak front door. This opens into the elegant entrance hall, with oak parquet flooring, a magnificent oak staircase, a beamed ceiling, pretty stained-glass and access to a cloakroom.
Fine oak and glazed doors lead to the loggia and fold back to create a wide opening to the lounge/diner. This has a front window, two side windows, a big rear bay window with park and downland views and a fireplace with heavy oak surround and beautiful inset tiles.
A similar outlook can be seen from the delightful quarry-tile-floored loggia garden room, a well used area with folding oak doors to the terrace, and from the breakfast room.
This has a walk-in pantry, a built-in airing cupboard and a door to the front-facing kitchen, which is fitted with Spanish chestnut units. There is a deep understairs cupboard, built-in ceramic hob, extractor, grill and oven.
There is plumbing for a washing machine in a tile-floored, double-glazed side conservatory.
A gorgeous stained-glass window lights the wide, staged staircase leading to the vast landing, where there is a linen cupboard.
One of the three bedrooms, which has delightful rear views, is huge bedroom one, with extensive built-in wardrobes and furniture; another has a vanity handbasin and shower cubicle and the other is bedroom five/study.
The others are double-sized front-facing rooms.
There is a separate WC and bathroom with a bath and shower cubicle.