£685,000 /Sale price

A characterful detached family house standing in generous grounds of about 0.21 of an acre and with planning permission to extend (Ref:53574). Importantly, the house occupies a tranquil and convenient location (only about a third of a mile of the High Street) and enjoys a south-west aspect to the rear. The feeling of space is immediate with a reception hall opening into well-proportioned rooms with high ceilings and large windows. The living accommodation includes a spacious sitting room extending to 25'8/7.8m room with a fireplace and double doors opening into the kitchen/dining room. This provides an ideal layout for day to day living. The open plan twin aspect kitchen/dining room (with doors opening out to the garden) is fitted with a range of eye and base level cabinets and pan drawers together with a gas range cooker (with an extractor over), work surfaces and breakfast bar. Of note, there is an adjoining utility area to the kitchen and also a ground floor cloakroom. There are three bedrooms and a family bathroom to the first floor. The bathroom has been fitted with a bath together with a basin, WC and tiled walls. The existing house provides a wonderful haven and is complemented by a larger than expected garden extending to about 0.217 of an acre. Planning permission (Ref:53574) was granted in February 2025 to enlarge the house to create a multiple aspect family kitchen/dining/sitting room opening out to a raised patio to the rear as well as a play/hobby room and snug together with a living room, utility room and cloakroom to the ground floor. The plans would also include a larger principal bedroom with a dressing room and en suite shower room together with three spacious bedrooms and a family bathroom. The plans also allow for a canopy to the front entrance, replacement doors and windows and rendering to each of the elevations.OutsideThe gardens and grounds are a very special feature with a south-west aspect to the rear. The house stands within established grounds with areas of lawn together with a variety of young and mature trees and hedging. Areas of terrace to the rear provide a generous outside seating area and adjoin the kitchen/dining room. The outer areas of garden include two timber sheds. At the front, the property is approached via a brick paved driveway providing parking for several vehicles and access to a garage and a pair of gates (providing access to the rear garden).SituationThe house stands in a very well-established location off a little known yet very well-regarded small residential road. The historic market town of Alton has a good range of High Street shops, weekly and specialist markets, schools for all age groups,, Waitrose and M&S Simply Food, sports centre, two outlying golf courses and mainline station to London Waterloo. Of note, the village of Chawton is about two miles distant and is situated within the northern borders of the South Downs National Park. The SDNP and surrounding countryside provide ample opportunity for many country pursuits. The A31 provides a route to the A3 and M3 linking to London, the South Coast and beyond. Property Ref Number: HAM-60665