Charterhouse Close, Nailsea £670,000

An outstanding 4 double bedroom, 2-bathroom, 4 reception room Scandinavian style property found in this highly desirable and particularly attractive setting. The house has been enlarged and tastefully improved over the years with a series of beautifully matched additions that have genuinely enhanced this superb family home. Double garage, a large private, level garden with lawn, terrace and two courtyard areas.

The properties in Charterhouse Close should not be confused with other non-genuine Scandinavian houses elsewhere in the town that are outwardly similar. These houses were built by a private developer who had the vision to import Swedish components and seasoned timber which, coupled with unusually high insulation standards, resulted in easily run but significant houses of a timeless design. Virtually every property in the development offers a good garden and the build density is remarkably low ensuring a real feeling of space in this cul de sac and the neighbouring avenue.

The House: The property offers beautifully laid out and attractively appointed accommodation that has been deftly enlarged with an almost full width extension to the living room which brilliantly enhances the proportions of that primary reception room. In addition, an all year round garden room with fully insulated vaulted roof has been built at the rear really drawing the eye and the living space outside while opening to the terrace, the rear garden and a secluded courtyard.

The reception hall offers an immediate sense of space with an easy half return staircase rising via a well-lit stairwell to the first floor.

A study off the hall provides space to work from home. The living room enjoys an outlook to the front with wall to wall windows and a feature hole in the wall open hearth fireplace. Double doors lead in turn to the extremely comfortable dining room with the garden room – family room beyond.

The dining room also opens to the superb kitchen breakfast room that has been completely refurbished with a full selection of bespoke cabinets in a contemporary white finish incorporating deep pan drawers, full height larder storage, telescoping corner storage and a range of built in appliances such as integrated ovens and a warming drawer, an integrated fridge freezer, an integrated dish washer and an inset gas hob with a tempered glass splash back and a chimney hood above.

The quartz work surfaces have a sink unit inset and match the L shaped breakfast peninsula. The outlook from the kitchen is over the rear garden and a door leads to the adjoining utility room with a door beyond to outside. The final room on the ground floor is an invaluable cloakroom that has also been updated again in a contemporary style.

On the first floor a generous landing opens to the bathroom and the bedrooms. There is a double linen cupboard and a hatch and loft stairs to the attic space above.

The principal bedroom is very well proportioned with an excellent range of fitted wardrobes with an outlook to the front, a door to the balcony and a door to the ample en suite shower room that has also been tastefully updated.

The remaining bedroom are all genuine double rooms, a particular attribute of the large Scandinavian houses in this location and they all offer plenty of play space for younger children and more than enough space for teenagers and young adults at home.

Finally, the family bathroom is superb with a suite of fitted cabinets, a vanity top incorporating a wash hand basin, a shower bath with Jacuzzi, a curved laminated glass shower screen and shower over.

Outside: The house stands very well with a level block paved drive offering good parking and leading to the significant attached DOUBLE GARAGE motorised remote-controlled door, a personnel door to the rear, light, power and scope for overhead storage. The height of the garage is sufficient to form the basis of an additional bedroom suite if ever required by addition of a large dormer above the garage space (subject to any required consents). This type of alteration has been carried out at similar properties elsewhere.

A gate at the side opens to a paved courtyard behind the garage with access from the back door out of the utility room. There is more than enough space here for a large garden shed and a greenhouse hidden away from the ,main area of garden but there is also space for early morning coffee too.

The courtyard opens in turn to the paved terrace that extends across the back of the house as far as the garden room- family room. This terrace is private and surveys the lawn that stretches away from the house for a considerable distance leading via arbour to a kitchen garden area in the far corner of the garden. A mature oak tree stands towards the bottom of the garden and screens the property without while robbing the garden of any light due to the orientation of the property.

Beyond the family room – garden room with access from within or from the garden there is a further sheltered and secluded courtyard area that is also fully screened by timber panel fencing.