5 Bed Detached House For Sale

Built in 2010, Beech House offers circa 6,000 sq ft of well-proportioned accommodation over three floors. The impressive reception hall leads to four spacious reception rooms, which include a drawing room which is centred around a feature fireplace with wood-burning stove and has French doors providing a link to the garden. Further reception areas comprise a flexible-use family room, a snug and a light-filled garden room. With its vaulted ceiling and exposed rafters, the recently installed kitchen contains shaker style cabinetry with stone work surfaces, a Belfast sink, integrated appliances and large central island and breakfast bar. There is ample space for a dining table and chairs with front and rear bi-folding doors, plus a more formal dining room situated next to the kitchen. An indoor swimming pool with adjoining wet room provides a splendid leisure facility with direct access out to the paved terrace, a new cinema room situated on the floor above the double garage.

The bedroom accommodation is arranged over the two upper floors, with the principal room offering a fitted dressing room and an en suite bathroom. There are two further bedrooms with access to a Jackand- Jill bathroom, and on the landing is a library setting within the curved bay window. At the top of the house there are two, almost identical, en suite bedrooms. Additional accommodation is available with a newly constructed detached studio annexe which can function as a home office or a gym and is complete with a kitchenette and bathroom.

Some noteworthy technological features exist including fibre internet with speeds up to 900 mbps and further bolstered by a 5G WIFI network covering the entire house and garden. The indoor pool has air heating, there are solar panels and a new 2000 litre pressurised water tank system. For electric vehicles there is a Tesla charger.

The house also benifits from recently approved planning permission for a triple storey rear extension with internal alterations. Plans are available on the West Berkshire Planning Portal or we can supply upon request.

With a plot measuring a little over an acre, the garden backs onto open countryside. Laid mostly to lawn, there are mature borders and specimen trees but notably a very spacious paved terrace linking the pool to all main reception rooms; perfect for outdoor entertaining.

There is also a children's treehouse as well as a breeze house with seating. To the front there is further garden and a shingle driveway leading to the double garage, accessed via electric gates.

The picturesque, semi-rural village of Upper Basildon is encircled by the Berkshire countryside with amenities including a church with striking architecture, a village hall, a recreational ground, football and tennis clubs, as well as a popular public house.

The nearby Thameside village of Pangbourne provides an excellent range of local shops and services and a mainline rail link to London Paddington. The more comprehensive amenities of Reading are approximately nine miles distant, with the M4 offering convenient road links. Well-regarded schooling in the vicinity includes St Andrews Berkshire, Bradfield College, Pangbourne College, Oratory Prep and the Oratory School.