3-bedroom bungalow · DT10 1JN
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About
A charming and well presented three bedroom detached bungalow, believed to date back to the late 1900s, situated in a quiet cul de sac position in the popular North Dorset village of Marnhull.
An early viewing is highly recommended to fully appreciate everything this wonderful home has to offer.
Having been a much loved home for eight years, the property has seen the useful addition of a front porch with infrared heater during the current ownership.
The accommodation is generously proportioned and arranged on a single floor, with a sitting room featuring a woodburner, a delightful garden room with double doors to the garden, a dining room equally suited as a fourth bedroom if required, a kitchen diner, a utility room and a family bathroom.
All three bedrooms have built-in wardrobe space, the main bedroom also benefitting from an en-suite shower room. A boarded loft provides useful additional storage.
Outside, the south facing garden is a real highlight of the property, fully enclosed and not overlooked, with a patio area, a lawn with flower borders, a wild flower area and a vegetable garden at the bottom, all backing onto open fields with stunning far reaching countryside views.
There is a double garage and ample driveway parking for multiple vehicles. The Property - Inside - The front porch leads into the hallway, with doors giving access to all principal rooms.
Featuring a woodburner as a focal point, the sitting room is a generous and well proportioned space, leading through to the delightful garden room with underfloor heating and double doors opening directly out to the garden.
Double doors from the sitting room also take you into a versatile dining room, which is equally suited as a fourth bedroom if required.
The kitchen is modern in style, fitted with a range of shaker floor and eye-level cupboards, granite worksurfaces and a tiled floor, with a built-in eye level oven, hob, integrated fridge freezer and dishwasher.
A window overlooks the garden and a door leads through to the useful utility room.
The main bedroom is a generous double with a lovely outlook over the rear garden, built-in wardrobe space and its own en-suite shower room.
Bedroom two is also a well proportioned double with built-in wardrobe space, while bedroom three is a further well proportioned room, also with built-in wardrobe space.
The family bathroom serves the remaining bedrooms which benefits from a heated towel rail and underfloor heating.
Outside - Garden The south facing garden is a truly impressive outdoor space, fully enclosed and not overlooked.
A patio area abuts the rear of the property, leading to a well maintained lawn with flower borders, which drops down to a wild flower area and vegetable garden at the bottom of the plot.
The garden backs onto open fields, with stunning far reaching countryside views to enjoy. Fully owned solar panels are also fitted to the rear of the property.
Parking A double garage and ample driveway parking for multiple vehicles is available.
Useful Information - Energy Efficiency Rating C Council Tax Band F Services Mains Electricity, Drainage, Gas and Water Solar electricity generation and Domestic battery Central heating Main system - radiators, gas fired Separate circulation for Garden Room underfloor system, gas fired Bathroom - electric underfloor Hot Water - 4 sources Gas boiler Electric Immersion heater Electric solar PV Direct solar - evacuated tubes Upvc Double glazing Freehold Vendors Suited Location And Directions - Marnhull is approximately 3 miles to the north of the market town of Sturminster Newton and lies in the Blackmore Vale in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The village is one of the largest in Dorset with a population of about 2000. It has an active community with a variety of friendly and thriving clubs and societies.
There is a post office, two general stores, hairdressers, chemist, village hall, recreation ground and doctors surgery.
There are three churches, two public houses and a number of Bed & Breakfast places, as well as two primary schools.
Further facilities can be found at Shaftesbury and Gillingham which are approximately 6 miles away, with the latter benefiting from a mainline train station, serving London Waterloo and Exeter St David's.
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