5-bedroom detached house · RG7 6QJ
Sold STCListed 548 days
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An Exceptional Contemporary Detached Family Home Designed and Finished to the Highest Standards 20 Broad Lane Dating back to 2012, 20 Broad Lane is an individual family home which has be beautifully renovated and extended by the current owners over the last few years.
Approached through wooden 5 bar gates onto a large gravel driveway providing off road parking to the front of the property and double garage.
On the ground floor, an impressive reception hall creates a striking impression upon entering the house.
The house benefits from four reception rooms: a sitting room featuring bi-fold doors opening out onto the terrace, a cinema room which is fitted with state of the art Sony projector and Dolby 7 surround sound speaker system and 100 inch screen (all equipment available by separate negotiation), a gym which also has bi-fold doors opening out onto the terrace and a study.
The multifunctional kitchen/dining room boasts both bi-folding doors opening out to the gardens as well as a lantern light and is comprehensively fitted with a sleek range of high specification Fern Design handmade units.
There are built in state of the art Siemens appliances with full Wifi connectivity and functional through the HomeConnect app, a full Quooker tap with drinking water, sparkling water and boiling water function and a 3 level inbuilt wine fridge.
The kitchen currently has the benefit of 9 years remaining of a 10 year warranty. The ground floor further offers a large utility room with ample storage, a cloakroom, and bedroom 5 with en suite.
Situated on the first floor is the main bedroom with en suite bathroom. Also located on this floor are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Leading directly from the house to the rear is a stunning porcelain terrace with stunning views over the garden beyond which is fully enclosed with a mixture of hedged borders.
There is ample parking for cars in front of the house and a double garage.
Other improvements include a Sonos speaker system hardwired to Kitchen, Living Room, Gym and Cinema rooms as well as feed ready for garden speaker system if ever required.
The entire downstairs is now hardwired to all TV spots in the kitchen, living room, gym, office and cinema for streaming as well as WiFi hot spots to each location.
State of the art WiFi and Bluetooth Heatmiser thermostat system to all rooms linked back to central hub. All systems can be controlled via WiFi on the app.
There is also a new boiler and high end Corston switch gear to the majority of downstairs.
The Central hub also provides to the garden - power, data and speaker feeds to ensure future proofing for garden lighting, office/outbuildings as well as garden speakers if required.
New conduit has been laid around the entire garden to bring all cables through to required locations when required.
Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire 20 Broad Lane is situated in the popular village of Upper Bucklebury, surrounded by rural farmland and bordered by Bucklebury Common an area of managed woodland.
The village lies about 6 miles north east of Newbury with its extensive facilities and is conveniently located for access to the A34 and M4.
Newbury, Thatcham and Theale all have mainline stations (Paddington line) and Crossrail services from Reading are expected to start in the near future with two Elizabeth line trains an hour (four an hour at peak time) which will allow passengers to travel right through central London without having to change trains.
Upper Bucklebury has a post office store and pub, and bordering Chapel Row has a doctor’s surgery, pub and cafe.
There is a good network of footpaths and bridleways and there are cross country walks to pubs at both Stanford Dingley and Frilsham.
There are a wide range of schools in the area, including Elstree, St Andrew’s, Brockhurst & Marlston House, Cheam, Bradfield College, Downe House and Pangbourne College.
Services •Mains water, electricity and drainage. Oil fired central heating. •Superfast Broadband via Gigaclear is available by subscription •Council tax – Band G.
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This fee will need to be paid by you in advance of us publishing your property (in the case of a vendor) or issuing a memorandum of sale (in the case of a buyer), directly to Lifetime Legal, and is non-refundable.
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