Hollow Lane, Hayling Island, Hampshire

During the 17th century, there was originally a brewhouse ‘To live and let live’ on this site - there is a local documented history on this property. It was bombed during the war, rebuilt, and recently extensively re-modeled, providing 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, an insulated garage currently used as a gym, a swim spa, and a Hot tub. This attractive detached house combines the best of both worlds - a period style with a contemporary and very high specification and finish.

The house is rendered a fitting pale grey colour with white stucco detailing and an imposing entrance, there is a new pitched slate roof and an attached double garage, with plenty of parking on the gravelled drive behind the original Flint boundary wall. On the ground floor, there is a large open-plan kitchen and dining area, an office, a cloakroom, a lounge with a working log burner stove, a bedroom with an en-suite shower room, and a utility room. From the utility room, there is the attached garage which has been insulated and is heated. It is fitted out as a gym, with plumbing for a washing machine, water storage tanks with pumps to serve the power showers throughout the house, a water softener, and a back door to the garden.

Upstairs there is a galleried landing with two large windows providing plenty of natural light, there are 4 bedrooms, 2 ensuite shower rooms, a separate family bathroom, a cupboard housing the Tempest hot water cylinder, and a loft hatch accessing the part-boarded loft area that has power, lighting and is used to access the inverters serving the solar panels, for easy maintenance. Built-in wardrobes are provided in the upstairs bedrooms.

The back garden is landscaped and for the keen gardener, there is a classical-styled Victorian Alitex greenhouse, providing an attractive vista from the rear of the house. Additionally, there is a swim spa, covered by a glazed structure that is on rollers so it can be opened up in warmer weather, and a separate hot tub.

The high-level specification includes Double glazed aluminum doors and windows, provided by Origin. A Dutch ATAG boiler, serving the household hot water needs and the warm water-based underfloor heating system in the main living areas on the ground floor. 27 roof-mounted solar panels with 27 kWh Tesla battery storage, serving the underfloor heating to the ground floor shower room, swim spa, and hot tub. Additionally, the swim spa and hot tub are served by their air-source heat pumps to provide backup heating.

The kitchen and dining area are fully fitted with a range of Mark Wilkinson wall and floor cupboards, open shelf units, and drawers including an extensive double-door pantry unit and a large island unit. Worktops are a pale pink/grey granite colour. There is an integrated double-door Gaggenau fridge freezer, a Miele free-standing range oven with an extractor above, an integrated Miele steam oven, and a sink unit with a Quooker tap providing hot and cold water, boiling water, and filtered still and sparkling water. The bathrooms, shower room, and cloakroom are fitted with high-quality contemporary sanitary ware, taps, vanity units, wall and floor tiles, and finishes.

In the ceilings of the principal rooms and garage, there are hard-wired internet hubs/access points to ensure a strong Wi-Fi signal is available throughout the house, the industrial quality router system is located in the front bedroom. Several principal rooms also benefit from hard-wired ethernet sockets. In three of the upstairs bedrooms, there are ceiling-mounted Samsung ‘Wind-Free’ air conditioning and warm air units with wall-mounted thermostatically controlled panels.

Leaving the bustle of the M27 in Hampshire and heading south through Langstone, over the bridge to Hayling Island - you feel like you are entering a place of peace and tranquility. It combines all the benefits of a traditional seaside holiday destination with miles of beautiful and unspoiled countryside and coastline - awarded European Blue Flag and Tidy Britain Seaside awards - meaning it offers safe and clean beaches and swimming opportunities. Along with pathways for walking and cycling, there are two golf courses, a popular tennis club, There is a world-renowned sailing club-Hayling Island sailing club, and windsurfing originated on the island.

The island’s economy was based around fishing, farming, and salt production, then in the 1930s it became a popular holiday destination. There is a strong military history with a fascinating World War II Heritage Trail which takes in many significant historical landmarks. Today, it's a bustling place to live, relax, and work, and a strong local economy has developed serving the needs of the local residents. Additionally, many people choose to live on the island and commute the short distance to the mainland joining the M27 serving Portsmouth, Chichester, and beyond, the A3 heading north to London, the ferry ports at Portsmouth, and the mainline railway to London from Portsmouth.

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Council tax band: F