Renhold Road, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, MK44

FABULOUS FOREVER FAMILY HOME, WITH WONDERFUL VIEWS FRONT AND BACK

A striking, 4-bedroom, 4-year-old, 2,500 ft², modern barn conversion, transformed under Class Q planning from grain store to stylish, sustainably built family home that is close to every amenity. With its smaller, attached neighbour, North End Barn looks over the glorious countryside surrounding the Bedfordshire villages of Ravensden and Renhold and is now ready to welcome a new family, with plans already in place for landscaping and a double, detached garage.

Rurally placed between the two villages, you have the choice of two shops (including post office), two pubs and the activities in two village halls. You have playing fields in Renhold and you can walk the children to their little primary school (recently rated ‘Good in all areas’) in Ravensden. Wander in one direction across the brook and through rolling countryside to the popular Horse & Jockey Freehouse, and to the ancient Grade I-listed Church of All Saints, and in the other to Mowsbury Golf Club to indulge your passion for golf, squash or socialisng in the 19th hole. Moreover, cycling enthusiasts and dog walkers could not ask to live anywhere better.

All this on your doorstep and Ravensden is minutes from good road and rail networks too. The village is about 25 miles equidistant of Cambridge and Milton Keynes. The County town of Bedford, with its fast trains to London in under 40 minutes, its world renowned Harpur Trust private schools and its outstanding Free School, is less than 5 miles away. Travelling from North End Barn is so easy, but what a place to come home to.

ABOUT THE PROPERTY

As soon as you step into the lovely hall, spacious enough to sit in, a tantalising glimpse of the kitchen and family area with garden and countryside beyond, you get a feeling for what North End Barn is all about.

Space and light above and around you. Floor to ceiling high performance, aluminium windows and French doors flood flexible rooms with natural light. The study and front sitting room add to areas equally suited to relaxing and reading elsewhere.

The downstairs bedroom suite, fabulous for guests but equally ideal for extended family and later life. Upstairs are bedrooms to die for, not least the main bedroom, with its super walk-in wardrobe and stylish bathroom, which like the main bathroom has a bath made for evening wallowing, as well as a large, invigorating shower to awaken the morning senses.

And there’s nothing like those views to make you want to spring out of bed and fling open the curtains. Fields, hills and woods as far as the eye can see. And to the side, the beautiful old farmhouse and its gorgeous pantiled barns.

For all the contemporary feel of North End Barn, there’s remarkable character too. Parts of the original concrete support structure of the grain store poke through the very tall, sloping ceilings upstairs, not least on the lovely, peaceful, galleried landing, with its solar powered Velux windows and a floor area that can take a sofa and desk, still with space to spare.

The ceiling swoops down toward the perfect family space, with its gorgeous stone floor, where all can cook, chat, relax, and dine. And where entertaining is a pure joy, guests milling around the island, cold drinks plucked from either of two family-sized fridge freezers, panoramic views of glorious sunsets, blinds closed electrically as you wish, huge doors sliding open to the sandstone terrace come summertime.

Sit with a glass of wine under an outside roof overhang supported by amazing concrete pillars and imagine your super outdoor space landscaped, with the permitted garage (or would it be used for something else) to the side. Added value to what is already a superb family home.