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Longcombe, Totnes

PROPERTY TYPE

Detached

BEDROOMS

3

BATHROOMS

2

SIZE

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TENURE
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Freehold

Key features

  • Charming detached cottage with 4.9 acres located in highly desired rural location
  • Beautiful gardens and two fields with unparalleled rural views
  • Potential to expand or repurpose existing outbuildings for added living space or holiday rentals
  • Open plan kitchen and dining room
  • Living room overlooking gardens and rural aspects
  • 2/3 Bedrooms
  • Family bathroom, en-suite and ground floor cloakroom
  • Garage, gated drive and other outbuilding which could provide stables or extra garaging
  • Detached utility/office building which could be converted to Annex subject to relevant consents
  • Immediate vacant possession on legal completion

Description

Capture the essence of this picturesque detached cottage nestled within beautiful, well-tended gardens and offering unparalleled rural vistas. The property also boasts 0.31 acre plot plus two connecting fields spanning over 4.6 acres. With the potential to expand or repurpose existing outbuildings for added living space or holiday rentals, this is an idyllic countryside escape.Double-glazed door into an entrance vestibule with tiled flooring, a door to the boiler cupboard with a floor-mounted oil-fired boiler, and a door to the cloakroom. The cloakroom has a concealed low-level WC, a wall-hung washbasin, and a secured double-glazed window, as well as a wall-hung central heating radiator/towel radiator.Moving through a multi-glazed door, you enter a spacious kitchen/dining room featuring a range of shaker-style cottage bases and wall units with granite work surfaces. The kitchen includes a butler sink, a two-ring Smeg electric hob, and a Aga style cooker, along with tiled splashback surrounds and lighting to work surfaces. The area also has inset ceiling lights and two double-glazed windows offering fantastic rural views, with an additional window to the side. There are central heating radiators, recesses for a fridge freezer and a microwave, and a door leading to the living room. The living room contains a beautiful feature stone fireplace with an inset wood burner, offering dual aspect views and patio doors overlooking the surrounding rural landscape, as well as a fitted central heating radiator.Heading to the first-floor landing, you will find a hatch to the loft space and doors leading to the master bedroom, which is a double aspect room offering beautiful countryside views, central heating radiator, inset ceiling lighting, and an en suite shower room with tiled floors and walls, a fitted vanity unit with an inset sink and mixer tap, a low-level WC with dual flush, and a large walk-in shower room. There is also an airing cupboard and a family bathroom with tiled flooring and half-tiled walls, a low-level WC, washbasin, and bath with additional shower. The bathroom also features a radiator and a view of the surrounding countryside.Please note that Bedrooms 2 and 3 have been converted to provide a large second bedroom, but it can easily be converted back to 3 bedrooms by reinstating the partition wall. The current setup provides a large double bedroom with two-sided views over the countryside, inset ceiling lighting, a central heating radiator, and a built-in cupboard.Outside, there is a detached building with the potential to be converted into additional living accommodation or an annex, ideal for families or as a holiday let. It currently functions as a utility room and homework space/study, with an attached single garage.Approaching Alex Cottage, you will pass through a gate and path leading to the cottage, with a double gate into the driveway that offers potential for stables and storage buildings. The gardens surrounding the cottage are established and include a vegetable and fruit garden.

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Double-glazed door into an entrance vestibule with tiled flooring, a door to the boiler cupboard with a floor-mounted oil-fired boiler, and a door to the cloakroom. The cloakroom has a concealed low-level WC, a wall-hung washbasin, and a secured double-glazed window, as well as a wall-hung central heating radiator/towel radiator.

Moving through a multi-glazed door, you enter a spacious kitchen/dining room featuring a range of shaker-style cottage bases and wall units with granite work surfaces. The kitchen includes a butler sink, a two-ring Smeg electric hob, and a Aga style cooker, along with tiled splashback surrounds and lighting to work surfaces. The area also has inset ceiling lights and two double-glazed windows offering fantastic rural views, with an additional window to the side. There are central heating radiators, recesses for a fridge freezer and a microwave, and a door leading to the living room. The living room contains a beautiful feature stone fireplace with an...

Outside:

Lower Field - 1.567 acres accessed through gate opposite Alex Cottage

Higher Field - 3.118 acres located above and behind the cottage

Services:

The property is supplied by mains water, electricity, oil heating a septic tank.

Local Council and Planning Authority:

South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Rd, Totnes TQ9 5NE

Council Tax:

Council Tax Band F

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy performance rating F (34)

Tenure:

Freehold

Viewings:

Strictly by appointment only through Rendells Estate Agents, Tel: .

Directions:

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Band: F
PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
Yes
GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
Yes
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About Rendells, Newton Abbot

13 Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RL

Rendells is an independent firm of Auctioneers, Valuers, Surveyors and Estate Agents, with offices located in Newton Abbot, Totnes and Chagford, renowned for the sale and rental of village and country properties throughout Dartmoor and South Devon but with an equally strong reputation for selling and letting homes and commercial property in the principal townships.

The partnership also offers specialist agricultural services including valuation and survey services, livestock marketing, farm and machinery sales, milk quota as well as having a separate department enjoying an international reputation specialising in the valuation and sale of antiques and fine art from sale rooms at Stonepark in Ashburton

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