The Drive, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3

A deceptively spacious chalet style character home with scope to extend STC


Description

This lovely chalet style character home, is deceptively spacious and there is an opportunity to extend subject to usual consents to create a larger home for the extended family. There is excellent versatile accommodation over two floors and the house has a fabulous private garden, with putting green, which is a great feature of this home.

The house opens into an attractive hall and the generously sized ground floor boasts high ceilings and original features such as ceiling beams, picture rails and an original working iron doorbell. The lovely sitting room features a fireplace and there are double doors out to the garden There is a good sized dining room, study and a ground floor bedroom and bathroom which is ideal for guests or elderly relatives. The kitchen is fitted with a range of built in wall and door units and there is a generous utility room to the side and further storage.

The character of the property extends to the first floor where there is a principal bedroom suite with an ensuite shower room and three further bedrooms plus a family shower. There are dormers overlooking the garden and surrounding mature trees. Sloped ceilings, which although restricts some head height in places, also serves to continue the unique charm of this property.

The house is situated on a 0.31 acre plot and set back from the road and there is a paved carriage front drive for several cars and an integral double garage. The rear garden is delightful and is secluded with mature hedging on all sides and lovely mature stocked beds and borders too plus a terrace leading to a wide expanse of lawn and putting green.

Location

147 The Drive is situated approximately a quarter of a mile from Rickmansworth Station and town centre. Rickmansworth Station provides a frequent Metropolitan Line service to Baker Street and The City and the Chiltern Turbo a fast main line service to Marylebone. Rickmansworth offers comprehensive local shopping with the food halls of Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco together with an excellent choice of restaurants and cafes. There is a selection of schools, both private and state within the area. The M25 can be accessed at Junctions 17 and 18, with links to the motorway network and major airports.

Square Footage: 2,337 sq ft


Acreage: 0.31 Acres

Directions

From Rickmansworth town centre proceed along the A404 in
the direction of Chorleywood & Amersham, taking the first left hand turn into Nightingale Road. After the sharp right hand bend Nightingale Road becomes The Drive. Number 147 can be found a short distance along on the right hand side.