Maple View, Starkholmes Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4

Built around 1990s, this attractive stone fronted modern house is designed and equipped to offer a special family home, conveniently situated within a sought after residential area and with in-built recreation facilities and space. The configuration of the principal accommodation includes two traditional reception rooms, kitchen and ancillary rooms to the ground floor, four bedrooms, two bathrooms on the first floor where there is also the unusual addition of a large games room currently housing a full size snooker table (not included in the sale price) yet readily converted to provide additional bedroom space. Adjoining the house there is also a garden/leisure room with a sauna, shower room and access to the Indoor Pool House.

Enjoying a private access from the opposite side of the house, there is access to a first floor self-contained flat, ideal for independent family members or visiting guests and the home is complete with parking for up to four cars, generous double garage with work bench, and attractive manageable gardens.

Starkholmes is a well regarded district of the town, standing beneath the imposing landmark of Riber Castle and which enjoys a thriving community with a village hall, parish church, primary and lower secondary schools. The wide range of shops and amenities of Matlock are less than one mile away and there is ready access to the delights of the surrounding countryside, with good walking almost from the doorstep. The local road links provide access to Bakewell (8 miles), Alfreton (8 miles), Chesterfield (10 miles) and the cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham each lie within daily commuting distance.

ACCOMMODATION
To the front of the house an oak panelled front door opens to a...

Reception hall - with space for occasional furniture, quality oak panelling to the lower walls and stairs leading off to the first floor.

Breakfast kitchen - fitted with a range of cupboards, drawers and work surfaces, with a feature being the Rayburn range cooker with boiler, which also provides central heating. The room is finished with a quality wood grain plank flooring which continues through to the side hall, utility areas and cloakroom.

Utility room - with sink unt, benching and plumbing for an automatic washing machine and the benefit of a large storeroom

Cloakroom - accessed off the side hall and including a modern 'Belfast' style sink and WC.

The side hall also has direct internal access to the double garage.

Dining room - situated adjacent to the kitchen and access off the reception hall, currently used as a dedicated dining space, with French doors opening to the gardens, through which there are superb views across the town.

Sitting room - access off the reception hall through a pair of glazed doors, with good natural light through windows to the front and side, into the pool room and French doors to the garden room. As a focal point, the rustic brick fireplace with timber lintel houses a multi-fuel stove.

Garden room - linking the main accommodation to the pool house, there are sliding patio doors into the pool and to the garden.

To one side stands the sauna and adjacent...

Shower room - with broad walk-in shower, wash hand basin and WC.

Pool house - purpose built within a single storey building with high vaulted ceiling and exposed roof trusses. The pool stands within a tiled perimeter and is finished with blue mosaic tiles to the walls and floor. There are corner steps to the shallow end and a depth of around 1.8 meters to the deeper end. The pool water is separately heated by a dedicated domestic boiler situated within an outside service room.

From the reception hall, elegant stairs rise in a dogleg fashion to the first floor landing.

Master bedroom 1 - a generous double bedroom, with built-in double wardrobes, windows to three elevations allowing views to the surrounding hills and across the town beyond neighbouring roof tops. There is access to an...

Ensuite bathroom - fitted with a corner bath, WC and wash hand basin. Off the ensuite a door opens to a walk-in wardrobe providing excellent clothes or linen storage heated by the flue from the Rayburn.

Bedroom 2 - enjoying distant views to the rear, a good double bedroom.

Bedroom 3 - a front facing double room.

Bedroom 4 / study - a smaller room currently used as a study and with similar views towards Matlock Bank and the hills which surround the town.

Bathroom - fitted with a four piece suite to include free standing roll top bath with claw feet, pedestal wash hand basin, WC with high flush and corner shower cubicle with glazed screen and mains shower fitting.

Games room - a substantial recreation room, ideal for family indoor play and currently housing a snooker table (not included in the sale price).

First Floor Annexe Flat
Accessed through a door from the garage and independently from an external door from the side of the house. Stairs rise to the flat which is of modest proportion and simply finished and includes a kitchen, bedroom, sitting room, shower room. Ideal for visitors and independent family members.

Double garage
A superb open space for car and other storage, indoor hobbies and a workshop. There is the inclusion of a work bench, storage beneath the flat stairs, window and personnel door to the gardens. At the front, there are two electric doors.

OUTSIDE & PARKING
The house stands within this small cul-de-sac of just a handful of homes. To the front of house and garage there is attractive stone cobbled drive which provides side-by-side parking for up to four cars. Paths lead to each side of the house and to the attractive front entrance. At the rear, the garden plot is relatively shallow and includes a patio and outdoor entertaining area beneath pergola and wooden cover, informal lawns, and perimeter paths leading to and from the house. All positioned to take advantage of the pleasant views across the surrounding hills.

TENURE - Freehold.

SERVICES - All mains services are available to property which enjoys the benefit of sealed unit double glazing and gas-fired central heating, served by a Rayburn in the kitchen. The pool is served by a second dedicated gas-fired boiler. No test has been made on the services or their distribution.

EPC RATING - Current 64D / Potential 75C

COUNCIL TAX - Band G

FIXTURES & FITTINGS - Only the fixtures and fittings mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. Certain other items may be taken at valuation if required. No specific test has been made on any appliance either included or available by negotiation.

DIRECTIONS - From Matlock Crown Square, take Causeway Lane passing by Hall Leys Park and the football ground to Matlock Green. Turn right into Church Street then rise up the road and continue on into Starkholmes. After passing Highfields School, Maple View is a cul-de-sac on the left hand side.

VIEWING - Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office .

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