Long Buftlers, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

A generously-proportioned family home providing modern amenities and neutral décor throughout, the whole combining to provide an elegant and practical living and entertaining environment. Long Buftlers is a peaceful location within distance of local amenities and open countryside.

The property
35 Long Buftlers is an attractive modern family home offering more than 2,400 sq ft of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors.

Configured to offer an elegant yet practical space for both living and entertaining, the accommodation combines modern amenities and neutral décor throughout. It flows from a welcoming entrance hall with useful storage into a spacious kitchen/dining room featuring tiled flooring, a range of wall and base units including a breakfast bar, complementary work surfaces and splashbacks, integrated Miele appliances including a wine chiller and a good sized dining area. From here, a door opens into a sitting room with a contemporary wall-mounted inset fireplace. Both the dining area and sitting room provide access to a generous vaulted conservatory with tiled flooring, multiple sky lanterns and expansive glazing, including French doors to the rear terrace, all offering lovely views over the garden. From the dining area, an inner hall leads to a modern shower room, and a useful bedroom/reception room with fitted storage. A further wood-lined library opens into a front-aspect study, both featuring bespoke fitted storage.

The part-vaulted first floor provides a spacious front aspect principal bedroom with fitted dressing room and an en suite shower room, two further double bedrooms, both with fitted storage, and a modern family bathroom with exposed wooden flooring, bath and separate shower.

Set behind low-level walling and a low-maintenance area of level lawn bordered by well-stocked flowerbeds, the property is approached over a block-paved driveway providing private parking and giving access to the link-attached garage which has an internal door to a rear covered storage area and the rear garden beyond. The well-maintained rear garden features a level lawn bordered by a block-paved path, an outbuilding adjacent to the main house with a fitted utility room and log store, and a large wraparound paved terrace edged with well-stocked flower and shrub beds. Mature hedging provides privacy throughout, making the space ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

Harpenden has a thriving High Street and comprehensive range of shopping facilities, including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, a Marks and Spencer store and boutique shops, together with numerous restaurants, coffee shops and bars. Good sporting and leisure facilities include a sports centre with indoor swimming pool and rugby, tennis, bowling and cricket clubs, together with three golf courses. Cycling, riding and walking can be enjoyed in the Woodland Trust’s Heartwood Forest and Rothamsted Estate. Extensive amenities can also be found in St Albans and Welwyn Garden City. Communications links are excellent: the M1 gives access to major regional centres, the M25 and motorway network, and Harpenden station (0.6 mile) offers regular services into central London.

Distances
Harpenden High Street 1.2 mile
St Albans 5.6 miles
London Luton Airport 7.9 miles
Welwyn Garden City 8.3 miles

Nearby Stations
Harpenden Station
Luton Airport Parkway Station
St Albans City Station
St Albans Abbey Station

Key Locations
Rothamsted Manor
Harpenden Common
Harpenden Golf Club
The Eric Morcambe Centre Harpenden
Harpenden Sports Centre
Harpenden Farmers Market
The Nickey Line Rail Walk
Stockwood Discovery Centre
Wardown House, Museum and Gallery
St Albans Cathedral
Verulamium Park
Verulamium Museum
Someries Castle
Hatfield House
Shaw’s Corner (National Trust)

Nearby Schools
Crabtree Infants’ and Junior
High Beeches Primary
St Dominic Catholic Primary
Sir John Lawes School
St George’s School
Aldwickbury
St Hilda’s
The King’s
St. Albans High School for Girls