Weston Close, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG25

May House is available on the open market for the first time in over 50 years. The current vendors have carried out a significant programme of works during their ownership that include extending the kitchen / breakfast room, added a most impressive garden room, enlarging the cloakroom/shower room and creating a spacious office whilst also widening the garaging.

The heated swimming pool was added in the early 1990s, along with the purchasing of an additional area of land on the north-eastern boundary.

The welcoming generous reception hall opens into the dining room with door beyond giving access into the sitting room, which has a feature fireplace with wood burner, an attractive bay window and glazed double doors opening into the fantastic bright garden room. There are wonderful views over the gardens and swimming pool and access via two sets of bi-fold doors to the raised terrace. The garden room has under-floor heating.

The striking and spacious light kitchen/breakfast room is well appointed and includes built in appliances, there is also a useful separate utility. Completing the ground floor accommodation is a good-sized cloakroom/shower room and large home office which has a door into the double garage.

On the first-floor the main bedroom has a range of fitted wardrobes and an en-suite with bath and separate shower. There are three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The property is approached over a long drive flanked by hedges and areas of lawn, there is ample parking for several vehicles and also access to the attached garaging.

The mature well stocked and colourful rear gardens are well landscaped and provide a high degree of privacy. There is a raised terrace immediately outside of the garden room with steps down to the heated pool, with a paved area providing the perfect spot for outside entertaining and al fresco dining. Through a timber arch access is provided to a further area of garden which has an expanse of lawn incorporating a number of trees bounded by established hedging. The property has a gate onto a footpath which leads to the village.

The picturesque village of Upton Grey has an excellent shop with Post Office, an award winning public house The Hoddington Arms, a medieval church, village hall, tennis club and duck pond. The village of Odiham about 4 miles away has a number of shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants. More comprehensive shopping, business and recreational facilities can be found in Basingstoke and Farnham.

There are a number of footpaths leading from the village out into the surrounding countryside. There is a primary school nearby in Long Sutton, independent schools in the area include Lord Wandsworth Collage, Wellington College, Cheam, St. Swithun's and Winchester College. Local Prep schools include Wellesley and St. Neots.

Local and regional communications are excellent with access to the M3 (Junction 5 and 6) within easy driving distance and Basingstoke, Hook and Winchfield mainline railway stations provide a fast and regular service to London Waterloo.