Rectory Road, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8

With no onward chain, this substantial three/four-bedroom family home, with open-plan kitchen/diner, large conservatory and sitting room, on sought-after Rectory Road, is set back on a beautiful plot with horse-shoe driveway two garages and landscaped rear gardens.

Truby Lodge has been in the same family for decades and it is now time for it to have a new lease of life, creating cherished memories for the next generation. The house dates back to the 1950s with well-proportioned rooms and plenty of outside space. Over the years the property has been well-maintained and the layout changed to embrace a more modern way of life – creating a large kitchen/breakfast room, adding a spacious conservatory, and landscaping the back garden. Solid ash flooring runs through the kitchen where warm, wooden Shaker-style units, topped with contrasting granite worksurfaces, house a dishwasher and American-style fridge/freezer. A focal point of the kitchen is the attractive gas Aga within an exposed brick chimney breast. Provision has been made for the addition of an electric oven, below the induction hob, if needed. Patio doors open into the air-conditioned conservatory where there is plenty of space for comfortable seating and where the present owners have a cinema screen and projector. The sitting room, which is a more intimate space with a feature fireplace, also has sliding patio doors which open into the conservatory. A further reception room,originally a dining room, is situated next to the cloakroom and shower, and has the potential to be a ground floor double bedroom.

On the first floor are three, large, double bedrooms which all share a WC and a separate family bathroom which is fitted with a shower over a bath, a vanity unit with wash-hand basin, and a WC. All three bedrooms benefit from wash-hand basins, and two of the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. From the light, spacious landing a door opens to steep steps which rise up to a couple of carpeted loft rooms where there is a Velux window and access to loft storage.

Outside, an enviable, tree-lined, horseshoe driveway sweeps in from the road around level lawn, to the front of Truby Lodge and its two garages. A covered walkway, accessed from the kitchen, links the house to the left-hand garage with its laundry/utility room. There is planning permission to extend the house over this garage to create another bedroom. The second garage is the other side of the house, where there is a handy garden WC. At the rear of the property is a stunning garden with thoughtfully designed paved terraces, mature banks of colourful plants, secret pathways, a summerhouse, a greenhouse and garden shed. A wisteria-festooned pergola creates a shady spot for outdoor entertaining with its barbecue area and oven.