Carpenters Wood Drive, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3

Attractive detached family home in a highly sought-after location in the village with great potential.

Description

Having been lovingly cared for by the same family for more than 60 years, this pretty home is offered to the market for the first time in many years. Occupying a highly desirable location, close to Russell School, it presents a great opportunity to acquire a home of genuine character with scope to enlarge and enhance, subject to the usual planning consents and to create a home for generations to come.

A welcoming hall, complete with parquet flooring and a modern cloakroom, sets the tone. The sitting room is centred around an attractive feature fireplace, creating an inviting space for everyday living. From here, doors open into a delightful National Trust Cliveden-style conservatory, overlooking the mature garden.

The dining room enjoys an equally attractive outlook over the rear garden. The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive range of traditional wall and base units, with a walk-in larder and a classic Aga, together with an integrated slimline dishwasher, washing machine and fridge freezer.

The first floor is arranged around the landing and offers three well-proportioned bedrooms. The dual-aspect principal bedroom is particularly light and airy, benefitting from fitted wardrobes and useful eaves storage. There are two further bedrooms and a modern family bathroom with a three piece suite.

Outside
The house features a crazy-paved carriage driveway, providing parking and access to the single garage. Mature planting softens the frontage, creating an appealing first impression.

The rear garden is a key feature of this lovely home and offers a good deal of privacy and beautifully established, it has been thoughtfully nurtured over many years to create a peaceful setting The terrace is a great spot for outside dining leading to lawn bordered by an abundance of mature shrubs, acers, fruit trees and established hedging. Tucked away at the far end of the garden is a charming summer house, now requiring some refurbishment but offering exciting potential as a garden retreat. The garden provides a feeling of seclusion and a lovely setting in which to relax and enjoy the outdoors. The overall plot is about 0.25 of an acre.

Location

66 Carpenters Wood Drive is in an ideal location close to the popular Russell Primary School. The village centre is 0.5 miles with shops, cafes, restaurants and the library.

Chorleywood Station provides the Chiltern Turbo to Marylebone plus the Metropolitan Line station to Baker Street and the City. The renowned Clement Danes Secondary School is 0.6 miles away. Chorleywood Common offers a nine hole golf course, picturesque walks and bridle paths as well as the Cricket Club. There are woodland walks at Phillips Hill Woods and Carpenters Woods.

Access to the M25 is at J17 or J18 providing links to major trunk routes.

[All distances are approximate].

Square Footage: 1,424 sq ft


Acreage: 0.25 Acres

Directions

From Chorleywood Station turn left, go under the railway bridge and at the cross roads turn right into New Parade bear left up Blacketts Wood Drive up to the roundabout and take the third exit into Carpenters Wood Drive and number 66 will be found on the left just before St Peters Way.