Harvest Hill, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire SL8

A five-bar gate opens to the driveway edged with granite setts with shaped areas of lawn hedging and specimen trees. The front door opens into a reception hall with limestone floor which extends to the cloakroom, dining room, kitchen and utility room.

The triple-aspect drawing room is a bright room, with doors to the garden, a square bay window and a stone fireplace. The study has a smart range of fitted furniture and the dining room can be accessed from the hall and the kitchen, making it particularly convenient for entertaining.

The family room has a brick fireplace, glazed doors opening onto the garden and a partly vaulted ceiling, fitted bookshelves and storage and doors lead into the double-glazed conservatory, which has views over the garden. There is another generous reception room with fitted media furniture and a modern electric fire and doors to the garden.

The kitchen has been refitted by Smallbone with a combination of Maplewood and painted in-frame cabinetry with a central island, complemented by granite work surfaces and splashbacks. Integrated appliances include a Miele five-burner hob with extractor above, warming drawer, microwave, dishwasher, and an American-style fridge-freezer. Adjoining the kitchen is a double-aspect breakfast area with glazed doors opening to coffee machine, Neff double oven and grill, and an LG American style fridge-freezer. The inset one-and-a-half-bowl stainless steel sink incorporates a waste disposal unit and there are doors to the rear.. A utility room has a door to the garage as well as a door to the side garden which is a useful outside drying area, and there is a second cloakroom/shower room. Stairs rise to a sixth bedroom suitable as an au pair bedroom or office, complete with built-in cupboards.

Overlooking the garden, bedroom one has two double wardrobes and a superbly refitted en-suite shower room with a shower set within a glazed and tiled enclosure, twin wash basins, WC, bidet and heated towel rail, and a heated tiled floor.

Bedroom two has views to the front and has a double wardrobe and refitted en-suite shower room with a deluge shower within a glazed and tiled enclosure, wash basin set into a vanity unit, WC , heated towel rail and heated tiled floor.

Another well-proportioned double room, bedroom three has a double wardrobe and views over the rear garden. Bedroom four overlooks the front of the property, while bedroom five looks over the rear garden.

The refitted family bathroom has a panelled bath with mixer taps, separate shower within a tiled and glazed enclosure, wash basin set into a Villeroy & Boch vanity unit with an illuminated mirrored cabinet above, WC, heated towel rail, tiled walls and a heated tiled floor.

Outside, the gardens wrap around the house and provide a full-size tennis court, a heated swimming pool with mosaic tiling and curved entry steps, a generous patio, and a substantial, level and well-tended lawn. There is a large double garage with up-and-over doors and twin Vaillant gas-fired central-heating boilers. The garage also provides access to the pool plant room, which houses the filtration system and has a separate door to the outside.

EPC: C

Council tax band: H