1 Birmingham Road, Blakedown, DY10

There is a lot to love about Elmhurst. A beautiful four double bedroom family home with over 2,200 sq ft of living space, mature gardens approaching an acre, a substantial detached leisure and garage complex, and then, beyond the gardens, approximately 6.8 acres of your own private woodland.

Step inside and the sense of space is immediately apparent. The entrance hall, with its engineered oak flooring, sits at the centre of the home, leading through to the principal ground-floor living spaces.

The living room stretches to almost 22ft, with an Inglenook fireplace and wood burner creating a real focal point, while French doors open directly onto the garden.

But the real heart of the house has to be the extensive L-shaped open-plan kitchen, dining and family living space. At over 41ft at its longest point, it's a fantastic space for everyday family life as well as entertaining. The contemporary kitchen has extensive fitted storage, integrated appliances and a large central island, flowing naturally into both the dining and family areas, with electric underfloor heating, in addition to the home's central heating radiators, and individual temperature control across three separate zones throughout the space. Throw open the bi-fold doors from the dining area and you're straight out into the garden, while the family seating area opens onto the decking at the front of the house, a perfect spot to enjoy the morning sun.

A separate utility room and ground-floor WC complete the ground floor.

Upstairs there are four double bedrooms. The principal bedroom is particularly impressive at 21ft long and has its own en-suite shower room. Three further double bedrooms provide plenty of space for family and guests and are served by the family bathroom.

There are some great practical touches too, including a dedicated wine cellar and a fully boarded loft providing plenty of additional storage.

And then there are the gardens.

Elmhurst itself sits within mature grounds approaching an acre, with huge lawns and plenty of space for children, entertaining or simply enjoying the privacy. The predominantly south-west-facing rear garden is perfectly positioned to enjoy the afternoon and evening sun, while the patio, seating and barbecue area create a fantastic place for long summer evenings outside.

Part of the garden has also been deliberately given over to rewilding, creating a more natural habitat and encouraging wildlife into the grounds. Together with a lovely wildlife pond, it adds another dimension to the garden and a real sense of being surrounded by nature.

For all the space and privacy on offer, you're certainly not cut off from everything either. Blakedown has a real village feel, with two pubs and a local convenience store, while Blakedown railway station is around a ten-minute walk from the property, with direct rail connections to Birmingham, Worcester and beyond. By road, Birmingham, Worcester, Kidderminster and Stourbridge are all within easy reach, making this a great location for commuting as well as family life.

Families are particularly well catered for when it comes to schooling and childcare too. Blakedown C.E. Primary School is right here in the village, along with Blue Hoots Pre-School for younger children, while the property falls within the catchment area for Haybridge High School and Hagley Catholic High School. It also has Old Swinford Hospital School within easy reach, together with a number of highly regarded independent schools including RGS Worcester, King's Worcester, Heathfield Knoll, Winterfold House and Bromsgrove School.

Away from the main house is a substantial detached complex of approximately 1,600 sq ft. Currently it includes a huge recreation room, large enough to comfortably accommodate the full-size 12ft snooker table currently in situ – together with a gym, bathroom, separate office and triple garage.

It's an incredibly useful space as it stands, but it also opens up all sorts of possibilities. For someone looking for multi-generational living, guest accommodation or perhaps a more substantial separate annexe, there may be potential to adapt the building to create ancillary accommodation, subject of course to the necessary planning permissions and consents.

And just when you think you've seen everything, there's the woodland.

Approximately 6.8 acres of private, fully enclosed woodland is included with the property on a separate title. This isn't simply a patch of woodland either. There are established trails running through it, clearings and places to explore, giving you your own private space for walking the dog, letting the children disappear on woodland adventures or simply heading out for a walk without ever leaving your own land.

It's difficult to find a family home offering this combination. A beautiful house, almost an acre of mature gardens, a substantial and incredibly versatile detached complex and nearly seven further acres of private woodland.

Elmhurst is a home with space to live, entertain, work, play and explore, and that's what makes it really rather special.

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