Football Green, Minstead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43

A rare opportunity to purchase a much loved home in the idyllic village of Minstead in the heart of the New Forest. The property comprises a detached four bedroom house of character requiring some moderate modernisation overlooking Football green.
The property offers scope to extend subject to planning consent and is set back from the road overlooking a green and with direct access onto the forest from the rear boundary. Upon entry you are greeted by an entrance porch leading into the sitting room with feature fireplace and hosting the stairs to the first floor, to the front there is also a useful downstairs wet room. The well-proportioned kitchen/breakfast room provides a range of wall and base units with views over the delightful rear garden, a separate useful utility/boot room is to the rear of the kitchen with a door to the rear porch into the garden. Downstairs further benefits from a spacious dining room with sliding doors into the conservatory overlooking the garden.

The upstairs boasts four well-proportioned bedrooms with the master bedroom benefitting from an en-suite, the other bedrooms are serviced by the family bathroom.
Outside a driveway provides parking and leads to the single garage. The rear garden has a well-tended lawn with mature shrubs and ornamental above ground fishpond, patio area and gated access onto the forest.

Minstead is one of the New Forest National Park's most sought after villages, with its vibrant community, a church, village hall, a pub (The Trusty Servant Inn) and a village shop and tea room. Lyndhurst is within 3 miles and is the largest village within the New Forest. It is a popular tourist location with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, restaurants, pubs and hotels. For those with a keen eye on sailing Lymington is within 10 miles with its attractive local architecture and popular marina. Southampton is a vibrant, modern city which has the popular West Quay shopping centre and many attractions. The surrounding areas of Southampton and Winchester have a wide selection of well-respected private schools. Communications are excellent with east and west access to the M27 and M3 within easy reach. This provides access to London and the south coast. The coastal resort town of Bournemouth is also a short drive away.