Essendine Road, Uffington, PE9

There is something rather appealing about a house that doesn't reveal everything at first glance. From Essendine Road, Kimberley presents as an attractive and relatively understated detached bungalow. Step inside, however, and the scale of the accommodation comes as something of a surprise.

Extended and thoughtfully reconfigured, the property now offers in excess of 2,000 sq ft of accommodation entirely on one level, combining four bedrooms with an unusually generous collection of living spaces. The result is a home that offers the ease of single-storey living without asking its owners to compromise on space.

The current owners have also created a home that feels stylish and individual. The interiors are contemporary without being clinical, with natural timber, carefully chosen colours and herringbone flooring adding warmth and personality throughout.

At the heart of the house is an open-plan kitchen, family and dining space. The kitchen has been stylishly refitted with an extensive range of cabinetry arranged around a large central island. Timber work surfaces introduce warmth against the soft grey cabinetry, while the island provides both additional preparation space and informal seating.

Rather than treating the kitchen as a room in isolation, the layout allows it to flow naturally into dedicated family and dining areas. It creates the sort of sociable arrangement that works particularly well for everyday family life, where cooking, eating and relaxing can happen together without everything being confined to one enormous open-plan room.

And importantly, this isn't the only place to relax. A separate sitting room provides a comfortable everyday retreat, while the living room offers another substantial reception space. From here, doors lead into the sun room, a predominantly glazed room overlooking the garden and providing somewhere to enjoy the outside outlook throughout the seasons.

This choice of reception spaces is one of Kimberley's real strengths. A family can be together without necessarily having to be in the same room, while buyers whose requirements change over time have considerable flexibility in how the accommodation is used.

Practicality has been given just as much consideration. A particularly generous utility room provides extensive additional storage and laundry space, while there is also a separate study, ideal for anyone regularly working from home. Further dedicated storage means the more functional aspects of everyday life don't need to encroach upon the principal rooms.

The bedroom accommodation occupies its own section of the house. The principal bedroom is a generous double with fitted storage and its own en suite shower room. There are three further bedrooms, giving four in total, served by a stylish family bathroom.

That lateral arrangement will inevitably broaden Kimberley's appeal. It works as a substantial family home today, but equally offers the accessibility and convenience that can make a well-designed bungalow attractive for considerably longer than a conventional two-storey house.

Outside, the rear garden has been arranged into distinct areas for relaxing and entertaining. A raised deck immediately behind the house provides space for seating, while the lawn creates a more traditional garden area. There is also a covered entertaining space, useful for making considerably more of the garden throughout the year. In front of the home is a driveway leading to an integral storage garage with electric up-and-over door.

Yet perhaps the most compelling part of the setting is what lies beyond the property itself. Kimberley sits towards the edge of Uffington, with the surrounding landscape giving the property a noticeably rural backdrop and reinforcing the feeling that you are living at the edge of the village rather than surrounded by development.

All of this is within a home that has already been extensively adapted for modern life. Kimberley's appeal isn't simply that everything is on one level. It is that very little has had to be sacrificed to achieve it.

Heating: Oil-fired central heating
Drainage: Private drainage via Titan Bio septic tank

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