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Guide price

£695,000

3 bed detached house for sale
The Ridge, Porlock, Minehead, Somerset TA24

    • 3 beds

    • 2 baths

    • 3 receptions

  • EPC Rating: E

  • Chain free
  • Freehold

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About this property

  • No Onward Chain

  • Detached House

  • Three Bedroom Family Home

  • Large Maintained Garden

  • Garage And Private Parking

  • Workshop

  • Views to Porlock Vale & Bossington

  • Internal Viewing Advised

In a spectacular position with uninterupted views over Exmoor and surrounding countryside, this detached family home offers a wonderfully pretty frontage with a beautiful, well maintained rear garden and unparalled views as far as the eye can see. Located in one of the most sought after areas in Porlock, we really do advise early viewings on this property to avoid disappointment.

Description:
Freshfields is situated on The Ridge in Porlock, a quiet lane location with breathtaking views. The property offers a lovely, welcoming family accommodation with a generous ground floor space which offers a large garden room overlooking the rear garden and a ground floor bedroom. The property also features a garage, workshop, storage shed, private off-road parking and a well presented, very private front garden.
Enter the property into the front porch where you will find an integrated storage cupboard with sliding doors and door into the ground floor hallway with a decorative wrought iron central staircase to the first floor and doors to all ground floor rooms.
The kitchen has a window to the front elevation enjoying outstanding views of the hills and front garden and offers an inset stainless steel double sink with drainer and mixer tap, ample cupboard space, four ring induction hob top, double eye level ovens, dishwasher and space for an aga.
A family bathroom comprises opaque windows to the front elevation, a low level inset bath with shower over, pedestal toilet, handwash basin, heated towel rail and large wall mounted mirror.
The dining room has ample space for a large dining table and chairs and features a bay window to the rear elevation over looking the garden and exceptional views over the hills.
The office/study opens through double doors in to the garden room, has integrated shelving and a window to side elevation.
A superb outlook over the rear garden and Exmoor can be found from the garden room which also offers wall mounted electric heaters, ceramic stone floor tiles and double doors out onto the sun terrace.
The generously sized living room with sliding doors opening out onto the sun terrace and a bay window to rear elevation again boasts excellent outlook over the garden and Exmoor and an open fire place with stone surround and marble hearth.
Completing the ground floor you will find bedroom two, this is a double bedroom offering a window to the front elevation enjoying views over the hills and integrated wardrobes with cupboard above.
On the first floor landing you will find integrated storage in to the eaves, a linen cupboard housing the water tank and a velux window.
The master bedroom is a generous double bedroom with a window to the rear elevation with exceptional elevated views, a cupboard in to the eaves, walk in wardrobe with ample space and En-suite completed with a velux window, pedestal toilet, handwash basin, bidet and storage cupboard.
Bedroom three is a single bedroom with a leaded window to the front elevation with views over the hills and the front garden and an integrated storage cupboard.

Additional information:
Broadband: Fttc—Superfast broadband is available—highest available download speed 80 Mbps, highest available upload speed 20 Mbps. (Openreach).
Mobile Coverage: Available via EE, O2, three and vodafone. For an indication of specific speeds and supply or coverage in the area we recommend contacting your own provider.
Flooding: The property is in an area at a very low risk from River/Sea and Surface Water flooding (defined as the chance of flooding each year as less than 0.1%).

Services and outgoings:
We understand that mains electric, water and drainage are connected to the property. Oil central heating.
Council Tax: Somerset Council—Band F.

Situation:
Porlock is a charming village which lies between Exmoor and the sea, sheltered by picturesque hills and within the Exmoor National Park. The village has an excellent range of everyday shopping facilities with the quaint hamlet and harbour of Porlock Weir approximately two miles away. West Somerset’s premier coastal resort, Minehead has a more comprehensive range of facilities and is approximately six miles, and the County town of Taunton which has mainline rail connections and access to the motorway network is approximately twenty six miles. For those who enjoy exploring the countryside, the Exmoor National Park, Brendon and Quantock Hills and many other renowned beauty spots of the areas are all close at hand.

Outside and Gardens:
You will approach the property over a private driveway with a level lawned garden to your left surrounded by a drystone wall and high hedging affording great privacy and a garage in front. There is a covered walkway between the house, garden and workshop which leads through to the rear garden and paved sun terrace. The rear garden is enclosed and extremely private, it is laid to lawn with established borders, some mature trees and shrubs. To the right of the garden you can find a small summer house, ornamental fish pond and just behind the workshop is a terraced area which discreetly houses the oil tank. Freshfields is the only property on the Ridge with such undisturbed views.

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    Freehold

  • Council tax band

    F

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