Flempton - set in former orchard, this home provides flexible two-storey accommodation ready for some updating and improvement all set in 1/3 of an acre, with double garage.

As the name suggests Orchard Cottage stands within the former orchard of Flempton House. Tucked away behind the village it provides a peaceful and private setting to enjoy the garden Orchard Cottage was converted round 1991 and has been a much-loved family home since then by the current owners, now downsizing. It offers a great opportunity for someone to put their own mark on it and perhaps carry out some work to update the accommodation. Briefly it comprises

HALL – with double coat cupboard with storage above.

CLOAKROOM –WC and wash basin,

INNER HALL – with walk-in storage and laundry cupboard fitted with shelving and plumbing for washing machine.

SITTING ROOM – with red brick fireplace and chimney breast, fitted with wood-burning stove and exposed beams.

LIVING ROOM – a double-aspect room with exposed oak frame French doors to terrace and garden and double doors through to

CONSERVATORY – with ceramic tiled floor, French doors to garden, open studwork through to

DINING ROOM - partially vaulted ceiling with exposed beam, and display shelf.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM – with a ceramic tiled floor and partially vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and an extensive range of kitchen units, with wooden worksurface with inset sink, fitted Rangemaster 90 with double-oven warming drawer, and five-ring induction hob, with extractor over, built-in dishwasher door to garden and terrace, and matching island unit. Stairs to

FIRST-FLOOR
Landing with shelved airing cupboard and a range of built-in cupboards.

FAMILY BATHROOM – with panelled bath, tiled splashback, separate shower unit and shower screen over, exposed beam, built-in vanity unit with inset basin and storage below, WC.

BEDROOM ONE – superb views over the garden and farmland beyond, exposed studwork, with built-in wardrobe

EN SUITE with shower cubicle, pedestal wash basin and WC,

BEDROOM TWO – partially vaulted with exposed beam.

BEDROOM THREE – partially vaulted, with loft access and beam,

OUTSIDE is a private gravel drive with detached double garage and adjoining purpose-built solar shed optimised 28.5° roof housing 4kw solar panels, which have a feed in tariff of 0.74p per kw hour, currently on target to produce at around £2,000 this year.

THE GARDENS, which extend to 1/3 of an acre, are a former orchard, interspersed with quince, plum, Cambridge gage, pears cooking and eating apples. A low wall encloses a further garden area with terrace and landscaped with raised beds adjacent to a garden shed and store, with power, along with a greenhouse and a further terrace,