4 Bed Detached House, Planning Permission, Ipswich, IP7 7HS £900,000

Versatile Opportunity
This happy home is ready to move into and offers versatility to repurpose rooms, allowing the home to grow along with your family needs. The integral garage offers potential to convert into annexe style accommodation, with the gardener's toilet plumbing already in place and the office serving as an ante room to share the utility space for multi-generational family life. The garden room could serve as an extra sitting room or playroom. The large shower room could easily be reconfigured to offer an ensuite each for the principal bedroom and bedroom three, whilst bedroom four would make a fabulous teens TV room or playroom. If you would like more accommodation, the substantial roof space offers the potential to create an additional first floor (subject to any necessary consents) leaving the ground floor ripe for open planning rooms.

Summer House/Annexe/Studio
A beautiful, detached summer house flooded with light that has been completely refurbished with high ceilings, new consumer board for power, light and electric heating plus a new roof, and has water supply and drainage close to hand. The main house driveway could easily be split to provide separate access for this building which offers opportunity for ancillary income, multi-generational living, working from home space or even a gym, yoga, or art studio with just stunning views. A tiled, colonial style covered veranda with a view over the gardens and steps down onto the lawns adds to the tranquillity, with handy garden stores providing extra workspace if needed. Although planning permission has lapsed, a precedent has been set, and this pretty building is just begging to be further repurposed.

And So, To Bed
Turning right from the main entrance the superb layout continues with social spaces set thoughtfully away from sleeping areas and the wooden floors giving way to soft carpeting underfoot, still further separating these zones. The enormous, dual aspect, principal bedroom offers considerable storage with twin sets of deep double wardrobes, fitted dressing table and restful views of wisteria, a delight for your eyes to wake up to. Two further large double bedrooms, both dual aspect with swathes of natural light and views across the grounds, offer fitted storage space too. Bedroom four is currently used as a single bedroom and office but could be repurposed as desired. The bedrooms are served by a large shower room and the family bathroom, ideal for long soaks after country walks or of course for bathing little ones.

Step Outside
Hidden from view from the road, the property is accessed via a long driveway expanding to substantial parking for ten vehicles, offering plenty of room for family and friends, and a large double garage with storage area/workshop to one side, plus door to the study providing access to the home. The private and peaceful front gardens offer beautifully maintained lawns and fruit trees bordered by mature hedging. The grounds feel rather like a country estate, expansive with sweeping manicured formal lawns populated by cottage garden flower beds, indulging your senses with colour and fragrance. The gardens wrap around the home to reveal a tiered terrace adding to the luxury of this property, providing a variety of seating areas, for sun or shade. The lower lawns are bordered with unspoilt stretches of countryside, reaching away towards the horizon. Here on a bench under the tree canopy, you can embrace the solitude, be at one with nature watching birds of prey, hares, deer, and pheasants as they pass through. Cleverly tucked away is the working area of the garden with well-established veggie beds and fruit cages - paradise for those who enjoy sustainable living, and you will easily fill the freezer with produce to last the year. This area could easily take a swimming pool or even tennis courts if a sporty lifestyle is more your thing. A further, wildflower meadow at the top of the garden, with meandering pathway, reveals the hideaway garden seating, in its perfect private glade.

On The Doorstep
Described by Julian Tennyson, writer and great-grandson of Alfred Lord Tennyson, "as a perfect village", Chelsworth is quintessentially English , with 14th-century All Saints Church and an active, welcoming community. Open gardens are held every summer, plus a Christmas market, Pilates and quilting clubs and newer initiatives include jazz at the pub and the Chelsworth Art Group ( CAG ). The Peacock Inn with it's Michelin Guide restaurant and popular landmark Chelsworth bridge over the river Brett are a short stroll away. Longer, easy country walks will take you to the renowned Semer Farm Shop, Red Rose pub in Lindsey and highly rated Crown pub/restaurant in Bildeston. Both state and private schools are in easy reach with Old Buckenham Hall Prep School, in acres of grounds, being a popular choice.
The bustling market towns of Lavenham, Hadleigh and Sudbury, beckon just a few miles away, each offering a variety of independent shops, pubs, restaurants, and essential amenities. For commuters, Stowmarket and Manningtree are within easy reach, providing mainline rail services into London Liverpool Street in around an hour.

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