5 bed detached house for sale

Chess Way, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3

Characterful, detached family home with interchangeable space

Description
This lovely home offers a comfortable, characterful, versatile home with plenty of interchangeable space. It has remained with the same family for over sixty years, so masses of potential for updating.

A front hallway leading to a large, bright double aspect sitting room with a feature fireplace. A formal dining area with double doors leading to a covered side terrace facing the rear garden. Double doors lead to a triple aspect, light, family room, with side access to the garden.

A spacious study/office, leads to a large fitted kitchen/breakfast room with freestanding dresser and floor cupboard. Plenty of space for the family sized breakfast table and chairs.

A bright utility/boot room area with shower room/WC, side-front and back doors, access to large workshop with upper storage space and double garage. A second staircase leads to an annex bedroom with fitted sink and wardrobe. An equal sized loft space above, currently accessible by a retractable loft ladder. Masses of potential in this side of the building for completely self contained living quarters.

Main stairs to first floor. Two double bedrooms either side with fitted cupboards, a family bathroom, through a larger library style landing, is the spacious, bright main principle bedroom with a large bay window, fitted cupboards and an en suite bathroom.

More stairs lead to a full width second floor bedroom. Dormer window. Fitted cupboards in both side eaves. Opposite is a low entrance to a fairly large and light ‘secret’ eaves room with a porthole window.

Outside - The house is approached through a beech hedge arch, via a carriage driveway with plenty of parking for at least four cars. A side gate via a paved side passage to the back garden.

The rear garden with a covered terrace, is laid to lawn with mature beds and apple trees. A large mature hedge divides the garden in two, with a trimmed arch that leads to a hidden vegetable and fruit garden beyond. A greenhouse and two sheds.

Location
The house is on about a third of an acre, located approximately 2 miles from Chorleywood Metropolitan line/Chiltern line station, 0.3 miles from J18 of the M25. Both Rickmansworth and Chorleywood have good shopping centres, with a fine selection of restaurants and pubs.

This area is very well served by an excellent selection of schools with good ratings. Christchurch C of E School, The Russell School, St Clement Danes, The Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth School, Merchant Taylors, Watford Grammar, Dr. Challoners, and York House School, to name but just a few.

Square Footage: 2,759 sq ft



Directions
From Rickmansworth Station roundabout, take the second exit signposted A404. Follow the road through the traffic lights at J18 of the M25, then turn first right into Wyatts Road. Follow the road to the end where it turns left into the private road of Chess Way. The house is halfway down on the left. Turn into the arch of the huge beech hedge and this is the drive to the house