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Redcar Lodge – A beautifully presented family property within this highly desirable, private, gated development and surrounded by the stunning Hertfordshire countryside. Re-fitted kitchen just 5 years ago, enjoying luxurious finishes and stunning contemporary design features throughout.

Enter via the modern entrance hallway where you are met by an abundance and modern finishes The hallway leads onto the rear aspect living room with feature fireplace and two sets of French doors to the garden. The re-designed/re-fitted kitchen/breakfast room comprises of a range of base and eye level units, various integrated appliances, and rear aspect French doors out to the garden. In addition, the downstairs accommodation offers a large dual-aspect family room, home office and cloakroom/WC.

To the first-floor landing, where the 4 bedrooms are all well-proportioned with the luxury principal bedroom featuring tasteful panelling and a well-appointed en-suite. Each of the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes and are served by a fully tiled, contemporary family bathroom.

To the exterior, where there is a low-maintenance wrap-around garden predominantly laid to lawn with mature shrub boarders. The garden also consists of two large patio areas, appropriate for all your summer entertainment needs and two useful storage sheds. Returning to the front, the property offers a driveway with off-street parking for multiple cars.

Whilst set in the rural countryside, the property is deceptively close to the local amenities and schools.

Cuffley Station is approximately 1.2 miles (4mins) from the property, offering direct access into Moorgate and Kings Cross.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this fabulous detached four bedroom, two bathroom family home in the charming village of Thundridge, just half a mile north of the bustling market town of Ware. This spacious property enjoys an enviable location along a quiet residential cul-de-sac within a tranquil woodland setting, yet is just on the outskirts of Ware which boasts a host of restaurants, pubs, bars and shops, including Tesco and Asda supermarkets, as well as a regular mainline train service into London, making this a straightforward commute if required. All four of the bedrooms are doubles in size, with a semi open plan ground floor that offers generous space in a flexible and adaptable layout that is ideally suited to modern family life.

Accessed from a private road, Tanfield Cottage offers over 4700 square foot of prestige living space set within Tanfield Farm, an individual and prestigious development. The main residence consists of a five double bedroom, five bathroom, smart home with a gated driveway. There is a detached triple garage and one bedroom apartment over. The principle bedroom suite features stunning views from the floor-to-ceiling windows. Benefiting from a walk in wardrobe and en-suite bathroom. Underfloor heating through the ground and first floor.

This superior residence is built to a no expense spared standard and meticulously planned down to the finest of detail. A bespoke kitchen with top of the range Miele appliances, quartz worktops, underfloor heating, Rega Vent heat recovery and whole house ventilation (http://www.heatrecoveryventillationsystems.co.uk), NoCode sanitaryware and Control4 Home automation are just a few of this smart homes’ features. The home also features a Stiltz top of the range lift installed from ground to first floors.

The property centrally sits upon a generous plot with a superb triple aspect wrap around garden, overlooking open countryside and mature woodland beyond. The expansive patio has been built into two aspects of the garden to maximise the direction of the sun and is perfect for entertaining or relaxing. The remainder of the garden consists of being laid to lawn and benefits from a robotic mower.

If you are looking for a tranquil country life in a beautiful setting, yet just 25 minutes from central London by train – this unique house on the border of West Cheshunt & Goffs Oak offers the best of two worlds. A spacious, elegantly appointed and uniquely situated modern home all just a stone’s throw from the shops, pubs and restaurants. With an abundance of fresh air, open space, sprawling lawns and excellent local schools what’s not to love? Yet for those who work, dine or play in the city, the buzz of London remains in easy reach.

Wentworth Road – A rarely available chalet bungalow, finished to an incredibly high standard throughout. This beautifully designed home benefits from bright and spacious accommodation arranged across two floors and is located within a quiet and mature residential location.

Enter via the recently re-modelled kitchen/diner, featuring a range of base and eye level units, wooden worktops, various integrated/freestanding appliances and a singular rear door to the garden. A set of internal sliding doors lead to a brilliant sized living room with further built-in storage and set of French doors leading out to the rear garden. An inner hallway leads to two front aspect double-bedrooms, with both bedrooms featuring fitted wardrobes and one of the bedrooms currently serving as a playroom. The ground floor bedrooms are served by a smartly finished family bathroom.

To the first floor, an almost 19ft principal bedroom featuring a contemporary en-suite. The bedroom continues the trend of the house being light and airy with use of a rear aspect Juliet balcony and dual Velux windows.

The exterior provides a spacious and private rear garden, tastefully landscaped, predominantly laid-to-lawn and rear bark area. An initial raised decked area is perfect for all your summertime entertainment needs. The front of the property benefits from a low-maintenance garden and off-street parking. The property also offers a detached single garage.

The property is a short walking distance to both Hertford North/East lines, Hertford Town and Catchment for Abel Smith Primary (Ofsted Outstanding), Simon Balle all-through School, Richard Hale boys secondary, Presdales girls secondary & Morgans primary. Mandeville road (adjoining Wentworth Road) also benefits from its own hourly bus service to Hertford Town Centre.

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Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this beautiful four bedroom, three bathroom bungalow in the charming Hertfordshire village of Widford. This delightful property is simply bursting with elegance, style and sophistication, employing inspired design to bring perfectly proportioned living space alongside some unusual and fabulously creative features. All of the bedrooms and the family bathroom are intelligently located in a private wing of the house, with a guest cloakroom accessible from the main hallway perfectly placed for family and visitors. The house sits unobtrusively within the glorious countryside that surrounds it, with the clever layout making the absolute best of the stunning views across the arable farmland to the rear and on to the distant woodland beyond. Glazed double doors open directly into the rear garden from two of the bedrooms and the lounge, whilst the fabulous kitchen/dining/family room opens out onto the rear patio through a huge set of four panel folding doors.

Accommodation:
This is an extremely attractive and appealing property, exhibiting throughout the premium quality design, materials and craftsmanship that have clearly been invested in it, and this begins as one approaches from the roadside. A neat entrance welcomes you into the large expanse of driveway with parking for a great many cars, that sweeps around the lawn across the full frontage of the property. Square cut hedges and decorative fencing enclose the substantial front grounds, which boast a nice lawn, neat flower borders across the front of the house and a painted garden shed.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this stunning four bedroom, two bathroom detached family home in the highly desirable village of Epping Green. Set within a select development of a small number of luxury residences, the house offers flexible and generously proportioned accommodation that is further enhanced by a large detached summer house and a separate office/utility room within the extensive wrap around garden, as well as a substantial area for parking and a detached double garage/workshop. Presented in immaculate condition inside and out, this is a home that can easily cope with multi-generational family life thanks to the downstairs bedroom that has its own en suite shower room, as well as the spacious ground floor rooms that give a nice easy flow around the space and connect seamlessly out into the substantial patio areas that surround the main house.

Accommodation:
This is a very attractive house inside and out, and that begins with the front door, set at the end of a lovely decoratively tiled pathway and protected by a shaped porch roof supported by ornate wrought iron posts. The door itself is inset with multiple patterned leaded windows that throw a lovely soft light into the generous entrance hall within, further swelled by the light flooding in through the pretty arched window at the top of the open stairwell. From the entrance hall doors lead off into the downstairs bedroom and the ideally placed guest cloakroom, whilst there is an open plan entrance at the rear into the fabulous kitchen/dining room.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this absolutely stunning residence boasting four bedrooms and three en-suite bathrooms. Arranged over two floors within one wing of a wonderful Grade-II listed country house, originally built in 1798 by Lord Cowper, the property is in immaculate condition inside and out and exhibits all the grandeur and opulence of the period, with wonderful high ceilings, large sash windows, solid oak doors and a wonderfully ornate carved fireplace that have all been lovingly restored and preserved to timelessly celebrate the peerless quality of the materials and skilled artisans who created the original mansion. This substantial home has all the modern conveniences one would expect, surrounded by enchanting architectural splendour, within a stone’s throw of some of the most popular villages Hertfordshire has to offer yet with an easy commute of central London. With the house and grounds fully maintained, this really is the epitome of zero hassle countryside living at its very finest.

Accommodation:
Everything in this wonderful home is on a grand scale, and yet still possesses superbly balanced proportions, and that begins in the entrance hall which has two separate entrances and is perfectly lit by glazed double doors with additional glass panels above. Accessed from the hallway there is a useful cloaks cupboard and a perfectly placed guest cloakroom, whilst double doors set within an elegant portico styled surround welcome you into the stylish living room.

Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful four bedroom, four bathroom family home ideally positioned between the villages of Welwyn and Codicote. This fabulous house offers spacious and flexible accommodation which includes a downstairs bedroom with an en suite shower room, as well as a stunning kitchen/dining room opening through full width folding doors onto the huge rear garden, within which is a large workshop, a really useful garden WC and a lovely detached garden room. The carriage driveway provides abundant off-street parking, which is further enhanced by an additional substantial parking area to the rear of the property, ideally situated in front of the double garage.

Accommodation:
An attractive entrance to the house with stone mullions to the windows and door frame, welcomes you into an entrance lobby that leads on into a generous central hallway that enjoys plenty of natural daylight through the large side facing window, along with multiple storage cupboards. From the hallway doors lead into the ground floor bedroom, a nice reception room/lounge, the office/study and a well placed guest cloakroom. To the rear of the entrance hall double doors open into the substantial living room beyond.

A sympathetically and extensively restored family residence, dating back to 1485 (battle of Bosworth and start of the Tudors) and providing extensive and flexible accommodation of substantial proportions. The home has been thoughtfully displayed, combining a high specification with the numerous character features of the original house.

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Set at the head of a private tree-lined drive and courtyard the property benefits from being in this quiet semi-rural setting yet has the peace of mind of having nearby neighbours and in no way feels isolated.

Enter via the spacious entrance hallway where you are met by an abundance of natural light and period features. The hugely impressive front aspect living/drawing room comprises of various exposed timbers, a red brick inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove and a secondary gas living flame effect wood burning stove. The west wing of the home also features a cloakroom/WC. An inner hallway leads through to the home’s office, dining room and family room. The family room is a charming and cosy space with large red brick arched fireplace, wood burning stove and exposed timbers. The kitchen consists of an extensive range of base/eye level units, granite worktops, slate flooring, kitchen island and various integrated appliances. Adjacent to the kitchen, through a set of French doors is the orangery, where one can sit and enjoy the lovely gardens. An oak staircase leads to the first-floor landing, with doors to both bedrooms five and six each with their own en-suite. The kitchen is served by a separate utility room, pantry, and secondary cloakroom/WC. The ground floor of the home features primarily underfloor heating.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this charming chain free, period home with three bedrooms, off street parking, a generous walled garden and an outbuilding which could be remodelled (subject to planning) to suit your needs. This is an unusually spacious property for such a desirable village location. Houses of this character and with such a generous plot, rarely come to the market.

Accommodation:
The well-proportioned entrance hall is accessed by two separate external doors, one to the side aspect and the other to the rear. The hallway is nicely lit by a rear facing window with a great viewing out into the garden as well as glass panels in both of the doors, with a useful storage cupboard built in under the staircase. From the entrance hall doors open into the lounge and kitchen which leads on into the sitting/dining room.

The kitchen is a neat, practical space with a large multi-pane window, there are a number of fitted cabinets which offer generous storage and plenty of food preparation worktop area, still leaving abundant floor space for any free standing appliances you may need. The kitchen is entirely fit for purpose but clearly has enormous scope to be remodelled and fully fitted to your exact specification.

Adjacent to the kitchen is the front facing sitting/dining room, of generous and well-balanced proportions. The original chimney breast remains, with a sizeable fireplace which would provide a perfect home for an open fire or log burner, providing a traditional visual focal point as well as welcome winter warmth. The room is comfortably large enough for a generous dining table and chairs as well as casual seating and would be ideal to open up to the kitchen making a superb combined kitchen/dining room.

Summary:
Simply Homes are delighted to bring to the market this delightful four bedroom family home, set on one of the most prestigious and sought after roads within the ever popular village of Tewin. With spacious and well proportioned living space, two fabulous all weather terraces and a large swimming pool within a detached pool house, this attractive property has an interesting split level layout, generous off street parking and enjoys a semi-rural position that is only minutes from the bustling and vibrant village of Welwyn.

Accommodation:
The solid wood front door, with full length glazed panels either side, is set within a generous tiled roof porch, and welcomes you into a light, bright entrance hall. From here, there are stairs up and down to the different levels within the house, as well as, doors through to the family room and perfectly placed guest cloakroom. At the far end of the entrance hall, a large full length window helps to illuminate the space and also offers a wonderful view out into the rear garden. The family room is a large, well balanced room, abundantly lit throughout the day by a four pane window to the front and a generous set of bi-fold doors to the rear. This room is certainly large enough to take on multiple roles for you and would comfortably embrace a formal dining suite, as well as, lounge furniture, should you wish it. The house has multiple connections out into the rear garden, with substantial all weather terraces running its full width. The family room is one of the beneficiaries, making it very usable to exploit the outside/inside flow during day to day family life as well as when entertaining guests.

Down a short flight of stairs from the entrance hall is an inner hallway serving the living room and the kitchen/dining room. The front facing living room is a large square room giving you abundant options for furnishing and layout to best suit your needs.