4 bedroom detached house for sale

A rare opportunity to secure an Edwardian four bedroom character home dating back to the late 19th century set on a generous plot and in a premium location, being close to the marinas, sailing clubs and amenities. This delightful family home has a large garden, off road parking and offers excellent scope to extend or redevelop, subject to the necessary planning permissions. Energy Efficiency Rating: E

The property is situated in Lymington’s prime Golden Triangle to the south of the High Street and positioned close to Lymington’s marinas and yacht clubs. This house is ideal for the sailing enthusiast. Lymington is situated on the southern edge of the New Forest and is recognised worldwide as a sailing resort. It is a picturesque market town with an excellent range of boutiques shops and restaurants, a weekly market, and a selection of cafes and pubs. The Lymington Railway Station is a branch line to Brockenhurst mainline station, where there is a mainline to London Waterloo (approximately 90 minutes). There are highly regarded independent schools in the area include Ballard, Durlston Court and Walhampton, while local state schools at every level are mostly rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.

This individual and character house retains many of its original features and  is positioned on one of the largest plots south of the high street with a variety of wildlife visiting.A covered entrance porch and panelled front door leads to the spacious hallway with galleried landing. Attractive parquet flooring and under stairs cupboards. Cloakroom/shower room with newly installed wall mounted Worcester gas fired boiler, providing domestic hot water and central heating. A door opens into the lovely south facing sitting room/dining room with feature marble fireplace and shelving to one side. An archway leads through to the breakfast room. This has a return door to the hallway and also has French doors opening into the conservatory. The kitchen overlooks the garden and has a range of floor and wall mounted cupboards and space and plumbing for dishwasher and space for gas cooker. At the end of the kitchen is a large walk-in larder and glazed door to the rear conservatory porch with space for washing machine and tumble dryer etc. There is also an outside sink unit. A glazed door gives access to the side driveway and a door to the studio, which provides for a bedsit with a kitchenette and cloakroom. This has French doors opening out onto the garden.

To the first floor, there are four bedrooms - three doubles and one single and a family bathroom. All the bedrooms have exposed timber floorboards.Agents Note: Planning for conversion of the outbuildings have been submitted on 23rd November 23.

Outside, the property is approached from Stanley Road by a gravel driveway which gives access to the front door and around the front of the property to the rear garden. The garden has been over the years planted with a variety of specimen trees, flowers and shrubs with a large flagstone terrace leading off from both the conservatory and the kitchen. There is an attractive lawn, beyond which are bedded plants, a timber framed green house and a summer house. It is fair to say this is more of a natural garden offering potential for a variety of uses.

From our office in the High Street turn left opposite the church into Church Lane. After passing Grove Road bear left into Waterford Lane. At the end of Waterford Lane turn left into Stanley Road where the property will be seen on the left hand side, just after Spring Road.

Energy Efficiency Rating: Current 49 Potential 80
Council Tax Band: G
All mains services are connected: tbc

METHOD OF SALE

The property is offered for sale by Informal Tender, with best and final offers being submitted in accordance with the procedure set out below.

1) All offers must be submitted in writing in a sealed envelope and should be received at the offices of Spencers New Forest, 74 High Street, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9AL no later than 1.00 pm on Friday, 28th July 2017. (Email offers will not be considered). The envelope is to be clearly marked ‘TENDER FOR DERBY LODGE, 37 STANLEY ROAD, LYMINGTON, SO41 3SL.

2) Offers should be made ‘Subject to Contract’ and in accordance with the particulars of sale and accompanied by:
i. A certificate or letter from a bank or financial institution confirming the availability of funds to facilitate the purchase.
ii. The name(s) of the proposed purchaser(s) together with the solicitors who will be acting on their behalf.

3) It is recommended that offers should be for an uneven sum to reduce the possibility of matching bids, but must be for a fixed sum. No offers will be considered if submitted on the basis of an escalating bid, e.g. £200 more than the highest offer.

4) Offers submitted on behalf of more than one offerer should state the name, address and details in respect of all the offerers and must be signed by all the parties.

5) Purchasers are advised that acceptance or otherwise of any offer is at the sole discretion of the Vendor who does not undertake to accept the highest or any offer.

6) Confirmation of due diligence completed.

7) Subject to the acceptability of offers, it is anticipated that contracts will be exchanged not later than 28 days after notification of acceptance of offer. In the event that offerers are unable to comply with this requirement, the offer should clearly state any variation to the above terms in order that the vendor is able to consider whether such a variation is nevertheless acceptable.