6 bed detached house for sale

South Road, South Road, Alresford, Hampshire SO24

A 21st century eco home on the edge of an elegant Georgian town

This stylish, six bedroom detached family home sits a ten minute walk from Alresford's Georgian High Street, and combines genuine eco credentials with the kind of flexible space a modern family actually uses.

The entrance hall sets the tone straight away, with floor to ceiling glazing bringing in plenty of light and a concealed under stairs utility area for everyday clutter. To one side, a cosy sitting room offers a proper retreat from the open plan spaces elsewhere, with built in shelving, an electric wood burner and considered carpentry throughout, including hidden cabinets and storage. The kitchen and dining room runs to almost 26ft, fitted with a full height integrated fridge and separate freezer, two neff "Bake Off" hide and slide ovens, a built-in pantry and a reverse osmosis tap at the island. Rear sliding doors open the room onto the garden. A 23ft hobby and family room off the kitchen gives the household somewhere for a playroom, a home gym or a hobby space, away from the main living areas.

Six bedrooms are spread across two upper floors. The first floor has four bedrooms including the main bedroom, plus a four piece family bathroom with both a bath and separate shower. The second floor has two further bedrooms under the eaves with generous built in storage. Two of the six bedrooms are currently used as home offices, and the layout adapts easily to how a family works and lives, whether that's a growing family needing more bedrooms or two people working from home wanting separate space.

The eco credentials are considerable. Solar panels with full battery storage let you generate power and store it. An air source heat pump comes with Renewable Heat Incentive payments attached, an mvhr system keeps air circulating, and a whole house water filtration system supplies every tap. The house holds a rare A rated energy efficiency rating, and full fibre broadband is connected with the main rooms having hard-wired ethernet connections.

Outside, a private rear garden includes a covered arbour off the kitchen, a vegetable patch, and a large lawn. There's ample off road parking at the front and a dedicated garage and storage room for bikes, boots and bulkier kit.

The town centre is around fifteen minutes' walk away (or two minutes by car), with colour washed houses, independent shops, butchers, restaurants, wine merchants and cafés along the High Street. A playground is a few minutes' walk away, and Alresford also has its own boutique gym.

In the other direction you are ten minutes from open countryside, whether onto the South Downs or the Watercress beds, a local crop since Georgian times. The A31 puts Winchester and Alton within easy reach, and there's a direct train into London.