Location
Approached via a quiet country lane and surrounded by beautiful countryside with bordering trees, landscaped gardens and an attached paddock.
Kitchen
Extensive kitchen/dining/family are with twin aspect fully opening bifold doors. Individually designed hand built kitchen with full range of appliances.
Entrance Hall
Large and inviting hallway with beautifully finished engineered oak floorboards, grand oak staircase and galleried landing.
Bathroom
Custom designed bathrooms to include fine quality sanitary ware, fitted furniture and heated ladder towel rails.
Property Details
Laxton Manor is one of two superbly designed eco friendly detached houses. The specification throughout is of the highest standard with great attention paid to green thinking and the use of renewable energy and low running costs.
The stylish, contemporary interior provides versatile accomodation ideal for today's modern lifestyle. The spacious hallway with open galleried landing leads to a generous drawing room, study and extensive open plan kitchen/dining/family area with seamless, direct access to the rear terrace and garden. The upper floors comprise a delightful master bedroom suite and four further bedrooms.
Attached double garage, landscaped gardens and paddock.
Specifications
Green Thinking:
- Using renewable energy from the atmosphere, an air source heat pump will provide central heating and domestic hot water – reducing green house gases and contributing towards lower fuel usage
- Zone controlled under floor heating on ground floor
- Radiators with thermostatic controllers on first floor
- Heat recovery fresh air management system
- Superior insulation values that exceed current standards
- All timber is sourced from managed sustainable forests
- Extensive measures taken to prevent draughts and air leakage to exceed new requirements of Part L (Thermal) Building regulations
- Energy efficient appliances
- Dual flush water efficient toilets and low water use aerated taps
- Recycling, composting and bin storage area
- Rainwater harvesting water butt for garden use
Kitchen:
- Individually designed, hand built, hand painted kitchen by Alexander Lewis with caesar stone work surface, curved timber bar seating 3-4 people
- Falcon range cooker with electric ovens and 4 zone induction hob
- Full range of appliances including combination microwave oven, cooling wine cellar and dishwasher
- Pair of integrated full height side by side fridge freezers
- Under mounted double bowl sink and water filter tap
- The utility room includes ample fitted storage units and space for washing machine and tumble dryer
Bathrooms:
- The bathrooms are custom designed to make optimum use of space and provide a sophisticated modern finish. They include Duravit and Victoria & Albert sanitary ware, fitted furniture and heated stainless steel ladder towel rails
- The master en suite has a wet room style walk in shower area and free standing bath
- All bathrooms have generous sized mirrors or mirrored cabinets
Fireplace:
- Log burning open fireplace with limestone surround and granite hearth selected by our design team
Cornice:
- Complementary cornice to ceilings, tall skirting and stylish architrave throughout
Dressing Room/Wardrobes:
- Fitted dressing room furniture as selected by our design team
- Stylish fitted wardrobes to all bedrooms
Lighting and Electrical:
- Lighting has been designed to use energy efficient lighting throughout and includes recessed LED down lighters, dimmer switches, concealed and feature lighting
- The house has been comprehensively wired to provide for BT, data points, terrestrial TV/FM and satellite
- TV aerial and satellite dish are included
Joinery:
- Hand painted four panel doors, some part glazed, complimented by high quality brushed chrome internal door furniture
- Double doors provide access to the drawing room
- Individually hand crafted oak staircase with oak handrail leading to the galleried landing
- Large, purpose made Mumford & Wood windows with timber linings and architrave together with additional ceiling height will increase the sense of space and elegance
- Mumford & Wood oak front door
- Mumford & Wood Juliet balcony
Floor finishes:
- Porcelain tiled floors to the kitchen/dining/family area, utility room and cloakroom
- Beautifully finished engineered oak floorboards to the entrance hall, drawing room, music room and study
- The remainder of the house will be carpeted (excluding bath/shower rooms)
Decorative finishes:
- All walls and ceilings will be flat finished and plastered with a scheme of contemporary paint colours or wall paper chosen by our design team
Security and Peace of Mind:
- All windows and doors will have multipoint locking (except fire escape windows)
- An intruder alarm is installed
- The front door is fitted with a Banham security lock
- Covered by NHBC ten year guarantee
External Features:
- The paddock to the rear and all gardens grassed and planted as designed by a leading local landscape architect
- Both house and garden will benefit from an external feature lighting design
- Generous areas terracing and paths will be finished in Indian sandstone linking the outside to the indoor living spaces
- The detached double garage is designed with two single, sectional automatic doors and lighting
- Household water softener installed in the garage
- External water tap and garden shed
