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Summary

Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this delightful four bedroom, detached family home in a desirable position at the entrance to a highly regarded cul-de-sac on the eastern outskirts of Stevenage, this beautifully presented home enjoys attractive views towards Aston End and open countryside beyond.

Having been significantly improved and thoughtfully extended by the current owners, the property offers stylish, contemporary accommodation finished to an exceptional standard throughout. The impressive extensions have transformed the original layout, creating a spacious and versatile family home ideally suited to modern living.

The property benefits from gas-fired central heating, double glazing throughout, and an enviable location close to local amenities, schools, transport links, and open countryside.

Accommodation

The welcoming reception hallway sets the tone for the property, featuring elegant herringbone flooring and access to a contemporary refitted cloakroom/WC. At the heart of the home is the stunning open-plan living space, comprising a generous lounge flowing seamlessly into an impressive family room with a vaulted ceiling, feature brickwork, and bi-fold doors opening onto the rear garden. This versatile area provides an abundance of natural light and creates a wonderful environment for both entertaining and family life.

The family room leads directly into a stylish open-plan kitchen and dining room, fitted with an extensive range of modern gloss units, quality integrated appliances, and a breakfast bar. A separate utility room provides valuable additional storage and practicality.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this enchanting four bedroom, three bathroom property, with a separate one bedroom annexe with its own shower room, within the vibrant and popular village of Codicote. This characterful home is a fabulous conversion of what was originally various outbuildings of the farm that served Codicote House, arranged on a single level to maximise the beautiful setting which stretches around a large private courtyard garden. The architect has retained numerous period features which imbue the property with abundant authentic charm, which means that virtually every room has a glazed panel door as well as generous windows that look out onto the garden. There is a main doorway that logically allows full access to all parts of the main house, but the extra doors do provide an accentuated flexibility in case there was a need to partition the property in some way, or to leave it all connected but provide distinct, separate entrances.

Accommodation:
Intelligent design, with two wings to the L shaped building, enables the main door to be positioned in the centre of the house, giving easy visitor access to the primary living spaces located either side of the entrance hall. The door itself is a substantial farmhouse door of a two-part stable door design, with windows above and to the side keeping the nicely shaped hallway well lit.

Fully glazed double doors lead off to the right from the hallway into the large living room. This is a generously sized room by any measure, at over twenty-four feet long, and is bathed in natural light from the windows set into opposite walls, as well as the doorway opening out onto the inner courtyard. The solid wood floor and a feature wood burning stove, bring a real charm and warmth to the room, along with the braced wooden door that leads to the inner hallway.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop & Partners are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional country house complete with substantial grounds set within the idyllic Hertfordshire village of Bramfield. The property is blessed with underfloor heating built into the concrete floors, five bedrooms and three bathrooms arranged over three generously proportioned levels of the main house plus a self-contained studio apartment with kitchenette and shower room built above the detached double garage/workshop. This is a very special house indeed, constructed just fifteen years ago in an entirely appropriate farmhouse style it effortlessly combines the traditionally conceived exterior with a completely contemporary and luxuriously appointed modern interior so that it comfortably and sympathetically occupies its rural village setting yet also meets the modern day to day life needs of any busy family. The current owners also rent additional land from a local landowner, which may be available to the purchaser if so desired.

Summary:

Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this immaculately presented three double bedroom, two bathroom family home located close to the high street of the highly sought after village of Knebworth. Offering plenty of off street parking and an integral garage/workshop as well as a large rear garden backing onto the village sports fields, this house looks from the outside like a traditional, albeit particularly pristine, family home, but it is the beneficiary of a bespoke development programme that has transformed the interior into a creatively and skilfully designed living space that exudes quality in every aspect, creating a practical, flexible and spacious house that is perfectly aligned with the needs of a modern family. Engineered wooden floors run through the upper and lower hallways and into the expansive living room, whilst underfloor heating provides efficient temperature control throughout the house whilst keeping the decor minimalist and contemporary, with some delightful features such as subtly concealed storage cupboards integrated into one wall of the living room.

Accommodation:

The watchwords for this house are understated elegance and style and that theme is strongly present through every element of the unique design, beginning with the smart front door that is set within a neat protective porch area and inset with two opaque glass panels, matched by a further glass panel to the side. Once inside you are greeted by a welcoming entrance hall with a solid wooden floor that leads to the solid wood staircase directly ahead and an attractive diagonally positioned door through into the living room.

The living room is generously sized by any measure at twenty-four feet long, but appears even larger thanks to the light flooding in through the beautifully constructed bay window to the front and the full width connection into the kitchen/dining room at the rear.

Summary:

Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this splendid three double bedroom semi-detached house set on a large corner plot within a quiet residential area, perfectly located just a few minutes on foot from the bustling centre of the perennially popular village of Welwyn. With plenty of off-street parking and a detached garage, along with a large garden and flexible, spacious accommodation throughout, this is a fabulous family home presented in excellent decorative order and is offered chain free for a swift and smooth completion.

Accommodation:

The traditional front door has two beautifully designed and crafted stained glass panels set into it, with an additional patterned glass window above, which combine with another window at the top of the stairwell to fill the entrance hall inside with warm, welcoming light. The hall is a good size and shape extending around beyond the staircase that turns as it climbs to the first floor, and enjoys a fabulous tiled floor throughout. From the entrance hall doors lead into the kitchen and the dining room.

The dining room occupies the front corner of the house and is a good size, reaching nearly seventeen feet in length. It has a wide, open plan connection to the adjoining living room and is kept light and bright throughout the day thanks to a large window looking out over the front garden. Certainly it is more than spacious enough to encompass a generous dining table and chairs, still leaving ample room for other occasional furniture and also some casual seating is so desired, with the living room next door allowing a lot of flexibility as to how you choose to configure and furnish the space.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this outstanding five bedroom, two bathroom family home ideally located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac yet just a few minutes’ walk away from the centre of the vibrant village of Welwyn. This house offers spacious and well laid out accommodation that is sure to meet the needs of the whole family, along with a very large parking area at the front, a double garage and a lovely wrap-around garden to the rear and side. Constructed and specified to the very highest standards, with neat architectural touches such as the herringbone brickwork and scalloped window sills skilfully integrated into the half timbered first floor, the property is offered in immaculate decorative order inside and out, and is completely ready for you to simply move in and enjoy.

Summary:
Open Day Saturday 20th June – Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this spacious four bedroom, two bathroom family home in the highly sought after Oaklands area of Welwyn. Overlooking open countryside to the front, yet within easy reach of the vibrant village of Welwyn, as well as great rail and road links north and south, this house represents a fabulous opportunity to enjoy Hertfordshire rural living at its finest within commutable distance of central London. Four double bedrooms equip this modern detached house with the ability to cope with a large family, whilst the wonderful main bedroom suite has a separate dressing room, en suite shower room and access out onto a superb balcony overlooking the far reaching views to the front. On the ground floor, the intelligently configured layout makes the best use of the abundant space available, including a valuable ground floor cloakroom, and the enormous integral double garage and workshop offers real potential to expand the ground floor living space if so desired, subject to the usual consents.

Accommodation:
This is an attractive modern house, benefiting from large picture windows that offer a really welcoming frontage, and the pretty front door, with porthole inset glazed panels and full height opaque windows around it, welcomes you into a correspondingly light, bright modern interior, presented in fabulous decorative condition throughout. The substantial entrance hall runs back through the house, alongside and then behind a beautifully crafted staircase, elegantly constructed with banisters of light oak and polished stainless steel rising up through the centre of the house. Doors from the entrance hall open into the front facing living room and the kitchen/dining room at the rear, as well as a perfectly placed guest cloakroom and a really useful internal door through to the rear of the capacious double garage/workshop.

Summary:

Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this substantially extended four bedroom family home located on the popular west side of Welwyn Garden City within easy reach of the centre of the city and all of the amenities it has to offer. The property has been extensively remodelled to provide generous accommodation that includes a superb open plan ground floor which is just perfect for modern family life, along with a well placed guest cloakroom that could easily incorporate a shower to create a second bathroom if required.

Accommodation:

This is a pretty house with a neat front door inset with decorative glass panels set beneath a useful protective porch. Inside is a welcoming entrance hall of a good size and shape that is ideally positioned in the centre of the house, giving easy access through separate doors into the living room, kitchen/dining/family room and the cleverly situated guest cloakroom. There is room within the cloakroom to format the generous space to include a shower, thereby establishing a second bathroom if so needed.

The front facing living room enjoys an open plan link through to the kitchen/dining/family room at the rear, giving it a nice option of easy connectivity whilst also retaining an easily established separation of the rooms. The room is abundantly lit by a large full height window looking out over the front garden, with the light levels further boosted by the windows and bi-fold doors to the rear. Smart panelling along one wall adds a nice elegant touch to the space, whilst a central fireplace has been treated to a fresh, modern look and houses a contemporary log burner. The room is a good size and a nice square shape, making it easily able to accept plenty of casual seating for the whole family.

Summary:

Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this fabulous chain free detached four bedroom, two bathroom family home set along a quiet residential cul de sac within the highly sought after Oaklands area of Welwyn. This versatile property offers generous ground floor living space that has a wonderful free and easy flow between the rooms, with an integral double garage that could easily be remodelled to increase the space even further if needed subject to the necessary consents, along with a substantial driveway and a super rear garden. It is a perfectly specified family home in a lovely tranquil location.

Accommodation:

A fully glazed sliding door leads you into a welcoming entrance lobby that opens through a further door, inset with patterned glass and flanked by full height matching windows either side, into the dining/reception room. This is a large room comfortably able to fulfil both roles with ease, that stretches the full depth of the house, leaving ample area for a substantial dining suite and other occasional furniture besides, along with a lovely open view of the garden through the large window at the far end. The clever design of the house allows all of the rooms to easily interconnect, with an uninterrupted flow around the whole of the ground floor with the staircase at its centre, and the dining/reception room is a fine example of that strength, with a door through to the living room and kitchen/breakfast room, as well as further doors alongside the staircase that open into the office/study, utility/laundry room and the ideally placed guest cloakroom.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful two/three bedroom, two bathroom semi-detached family home set along a quiet residential cul de sac in the well placed and highly regarded village of Woolmer Green. Arranged over three floors, this spacious, well designed property offers generous, practical living space, a good sized garden, plenty of off street parking and a redesigned ground floor that keeps a useful storage area to the front but adds a fabulous home office/gym, and is presented in absolutely immaculate condition inside and out. The current owners have pursued a meticulous programme of maintenance, refurbishment and upgrade on their highly prized family home, including a recently installed new combi boiler and radiators throughout, which brings to the new owner a valuable assurance that everything in this lovely house is exactly as it should be, completely ready for you to just move in and enjoy!

Accommodation:
The smart front door has a neat shaped inset glass panel and is cleverly placed within a protective porch area. Inside is a spacious entrance hall with a superb solid wood floor, just recently sanded and revarnished,that extends past the stairs, a bespoke understairs storage cupboard and drawers and a well placed guest cloakroom before it reaches the door leading into the family room/bedroom three at the far end. The arrangement provides a fabulous extended view as you enter which takes your eye right through the family room and into the rear garden via the large glass bi-fold doors.

Summary:
This stunning one bedroom garden apartment with outside space and private parking, is one of just eleven luxury homes skilfully created at Beecholme. Originally the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital built at the turn of the century, Beecholme served the local community in its original form for decades and is a prominent building in the area enjoying a rich and fascinating history. Converted to private apartments in 2018 by a developer renowned for their immaculate quality of materials and workmanship, as well as, an attention to detail that embraces the most modern building techniques and styling whilst still celebrating the history and authentic appeal of the original building. This apartment represents a rare and valuable opportunity to acquire a prestigious home in a fabulous location.

The impeccable quality of the apartment is echoed throughout, with features such as underfloor heating, porcelain tiled walls and floors in the shower room and a stunning bay window complete with glazed double doors opening out onto your own private patio area with direct access out into the communal gardens beyond. This glorious apartment ticks all the boxes in terms of modern living, yet retains a welcome connection to the “country manor” style of the original building with high ceilings, that fabulous bay window arrangement and the contemporary treatment applied to the original chimney breast in the living room.

Accommodation:

The attractive main entrance to the building leads into a lovely hallway taking you through to the apartment, which is found at the rear of the ground floor. Inside the solid oak front door is the open plan kitchen/living room of the apartment, with an inner hallway leading to the bedroom and the well placed shower room. This main living area is a really lovely room, well laid out and comfortably large enough to create different spaces within it for dining, cooking and relaxing and absolutely flooded in natural light.

Summary:
Bryan Bishop and Partners are delighted to bring to the market this wonderful detached four bedroom, two bathroom family home set in extensive grounds in a lovely rural situation yet just a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the highly desirable village of Codicote. This is a spacious and flexible property with a very generous footprint that includes a ground floor bedroom and ensuite wet room, a large conservatory and a substantial lean-to that leads on into a further collection of storage rooms. This property is very well appointed to accommodate a family member with reduced mobility, but also represents a rare opportunity to acquire a large and practical home in its current form that is absolutely ripe for development, subject to the necessary consents.

Accommodation:
The glass panelled front door opens into a spacious fully glazed lobby that is ideal for welcoming your guests, which then leads through a matching door into the main entrance hall which is ideally placed at the centre of the house. From the entrance hall doors open into the living room, dining room, kitchen and into an inner lobby leading through to the family room.

The living room is a large space that stretches to over seventeen feet in length, yet is kept light and bright throughout the day by a large window to the front and a pair of fully glazed French doors that open directly into the conservatory. The room is comfortably able to accept multiple sofas and chairs along with other occasional furniture, with an attractive open fireplace at the centre of the inside wall and a nicely balanced shape that gives you plenty of choice on layout.