Portsmouth Road, Hindhead, Hampshire

Bears Wood is an elegantly appointed detached family home with light, airy accommodation and stylish modern fittings arranged over two floors.

The heart of the home is the open-plan dining room and kitchen at the rear, with its tiled flooring and bi-fold doors opening onto the southwest-facing rear garden. The dining area has a contemporary woodburning stove, as well as space for dining table and a seating area, while the kitchen offers shaker-style units, a breakfast bar and integrated appliances. The ground floor also has a comfortable sitting room to the front, a useful study for home working and a play room, which could be used as a guest bedroom with its en suite shower room. Adjoining the kitchen, the utility room has side access and provides space for further appliances and storage.

Upstairs there are four well-presented bedrooms, three of which are doubles. The generous principal bedroom has its own dressing room with built-in storage, plus a luxury en suite bathroom. Each of the further bedrooms has built-in storage, with the first floor also featuring a family bathroom.

At the front, the garden has an area of lawn and border beds with a rosemary hedge and various other shrubs. There is plenty of parking on the driveway, while to the side there is a further colourful, well-stocked bed with several established shrubs and flowering perennials. The rear garden is southwest-facing and welcomes plenty of sunlight throughout the day. It includes an area of patio which is ideal for al fresco dining, a lawn dotted with colourful flowerbeds and borders with various shrubs, all enclosed by high timber fencing.

The neighbouring villages of Hindhead and Grayshott are located on the Surrey/Hampshire border, surrounded by stunning countryside, including the National Trust sites of Ludshott Common and the Devil’s Punch Bowl. Hindhead and Grayshott offer plenty of local amenities, including a choice of pubs, restaurants, shops and small supermarkets, while the popular town of Haslemere is just five miles away with its choice of shopping, restaurants, cafés and large supermarkets. For leisure, Hindhead Golf Club is close-at-hand, while the area is excellent for schooling options, with several independent schools, including St. Edmund’s, Amesbury and The Royal School. Transport links to and from the area are superb, with the A3 less than half a mile away and mainline rail services available in Haslemere (55 minutes to London Waterloo).