Dunchideock, Exeter

An exceptional contemporary family home with far reaching rural views and land amounting to 1.61 acres. EPC - B

Situation - Set on a ridgeline backing onto woodland, the property looks out over the beautiful Teign Valley with wonderful, unimpeded views across a swathe of one of the prettiest parts of Devon. The valley falls within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the Dartmoor National Park close by and the Haldon Forest Park almost on its doorstep. The property is just two miles from the popular Nobody Inn (Tripadvisor 4.5/5) and there are excellent local amenities in the nearby village of Christow, which has a doctor’s surgery and primary school. Exeter is within easy reach and has an excellent array of shopping, business and cultural amenities befitting a university and cathedral city. The property has access to nearby transport links with direct rail services from Exeter St Davids to both Paddington and Waterloo and Exeter Airport (15.5 miles) has a 1 hour service to London City Airport. There is a wide choice of popular schools locally from both the state and independent sectors. These include a wide choice of village primary schools, all OFSTED rated Good or Outstanding, and private schools including Exeter Cathedral School, Exeter School and The Maynard, all within a 6 mile radius.

Description - Accessed from a quiet country lane this recently built property looks out over the beautiful Teign Valley with wonderful and unimpeded rural views towards Dartmoor. The property provides 4,685 sq ft of stunning living space and was designed with two clear objectives: to make the view as visible from as many parts of the property as possible and to make it extremely energy efficient. To that end the property faces south and west towards the view, capturing the best of the daylight throughout the day through wide, tall windows that extend from floor to ceiling on the ground and first floors. The exterior of the house is clad with both composite stone and wood and the property is insulated to an extremely high standard.

Accommodation - The ground floor is dominated by a magnificent room that combines the kitchen living and dining area into a single family-centric space. The kitchen itself is fully fitted with contemporary units including a large central island and a range of built-in electric appliances. The basement floor incorporates a centrally positioned entertaining/bar room, gym with adjacent shower room and a impressive cinema, fitted with two rows of tiered seating under a planetarium arched ceiling.
The first floor contains a total of four double bedrooms. The principal bedroom has astonishing views with floor to ceiling windows on two sides and an en suite bathroom. The guest bedroom has a good-sized en suite shower room and the two remaining bedrooms share the large family bath and shower room.
There is an upper floor incorporating a walk-through home office leading to a further double bedroom with en suite shower room.

Gardens & Grounds - The property is approached off a little-used country lane and accessed via a driveway shared with the neighbouring property. A length of private drive with an electric gated entrance then sweeps round into a courtyard encompassing a tarmac parking area with ample space for several vehicles, adjacent lawn and the property’s attached double garage and garden store.
To the front of the property is a well positioned sun terrace, which runs along the entire south facing side, with a built in BBQ area from which to enjoy the far reaching rural views across the Teign Valley. The terrace leads to a newly landscaped and well maintained area of level lawn with a raised native hedge line which wraps around the front and side of the property. On from the lawn is an L-shaped paddock with during parameter hedging and newly installed boundary fencing. In all the garden and grounds amount to about 1.61 acres (0.65 hectare).

Services - Mains electricity. Private water (bore hole) and drainage (treatment plant). Central heating provided through an air source heat pump.

Directions - Travelling southwest along the Devon Expressway/A38 take the exit signed to Exeter Racecourse and Dunchideock. At the roundabout at the bottom of the slip road take the second exit, signed to Exeter Racecourse. Continue for just over 2.5 miles and then turn left, signed to Longdown. The property will be found on the left after about 300 yards, just before the lane enters the woods.