Simcoe House

The current owners have improved the property during their ownership with extensive alterations including to a large side extension housing a kitchen/breakfast room and a large balcony terrace with panoramic sea views above, remodelling some of the rooms, new bathrooms and decorative updating throughout. This elevated, detached dwelling offers a wonderful home with an income opportunity or additional space for family members who might prefer their independence.

A gated entrance with limestone steps to the entrance leads to a light spacious welcoming foyer with Aperta video entry system. Off the entrance is a cloak room plus a handy utility/boot room which is well equipped with ample storage and cupboards housing the boiler and mega flow system. Moving through the property the main rooms all enjoy a southerly aspect and have fabulous sea views.

The recently extended kitchen/breakfast room enjoys an impressive, light and open space with bi-fold doors and garden views. The Balthaup kitchen, supplied by Sapphire Spaces, benefits from an extensive range of storage with integrated Siemens appliances, a central island with hob and extractor plus breakfast bar, plus a pantry and roof light.

Adjacent to the kitchen is a formal dining room referencing the Art and Crafts, again with stunning sea views, period pine flooring, and feature fireplace. Moving through to the sitting room with a music area, ideal for a grand piano, there is a minster Arts and Craft open fireplace and wood flooring. A Southern door gives onto an elegant stone porch with Arts and Craft period Somerset stone carved pillars. Completing the ground floor is a TV/library room with beautiful herringbone flooring, bespoke TV unit and period stained-glass internal window.

From the entrance hallway, a door gives access to a large cellar with slate shelves ideal for storing wine and a large separate wooden shelved area, all with the original cobbled floor.

An attractive three floor turning staircase leads to a first-floor spacious landing. The two double bedrooms to the front both enjoy sea views and have a quality interlinking bathroom with Victoria + Albert bath and shower cubicle with Italian Artelinea wall fittings. Both rooms benefit from copious built in storage, with one having access to the 25ft balcony terrace with glass balustrade and stunning sea views ideal for entertaining by day or by starlight.

There is a further double bedroom with modern ensuite facilities, also giving access to the upper terrace. Completing this level is a fourth double bedroom that is currently being used as a study, plus a half landing to the rear with an Edwardian themed bathroom and linen cupboard. On the upper floor there are two further bedrooms again with impressive views with additional original Georgian period storage and a useful Box room.

Outside, the property is gated with a separate pedestrian gate access, the gravelled driveway has space for up to four cars. Across the drive is the Victorian coach house with a bespoke ground floor art studio, with an artists’ sink, directed lighting, and with storage to the side. An external spiral staircase leads to a generous first floor bedroom/sitting room with modern en-suite.

The gardens have been thoughtfully landscaped with much established Mediterranean style planting. They measure around 0.5 acre including the terraces and gravel garden. The main gardens are to the eastern side with two walled garden areas, one for a level lawn, featuring bay pleaching, pines, and many roses and one productive, with a small orchard with various fruit trees including pear, plum, cherry and quince. There is a generous allotment style vegetable garden with beds for berries, an old vinery, and a wide range of herbs. A recently added Gym room with WIFI, and a large charming Victorian style greenhouse, a Zoki sauna, a pond area and potting shed with a meditation area feature here.

The south-facing Palladian-style terraces with bespoke metal balustrades and limestone flooring enjoy an elevated position with wonderful views out to sea. There is also pedestrian access directly to the seafront, an outside gardener’s loo, storage cupboard and steps back to the front. Throughout the gardens there are numerous lit pathways and seating areas and parts enjoy a high degree of privacy.

SERVICES
The vendor has advised the following: Mains gas (serving the central heating boiler and hot water), mains electricity, water and drainage. Underfloor heating in the kitchen which runs on a wet system. Wood burner in the sitting room. Telephone landline not connected. Broadband currently in contract with BT (Fibre to cabinet). Download speed 73Mbps and an upload speed of 18Mbps. Mobile signal: Several networks currently showing as available at the property including O2, EE, Three, Vodafone, BT and Sky.

AGENTS NOTE
The vendor has advised the property sits within Budleigh Salterton Conservation area. The property has the below planning references. Further details can be found on East Devon Planning Portals. 17/0991/FUL for the replacement of a shed with a garden room. 17/1092/FUL for the demolition and rebuild of the side extension with roof terrace, addition of dormer window to the north elevation and alterations to the coach house. 18/0665/FUL for the replacement of a greenhouse with a sauna building. 22/1369/FUL for modification of existing landscaping scheme. The vendor also advises: There is a right of way on foot across the drive to the side gate of Lion House