Lower Bodham

3 Bedroom Detached Bungalow for sale in Holt

Location Swifty Cottage is located in the small rural hamlet of Lower Bodham just outside the main village of Bodham positioned on the main A149 Holt to Cromer road 1.3 miles away. Within Bodham there is an excellent public house and restaurant, village hall with numerous regular events and community cafe, church, allotments and fishing lakes, and regular visits from a mobile library and post office.

Swify Cottage sits between the bustling seaside town of Sheringham 4.5 miles, and the Georgian market town of Holt 2.3 miles. If you want the beach Weybourne is closest, 3.5 miles and there are plenty of countryside walks with Holt Countryside Park and National Trust Sheringham Park on your door step. There is a wide choice of schooling facilities with a primary school in Holt together with a primary and high school in Sheringham. There is also Gresham's pre-prep, prep and senior schools in Holt and Beeston Hall School just outside Sheringham.

Holt and Sheringham offer some of the best shopping facilities to be found in North Norfolk, including a good range of independent specialist shops, cafes, restaurants, theatre and library, health centre, dentist and 18 hole cliff top golf course sand rail service to Norwich.  

Description Swifty Cottage constructed in 1960 looks no different externally than any number of bungalows currently on the market, but internally a little bit of magic has taken place! The current owners gutted the property (non-standard construction) and true craftsmanship took over creating a delightful, warm and welcoming home where timber takes centre stage in every room. The kitchen, sitting room and dining room with stripped pine floor are open plan with a contemporary wood burning stove and Eco smart electric heaters (controllable from an App) providing warmth throughout. A cedar tree from the garden provided the timber for the bespoke kitchen units complimented by pine work surfaces. Part of the trunk is a ceiling feature between the kitchen and dining room! Floor boards where lifted became the cottage style panelled doors featuring stylish heavy black bracket hinges and cleverly constructed door handles and latches with rope locks. The three carpeted bedrooms are all doubles and share a period style bathroom with roll top bath. All the windows have been replaced with black uPVC double glazed units and the walls, floors, and ceilings insulated to minimise heat loss.

The plot in total extends to 0.48 of an acre subject to survey with a westerly aspect at the rear. Within the grounds is a spacious workshop 35' x 14' 3". This has also been insulated to the floors, walls and ceiling and provides a fantastic space if you need to run a business from home, create a gym or studio, children's playroom or maybe just need space for storage. There is also a concrete sectional double garage and a further timber store.

The present owners had planned to render the outside of the bungalow and there is no doubt this would make a significant difference to Swifty Cottage's appearance, but this has been left for the next owner who may have other plans, the obvious being to extend the property further subject of course to any necessary local authority approvals. Similarly the gardens are work in progress providing lots of potential for landscaping.

So if you are looking for something different with style, space and potential in a rural location Swifty Cottage should definitely be on your viewing list.

Decked entrance canopy with steps and entrance door to:

Superb open plan Sitting/Dining Room/Kitchen. 

Kitchen 13' 8" x 10' 0" (4.17m x 3.05m) (Front Aspect) Deep white butler style sink with cupboard under, range of base cupboard and drawer units with work surfaces over, inset four ring electric hob, tiled splash back, integrated Bosch double oven and microwave with cupboard over and drawers under, adjacent work surface with space under for fridge and freezer, tiled recess with lighting and tiled level pantry cupboard with lighting, inset downlights, fine display shelving, stripped pine floor.
 

Sitting Room 18' 2" x 10' 0" (5.54m x 3.05m) (Front & Side Aspect) Wood burning stove on Pamment hearth, electric panel radiator, stripped pine floor boarding, open plan.
 

Dining Room 9' 10" x 9' 1" (3m x 2.77m) (Rear Aspect) Dining area with patio doors leading to the rear garden, stripped pine floor. 

Inner Hall 10' 8" x 2' 6" (3.25m x 0.76m) With inset ceiling downlights and stripped pine floor, built-in utility cupboard with space and plumbing for automatic washing machine and space for tumble dryer.
 

Principal Bedroom 10' 11" x 9' 11" (3.33m x 3.02m) (Rear Aspect) With electric panel heater. Access to roof space and carpet.
 

Bathroom 7' 3" x 6' 9" (2.21m x 2.06m) (Rear Aspect) With attractive roll-top bath with claw feet, with brass mixer taps and shower attachment, together with independent shower over rail and curtains, electric towel radiator, low level WC and hand basin with brass taps and cupboard under, two further built-in cupboards, attractive timber effect with ceramic tiling and attractive tiled floor.
 

Bedroom 2 10' 11" x 9' 9" (3.33m x 2.97m) (Rear Aspect) Electric panel heater, stripped pine flooring, dimmer switch.
 

Bedroom 3 11' 1" x 9' 11" (3.38m x 3.02m) (Front Aspect) With electric panel heater and carpet, dimmer switch, access to roof space with light.
 

Outside The property stands on a plot extending to 0.48 of an acre (subject to survey). To the front an area of grass with small pond and an extensive gravel driveway providing plenty of parking for numerous vehicles. Adjacent to the house is a superb insulated workshop 35' x 14' 3" with power, light glazed double doors to the front and a glazed door and windows overlooking the rear garden. At the rear of the property the garden is predominantly laid to grass with two mature beech trees and a double garage 16' 2" x 16' with twin double doors. Further timber garden store: 16' 9" x 15' 6" (external measurement) with double timber doors. The garden is screened on all sides by fencing and established privet hedging.
 

Services Mains water, electricity and septic tank drainage.
 

Local Authority/Council Tax  

EPC Rating North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9EN
Tel: 01263 513811
Tax Band: TBC 

Important Agent Note Intending purchasers will be asked to provide original Identity Documentation and Proof of Address before solicitors are instructed.
 

We Are Here To Help If your interest in this property is dependent on anything about the property or its surroundings which are not referred to in these sales particulars, please contact us before viewing and we will do our best to answer any questions you may have. 

Important information

Property Ref: 57482_101301038490

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