Seller Insights
“We are the only owners of the property having bought the place from new 17 years ago. Ours is a new, barn style home but some of the five properties are converted old agricultural buildings. It’s been a fantastic family home for all sorts of reasons.”
“The location is superb if you want a peaceful, rural lifestyle yet easy access to towns and cities, and the property itself has been the perfect family home that has fulfilled all of our needs. We’ve done so much entertaining whether summer barbecues and children’s parties. The paddock is ideal to have a pony, and the garden is a sheer delight. In summer, the sun is on the back garden all day long from 8 in the morning until 8 at night. We love to sit in the hot tub seeing either the sun rise or set - a truly stunning spectacle.”
“We love the garden room, or snug as we call it. It’s a real family area that we live in all year round - so cosy in winter and beautiful in the spring and summer surrounded by nature. The wildlife is fabulous as we look out over Langtoft Woods; we see wood pigeons, hedgehogs and muntjacs and we have a family of woodpeckers and a resident robin. It’s a little piece of heaven here – you can shrug everything off from a hectic day and completely relax in the peace and tranquility!”
“If you need to get to London, it’s easy to drive to Peterborough and catch one of the fast trains to Kings Cross which take around 45 minutes, or for Leicester trains run from Stamford, even nearer. As we have worked from home, we have found the 10 yard commute on a Friday, dreadful! Seriously though, to have a bespoke working environment literally on the doorstep is really hard to find these days.”
“There is a huge choice of very good schools in the area whether state – co-educational Bourne Grammar School rated Outstanding by Ofsted, also the grammar schools in Spalding - or private with Ayscoughfee Hall prep school in Spalding, the Stamford Schools and Oakham, Uppingham and Oundle public schools.”
“Tithe Farm Pastures is the last set of houses in Langtoft and I must put in a good word for this wonderful village. It has a brilliant primary school, a village shop with a post office, a hairdresser and a local pub. There’s also an active village hall with lots going on. Market Deeping is close by too and has a butcher and a Tesco.”
“We know all of the riding schools around here and Burghley Horse Trials is a big event in September. Burghley has many other events such as fairs and concerts too, and the park grounds are lovely to walk in. Rutland Water has also been a great draw for us; we used to have an annual pass when the children were all still living here – we seemed to be there every weekend!”
“We are keen walkers and have found some beautiful areas within reasonable reach such as the Lincolnshire Wolds, the Norfolk coast and, of course, have enjoyed the Fen countryside on our doorstep. All in all, we have been totally spoilt over the years!”
Surrounded by open fields down a private lane in a tranquil South Lincolnshire enclave, a delightful, stone property built by Alston Country Homes is part of a development of 5 properties. Number 2 provides 5 bedrooms (4 double bedrooms and a single), 2 en suite, and superb downstairs living spaces connecting well with the south and west facing garden adjoined by a paddock of approximately 0.65 acres. The office, on the other side of the attractive, integrated car port, is a huge asset for those wishing to work from home, however the proximity of Peterborough, about a 20 minute drive south, with its fast direct train services to London, makes this an ideal family home for a commuter.
traditional style constructed in quality materials and designed with a layout ideal for a modern lifestyle. Built under terracotta pantile roofs, the windows are doubleglazed and timber framed and the internal doors are solid oak. A beautiful light, bright kitchen dining room leads directly into a garden room forming an L-shape where the triple aspect glazing provides beautiful views of the garden, and has French doors opening out onto a patio. Underfloor heating is throughout the downstairs below the tiled or timber floors, Cat 5 cabling has been installed within the walls with in-built hi-fi speakers, and bathrooms have been fully tiled with top brand Porcelanosa tiles.
sink and space for a washing machine and dryer leads off the kitchen, so too, a separate walk-in pantry, an enviable feature.
To one side, is a 28 foot living room with windows overlooking the front garden and French doors onto the rear terrace. The owners’ log - burning effect electric fire sits in a simple, rustic style fireplace as a cosy focal point to the room. On the other side of the spacious entrance hall, where there is a downstairs cloakroom, a second sitting room overlooks the front and could make a formal dining room, a playroom or an extra study or office.
Excellent schools, private and state, are in the area, the magnificent Georgian town of Stamford is only about 8 miles to the west, and Rutland Water for outdoor pursuits is less than a half hour drive.
Presented in immaculate order, the property is in a
The Shaker style kitchen has an abundance of cupboards and drawers, a Stoves electric double oven with integrated slow cooker nestling between worktops of solid granite, and a dishwasher is integrated. A double sink sits under a window that overlooks the garden whilst another sink is in the island. There is also space for a large American fridge – freezer. A spacious utility room with yet another
The oak staircase rises rather dramatically from the centre of the light-filled hall to a galleried landing above where you find all five bedrooms and the family bathroom. Four bedrooms have built-in storage and two of the four double bedrooms benefit from en suite shower room. A partially boarded loft, accessed by a retractable ladder, offers more storage space.
Outside, Chelsea sett tiles laid on the drive to all five properties, lend an attractive and practical approach as they stretch under the covered area adjoining the house, with space for parking two cars under the carport and parking for an additional two cars on the private drive. A door on the right opens into a 16 foot long office or hobby room with French doors onto the garden, the perfect space for working from home. To the front is a useful, generous storeroom.
and looks out onto the fields and woods and trees and shrubs are thriving along the boundaries, and a fine pine tree is a feature from many decades ago. Both the rear and front gardens have flowerbeds containing mature shrubs and trees for year round interest. There is also a separate, purpose built vegetable patch with raised beds surrounded by apple, pear and cherry trees, whilst a gate opens into a paddock of around 0.65 acres enclosed entirely by post and rail fencing with vehicular access from the bottom onto the entrance lane.
With a sizeable lawn in front of the house, the professionally landscaped rear garden is even larger with more lawns and a paved terrace. The back garden is totally private
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