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Friday 13 May 2011
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Springwatch
Raise a glass to Corkscrews Do you fancy enjoying a glass of chilled white wine from your own wine cellar? Then Guy Leonard & Co may have just the property for you! Corkscrews is a modern, 2008 built by Ebury and Stone, four double bedroom detached house, situated in an exclusive close in the ever popular West Chiltington. The property was built to the current owner’s high specifications and is superbly presented. On entering you are greeted with a spacious reception hall with marble flooring and gas underfloor heating. This leads to a beautifully appointed drawing room with open fireplace and doors leading out to the rear terrace, garden and swimming pool. The flow of accommodation takes you to the dining room and then to the most delightful open plan kitchen, breakfast and family room. The kitchen is fitted in a matching range of Poggenpohl units with Corian worktops and integrated Miele appliances plus a well fitted utility room. There is also a conservatory with a hydraulic hatch leading to the three metre deep white wine cellar which can house 1870 bottles.
On the ground floor is also a cloakroom and a good sized study. A beautiful oak turning staircase leads to the first floor landing where all four double bedrooms have their own ensuite facilities. Outside the front extensive driveway is approached by electric gates leading to a double garage. To the rear is a good sized terrace, gardens mainly laid to lawn and a salt water swimming pool which has a
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domed cover and can be used all year round. The internal accommodation is just under 3,000 sq ft and an early viewing is highly recommended by the vendor’s appointed sole agents who can be contacted on 01798 874033. Guide Price £995,000 For further information, or an appointment to view please contact Guy Leonard & Company on (01798) 874033.
Now that spring is in full swing Neil Moore of Guy Leonard & Company comments on how the property market is responding to the warmer weather Here at Guy Leonard & Co we have been busy with Springwatch. This isn’t the BBC wildlife show. Instead we have been actively watching for those signs that the spring property market has burst into life. While our hedgerows have been in glorious blossom and many of our woodlands thick with bluebells the market too has been showing clear signs of new life. But this is not all down to the seasonally warm weather. Despite continuing difficulties with mortgages and nervousness about the economy and employment, buyers, especially in the middle market sector, have failed to be put off and numbers of viewings over the past few weeks have been rising steadily. This always augurs well for sales and we anticipate that after a glorious Easter in most parts of the UK, and the royal wedding, there will be even greater activity throughout May. But what is really needed right now is some more property coming onto the market. Would-be sellers are being a little reticent. Consequently there is not so much stock at the
moment and buyers would certainly like a little more choice. Normally this would point to a sellers’ market. But, while active, buyers are also being cautious, and are not exactly rushing to buy. They are taking their time before making offers, they are fully investigating the market and are steering away from any property that smacks of being overpriced. All this has produced a balanced market with prices generally neither going up nor down – although there are exceptions. Which way the pendulum will swing – towards rising or falling prices – only the next few months will tell. We should be able to tell you much more by the time we are into Autumnwatch. In the meantime enjoy a summer with a property market that is putting few under heavy pressure to buy or sell. But sellers should still beware of being a little too optimistic with price. Buyers are not in the mood, and we should always remember that property is only worth what someone will pay for it.
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