Frustrated workers looking to escape the capital to enjoy more time in the countryside are offered three interesting choices by Carter Jonas.

 

In Micheldever, Mary Cottage (£525,000 EPC Band D) is a real haven with its landscaped cottage garden and studio / home office. A short distance from the Waterloo trains at Micheldever Station, it offers open plan ground floor living divided into three distinct areas, a great blend of old and new styles.

 

Lovely views, the perfect cure for a hard week’s work, are ready to greet the occupants of the two first floor bedrooms which share a recently-installed luxury bathroom / wet room. Stairs lead to a further room in the loft which is set beneath a newly-thatched roof. The garden room and terrace are perfect for outdoor entertaining. The garden itself stretches back 100 feet to adjoining fields with the studio set in this part of the garden, where there are also two apple trees and a greenhouse.

 

Another cottage arriving right on time for this summer special grouping is Daisy Cottage in Amport, set beside the village green and just a short drive from the commuting station at Grateley with its specially enlarged car park. Trains get from there to Waterloo in little over an hour.

 

Grade II-listed Daisy Cottage (guide price £325,000) was extended and much improved by the current owner in 2002 and offers a bathroom, sitting room, kitchen / dining room and snug on the ground floor (the latter also useful as an occasional bedroom) and a bedroom with dressing area above. Amport is only a mile from the new Army HQ on the old Andover Airfield, adjacent to the A303.

 

Just a short distance from the point where the Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Berkshire borders meet, and surrounded by verdant countryside with hidden valleys is Old Bakery Cottage (£440,000 EPC Band D) in Vernham Dean, suitably remote but with a choice of commuting stations at Great Bedwyn and Hungerford (destination Paddington).

 

Old Bakery Cottage has a cosy front hall, a large drawing room, intimate dining room, and a traditional cottage kitchen with steps up to the family room and adjoining study / occasional fourth bedroom. Upstairs are a good family bathroom and three double bedrooms including the delightful master bedroom with vaulted ceiling, en-suite shower room, and pretty Juliet balcony.

 

For more information, contact Carter Jonas on 01962 842742 or email winchester@carterjonas.co.uk