The House In The Trees

This magnificent country home offers extremely generous accommodation including seven bedrooms, four reception rooms, garaging for five cars, spectacular indoor pool complex and meticulously maintained gardens extending to about 5 acres.

The property nestles in the highly prized location of Emery Down, on the fringes of Lyndhurst and enjoys direct access to the open forest. Energy Performance Rating - D

Emery Down is one of the New Forest National Park's most sought after villages, with its vibrant community, a village hall, a pub (The New Forest Inn), and church. From The House in the Trees there is direct access onto the open forest providing a network of footpaths and bridleways for walking and riding. Lyndhurst is within 2 miles and is the largest village within the New Forest. It is a popular tourist location with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, restaurants, pubs and hotels. For those with a keen eye on sailing Lymington is within 10 miles with its attractive local architecture and popular marina. Southampton is a vibrant, modern city which has the popular West Quay shopping centre and many attractions. The surrounding areas of Southampton and Winchester have a wide selection of well respected private schools. Communications are excellent with east and west access to the M27 and M3 within easy reach. This provides access to London and the south coast. The coastal resort town of Bournemouth is also only a short drive away.

The spectacular reception hall sets the tone for this wonderful home with, at its centre, the beautiful French polished turning staircase leading to the galleried landing above. A Chesneys fireplace and elegant tiled floor by Artisans of Devizes exude a welcoming sense of calmness. This feel has been expertly continued through the entire house with high ceilings and elegant flooring being a common feature. The main living room includes a fireplace at its heart and a deep bay with French doors leading to the principal gardens. The adjacent sitting room is currently used as a snooker/pool room, with fireplace and two sets of French doors.

The kitchen/dining/conservatory area is the hub of the home and is a fantastic area to socialise and entertain. The kitchen has been meticulously planned and hand crafted for living, relaxing and entertaining by world renowned Smallbone. The hand painted kitchen includes streamlined storage solutions. The central island unit boasts granite worktops and includes a 4-ring induction hob, ceiling extractor, two gas rings and a bar stool seating area. All of the kitchen appliances are by Gaggenau, and include two integrated self-cleaning ovens, two plate warmer draws, coffee machine, microwave oven grill and a double fridge/freezer, two wine fridges, and a dishwasher. There are four integrated pantries designed to keep clutter in the kitchen to a minimum along with a Quooker hot water tap and a filtered water tap. The conservatory area features impressive high vaulted ceilings filling the entire space with natural light whilst providing a delightful outlook and direct access over the gardens.

Returning to the hallway, there is an office with an outlook to the front of the property and an impressive cinema room, beyond which is a utility, separate W.C. and a triple garage with electric doors. The garage and utility room both provide direct access to the garden and there is a useful ‘gardeners W.C’ in the garage.

The property has been thoughtfully designed for modern living with a ‘Control 4’ smart home operating system, HIK Vision security cameras, integrated ceiling speakers, Cat 5 enabled and underfloor heating to the ground floor.

The staircase leads to the first floor where there is a spacious galleried landing overlooking the entrance hallway. The master bedroom suite is an impressive room with fabulous views over the garden from the Juliette balcony and a particularly generous en-suite bathroom. This bathroom has been designed by ‘Dream Design’ and includes Antonio Lupi bathroom furnishings including a double sink basin, freestanding bath, W.C, and a walk in rainfall shower.

There are a total of 7 bedrooms, two of which are currently used as ‘his & hers’ walk-in wardrobes which were designed by Dream Design. Bedroom two is located above the garage and offers a particularly flexible space which could become a self-contained apartment benefiting from the close proximity of the second staircase leading to the ground floor hallway and a second front door entrance.

The indoor pool complex has been sympathetically designed very much in keeping with the principal building and provides a super space for leisure activity with a magnificent pool at its heart and large seating area. The pool has attractive mosaic tiles giving deep blue tones with underwater lighting. The building is fitted with an air management system.

The house is approached via electrically actuated wrought iron gates opening onto a tree-lined gravel drive culminating within a substantial turning and parking area immediately to the front of the property.

There is a an attractive pond with deck surround set within a beautiful and very substantial collection of Japanese maples.

At the south eastern quarter of the garden will be found a fabulous fern garden set beneath the trees central to which is a working well created from English oak along with hand made bricks and tiles.

The paddock and stabling lies immediately opposite the property, providing the equestrian enthusiast with good turnout along with stabling to house a number of horses. The paddock is just over 4 acres.



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