Guide Price: £ 3,250,000.00 to £ 3,500,000.00
The Property:
The present owners have created a warm and inviting family home with a spacious, well balanced layout which has been beautifully developed and renovated to provide versatile living space of over 11,000 sq ft with high quality fitments based on an Italian villa. Upon entering Orchards, you are welcomed to secure electronically controlled gates which open up to a large driveway, providing ample off road parking. Once inside you will find a series of reception rooms to an exceptional standard including a wonderful oak library, dining room, drawing room and a spacious sitting room with multiple French doors leading to the rear of the grounds. The Clive Christian kitchen is of a special mention offering a contemporary design yet retaining many features and forms a brilliant space to showcase culinary skills and the ideal set up for the chef enthusiast, centralised around the island.
Stairs ascend to the first floor, where you are greeted by a galleried landing. This is home to seven double bedrooms, all with personal en-suite bathrooms, four with dressing rooms as well as three bedrooms benefiting from having terraces with one being of a excellent size.
On the second floor, currently being used as an entertainment/party room is the most brilliant versatile space with bar, kitchen and shower room.
On the grounds of the accommodation which is approximately 2.5 acres (STS) you will also find a swimming pool, tennis court, detached bungalow with bathroom, living room and kitchen as well as a detached two story pool house complete with kitchen, living room, washroom, shower, bedroom with en-suite and WC.
Location:
Great Totham is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district, Essex, England, and midway between Chelmsford and Colchester. The village includes the Island of Osea in the Blackwater estuary and is separated into two parts, north and south. The village boasts a variety of amenities such as excellent primary school, village shop, Church and public house which dates back to the late 17th Century.
The A12 is a short drive, connecting at Witham which links you to Colchester and Chelmsford. For the commuter, the nearest train station is also at Witham where there is a direct line into London Liverpool Street in around 44 minutes.