Home for the fit and healthy lifestyle

There’s a great emphasis these days on leading a fit and healthy lifestyle, not only to aid our own wellbeing but also that of the world. And if you are one of those who subscribes to the view that plenty of exercise and minimal car use never did anyone any harm then a house for sale in Hyde, Winchester, will have instant appeal.

The property, 34, Arthur Road, is within walking distance of the city centre and railway station. It’s also in the catchment area of St. Bede’s Primary School and a number of highly rated state secondary schools and colleges, all again walkable rather than driveable.

But if that regular daily exercise routine is still insufficient, then nearby is a park with playing fields that’s adjacent to a leisure centre with gym, swimming pool, and tennis courts. Other local facilities include a shop, church, and pub where you can go to celebrate all that effort at keeping fit.

The house itself is a fine Edwardian family home with four bedrooms and plenty of period detail. It’s for sale through the Winchester office of Dreweatt Neate at a guide price of £625,000.

Like many houses of its era, the property has well proportioned rooms with high ceilings and there are many period features, among them panelled doors, sliding sash windows, moulded cornices, picture rails, and impressive stained glass panels in the front door.

Both the sitting room, where there’s a bay window, and family / dining room have recently been redecorated while the first floor bathroom and ground floor shower room / cloakroom have been modernised.

The dining room has French doors into the rear garden, which is more than 60 feet in length. Next to the house is a ceramic tiled patio shaded by a variegated maple and beyond this stepping stones through the lawn lead past a pond to a tiled logia with a door through to adjoining allotments.

As well as the well-equipped kitchen / breakfast room, the house has further workspace in the utility room where there’s a door through to the shower / cloakroom. The master bedroom on the first floor has a bay window and handbasin and, like the second and third bedrooms, has an open fireplace. The fourth bedroom is at the front of the house and the light and airy bathroom at the rear, where it has windows to both the side and rear.

For more details visit dnproperty.co.uk.