Summary - HEATH HOUSE, DEDHAM ROAD, COLCHESTER, ARDLEIGH CO7 7QB
4 bed 3 bath Detached
Approximately 3,000 sq ft over multiple levels with flexible layout
Four bedrooms, two en-suites plus shower room and cloakroom
Lower-ground independent living potential; one area requires dividing wall
Undercroft parking for about six cars plus integral garage
Plot about 0.3 acre with covered outdoor dining and private hedged garden
Air source heat pump and bespoke double glazing installed
Solid brick walls with assumed no insulation; potential upgrade needed
Council Tax band F (expensive); proposed high-voltage power line nearby
Spanning roughly 3,000 sq ft on almost a third of an acre, Heath House is a substantial detached home set in prosperous countryside between Dedham and Ardleigh. The house is arranged over multiple levels with a dramatic central open-plan living, dining and kitchen hub, high vaulted ceilings and large picture windows that frame garden and countryside glimpses. The layout includes four bedrooms (two ensuite), a lower-ground level currently configured for independent living, extensive under-croft parking and an integral garage.
Specification mixes contemporary comfort with traditional fabric: bespoke double glazing and an air source heat pump sit alongside a mains-gas boiler and solid brick walls (no known cavity insulation). The flexible lower-ground accommodation has a separate entrance and would suit multigenerational use or home-working, though one internal area was designed to be divided and will need a partition reinstated to create two distinct rooms.
Outside, the plot offers privacy from hedged borders, mature trees and a covered outdoor dining terrace. Practical positives include an electric gated entrance, extensive parking for multiple vehicles and fast broadband/mobile signal. Notable practical drawbacks are an expensive council tax band, assumed solid brick walls with no built-in insulation and the presence of a proposed high-voltage power line route through the wider Ardleigh area.
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