Hampshire Property News

Penyards Property Management has been based in Winchester for over 25 years and provides a pro-active and dynamic service to landlords and tenants alike.

Mike Turner, Associate Director with the company, confirms: “At Penyards Property Management, we haven’t forgotten that the reason we have become Winchester’s largest and most proficient lettings agent is by giving the very best customer service to all who come into contact with us, and by finding the very best tenants for our landlords’ properties.”

Mike continues: “If you are a landlord and have a property currently available to let, odds are that your current letting agent is telling you the market is slowing down and that new applicants are few and far between.

“However, whilst many letting agents are looking forward to Christmas, the team at Penyards Property Management are fully focused on working relentlessly all the way through November and December to agree lets on our clients’ investment properties. 

“Just last week, we successfully let two properties for our landlords that had been with a competitor for several weeks. This excellent result comes down to a positive and professional attitude from the team based in Southgate Street. Couple this with the exciting landlord incentives we are offering new landlords moving to Penyards Property Management for the months of November and December and you could say the future looks very exciting!”

To find out more, Penyards Property Management can be contacted on 01962 860303 or email mike.turner@penyards.co.uk…

The open aspect over fields and countryside at the rear of this extended family house is a delight at all times of year but particularly through the warmer months when the wide terrace and barbecue area draw the occupiers outside. The garden has been professionally designed and so is the perfect vantage point to enjoy the view.

The house has been extended from the original layout and now offers a choice of relaxing areas, all with oak flooring, including the original sitting room, and a new family room leading through to a garden room with south facing French doors to the terrace. There is also a study at the front of the house with fitted furniture and the kitchen is open plan to the dining room; a great place for all the family to gather at the end of the day. A utility room and cloakroom complete the layout on the ground floor.

Stairs from the hall rise to the first floor where there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

A driveway at the front of the property provides parking and although most of the garage has been converted to accommodation, there is access to useful storage. Shrub borders with box hedging line a path to the front door and the planting has matured well to provide an attractive backdrop.

Rowan Close sits on the eastern boundary of South Wonston which is an easy drive from Winchester and also has good local amenities including a primary school and shop.

Viewings may be arranged by calling Belgarum Estate Agents on 01962 844460. A price guide of £575,000 is quoted.…

Abbots Barton lies on the northern periphery of Winchester and from here it is an easy run into the city centre and the train station and there are also good road connections to the motorway network. Although now absorbed into Winchester, Abbots Barton has retained the atmosphere of a village community and has its own identity.

Part of a recently built development this four bedroom house has come to the market for sale and will appeal particularly to families looking for a spacious home which also has the added benefit of a fabulous home office above the garage and is therefore ideal for someone working from home or a family which needs additional space perhaps as a teenage den.

Designed very much with a family in mind, this house has four good size bedrooms arranged over the first and second floors, with two smart bathrooms.

On the ground floor the kitchen is beautifully fitted with high gloss units for a modern look and Smeg appliances; this room has a dining area with French doors to the garden. The sitting room is a lovely dual aspect relaxing space and the utility room is a useful feature and there is also a cloakroom.

The garden wraps around the house, enclosed at the front and side by a traditional brick and flint wall and the main garden is simply laid out with a paved terrace leading on to a level lawn.

The home office sits above the carport which is not attached to the house and is a highly versatile space with power and lighting and with the benefit of a utility cupboard and a cloakroom.

Branch Manager of Fox & Sons, Lewis Cosier says “This well presented house in Wykeham Way is a spacious home with a superb separate home office.”

A price of £625,000 is quoted by Fox & Sons and an appointment to view can be made by calling the Winchester office on 01962 862121…

The Barn House is a generous family home, well located in a quiet position in the village of Hurstbourne Priors. Sitting at the top of the Test Valley, wonderful countryside surrounds the village and Whitchurch is nearby with a good range of amenities.

The house works well as a family home, is well presented and sits in an elevated position looking over parkland. The accommodation is incredibly versatile with the added potential to enlarge into the attached garage and workshop which has attic storage above accessed from the main house on the first floor.

The current layout already provides spacious family accommodation with a superb formal drawing room with a delightful south easterly dual aspect with views across countryside towards the church. A lovely open fire sets the scene for the winter months and French doors allow full enjoyment of the garden in the summer. The large dining room has a high ceiling and a feature fireplace.

Leading off the other side of the welcoming reception hall is an excellent farmhouse style kitchen with an Aga, further appliances, granite work surfaces, space for a central dining table, walk in larder and an adjacent utility/boot room.

Some of the best views are from the master bedroom on the first floor and this room also has a good range of cupboards, an adjoining bathroom with a second double bedroom with fitted wardrobes having potential as a superb dressing room if required.

Three further double bedrooms and two bathrooms lead off the landing and from an inner landing double doors open into the attic space above the garage.

Walled gardens of a third of an acre surround the house, with beech hedging providing seclusion. At the front there is plenty of parking and a pretty archway leading to the garage with the workshop and wine store behind. The gardens are attractively laid out with lawns culminating in herbaceous borders, apple trees and a lovely pathway covered by a pergola as a focal point to be admired from the paved terrace.

This is a peaceful location set in lovely countryside yet within short distances of schools and commuter routes with a mainline service from Whitchurch into London.

Knight Frank will be pleased to provide further details and a guide price of £1,200,000 is quoted. Contact the Winchester office on 01962 850333.…

Attention all downsizers, commuters, first time buyers….in fact anyone who is looking for a stylish, new two bedroom home should take a look at the beautiful semi-detached properties at Alfred Homes’ Morningdale Field development on the outskirts of Winchester, where just one of these perfectly proportioned homes is available.

“There are so many plus points to this high quality two bed” comments Simon North, Partner of Strutt & Parker, Winchester who are marketing the property,  “the internal layout is excellent, with a fantastic living space opening onto a lovely private garden with both double bedrooms having en suite bathrooms, and with private parking it’s just an excellent buy. Plus the fact that there are so very few good quality two bedroom homes in the Winchester area at the moment, and that Morningdale Field is so well located for the station, city centre and local amenities, it really does tick the box for many people to either live in, or as an addition to an investment portfolio.”

Morningdale Field is an exclusive development of nine new homes (one pair of semi-detached and seven detached properties), due for completion early next year; eight of the properties have already been  reserved or sold, including the fabulous show home, Morningdale House, however, it is still available to view and is open daily from 10am-5pm.

For guide prices and further information either visit the show home at the development, located on Bereweeke Avenue, Winchester, SO22 6BH, or find out more at: www.aflredhomes.co.uk…

As a leading agent the Goadsby teams across the area are often asked how buoyant the rental market is and if it is prudent to still invest in the Buy-to-Let market.

A recent report shows tenant demand remains strong with eastern England seeing the biggest net growth in tenant demand with a 48% increase. This was closely followed by the South West – with 45% increase – and the South East and outer London – with 41 and 40% respectively.

Kim Bone, from the Winchester office comments: “These figures demonstrate just how important the private rented sector is in housing a growing number of people.”

England’s housing market is beginning to reflect a more European way of thinking with more people choosing to rent in the long term rather than buy.

Kim concludes: “This situation offers the perfect platform for Buy-to-Let investors and as Goadsby is a multi-discipline company we are able to offer a complete package to see the whole process through.”

Contact your local office to ask for advice on Buy-to-Let: Kim Bone – Winchester:  01962 620444…