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A modern detached family home that caters for both town and country aspirations
Newridge is a modern detached villa situated within a small farming community just three miles from Kelso – a location that offers the best of both rural and town lifestyles, while the five bedroomed house was designed and purpose -built to meet the needs of family living. Completed in 2008, Newridge was a labour of love for plasterer Nigel Newman and his wife Amanda. “At the time we were living in a three bedroomed semidetached house with four children as well as dogs, so the number one reason to build was to create a spacious family home and give the children their own bedrooms,” Nigel explains. “We also like entertaining, so it was important that the living and dining areas were designed with that in mind.”
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Newridge, near Kelso
Nigel and Amanda were fortunate in finding a third-of-an-acre plot adjoining farmland only a few minutes drive from Kelso’s schools, shops and other notable attractions – a plot that seven years later incorporates fully enclosed gardens with a decked dining terrace off the rear sitting/dining room, paved patio, sheltered seating areas, established flower and shrub beds, vegetable garden, lawns, additional decked areas, and dog kennels/run. Presented in immaculate condition throughout, the layout is configured to give family members their own private space while also effortlessly catering for family get-togethers and social occasions.
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On the ground level, an attractive entrance vestibule with built-in storage (another vital factor considered at the design stage) leads into a large and very welcoming reception hall with wood flooring.
Also off the hall is a 20ft lounge with windows front and rear, hardwood flooring and a feature fireplace with cast iron multi-fuel stove, and modern and well-equipped dining kitchen with integrated appliances, breakfast bar and tiled splashbacks.
A carpeted staircase and double doors at the far end open on to a rear-facing sitting/dining room with French doors to the terrace.
The kitchen provides access to a versatile dining room/snug and completing the ground floor accommodation is a fitted utility/laundry room and adjoining shower room.
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“ Presented in immaculate
condition throughout, the layout is configured to give family members their own private space while also effortlessly catering for family get-togethers and social occasions. ”
Upstairs, the first floor landing spans a sizeable area with plenty of room to incorporate a study/office space – it’s also a particularly bright area with two front-facing windows framing a picturesque rural outlook. Located at the far end of the landing, the master bedroom is a well-proportioned double room with fitted dressing room and partially tiled en suite shower room (corner shower). Bedroom two, which overlooks the rear garden, also has a dressing room and en suite shower room, while bedrooms three, four and five share the family bathroom, which has a bath and separate shower. In addition, all five bedrooms have wood flooring and the property has oil-fired under-floor heating throughout, a system that frees up wall space for things other than radiators. Next to the house, Newridge’s detached garage has been partitioned internally to create a storeroom and a home gym, however, the partitioning could easily be removed to reinstate the full garage space if preferred.
The gardens are a striking feature and one of this property’s major selling points. Large enough to be all things to all people, the addition of terraced decks, mature trees and planting, level lawns and the benefits of overlooking open countryside will not be lost on families with children and pets, while the area at the front of the house provides plenty of space for parking. Located in an area that offers a wide variety of outdoor opportunities in addition to the many sports and leisure facilities available in nearby Kelso, Newridge is a property designed for modern family living that more than meets expectations.
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