Detached house for sale in Skipton Road, Utley, Keighley BD20

Grand Designs at it's best. Working closely with their architects the previous occupiers of Linden Gardens designed and created the most amazing contemporary family home.

This spacious four bedroomed home is as stunning as it is unique.

This eco home is finished to an extremely high specification to include under floor heating throughout the ground floor, passive solar orientation windows, high insulation values and secondary heat circulation pump.

The house boasts high quality fixtures and fittings throughout to include an abundance of windows making this a very light property with a feel of being very much amongst the gardens. Also featuring french grey large-tile flooring with underfloor heating to the first floor, fsc engineered oak flooring to the second floor, oak internal doors, and a contemporary oak and glass staircase.

The property is set over three floors with a double garage and two internal stores to the ground floor, three double en-suite bedrooms, a utility room and a cloakroom to the first floor including an impressive reception hall. The second floor is a splendid open plan living-dining-kitchen and a large reception room or 4th bedroom.

There is parking for 5 vehicles in total and enclosed gardens to the front side and rear including decked alfresco dining areas offering a high level of privacy. With so much to talk about, we will keep the description relatively brief and let the photographs and the 3D virtual Viewing Tour do the talking.

A superb contemporary family home offering versatile living space | Stunning presentation and well maintained | 1900 square feet | 3 / 4 double bedrooms | Superb open-plan living space | Pleasant gardens | Some great views | parking for 5 vehicles | Just 1.5 miles to a Metro station | Leeds Bradford Airport 30 minutes |

Design & Construction

Working in partnership with the architect, a brief was developed which included a minimalist approach to house design; flexible, family friendly spaces; harmony between the inside and outside and as eco-friendly as possible.

With passion and attention to detail the then owners created and project managed an excellent team of mostly local building engineers and exceptionally skilled trades. With their fantastic commitment a successful house build was completed in budget and on time. The result is a unique and inspiring home surrounded by natural light, greenery and wildlife; professionally designed interiors and a level B energy efficiency rating.

Ground Floor

A double garage provides secure parking for 2 vehicles and with the added advantage of 2 large integral stores providing secure space for bikes, garden equipment and outdoor gear. In addition, there is further limestone gravelled parking for 3 vehicles adjacent to a gate leading though the side garden to the main entrance door.

1st Floor

To the first floor;- an impressive reception hall features a bespoke contemporary oak and glazed staircase rising to the second floor with under stairs storage, and there is a built-in cloakroom cupboard. This welcoming space featuring a full height panoramic window allowing in vast amounts of natural light, also has heated / tiled flooring. Off the reception hall is a utility room with a range of fitted base units, with granite worktops incorporating a sink, and with space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. This room also houses the gas fired central heating boiler and has a heated / tiled floor. A cloakroom features a contemporary vanity basin with circular sink and a hidden cistern dual flush WC and heated tiled floor.

A connecting corridor with heated / tiled flooring has 3 full height solar gain windows with the middle unit being a full height opener. The master bedroom suite is set at the far end of the property and features an open-plan bathroom with free standing bath having free standing bath filler with a hand shower unit, a walk-in shower with 'monsoon' head and hand unit, a high quality vanity unit with cupboard space and washbasin, and a concealed cistern WC. All finished in a boutique style with under-heated tiled floor. The bedroom provides ample space for a double bed, and has the advantage of a large walk-in wardrobe / dressing room with a range of fitted wardrobes and drawer storage.

There are 3 full height windows with pleasant views onto the moors, and at the rear a pair of French doors open onto the decked rear garden area. Bedrooms 2 & 3 are both double bedrooms again with French doors onto the rear decked gardens, and share a high quality boutique style shower room via Jack and Jill doors.

2nd Floor

Rising to the second floor via the bespoke oak and glazed staircase one enters a large open plan living-dining-kitchen space with several full height windows (some of which open) providing some fantastic long distance views and give the feeling of sitting amongst the gardens and trees. Having engineered fsc oak flooring throughout and with a dining area to one end with a full height glazed door opening onto a sun balcony, perfect for that after dinner drink.

The sitting area provides ample space for a couple of sofas and a television area and takes advantage of the tremendous long distance views. Centrally located between the living and kitchen areas is a wood burning stove with contemporary glass hearth. The kitchen has a range of base and wall units in high gloss with corian worktops and up-stands, incorporating a one and half bowl sink, and having mirror tiling between the units. A large centre island provides further storage units and a breakfast bar area. Integrated appliances include a fridge, freezer, full sized dishwasher, pull out recycling bins, Bosch hob and extractor fan and a Bosch eye level oven and grill. Off from the kitchen there is a walk-in pantry providing great storage.

A further reception room is currently used as a second living room but alternately could be a large fourth bedroom, and again with fantastic views.

Outside

To the outside the property is set in a rectangular plot with large numbers of mature specimen trees and shrubs. A tarmacadam drive runs below the front of the property (also provides access to one further property) which leads to 3 additional parking spaces adjacent to a pedestrian gate onto a lawn and to the main entrance door. At the rear of the property there is a substantial decked area with raised border providing a very private alfresco dining and entertaining area.