Looking for a family home that ticks every box? This detached house does just that,

Looking for a family home that ticks every box? This detached house does just that, with superb space, a good-sized garden and ample off-road parking-and it’s ready for new residents to move right in.
Built in 2018 by Persimmon Homes, there’s everything you’d expect at a newer property, such as a modern layout and contemporary fittings, very good energy performance, as well as conveniences a family can’t do without. It still has that fresh and clean feel eight years later, and there are a few years left on the guarantee.
The current owners bought the property during the pandemic in 2020. When viewing homes back then, they narrowed it down to this house and a townhouse, the deciding factors being the flow of the accommodation and the size of the garden. They’ve painted walls and added panelling, as well as fitted new flooring throughout, with wood-effect downstairs and carpeting upstairs.
As for the flow of the house, being double-fronted, there’s a reception room either side of the hall. To the left is the larger of the two, which is a spacious yet cosy lounge. The owners use the second reception room as a playroom for their daughter, keeping her toys tidied away. There’s the option for an office for those who work from home, or to change its use as your family grow up, perhaps giving older children their own separate lounge space.
Across the back of the accommodation is the open-plan kitchen/dining room. This works well for a family, parents prepping food in the kitchen and kids doing their homework at the table, just as much as it does when hosting friends, making sure you don’t miss out on the action at the table while checking on dinner. The peninsula seats two or three for casual dining, and the dining space would comfortably fit the whole family.
There are also French doors onto the patio for garden parties. The kitchen area is fitted with grey gloss units, laminate worktops and upstands, a sink and drainer, and an integrated double oven and dishwasher. Between the kitchen and the adjoining utility room, there are gaps for a fridge/freezer, a washing machine and a tumble dryer. The utility houses the combi boiler, and the home has a split-level Hive heating system.
To the first floor are four bedrooms, set around a large landing. Three are doubles, the fourth is a generous single used as an office. This is perfect for a nursery too, but if not needed as a bedroom, this would also be a fantastic dressing room. Bedroom one has an en suite, so parents have their own space to get ready. The en suite shower room, family bathroom and downstairs cloakroom are all contemporary white suites with chrome fittings and neutral tiling.
For a newer home, the garden here is a great size, with plenty of lawn to play, a full-width patio for dining al fresco, and safely enclosed for pets and little ones, which has been beneficial for the owners as their daughter gets braver. It’s easy to maintain, with a handful of shrubs, but the green-fingered have ample possibility for planting. Facing southeast, the garden sees lots of sun during the day, and the owners have a pergola over the patio to provide shade. There’s also power outside for plugging in heaters when it gets chilly.
To the front, the driveway affords parking for two or three cars, one in front of the other, the garage fits another, and there’s parking available on the road. There’s power and lighting in the garage, and of course substantial storage.
Brick Crescent is a quiet road on the top edge of the Hansons Reach development. There are greenspaces and pocket parks, and amenities such as a Co-op, a salon and a Domino’s 300m from the front door.
Hansons Reach has been designed to fit the original Garden City-style Stewartby, built in the 1920s for workers of the brickworks, hence the road names. The wider village has further amenities suited to families, including a village hall, a social club and playing fields, a pre-school, a lower school, a middle school and a STEM college. One of Stewartby’s biggest appeals is its lakes, which offer watersports, angling, and wonderful walks the owners have come to really appreciate since becoming parents and dog owners. Also on the list of benefits is connection to Bedford, Ampthill, Woburn and Milton Keynes, and into London by road or rail.
This house is so much more than bricks and mortar; it’s an ideal opportunity to set up home here in Stewartby.