A CONTEMPORARY home in Easton has gone on the market.

The property, in Malthouse Close, is being sold through Nony Kerr-Smiley with a guide price of £1.65m.

The property is a contemporary five bedroomed family home set in one of the Itchen Valley's most sought after villages, creatively and exquisitely extended by the current owners in recent years, and sitting in grounds of over half an acre.

From the driveway, shallow steps lead up to the front door, which opens into a world where country living meets the epitome of urban chic. The majority of this home has been created to offer open plan living with cleverly designed zoned areas, to create privacy and versatile living space.

The sitting roomThe sitting room (Image: Nony Kerr-Smiley)

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The hallway area has a cloakroom and coats cupboard, and leads through to the living/kitchen/dining areas which are filed with light courtesy of walls of glass doors and windows to the garden.

The kitchen has been designed with a wealth of matt black cabinetry, with built in twin ovens and dishwasher, under Silestone worktops. It also features a large centre island with contrasting wooden worktops with deep overhang to create a breakfast bar area, and has a fitted hob and extractor, with triple pendant lighting above. From here, there is a pocket door into the pantry, and there is a spacious utility area with fitted fridge, freezer and microwave.

The dining area is also surrounded by windows to the garden, and is cleverly zoned from the living area by movable wooden slatted screening.

The family seating area has ample room for soft furnishings and has sliding glass doors to the garden terrace. From here, there an opening into the sitting room area. From the entrance hall, there is further accommodation either side of the property. One passageway leads to a study, and a music room which has an overhead skylight and sliding doors to the garden. There are two double bedrooms on this side of the property along with a contemporary family shower room.

From the other side of the hallway, a further passageway leads through to the principal bedroom, two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The kitchenThe kitchen (Image: Nony Kerr-Smiley)

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The principal bedroom is split level with an ensuite shower room and steps to the bedroom area and dressing room.

This is currently used as a gym, and features a vaulted ceiling with inset Velux windows, and has doors and windows to the garden.

The property sits in approximately half an acre plot. To the front, there are double five bar gates opening into the recently landscaped front garden, and has ample parking for several cars. The rear garden is a joy, and remarkably private. It features a large stone terrace, ideal for outside dining, wrapping around to join a further decked area made from low maintenance Millboard decking, and lined by a mix of attractive shrubs and flowering plants. There is a wide expanse of lawn, leading to a useful home office and an attractive garden pond in the top corner of the garden; along with two additional garden sheds, a bike store and a warm water outside tap ideal for washing down muddy dogs after a long walk.

For more information or to arrange a viewing, visit the Nony Kerr-Smiley Estate Agents website.