Bridge House

Offered for sale with no onward chain is this impressive detached home backing on to the river Ivel benefitting from fishing rights. This spacious home offers convenience and seclusion with excellent riverside walks abundance of wild life to enjoy in a quiet location at the edge of town and is still within a short walk of Sandy’s train station.

Set on an elevated plot at the bank of the river Ivel this stunning home is categorised by zone one flooding by the environment agency and is therefor seen as a low flood risk. A good sized plot offers peaceful outdoor living with large patio areas, a greenhouse and easily managed gardens. Fishing from the garden is some of the best on the entire river in the opinion of the owner.

The property has benefitted from extensions to both front and rear offering a generous and versatile living space consisting of 4/5 bedrooms, three reception rooms and three bathrooms. To the front of the home is a driveway which leads to an integral double garage which offers scope to convert to a self contained annexe if required. Entering the home via the front door you are greeted by a welcoming hall with doors opening on to the ground floor living accommodation and stairs rising to the first floor. At the front of the home is a fitted kitchen with a well appointed utility room and dining room located across the hall.

The utility room links the house to the double garage and benefits from an external door out on to the garden. To the rear of the ground floor of is a generous open plan living room with wood burning stove that opens on to a light and airy garden room with vaulted ceilings that takes in the views to rear. The garden room is the centre piece of the home and has been designed to take in the views to rear with four skylights and two sets of French style doors bringing in an abundance of natural light.

Further ground floor accommodation includes a fitted two piece cloakroom and a separate study which could be utilised as a ground floor bedroom. The first floor accommodation is arranged around a central landing with doors opening on to four double bedrooms along with a family bathroom. Bedroom one can be found to the rear of the home and boasts an adjoining four piece en-suite bathroom.

Sandy is a small market town that has been traced back to be a settlement from the Roman era and is located within central Bedfordshire. Sandy’s amenities include local schools, shops, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, and leisure centre with fantastic facilities. Sandy is the ideal location for the commuter as the train station is on the Peterborough to London St Pancras line offering trains to the capital within 47 minutes. The rail links for the local area are planned to be further improved with east to west links due to be coming to provide improved links between Oxford and Cambridge.

The nearby A1 offers a route by road both north and south, while the wider road network links to the A6 and M1 motorway. Despite being a town Sandy still offers countryside with scenic walks along the river Ivel and through the “Sand Hills” which is home to the RSPB headquarters and nature reserve.

Comments from owner

The Mill Pool at Sandy has some of the very best fishing on the River Ivel. The weir and the two rivers combining provide a wide variety of flows, with shallow races, deep gravel runs and steady glides meaning all river species have conditions to suit them. Chub, barbel, roach and dace are the main quarry with some very good pike and especially perch for predator anglers. There are a number of river carp which provide the odd surprise from time to time.

Permits to fish the far side are available free to residents from Sandy Town Council giving access to about 3/4 mile of river. Known fish from this stretch include barbel to low doubles, carp to 19lbs, chub to 7-1, and pike to 28-8. Three pound perch are quite frequent and the resident bream shoal appear on occasions with 50lb bags possible and individual fish up to 8lbs. Roach and dace are there in numbers but not to any great size, although roach over a pound have been taken. Famous anglers to have fished in our garden include Bob Church MBE, Matt Hayes, and Martin Bowler.

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