A renovated three-bedroom bungalow has come up for sale in the desirable coastal town of Aldeburgh for £850,000.
‘The Lugger’ is situated on Linden Close, a leafy residential road around a mile to the northwest of Aldeburgh’s high street and seafront.
It is also a short walk away from the River Alde at Brick Dock and is well placed for walks along the old railway track to Thorpeness.
Selling agent Suffolk Coastal describes The Lugger as “a quite exceptional contemporary bungalow which features meticulously designed and carefully crafted lateral accommodation and an utterly charming and sizeable landscaped wrap-around terraced garden”.
Accommodation stretches to 2,231 sq ft including the main house, an office/craft room annexe and a double garage.
Planning permission has been granted for conversion of the garage to a self-contained one-bedroom unit, with the right for use as a holiday let.
Upon entering the property, an entrance hallway has doors leading to the three bedrooms, guest bathroom, kitchen and sitting room.
The sitting room has a living flame fireplace with cast iron surround, black granite hearth and inset cabinets either side.
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The room opens to a spacious garden room with vaulted ceiling, oak effect flooring, log burner and French doors out to the garden.
The bespoke-fitted kitchen is also open to the garden room, featuring base and wall units painted in Farrow & Ball colours, Silestone quartz worktops and upstands, and an enamel sink with stainless steel mixer tap and eco-friendly ‘InSinkErator’ drain.
Integrated appliances include a fridge, freezer, Siemens gas hob with extractor above, two Siemens inset ovens and two full-size Siemens warming drawers.
Door units house both the washing machine and a separate dryer, and there is also a double-door larder cupboard.
The master bedroom has a bespoke-fitted dressing table with glass top and fitted wardrobes with sliding doors.
It also has an en-suite shower room including a Silestone quartz topped unit with double sink, heated mirror wall, WC, shower with Aqualisa control on/off button, and a chrome heated towel rail.
Bedroom two also has fitted wardrobes with sliding doors. The third bedroom is currently used as a utility room, with a worktop running along one side with oak storage cabinetry below. Cupboards on the opposite side house the boiler, pressurised water cylinder and an airing laundry cupboard.
The guest bathroom comprises a shower cubicle, rolltop bath, WC and floating hand wash basin vanity unit.
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The current owners have transformed the garden since they moved into the house.
“We set about to create a high-impact, low-maintenance garden... styled to reflect the beauty of Aldeburgh beach, to look good all year round, blending too with the schemes of all internal rooms,” they commented.
“When we are anywhere in the garden, we feel like we are on holiday, not overlooked, with so many sunny places to sit and enjoy different views of our very own ‘beach’!”
Wooden sleepers dressed with metal braces and bolts are intended to reflect breakwaters, while a central “beach” area is edged with swaying, purple Verbena Bonariensis to reflect the wild fennel edging the coastal path.
The central set of beds were planted to symbolise a “wave” rolling onto the beach.
Other key features in the garden include a thermal wood-clad garden annexe, which is currently used as a craft room, along with a covered log store, water butt and wooden corner pergola, offering a generous barbecue area.
Small courtyards throughout the garden provide different sunspots during the day.
Suffolk Coastal say the “pièce de résistance” in the garden is the bespoke-built gazebo with glazed sides, insulated rear wall and roof.
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The Lugger is approached by a curving driveway constructed to a ‘road grade’ standard. To the left of the property is a detached double garage with electric doors.
The current owners have connected the garage to the main drainage, in preparation for conversion to a one-bedroom, self-contained unit.
For more information, contact Suffolk Coastal.
PROPERTY FACTS
The Lugger, Aldeburgh
Guide price: £850,000
Suffolk Coastal, 01728 677980
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