The good life can start here with eight acres

A rural property offering the perfect opportunity to live the good life is for sale with Richard Watkinson and Partners of Newark.

Oak Tree Farm, on Grassthorpe Road, Normanton-on-Trent, is a three-bedroomed family farmhouse set in about eight acres, with additional land available to buy or let.

It is being offered for sale, with no chain, for £499,500.

In addition to the detached, traditionally-built brick and pantile farmhouse, Oak Tree Farm has a range of stables and farm buildings, a workshop, barn, four paddocks, hedges and stock fencing.

The property is ideal for equestrian purposes, nature conservation, or a smallholding, having a farm holding number that allows the keeping of livestock.

The property offers further considerable potential, with planning permission for a farm shop, new vehicle access and a carpark. There is potential to extend the house.

The house was recently redecorated and refurbished. The sale price includes all carpets and window dressings. The rooms are light and airy with pleasant open aspects.

The family-sized accommodation includes an entrance hall, lounge, dining-room, kitchen and pantry. There is a rear porch, downstairs wc and a utility/ freezer room. Upstairs the property has three bedrooms, a box room, computer room and bathroom.

A combination oil-fired central heating boiler has recently been installed, and the property has new radiators in every room.

Leaded-light upvc double glazing was installed last year.

The front entrance porch has oak pillars and a tiled roof and leads to a hallway with spindle staircase and under-stairs space.

The lounge, with a south-facing bay, features a brick open fireplace and a beamed ceiling, as does the dining room.

There is a range of wall and base units, solid beech work surfaces and a ceramic tiled floor in the kitchen. An integrated electric hob and oven are set into the chimney recess.

There is a walk-in pantry, freezer/utility room, separate wc, and rear porch with a stable-style door.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms, one of which has built-in cupboards, a computer room, box room with shelving, and a bathroom with corner bath.

The extensive range of outbuildings is adaptable and useful. There is a large workshop, three stables with power and water, a four-bay open-fronted shed, and a five-bay profile clad barn with power and water connected.

The fields have been permanent pasture for many years. There are mature indigenous hedgerows, young trees and mature oaks.

The property is approached by electrically-operated gates and a driveway.

A pleasant garden surrounds the house, with mature fruit trees, a duck pond and a vegetable plot.

There is a brick log store, dog kennel and bin store, a covered seating area and carport.

Kirsty Keeton, of Richard Watkinson and Partners, said: “This is a superb opportunity for purchasers looking to move to the country for a lifestyle change.

“The farmhouse, farm yard and eight acres offer potential for a superb small holding or equestrian business. There is also a commercial opportunity, given the current planning consent for a farm shop, carparking and new vehicular access offering the chance to run a business from home”