Heather Drive, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5

With elevations featuring colour-toned window surrounds and masonry blocks, and an entrance porch with distinctive curved canopy and columns, West Lodge is an individually-designed, attractive property which offers spacious accommodation perfectly suited to modern family lifestyles. Wood floor covering in the generous reception hall extends across much of the living space providing a sense of harmony, with doors to ground floor rooms leading off this spacious hallway. The dual aspect drawing room has a bay window alcove and is centred around a feature fireplace with a door offering a link to the rear garden, whilst a tranquil retreat is provided by an additional seating setting in the family room.

The formal dining room enjoys an open-plan aspect to the kitchen/breakfast room which is fitted with modern cabinetry, topped with stone work surfaces and upstands. An island unit, with integrated wine cooler fridge, features an attractive wood worktop and provides a breakfast bar for informal meals; ancillary space is provided by an adjoining utility room. The ground floor further comprises an office, perfect for those seeking to work from home, a light-filled conservatory, and a cloakroom situated off the reception hall.

On the first floor, the principal bedroom has fitted wardrobe storage and a luxurious en suite shower room, and there are four further bedrooms, one of which enjoys access to modern en suite facilities, along with a family bathroom, with bath-tub and separate shower cubicle.

Heather Drive is a private road on the western fringes of bustling Sunningdale village, with Sunninghill and Ascot just a short distance to the north-west. Local day-to-day amenities, including a Waitrose store and a railway station, are available in Sunningdale whilst Ascot provides an additional range of facilities. More extensive amenities may be found in Windsor, Reading, Camberley and Guildford.

Road connections are excellent with easy access to both the M3 and the M25 and for commuters, rail services to London Waterloo are available from both Sunningdale and Ascot stations.

The area boasts an excellent selection of well-regarded schools, both in the independent and state sectors, including St. Mary's, St. George's, Papplewick, Charters School, The Marist Schools, Woodcote House, Hall Grove, Coworth Flexlands and the ACS Egham International School.
Leisure and sporting facilities in the area are varied and include golf at Sunningdale, Wentworth, Windlesham and Swinley Forest; horse racing at Ascot and Windsor; and horse riding on Chobham Common and in Windsor Great Park.

To the rear, an attractive selection of mature shrubs frames an area of lawn with three mature trees to one corner creating a design feature within a decked terrace, which provides dappled shade in the heat of the summer to the seating area below. A further paved terrace adjoins the rear and side of the home with direct access from the conservatory, offering a link from the inside to the outside and opportunities for outdoor dining and relaxation. The property is approached via a gravelled driveway, which provides parking for several cars and leads to the garaging. A curved, area of paving fronts the home, with neatly clipped low-level, evergreen hedging to either side of the entrance porch.