Time capsule commuter house untouched since the 70s for sale for £675k
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Virtually untouched since it was built for the architect who designed it and their family half a century ago, this commuter home couldn’t be more Seventies if it donned a pair of flares and started disco dancing.
Low-lying and modernist, the 2,112sq ft bungalow could have been transplanted from Palm Springs to Oakley, near Basingstoke.
And having been in the same hands since it was built, it remains a pure expression of its time, with no major changes having been undertaken to the original blueprint or aesthetics.
Based on a more or less square footprint, the property is mostly open plan, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms lining one side of the building and a small kitchen inserted into another wall next to the entrance.
The house’s most groovy feature is the circular dining room built into the centre of the house and lit from above by an oculus.
Floor-to-ceiling windows open up onto both the front and back gardens on either side of the 46 foot, dual aspect living room.
The finishes are also very much of their time, with a European wood-panelled ceiling and Brutalist bare breeze block walls, as well as the seller’s mid-century dining table and chairs, chrome armchairs and zigzag-patterned sofas.
A contemporary kitchen with integrated appliances and floor-to-ceiling glazed windows at one end for plenty of natural light.
The wooden-floored entrance hall, accessed by a block-paved driveaway out front, provides access to the four double bedrooms – the principal with an ensuite and fitted wardrobes – and the family bathroom.
Outside, there’s a private garden with beautiful views over open farmland.
Now the property is on the market for the first time ever with an asking price of £675,000.
While there is plenty of scope to update and extend, an admirer of the era might well decide to keep things exactly as they are – and who could blame them?
Kristian Latter, the agent at Brockenhurst Estate Agents, with which the property is listed, says: “This house provides a great opportunity to give a new lease of life to a property that’s both of its era and ahead of its time, offering a stylish space in a wonderful countryside setting.”