Property Details: - Type: House - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 3
Agent: Hamptons - Marlow Phone: 01494 958740
One of Marlow’s most impressive contemporary homes, in one of the town’s most desirable addresses: Formosa is a truly exceptional house situated on an island within the Thames, accessible only on foot. Designed by Baca Architects, the house is the UK’s first amphibious home and has previously featured on Grand Designs. It sits on the riverbank on fixed foundations, but should ever a flood occur, it rises up in its own wet dock and floats, buoyed by the floodwaters. This ground-breaking technology makes for a totally unique property, which is also supported by high levels of insulation, low energy systems, high performance windows and a biodigester drainage system. It’s a house for the future, with excellent green credentials. Externally the beautifully landscaped gardens reflect the building’s setting in a conservation area. From the house there is excellent access into Marlow town via the footbridge, and lovely views across the river towards Winter Hill. Marlow is also renowned for its access to high quality schooling. The house is as striking internally as it is from the outside, with sharp angles, clean lines and vast glazed windows. <br/> <br/>Neutral walls provide a visually quiet backdrop, allowing the stunning views to remain the focus. Engineered wood floors nod to the natural world outside, further enhanced by the wall of floor-to-ceiling bifold doors at the back of the house that bring the outside in. On the ground floor there are two bedrooms at the front of the house (one en suite), with the main living space at the rear to maximise the panoramas over the river and beyond. The main reception room incorporates a number of zones in one generous room: a stunning fitted kitchen, a dining nook and a sitting area in front of the outdoor terrace. A modern glass panelled staircase leads down to a further reception room/cinema room, a further double bedroom, shower room and a utility room, and up to a principal suite that occupies the entire first floor with a sizeable bedroom, dressing room, and spa-like bathroom with a steam room/sauna.
