Property Details: • Type: Detached • Tenure: FREEHOLD • Floor Area: 2676 sqft
Key Features: • Architecturally distinctive five-bedroom detached home with a classically influenced façade, pale brickwork, hipped slate roof, sash-style windows and columned entrance portico. • Extended by the current owners with a vaulted dining room, fully consented with planning permission and a building completion certificate. • Substantial family accommodation of around 2,200 sq ft, complemented by a large detached double garage. • Standout kitchen/breakfast room with shaker-style cabinetry, central island, range-style cooker and direct access to the south-facing garden. • Separate living room and dedicated study, giving the house a genuinely versatile ground-floor layout for family life, entertaining and home working. • Five proper bedrooms, including two en-suites, a family bathroom and built-in storage to key bedrooms. • South-facing rear garden with terrace, lawn, raised planting and established borders, creating an excellent space for summer entertaining. • Open greensward outlook to the front, giving the house more breathing space, a stronger sense of privacy and a more attractive setting within River Reach. • Upgraded interior specification throughout, including decorative wall panelling, plantation shutters, porcelain tiled flooring and a feature fireplace with stove. • Modern efficiency with reassuringly young systems, including EPC B, gas central heating, a three-year-old boiler under warranty and a boarded, lit and insulated loft.
Location: • Nearest Station: Mistley Station • Distance to Station: 0.6230209946735024 miles
Agent Information: • Address: Essex and Suffolk Office, 2 The Lane, Manningtree, CO11 1AW
Full Description: <p>Built by Hopkins Homes in 2023, the house sits within the River Reach development in Mistley and immediately stands apart through its classically influenced design. Pale brickwork, a hipped slate roof, sash-style windows, a projecting bay and columned entrance portico give the exterior real presence, while its position opposite a broad landscaped greensward provides an unusually open outlook and an attractive sense of space around the house.<br /></p><p>Inside, the current owners have developed that architectural character with a series of considered upgrades. Decorative wall panelling, plantation shutters, cornicing and porcelain tiled flooring run through much of the ground floor, creating a finish that feels established and coherent. The entrance hall introduces this detailing immediately, leading to a generous living room with bay window, panelled walls and a feature fireplace with exposed brick recess and stove, while a separate study at the front enjoys views across the greensward.</p><p>The heart of the house is the kitchen/breakfast room, an expansive and highly usable space with shaker-style cabinetry, a central island, range-style cooker and excellent natural light. There is ample room here for informal family seating, and French doors connect directly with the rear terrace and garden. Beyond, the owners have added a <strong>vaulted dining extension</strong>, fully consented and completed with building certification. With high-level gable glazing, plantation shutters and a continuation of the ground-floor finishes, it feels integrated into the original design and gives the house a dedicated dining space with real volume.</p><p>A separate utility room keeps the practical side of the home contained, while the ground-floor cloakroom and useful understairs storage complete a well-planned arrangement that offers both large shared spaces and properly defined rooms.<br /></p><p>Upstairs, the scale of the house continues. Five bedrooms are arranged around a broad central landing, with two en-suite shower rooms and a family bathroom. The principal bedroom sits to the front with views across the landscaped open space, built-in wardrobes and its own en-suite. A second double bedroom also benefits from an en-suite, while the remaining bedrooms are all comfortably proportioned, with the fourth bedroom incorporating fitted storage. The family bathroom is generously arranged with both a full-size bath and separate shower.<br /></p><p>Outside, the south-facing rear garden provides a fitting continuation of the living space. A broad paved terrace sits directly off the kitchen and dining areas, with lawn, planted borders and raised beds creating a private and usable garden for family life and entertaining. The vaulted extension adds architectural interest to the rear elevation and gives the garden a stronger connection back into the house.<br /></p><p>A detached double garage, boarded and insulated loft, EPC B rating, gas central heating and a three-year-old boiler still under warranty add the practical reassurance expected from a modern home. An annual estate management charge of approximately £250 contributes towards maintenance of the shared landscaped areas.<br /></p><p>What makes 6 Firefly Close especially appealing is the balance it strikes. It has the efficiency and convenience of a recently built home, the proportions required for substantial family life, and a level of architectural and interior character that gives it a much more individual identity. The extension, the open frontage and the owners’ upgrades have all moved it beyond its original developer specification and created a home that now feels both complete and distinctive.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Material Information:</strong><br /><br />The property is <strong>freehold</strong> and understood to have been built in <strong>2023</strong> of brick and block construction. Council Tax is <strong>Band G</strong> with Tendring District Council. The home benefits from <strong>mains gas central heating, mains water, mains drainage and mains electricity</strong>, with a valid <strong>EPC rating of B</strong>. The boiler is approximately three years old, remains under warranty and was last serviced in January 2026. There is a <strong>double garage</strong>, a <strong>south-facing rear garden</strong> and a boarded, insulated and lit loft. An annual <strong>estate management charge of approximately £250</strong> is payable towards maintenance of shared landscaped areas. The current owners have added a <strong>dining room extension</strong>, which they confirm received planning permission and has a building completion certificate. No known issues relating to flooding, subsidence, boundary disputes, rights of way or insurance claims have been disclosed by the seller.</p><br />EPC Rating: B