● Spacious Detached Four Bedroom Bespoke Artichouse
(Solid Log Construction)
● Highly Profitable Kennels and Cattery Business
● Equestrian Facilities including Stabling, Manège, Horse Walker
and Grazing Paddocks
● Staff / Groom Facilities
● In All Approx. 11 Acres
● A Diverse and Versatile Property with Excellent Income and
Scope to Grow Further
A bespoke, spacious four bedroom detached house with profitable kennels and cattery business and fantastic equestrian facilities, set in approx. 11 acres, offering a superb lifestyle opportunity with excellent income potential.
This highly profitable kennels and cattery business, currently licensed for ninety-four dogs and twenty-six cats, is set in approx. eleven acres of land and also hosts a range of equestrian facilities which includes stables, tack room, manège, horse walker and paddock grazing land. The accommodation comprises a fantastic, bespoke four bedroom Artichouse home, of solid log construction, with a brick and block extension. The property is offered for sale due to semi-retirement and a downsize.
Queniborough is a conservation village with a particularly unspoilt village centre, dominated by attractive period cottages and houses, some thatched. The village offers a thriving community, and local facilities include a primary school, popular butchers, general store, two pubs and an ancient village church. The village is particularly well placed for commuting to Leicester, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough, with the A46 now affording fast access via the North West Leicester bypass to the M1. London St Pancras is an approx. 1 hour train commute from Leicester. More extensive local facilities and amenities are available at nearby Syston.
Price Guide £1,850,000 Ref: AR8548
THE RESIDENCE
The unique house was designed and supplied by Artichouse, a long-established Finnish manufacturer of high-quality solid log houses. Artichouse have been building and exporting engineered log and timber houses worldwide for nearly forty years, including many in the UK. Their homes are known for exceptional build quality, energy efficiency, and durability in cold and wet climates -conditions far harsher than ours in Britain. The house was constructed to Finnish and UK Building Regulations, and has full UK Building Control approval. It stands on conventional concrete footings and also includes a brick-built extension, which was likewise signed off by Building Control.
Benefitting from oil-fired central heating, uPVC double glazing and a cctv system, the majority of the home has wooden flooring and wooden walls and ceilings. The accommodation in brief is as follows, please refer to the floor plan for approximate room sizes.
The Front Door leads into an L-shaped Hallway which has stairs rising to the First Floor. To the left is the L-shaped Kitchen / Breakfast Room which is the hub of this property. Filled with natural light from windows to three elevations, there are a range of wall and base units with granite worksurfaces, including an island also with fitted wine rack. There are two Belfast sinks with mixer taps and granite splashbacks, an Aga (available by separate negotiation) for cooking with two extractors over, integrated dishwasher and space for an American style fridge freezer. There is cushioned seating to one wall and Karndean wood effect flooring. A door leads out to the yard and stables.
To the right of the Entrance Hall is a Snug/Music Room with a cosy log burner.
The Hallway extends round to the right in an L shape, where you will find a Downstairs Shower Room with large shower cubicle, wash hand basin with mirrored cabinet, WC, heated towel rail and rear aspect window.
There is also a Study with part wooden paneling to the walls and a window to the rear.
At the end of the Hallway is the Main Reception Room which is part of the extension. This impressive and vast family entertaining space is flooded with natural light from full length windows to either side and bi-folding doors to the front elevation. A central log burner forms the main focal point of this contemporary space. There is Karndean flooring which matches the kitchen area, and a second staircase leading off to the first floor. The flooring continues through to a Boot Room with a range of useful shelving for shoes etc and the hot water tank.
To the First Floor there are Four Double Bedrooms, one with Ensuite, and a Family Bathroom. NB there are some sloping ceilings to the first floor rooms
A Central Landing has a skylight, loft access and a useful linen cupboard.
Bedroom Three has a side aspect window and eaves storage, whilst Bedroom Four also has a side aspect window
Bedroom Two has a high ceiling with skylight, a range of fitted wardrobes, and a door out onto a Veranda which takes advantage of the beautiful countryside views.
The Family Bathroom comprises a freestanding, rolled edge, claw foot bath, bidet, wash hand basin and WC with tiling to the floor and walls and a traditional style radiator with heated towel rail over. A mirrored door leads to the en-suite to the master bedroom.
The Main Bedroom Suite is within the extension and accessed from the second staircase in the Main Reception Room, which leads up to a Semi-Galleried Landing with contemporary glass balustrade. There is a Walk-in Wardrobe with loft access and skylight which provides ample storage as well as double hanging rails to one wall.
The Main Bedroom itself has three skylights, and full-length glass windows to the front elevation. The flue/chimney from the log burner in the reception room below comes up through the flooring and ceiling in this fabulous bedroom and makes a lovely feature, as well as providing a good source of heat into this huge bedroom.
The Ensuite Shower Room has double bowl sinks with mixer taps and vanity storage below, a wet room style recessed shower cubicle, and a WC. There are tiled walls and flooring, a heated towel rail and an extractor fan, plus a door leading through to the Family Bathroom.
Price Guide £1,850,000Ref: AR8548
OUTSIDE, OUTBUILDINGS & LAND
The property and outbuildings are accessed via a long driveway from the road via electric gates, which leads to the staff and customer carparks and the owner’s private parking area.
Immediately to the rear of the house there is a Stable Yard in a courtyard arrangement, which comprises of Five Stables and a Tack Room. Additionally, there is an Open-Fronted Garage used for storage, and a Hay Store/Workshop space.
To the first floor of the building there are Staff Facilities/Occasional Use Grooms’ Accommodation, which comprise a Bedroom to one end with skylight, a central Reception Area with a Kitchenette with a range of base units, single drainer sink unit and electric hob, and three skylights. Off the kitchenette is a Shower Room with wash hand basin, WC and shower. This area benefits from oil-fired central heating.
There are the following outbuildings, please refer to the floorplan for approximate sizes.
Main Kennel Block is heated with an Entrance Area, Grooming Parlour, WC, Kitchen And Prep Room, with a range of Luxury Kennel Suites to one side and Standard Kennels to the other, all with External Runs. There is a further Secure Exercise Paddock beyond the external runs.
Second Kennel Block comprising Ten Kennels all with heat lamps.
Hotel Kennel Block with Six Luxury Suites, benefitting from tiled flooring with under floor heating, and part tiled walls.
Main Cattery Block and Second Cattery Block providing Nineteen Cat Pens in total.
Office/Reception Area
Barn with Fourteen Internal Kennels and Office (with CCTV system). Stairs lead off to a useful Mezzanine Storage Area.
New Kennel Block comprising Nine Kennels, each with a heat pad in the living area and it’s own external run. This block would be used for the larger dog breeds. There are Two Secure Paddocks to the front of this block.
Two Isolation Kennels
Barn used as a machine and implement store, and housing a range of freezers for storage of animal feed.
Three Storage Units with power and lighting (currently rented out)
EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES
Stable Yard with potential for livery use, subject to gaining any necessary consents, comprising the following:
Barn with space for tractor and hay storage and Five Internal Stables.
One Further Stable adjoining the exterior of the barn.
Youngstock Barn/Lambing Shed
Brick Log / Implement Store with adjoining Chemical Store.
Manège approx. 40m x 20m with a sand surface, flood lights and post and rail surround.
Four Horse Walker with surface
Muck Heap Recess
Large HGV Horsebox Parking Area
Chicken Shed with adjoining storage units with power and water supplies.
The Grazing Land surrounds the house to the front, rear and one side, and is predominantly flat pasture, divided into paddocks that can also be utilised for dog walking paddocks,
JUST UNDER 11 ACRES
(About 4.4 Hectares)
Business Accounts for the kennel and cattery enterprise are available and will be provided to serious potential purchasers on request.
Price Guide £1,850,000Ref: AR8548
