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Spacious detached four-bedroom bespoke Artichouse home of solid log construction, a highly profitable kennels and cattery business, extensive equestrian facilities, staff and groom facilities, and approximately 11 acres of land. This diverse and versatile property offers excellent income potential and scope for further growth.
A bespoke, spacious four-bedroom detached house with a profitable kennels and cattery business and fantastic equestrian facilities, set in approximately 11 acres. The property presents a superb lifestyle opportunity with excellent income potential.
The highly profitable kennels and cattery business is currently licensed for 94 dogs and 26 cats. The grounds also include stables, a tack room, manège, horse walker and paddock grazing land. The accommodation comprises a 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 downsizing.
Queniborough is a conservation village with a particularly unspoilt centre, dominated by attractive period cottages and houses, some of them thatched. The village has a thriving community and local facilities include a primary school, popular butcher, general store, two public houses and an ancient village church.
The village is well placed for commuting to Leicester, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough. The A46 provides fast access via the North West Leicester bypass to the M1, while London St Pancras is approximately a one-hour train journey from Leicester. More extensive facilities and amenities are available in nearby Syston.
The unique house was designed and supplied by Artichouse, a long-established Finnish manufacturer of high-quality solid log houses. Artichouse has been building and exporting engineered log and timber houses worldwide for nearly 40 years, including many homes in the UK. Its properties are known for exceptional build quality, energy efficiency and durability in cold and wet climates, conditions far harsher than those generally experienced 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 includes a brick-built extension, which was also signed off by Building Control.
The home benefits from oil-fired central heating, uPVC double glazing and a CCTV system. Most of the accommodation has wooden flooring, walls and ceilings. Room dimensions are approximate and should be checked against the floor plan.
The front door opens into an L-shaped hallway with stairs rising to the first floor. To the left is the L-shaped kitchen and breakfast room, which forms the hub of the property. It is filled with natural light from windows to three elevations and has a range of wall and base units with granite worksurfaces, including an island with a fitted wine rack.
The kitchen has two Belfast sinks with mixer taps and granite splashbacks, an Aga available by separate negotiation, two extractors, an integrated dishwasher and space for an American-style fridge freezer. There is cushioned seating along 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 or music room with a cosy log burner. The hallway continues around in an L shape to a downstairs shower room with a large shower cubicle, wash hand basin with mirrored cabinet, WC, heated towel rail and rear-aspect window.
There is also a study with partial wooden wall panelling and a rear window.
At the end of the hallway is the main reception room, located within the extension. This impressive and substantial family entertaining space is flooded with natural light through full-length windows to either side and bi-folding doors to the front elevation. A central log burner forms the focal point of the contemporary room.
The main reception room has Karndean flooring matching the kitchen area and a second staircase leading to the first floor. The flooring continues into a boot room with useful shelving for shoes and other items, as well as the hot water tank.
The first floor has four double bedrooms, one with an en-suite, and a family bathroom. Some of the first-floor rooms have sloping ceilings.
The central landing has a skylight, loft access and a useful linen cupboard. Bedroom three has a side-aspect window and eaves storage, while bedroom four also has a side-aspect window.
Bedroom two has a high ceiling with skylight, fitted wardrobes and a door opening onto a veranda that 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. It also has a traditional-style radiator with heated towel rail above. A mirrored door leads to the en-suite for the principal bedroom.
The principal bedroom suite is located within the extension and is accessed via the second staircase from the main reception room. The staircase leads to a semi-galleried landing with contemporary glass balustrade.
The suite includes a walk-in wardrobe with loft access and skylight, providing ample storage and double hanging rails along one wall. The principal bedroom has three skylights and full-length glass windows to the front elevation. The flue and chimney from the reception room log burner below rise through the bedroom floor and ceiling, creating an attractive feature and providing a useful source of heat.
The en-suite shower room has double bowl sinks with mixer taps and vanity storage below, a wet-room-style recessed shower cubicle and WC. There are tiled walls and flooring, a heated towel rail and extractor fan, together with a door leading through to the family bathroom.
The property and outbuildings are accessed via a long driveway from the road through electric gates. The driveway leads to staff and customer car parks, as well as the owner's private parking area.
Immediately to the rear of the house is a courtyard-style stable yard comprising five stables and a tack room. There is also an open-fronted garage used for storage and a hay store or workshop.
The first floor of the building provides staff facilities and occasional-use groom accommodation. This includes a bedroom at one end with skylight, a central reception area and a kitchenette with base units, single-drainer sink and electric hob, together with three skylights. Off the kitchenette is a shower room with wash hand basin, WC and shower. This area benefits from oil-fired central heating.
The main heated kennel block has an entrance area, grooming parlour, WC, kitchen and preparation room, luxury kennel suites on one side and standard kennels on the other, all with external runs. A further secure exercise paddock lies beyond the external runs.
The second kennel block comprises 10 kennels, all with heat lamps. The hotel kennel block has six luxury suites with tiled flooring, underfloor heating and partly tiled walls.
The main and second cattery blocks provide 19 cat pens in total. There is also an office and reception area.
A barn contains 14 internal kennels and an office with CCTV system. Stairs lead to a useful mezzanine storage area.
The new kennel block comprises nine kennels, each with a heat pad in the living area and its own external run. This block is suitable for larger dog breeds and has two secure paddocks to the front.
There are two isolation kennels, together with a barn used as a machine and implement store that also houses freezers for animal feed. Three storage units with power and lighting are currently rented out.
The stable yard has potential for livery use, subject to obtaining any necessary consents. Facilities include a barn with space for a tractor and hay storage and five internal stables, plus one further stable adjoining the exterior of the barn.
Additional equestrian and rural buildings include a youngstock barn or lambing shed, a brick log and implement store with adjoining chemical store, and a manège measuring approximately 40 metres by 20 metres. The manège has a sand surface, floodlights and a post-and-rail surround.
There is also a four-horse walker with surface, muck heap recess, a large HGV horsebox parking area, and a chicken shed with adjoining storage units supplied with power and water.
The grazing land surrounds the house to the front, rear and one side. It is predominantly flat pasture divided into paddocks, which can also be used as dog-walking paddocks.
The property extends to just under 11 acres, approximately 4.4 hectares. Business accounts for the kennel and cattery enterprise are available and will be provided to serious potential purchasers on request.
For further information, contact Rural Scene on 01264 850700 or reception@ruralscene.co.uk. Please quote reference AR8548.
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