Home with renewables in a village near York
Eastmoor Lodge, Sutton-on-the-Forest £1.5m www.croftresidential.co.uk
Nick Coates has his own construction and joinery company and so he knows a good property when he sees it.
His expertise and his eye for detail and potential led him and his partner Sue to buy Eastmoor Lodge in 2015.
Sue says: “Nick rented a unit in Haxby previously and he wanted a place where he could have his home, workshop and office all together on one site.”
Since buying the house, Nick has built a workshop in the grounds and he and Sue have modernised and remodelled the house with new bathrooms and a new kitchen.
The property previously ran on oil but now has air source heat pumps powered by electricity from photo-voltaic panels while solar panels heat the hot water.
The renewables also come with two years left on a government incentive.
“We have no energy bill and the government pays us £1,500 via the incentive and that is a big selling point,” says Sue.
She and Nick are selling to downsize but she says: “We have loved living here and it has been a fantastic place for the children while growing up.
“There’s an abundance of wildlife and yet we are only a 10-minute drive from Easingwold and a 15-minute drive to York.” On the ground floor the property has an open plan kitchen/dining/ family room, a sitting room.
There is also a gym with studio above, master bedroom suite with built-in wardrobes, a dressing room and ensuite bathroom.
Bedroom three has an ensuite shower room, and there is a study/ bedroom four, a house bathroom, utility room, boot room, and double garage with electric roller doors.
On the first floor is a double bedroom suite with sitting area overlooking the rear garden.
There is also storage in the eaves and an ensuite shower room.
Outside is a large workshop with an office, a timber carport, summer house, breeze house, log store, tool shed, a lawned rear garden with surrounding woodland, lake and boat house and driveway with electric entrance gate.
Sutton-on-the-Forest is a much sought after former estate village renowned for its chocolate box appeal and with historic Sutton Hall at its centre. It has an active church, a local pub, bus service and Sutton-on-the-Forest CE Primary School, which is on Main Street.
We have no energy bill and the government pays us £1,500 a year via the incentive.