PERFECT FOR COASTAL LIFE

A lovely Gower home is up for sale, and its new owners can look forward to extra income, as LIZ PERKINS reports

PERFECT sea views are on offer to future owners of this stunning five-bedroom cottage just a stone’s throw away from the Gower coastal path.

Beautifully transformed on the inside, the delightful home also boasts a heated outdoor swimming pool which is set into a completely private south facing paved and walled terracing and is only 10 minutes’ walk from Oxwich Beach and Slade Bay.

Windyridge Cottage in Oxwich dates back to the 1840s and offers a mix of luxury and modern living with character features, including a beamed ceiling taken from an old shipwreck, a log burning stove set into an inglenook stone fireplace and exposed stone walls and a wonderful garden lounge which opens up onto the upper patio terrace overlooking both the pool and the sea.

The property even has the original wooden door into the lounge.

It is not only a wonderful place to live but it also is partially rented out, and the Gower Peninsula property, which is set in the first place to be

awarded an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty honour, is such a popular choice that it generates the current owner an income of £36,000 over the course of just 14 weeks.

The cottage offers excellent accommodation and is a perfect place for family and friends to go on holiday as it can sleep four couples and there is also availability for two singles in the downstairs bedroom along with a lounge which seats up to 10 people.

A large well-fitted kitchen/breakfast room open plan is at the heart of the property which heads onto the impressive garden lounge which opens out to the pool terrace.

The country kitchen is home to extensive cabinetry and polished granite work surfaces with a Rayburn Aga.

Meanwhile, there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and separate shower room to the first floor, a bedroom five/study and it also boasts good off road parking, a driveway and detached garage along with a fifth bedroom and study and adjacent toilet to the ground floor.

The cottage, which has gas central heating, has an entrance porch which boasts the first glimpse of the coastal views along with good off road parking, a driveway along with a detached garage.

There is also a hint of a coastal theme throughout the conservatory and there are French doors leading to the upper patio area, which is ideal for alfresco dining and entertaining.

Steps lead down from the dining area into the utility room which houses a washing machine, tumble dryer and a second fridge freezer, with access to the lower patio, cloakroom and the fifth bedroom and there is no onward chain.

■ Windyridge, Oxwich, Gower, Swansea, £699,000 can be found on Zoopla and Rightmove.