Rural family farmhouse with pool & hot tub

Perfect family getaway in a beautiful garden besieged with apple trees overlooking grazing cows and hills. The house has been modernised and offers super-comfortable accommodation for a large family or two smaller families. There’s a brand new swimming pool (available Jun-Sept 2022) and a hot tub. This special place is blessed with a host of country walks and great pubs on your doorstep, but with a brand new kitchen inside or a pizza oven or barbecue outside you may prefer to cook at home. The kitchen is truly the heart of this home offering a large space that's big enough to eat in, hang out in and cook in without feeling cramped. It's equipped with everything you'll need cook meals for any large family. There's a range-style cooker, larder fridge and freezer. There's a peninsula with 5 bar stools and a separate kitchen table for meals that will comfortably seat 6 people. The hallway leads to two separate sitting rooms, one with a tv. There's a large dining room with an open fire that can comfortably seat 10 people. The dining room also contains a 'secret' back staircase up to the first floor. Upstairs the master bedroom has a super-king size bed, wardrobe and a chest of drawers. The Jack-and-Jill bathroom means that it's an en-suite for the master bedroom as well as a family bathroom. The second bedroom has a small double bed and an en-suite shower room. Bedroom 3 has a small double bed and Bedroom 4 has a single bed. Bedroom 5 is on the ground floor and has a king-size bed and has doors that open out to the patio and pizza oven. The house also has one bedroom flat/annexe which can be accessed via the playroom on the mezzanine level. This is the sixth bedroom and has a king size bed, separate shower room and a separate kitchen. The flat can either be sealed off so that it's self-contained or the dividing doors kept open. Outside there is an acre of garden with paths and passages to explore that lead to secret nooks and wide open spaces that are perfect for playing games. Children will spend hours playing outside; there's a little stream at one end with a rope swing, where the ducks spend most of their time, and a large trampoline the other. The chicken and ducks will hopefully lay you some eggs for your breakfast. We reared the ducks so they are very friendly and will eat frozen peas from your hand. There's a large patio area perfect for eating outside which overlooks the orchard and the fields beyond. You can be your own piazzolo and make your own home-made pizza in the pizza oven and then settle around a fire-pit with a glass of wine well into the night. And as the sun goes down, you can switch on the fairy lights and move into the hot tub. JAN 2022 UPDATE: Work is starting on our pool build in March 2022 and should be up and running by end of May. Pool house and landscaping however will not be finished until later in the year. COVID UPDATE: As part of the six bedrooms, the property has a self-contained flat attached to the house with separate shower-room and kitchen. The flat has a separate exterior entrance or can be accessed from the main house. This layout, subject to rules at the time, could allow two households to safely social distance, and yet enjoy the outside space. We rent out the house when we go away on holiday but as-long as we have reception we’ll be sure to keep in touch for any questions you may have during your stay. Food & Essentials: We’re on the edge of Backwell village, which has a couple of good pubs at either end, The George is a lovely walk through the fields, a Spar for essentials, a curry house and a Parsons bakery. Nailsea which is an 8 minute drive has Tesco and Waitrose, There’s an Aldi in Clevedon which is 17 minutes. Sport: There’s a tennis club, a leisure centre with pool, gym and squash court. If you’re a fan of surfing you can visit The Wave, serving perfect surf waves every time. Just 30 mins away, it caters for all levels and they do lessons. Cycling. Our house is minutes from a cycle path that takes you into Bristol and Bath one way, and you can join the Strawberry Line in another direction. If you enjoy cycling pack your bikes! Walks: We’re ideally placed on the intersection of 2 footpaths and there are a number of great walks that you can do from the house. There’s an Explorer Map in the house to help you find the perfect walk. We also recommend a couple of lovely walks which take you to wild swimming spots in a nearby river. Water: We start work on building a brand new swimming pool early in 2022. Completion is a expected to be at the end of May 2022 and guests will be able to enjoy this during their stay. River Swimming - Wild swimming in the river near Watercress Farm. Clevedon marine lake is a 14 k cycle ride or 15 minutes in the car. It’s free to use and is cleaned regularly. The pool fills up when it’s high tide but the sun heats the water so it’s a bit warmer than sea swimming. It’s big enough to take canoes and paddle boards. Beaches- Brean Beach and Berrow Beach and Sand Bay are about 40 mins drive. Rest Bay in Wales is about 1 hr 15 mins Woolacombe a 3 mile long surfing beach is 2 hrs away. Shopping. We’re 7 miles from Bristol. Browse the boutique shops and cafes in the cobbled streets of Clifton Village, or head down to Cabot Circus, everything from Primark to Harvey Nicks If you fancy some serious shopping. Explore the waterfront, catch a water taxi and visit the SS Great Britain, the M shed and the Arnolfini to name a few. To see: We’re really close to Tyntesfield (National Trust) which is well worth a visit. The gardens are amazing and the house itself is really interesting. Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo- nearby zoo with a great collection of animals including the largest elephant enclosure in Europe. Get up close the the animals at the daily Animal Show and even watch the big cats get fed. We have space for a number of cars outside our house. We are also close to Nailsea and Backwell train station with direct trains to Bristol and you’ll be in London in 1 hr 45. There is a shallow stream at one end of the garden and from May 2022 there will also be a swimming pool at the other, neither of which are fenced off so if you have small children you may want to keep a closer eye on them.