Some TV property shows state that often if you want space in your new home but have a set budget, you may need to compromise if you want your dream location too - something's got to give. But if your buying budget is at a level that is eye-watering for most people, you are in the position to expect and demand both.
And this handsome home can certainly offer both aspects of this dream combination. It's got six bedrooms, four storeys and is so large the estate agent selling the home suggests it could even become a boutique hotel as well as a home.
And this is because the house ticks the location box too, nestled within a residential area in a popular village, walking distance to a beach, and at the gateway to one of Wales' most stunning coastlines, Gower Peninsula, the UK's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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The house calls Mumbles its home and is located just an amble away from the centre of this popular village that has expanded to become a town that offers restaurants, shops, bars and pubs as well as strolls along the promenade.
Mumbles has become a hotspot for people wanting the convenience as well as the beauty of the city, coast and countryside surrounding them. One direction along the promenade or road that hugs the bay gets you to the popular seaside city of Swansea, the other direction gets you into the heart of Gower and its abundance of amazing beaches and bays, islands and inlets.
The coastal town is regularly included in lists of the top places to live in Wales and the UK, and can be found most recently in the 2020 best places to live compiled by The Sunday Times, find out more about that here. In 2018 Mumbles actually bagged the top spot to live in the UK due to the the creation of the multi-million-pound Oyster Wharf development which has transformed the seafront with a host of new restaurants.
As well as the town's newest developments for visitors and residents, the location scored highly on 'its parks, beaches and sports clubs, this is a great place to bring up children, and you might bump into a few famous faces whilst strolling down the pier'.
In 2020 Mumbles was named as Britain's top coastal house price hotspot by property portal Rightmove, who stated at the time that the village and wider town area's average property asking price had risen by 47% since 2015.
The company stated that this was a bigger five-year increase than any other coastal area in Great Britain. Find out more about that here.
But arguably the pinnacle of the accolades for the area came in 2022 when Mumbles was also named as one of the 12 'coolest places to live in the UK' in a list compiled by The Times.
The town secured its place among the 'coolest postcodes to move to in 2022' as being the the best place to relocate for 'stylish seasiders', offering them 'sand, sea and beautiful sunsets' and a 'booming foodie scene'. Find out more about the cool list here.
And this huge house arguably couldn't be more well positioned to enjoy all Mumbles and Gower can offer but it is not squashed into the centre of the hub, meaning space inside and out is not compromised and confined.
Elevated above the road, the property's position reveals some treetop views that might be a surprise to find within such a popular area.
The house is a beast of a building nestled within a tiered garden that offers multiple areas for alfresco dining and plenty of partying, as well as relaxing in the sunshine or bathed in shade.
Guests won't have to worry about parking for the party either - there might be double yellow lines on the main road outside but climb the property's driveway and you find ample areas to pop the motor.
Maybe the hub of the garden is the large terrace flanked by a stone wall with clever built-in bench seating, an integrated waterfall feature, and the surely very popular addition of an outside BBQ and stone fireplace.
This urban mansion might look fairly recent in its construction at first glance, but it actually dates back in parts to the Victorian era. Inside, the layout has been carefully throughout to contribute to the best flow of spaces and people that a modern family has come to expect within a mainly period property wrapper.
The arched, double front door is found at the centre of the front facing facade of the house, which can also delight with an exposed stone lower floor worth exploring later, and a double-height box bay window stack.
But there are also multiple ways to enter and exit this versatile home, and one enchanting route invites you to wander up some stone steps and a garden path that passes, and gives glimpses to, at least two inviting outdoor terraces where the threshold of the house seamlessly gives way to direct access to enjoy the garden.
The entrance foyer leads into an inner room called the grand hallway but it could easily be classed as another living room, with its own fireplace, bay window with a delightful seat nestled into its structure, and a set of French doors out onto one of those sunny garden terraces.
But this house is so palatial that there are three other reception rooms trying to tempt you to enter and choose them as the place to park yourself and linger longer than you intended.
At the front of the house is the lounge that has the dual features of a period, feature fireplace plus the lovely, large bay window first noticed when you arrive and park the car. The bay has been utilised to its full potential by the creation of a bespoke window seat that fills the space and fills your eyes with absorbing treetop views.
Next to this spacious and sociable lounge is a smaller sitting room, cosier and quieter. This space can offer as its main selling point to persuade you to linger, as well as the more intimate atmosphere, are the double doors out onto its own, dedicated garden terrace.
Opposite the hallway is another beast of a room and this one is currently dedicated to formal dining. It is arguably the space packed with the most period features, from the ornate ceiling, cornicing and picture rail above you to the stripped floorboards below you, and the huge windows and period fireplace in-between.
Adjacent to the dining room is the kitchen breakfast room and maybe it is a surprise to find an ultra modern, slick and glossy, handless kitchen waiting to greet you.
There's ample room for an eating area at the end of the space, which then spills out into the garden via another set of French doors. It's a space made for the best of cooking and the best of memories made with family and friends.
The ground floor can offer a good size utility room and cloakroom, plus a set of stairs that take you down to the bonus lower ground floor.
This bonus floor of rooms happily accommodates a light, bright and large home office with separate room for filing and books, plus a gym, shower room, access to the integrated garage, and a wine cellar that can help you increase your wine collection into the hundreds of bottles.
The upper two floors are sleeping levels, with the sprawling space housing six bedrooms, three ensuites, the family bathroom and a surprise sunroom which is born out of the home's split level layout.
This extra garden room with adjoining terrace is a sunny spot that adds to the list of unique and pleasing features that keep appearing as you wander through this huge and handsome home.
Next to the sunroom, one of the six bedrooms can impress you with its own ensuite but also boast its own direct access to a garden area, this time a terrace tucked away at the rear of the house.
The principal bedroom is another very generous and unique space, this property can promise you no two rooms are the same, and this one can give you a bay window perfect for a bedroom sofa or dressing table, happily bathing you in natural light as you fuss about in front of the mirror.
This number one bedroom has an ensuite as well as the most space, but the remaining bedrooms are all doubles and all places to peacefully lay your head and easily drift off to snoreland. Some have a fireplace, some have a bay window, some have both, but all have oodles of space, light and views of the garden that totally surround the house.
There's even a bedroom hidden up in the loft, crowning the house with this fourth, unexpected floor, and a perfect place for a teenager den or quiet sitting room away from the busy areas downstairs, if six bedrooms are not required.
The house has, for many potential buyers, the perfect balance of space and location but it can also add versatility and the potential to use the abundance of space to fit the lifestyle of the new owner, who will be lucky enough to have the buying budget to consider a new abode in the offers in the region of £1.9m price bracket.
To find out more about this house called The Croft call estate agents Belvoir at the Swansea branch on 01792 825970. All photos provided by Behind the Lens Media. And don't miss the best dream homes in Wales, auction properties, renovation stories, and interiors - join the Amazing Welsh Homes newsletter, sent to your inbox twice a week.
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