Elterwater Lodge, Elterwater, Ambleside, The Lake District, LA22 9LA - Matthews Benjamin

With fabulous views and ideal as a first or second home, or as an investment opportunity, Elterwater Lodge is currently a highly successful 4* holiday rental. In a quiet location and set in generous gardens and field (total c.2.42 acres), built by the Pattinson family in the 1930s. Light-filled and well-proportioned; large, triple aspect sitting room, breakfast kitchen, dining room, downstairs cloaks, boiler room, three double ensuite bedrooms and house bathroom. Excellent parking, substantial wooden deck, super detached double garage with storage floor above and an all-purpose outbuilding. To be sold fully furnished with advance bookings, this is a great business opportunity with an excellent track record.

Here is your opportunity to enjoy life in the heart of the beautiful Lake District. Ideal as a first or second home, or as an investment opportunity, Elterwater Lodge suits every requirement and is currently a highly successful holiday rental.

Set in generous gardens and grounds of c.2.42 acres, this detached house was built by the renowned Pattinson family and dates from the 1930s. Typical of the Pattinson architectural style, it offers light-filled and well-proportioned accommodation on two floors. The sheltered porch opens to a large, triple aspect sitting room, a breakfast kitchen partially open plan to the dining room with a big westerly picture window. Then there’s a rear hall, cloakroom and boiler cupboard. From the first floor landing are three double bedrooms, all of which have an ensuite shower room, plus there is a house bathroom.

Upon arrival, the sweeping, gated driveway leads to ample parking provision.  Surrounding gardens have low key landscaping to ensure they visually blend into the surrounding unspoilt countryside. Adjoining the gardens is a field, lovely for wild camping, making dens or encouraging dogs and children to burn off surplus energy.

There is a substantial wooden deck which is fabulous for wining and dining, enjoying the fresh air and being out in  glorious nature. The views are paramount and take in fell tops above neighbouring fields and trees. Through the trees in wintertime, Elterwater Tarns are a vision of tranquility. There are two outbuildings, the first a super detached double garage with a storage floor above, the second being an all-purpose store.

Elterwater Lodge represents a great business opportunity; whether letting it part or full time, it has proved very popular and comes with a great track record. To enable the seamless transfer of the existing business, the property is being sold almost fully furnished with the advantage of advance bookings. It is let presently through Lakelovers (www.lakelovers.co.uk) and attracts a four-star rating.

This particular jewel of Lake District heaven offers the outdoor enthusiast unrivalled access to wonderful countryside so whether you like to potter, ramble, run, hike, climb or cycle, there is a seemingly endless number of routes and destinations for you to explore from this exceptionally central spot.

For holiday letting it’s a winning location, however if you’re looking to keep it all to yourselves and live here full or part time then Elterwater Lodge is an almost unique choice. There are schools, a shop (a Co-op at Chapel Stile), restaurants, pubs and cafes all within either walking distance or a short drive away and for the ‘big weekly shop’ and more general shopping then supermarkets and online retailers readily deliver - living in the depths of the countryside doesn’t mean being cut off from modern comforts! Rural it may be, isolated it most certainly is not.

Whilst access by car is no doubt most convenient and popular, buses run out of Elterwater with services to Windermere where there is a branch line railway station having connections to Oxenholme on the main west coast line.

The comprehensive schedule of work included new bespoke, wooden double-glazed windows, all electrics and plumbing installations were replaced and every wall was plaster-boarded and skimmed. Kitchen fittings were replaced and the first floor layout was re-designed to provide three ensuite bedrooms all with modern shower suites. The multi-fuel stove was added as was a new central heating system (the boiler was replaced again in October 2024) with HIVE controls for remote operation (the ground and first floors are independently zoned). Internal doors are modern in style with an oak finish and there is a Smart TV in every room.

From wherever you are in the house there are good views to be enjoyed, but those from the first floor really take some beating as they are elevated above the tree line to the fells.

A tour of the accommodation starts from a porch entrance through into the sitting room, which is a large room with an impressive triple aspect having window seats and super views. The dining room and kitchen are partially open plan creating a sociable flow. To the right is the dining room having a dual aspect, including a large picture window. The kitchen area also offers room for informal dining with a fitted high-level oak block table with stools; perfect for breakfast, teatime with the children or drinks and nibbles as dinner cooks. Timeless cream panel doors front the cabinets with oak block worktops and a double pot sink creating a classic country look. The rear hall provides a direct route out to the rear deck, handy for transporting supplies from the kitchen. Off the hall is a combined laundry and downstairs loo and a boiler cupboard provides valuable storage space for housekeeping essentials, as does the under stairs cupboard.

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