* A luxurious freehold property situated on the idyllic island of Sark
* Beautifully renovated, extended & refurbished to a high specification
* Offered in a truly walk-in condition, tastefully furnished and equipped
* Home Cinema, Games Room, Gym, Sauna, Hot-tub, Putting green, Library
* 3 beautifully appointed Guest Suites with business potential if required
* 2.5 acres; including modern barn and 2 paddocks with rural and sea views

SITUATION Le Clos des Camps is one of the few freehold properties to become available to purchase on the beautiful, virtually tax-free island of Sark. Surrounded by rural fields laid to pasture and having no direct neighbours the property is primarily west-facing and is abundant with natural light. It is situated towards the picturesque north of Sark with numerous walks leading to paths resplendent with wild flowers and dramatic sea views and onwards to small bays perfect for sun-bathing, swimming and snorkelling.
  Sark is located about nine miles east of Guernsey and twenty three miles north of Jersey with access only permissible by boat with regular ferries to Guernsey and Jersey where there are international airports. Flight time to Gatwick is about thirty minutes by jet.

MAP LOCATION (when printed) F3
 
SARK  Sark is spectacular in both its scenery and its simplicity; its tranquil beauty is unmarred by cars or tarmac roads and yet enhanced by excellent modern facilities for residents and visitors alike. Sark is self-governing through ‘Chief Pleas’ and is presided over by the Seigneur. Transport on Sark is restricted to the horse and carriage, the bicycle and ‘shanks pony’. Tractors are, however, allowed by licence for general farm work, carting of goods from the harbour, and personal transport by arrangement. Everyday shopping facilities are available on Sark together with a selection of excellent hotels, restaurants, and public houses.

Sark does not levy any income tax, property gains tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax or value-added-tax on its residents. Other local taxes are very moderate.

ACCOMMODATION SUMMARY: 
 Entrance Lobby: Large Dining Room: Fitted Kitchen: Basement: Sitting Room: Master Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room: Bathroom and Study or Nursery; Office/Bedroom (3): Gymnasium: Home Cinema: Games Room: Sauna: Library: Utility Room: 3 Guest Suites: Inner Courtyard with Hot-tub and Putting Green: Gardens: Outbuilding: 2 Paddocks.

THE ACCOMMODATION BRIEFLY COMPRISES:

Approached from a driveway leading to a cobbled pathway at the north-side of the house, with a partly glazed door leading directly into:

Entrance Lobby 15’6” x 8’. With north-facing windows, a raised level ceiling with track lighting, polished limestone flooring, coat hanging and boot storage areas, doors lead to the Utility Room and …

Dining Hall Overall size 41’9” x 21’3” (including Kitchen area). An open-plan area providing an enormous amount of natural light with a vaulted ceiling; south-facing patio doors (14’4” wide) overlooking and leading directly to the Courtyard, 5 south-facing Velux windows, 2 sun-tubes, access directly through to the Inner Hallway, polished antique limestone flooring throughout, overhead track lighting system, integral Bang & Olufson music system with ceiling speakers, a solid oak refectory-style dining table to seat 14, occasional and display furniture, polished oak stairs leading to the attic storage room. Doors lead to the Master Bedroom Suite, Sitting Room and Gym while open-plan access is given to…

Kitchen  With a fitted ‘Original Chalon’ kitchen comprising a combination of painted and oak floor units under slate and solid wood worksurfaces, a wall unit with display shelving and integral plate rack, sink dresser base housing a double ‘Belfast’ sink and ‘Miele’ dishwasher, a wide housekeeper’s cupboard for food storage with integral side-by-side upright ‘Miele’ fridge and freezer, a painted fireplace surround housing the Britannia cream large capacity range cooker with 2 ovens, 6 burner hob, skillet, plate-warming oven, vent and recessed lights over, a centrally located round worktable with 2 high-level stools, and an oak corner cupboard. An east-facing window is above the sink while the whole area has polished antique limestone flooring, a TV point, ceiling speakers, recessed overhead lighting, access through to the Inner Hallway and a trap-door leading to …

Basement 9’9” x 4’11”. With slatted shelving, exterior vent for fresh air circulation and an overhead light.

Utility Room 16’10” x 8’. With 2 wide north-facing windows, overhead track lighting, oak kitchen cupboards with laminate worksurfaces, stainless steel sink and drainer, ‘Miele’ washing machine and tumble dryer, floor to ceiling wooden slatted shelving for laundry storage, 2 large capacity stainless steel unvented water cylinders, UV water filtration system, ‘Boulter Camray 5’ large capacity oil-fired central heating boiler, electric console and circuit trackers, storage and clothes-drying space.

Inner Hallway With polished oak stairs leading to the Attic storage space (that is floored, has electrical lighting and a north facing window) while west-facing patio doors lead to the main garden area and further doors lead to understairs storage space, the Cloakroom  and…

Sitting Room 20’10 x 14’6”. With south and west-facing double patio doors, a granite fireplace, a vaulted ceiling with exposed joists and beams, leather sofas and armchairs, occasional furniture, carpeted floor, TV point, overhead track lighting and a door leading to…

Office or Bedroom 3 12’5” x 12’1”. With an east facing window overlooking the Courtyard, an ornate double bed, wardrobe, dressing table and armchair, oak floor and recessed overhead lighting.

Cloakroom With white WC and washbasin with mirror over, overhead lighting and extractor fan.

Master Bedroom Suite 19’3” x 13’6”. With west-facing patio doors leading to the main garden area, an extra-wide double bed, bedside and occasional furniture, recessed overhead lighting and speakers, multi-way light switches, TV points, a carpeted floor and doors leading to…

Dressing Room 13’ x 8’3”. With floor-to-ceiling wardrobes and shelving on 3 walls, carpeted floor and recessed overhead lights.

Shower Room 10’4” x 8’5”. With a frosted wide north-facing window, natural pebble flooring, a vanity sink unit with 2 Villeroy and Bosch washbasins, deep shelving under and a triple mirrored cupboard over, a WC and bidet, and a fully-tiled walk-in shower with 2 large overhead pressurised ‘Fired Earth’ showerheads.

Study or Nursery 8’5” x 8’2”. With a west-facing window, carpeted floor, recessed overhead lighting, a desk and multiple power points for 2 computers and attachments, filing cabinets and shelving.

Gymnasium (Approached from the east of the Dining Hall). 17’ x 14’7”. With double south-facing sliding doors overlooking and leading to the Courtyard, 2 walls with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, non-slip cushioned gymnasium flooring, an integral music system with ceiling speakers, overhead track lighting, equipment including: ‘Concept 2’ indoor rowing machine, ‘Solan’ static exercise bicycle and ‘Tunturi ‘track running machine. Doors lead to…

Home Cinema 17’ x 10’10”. With a high-level north-facing window with black-out blinds, ‘Runco CL710 DLP’ projector, 8’ ‘Greyhawk’ cinema screen, ‘Denon DVD AL’ amp/DVD player with surround speakers, ‘sky+’ box, ‘Phillips’ pront remote controllers, 4 x ‘La-z-boy’ powered recliner chairs, ‘Alcantara’ finish panelling, temperature and light control, carpeted flooring, framed pictures of film stars.

Guest Lobby With a south-facing window and partly-glazed upvc door leading to the Courtyard, coats and towel hooks, noticeboards, polished limestone flooring, overhead lights & speakers and doors leading to…

Sauna/Shower Room 17’ x 8’. With a north-facing frosted window, polished limestone flooring, fully tiled walls, a ‘Fired Earth’ wide basin and vanity unit with decorative legs, a fully tiled shower unit with a ‘Fired Earth rain effect’ shower, pine rails and shelves, high-level mirrors giving a ‘jungle effect’ when reflecting the plants arranged above the enclosed ‘Nordic’ Sauna unit with thermostatic and hygromatic controls and pine slatted shelves giving space for 2 or 3 people to recline or sit.
 
Games Room 26’5” x 21’9”. With double sliding doors and glass panels forming the north and east walls, overhead track lighting and speakers, integral music system, a multi-fuel circular stove with a limestone hearth, a carpeted floor, leisure equipment including a ‘740 Cornilleau’ table-tennis table, table football, a full-size ‘Brunswisk’ pool table with cue rack and raised level leather chairs, darts board, a ‘Panasonic’ wall-mounted flat-screen TV, Hi-Ball table and stools, and sporting memorabilia. A door leads to…

Conservatory 16'10" x 15'9" UVPC double glazed structure on low height block wall with glazed roof.Limestone flooring. Impressive revolving Germanwood and/orcoal burner. Patio doors giving access and views over the rear garden.

Guest Suite 1 (named 'Sailors Shelter’ and decorated in a French chateau-style with nautical art and memorabilia). 21’4” x 20’5”. With north and south-facing windows, velux windows, a west-facing door leading to the Inner Courtyard, solid oak flooring, overhead track lighting, ornate double bed and bedroom furniture, leather armchairs, a free-standing roll-top ‘rain’ bath with jet-stream circular shower surround over, a ‘Fired Earth’ wash basin with tiled splashback, 2 heated towel rails, and a door leading to WC with high-level flush ‘Fired Earth’ WC and north-facing window.

Inner Courtyard A central feature of the property with all main rooms having doors leading directly onto it, with a central professional ‘Huxley’ 3-hole all weather landscaped golf-putting green with fringe, and western red cedar hot-tub to seat 4; the surrounding cobbled paving provides pathways to…

Guest Suite 2 (named ‘The Wickets’ and decorated with cricketing art and memorabilia). 39’ x 12’. Open plan, with 4 south-facing and 4 north-facing windows, recessed overhead lights, oak flooring, a lounge area with television, leather sofa and armchairs, a kitchen area with a good range of modern white kitchen units with chrome fittings and granite worksurfaces, integral ‘Neff’ gas cooker and 4-ring hob with extractor fan over, 1 ½ bowl sink & drainer, washing machine and fridge. A dividing wall has access on both sides to the bedroom area with double bed, bedside lights and shelving, and a wide double fitted wardrobe with mirrored doors giving division from the fully-tiled bathroom area, which has a wide washbasin, WC, a wet-room shower with double overhead ‘rain’ shower roses, 2 heated towel rails and a fully mirrored wall.

Guest Suite 3 (named Nevskiy Dom and decorated with Russian art and memorabilia). 26’ x 12’ living area plus 12’ x 12’10” bedroom. With 4 south-facing and 4 north-facing windows, a kitchen area with a tiled floor, ‘Chalon’ kitchen units under granite and wooden worksurfaces with ‘Miele’ gas cooker and 4-ring hob with extractor over, integral fridge and washing machine, and open-plan access to lounge area with carpeted floor, television, leather sofa and armchairs, and access to the fully tiled bathroom with walk-in shower, a ‘Scottini’ washbasin with surround and WC. A door leads to the Bedroom, which has a double bed, bedroom furniture, overhead lights and a carpeted floor.

Library 28’10” x 12’6”. With west-facing windows forming a bay overlooking the Garden, 2 north-facing windows, a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams, overhead track lighting,  floor to ceiling American light oak shelving on the north, south and east walls, a tiled floor with original mosaic inlaid design, a table to seat 12, armchairs and a music system.

Notes:
1. The property has been extensively refurbished and extended, completed early 2006.
2. The extension is of double cavity block with insulation and all internal walls are covered with an extra band of insulation.
3. The house has underfloor heating throughout with each room having independent thermostatic control, except in outside sheds.
4. All external windows and doors are double glazed upvc with external flyscreens and internal curtains or blinds.
5. All internal doors are of solid wood and/or glass and have brass fittings.
6. The electrical board is of superior quality with zoned sections to avoid a total loss of power in case of short circuit.
7. The plumbing system has reserves e.g.: superior hot water cylinder with electric option and an extra high pressure pump for powerful showers. Copper pipers have only been used above ground.
8. All plumbing and electrical points are professionally labelled for quick and easy maintenance.
9. The velux windows all have electronic remote controls for blinds and ventilation.
10. The spot and tube track lighting has 3 circuits to give maximum control and lighting options for cost control.
11. The polished antique limestone flooring was sourced from Jerusalem and was the lower section of historic limestone from religious sites.
12. Planning permission has been granted for a conservatory (or other type) extension extending from the east of the Games Room.
13. All bespoke furnishings and equipment are of a high standard and can be included in the purchase if required.
14. All equipment is as new and in excellent working order.

EXTERNAL

Storage Room Integral, at the north of the property, with an up-and-over garage-style stainless steel door giving access to a large storage space for outdoor equipment, garden machinery, bicycles etc.

Workshop Situated at the east of the property, with a large amount of workshop and storage space and housing a boiler and independent utility controls for Guest Suites 2 & 3 and the Library.

Garden The garden is at the west of the property and is mature, landscaped and well-maintained with a lawned area leading to pathways through mature shrubs and herbaceous flower beds and a dry-stone river with a Japanese arch-bridge, the whole surrounded by high walls, banks and hedging giving shelter and privacy.

Barn With electric power, independent water supply, double doors and space for livestock or storage.

Paddocks Approx. 2 acres. Currently unfenced yet surrounded by high banks to the north and east, suitable for grazing, planting of trees or an orchard, tennis court, swimming pool etc.

SERVICES Mains electricity, efficient septic tank drainage, water from own interconnected boreholes.

STATUS Unrestricted Occupancy. Freehold.

VACANT POSSESSION As convenient.

VIEWING Strictly by appointment only through Sark Estate Agents and Swoffersd as the Vendors Joint Agents.

PRICE Offers invited - Guide price £1,750,000 – to include all furnishings, paintings, curtains, blinds, equipment, fixtures & fittings, as seen. A full inventory is available for serious prospective purchasers.

NB.  Further information and photographs can be viewed at the Vendor’s website: www.lcdcguesthouse.com although the Vendor respectfully requests that you do not contact him directly and that all contact is made through Sark Estate Agents Limited only.

Sark Estate Agents Limited
These particulars are issued on the implicit understanding that all negotiations concerning this property are conducted through this Agency and whilst care is taken in setting out these details we do not guarantee their accuracy, nor do they form a contract or any part thereof.

SARK ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED
The Avenue, Sark, Channel Islands, GY9 0SB                                                                                           
Tel: 01481 83 2604 Fax: 01481 83 2605
www.sarkestateagents.com   email: houses@sark.net