Situated close to the south English coastline, this is the sort of remarkable home in which boredom is simply not an option. There are so many ways to pass your time here. Out in the plant-filled garden, there's a wood-fired hot tub, a barbecue and a verandah with plenty of seating — basically, all you could need for a summer evening soiree. When it gets too cold to stay outside, you can head in through the large glass doors and into one of the two games rooms, which feature a foosball table and some big TVs crying out for a movie marathon. If you're musically talented — or even if you're not — there's a drum kit in one of the bedrooms on which you can make a racket. If it's a little too late to do that, take a perch next to the wood-burning fireplace instead. In the local area, Birdham Pool Marina is just over ten minutes' walk away and there are plenty of rambling routes to embark upon in the surrounding Chichester Harbour AONB. East Wittering Beach is only ten minutes away in the car and the cathedral city of Chichester takes five minutes longer in the opposite direction.

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