Beautiful Houseboat on private lakeside retreat

A secluded private lake, alive with ducks, coots, moorhens and kingfishers. Deer, hares, foxes and badgers share this unique rural idyl with you. The property consists of three beautiful spaces - a lakeside wide beam barge with summerhouse on the shore and a floating studio. All three woven together into one deeply peaceful waterside retreat. Nine miles to the Atlantic, twenty miles to Dartmoor National Park. This is somewhere special to properly disappear and leave everything behind you. The space There are places that slow time, and this is one of them. Set on your own half acre of lake in the North Devon countryside, this waterside retreat offers something increasingly rare - genuine privacy, genuine quiet and the kind of wildlife most people only see on television. Swallows dip and dive as they drink and feed from the surface of the lake. Kingfishers flash between the reeds. Geese, ducks, badgers, hares and deer all move through this rich landscape. A unique habitat in which they have little human contact and are unbothered by human world. The retreat is made up of three beautifully connected spaces, all included: THE BARGE - a wide-beamed narrowboat that forms the heart of the property, with a double bedroom, shower room, a small single cabin and fully equipped kitchen. Everything you need to settle in and stay a while. THE FLOATING STUDIO - a lakeside room of your own that adds as a wonderful space for painting, yoga, reading or simply sitting and watching the lake's residence go about their business. THE SUMMERHOUSE - a second sleeping space with its own bathroom, giving couples the option of beautiful separation and togetherness in equal measure. Outside, a generous deck with BBQ looks directly over the lake - a natural place to spend long summer evenings with a drink and the sound of the coots calling in the back ground. The lake is stocked with rainbow trout and fly fishing is yours to enjoy at your own pace. The property is reached along a private lane through a gated entrance with generous parking. Three steps up and two steps down and you're aboard. North Cornwall's Atlantic coast is only nine miles away. Dartmoor is twenty. Holsworthy's market town is a short drive for provisions. But honestly once you arrive here, you may find you don't want to leave. Guest access The property is reached along a private lane, through a gated entrance. There is plenty of private parking beside the barge. Three steps up and two steps down and you're onboard.