70 Cricklewood Rd, Heathfield: Heathfield haven perfect for both human and horse

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70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

A Heathfield home offers the ultimate Hills lifestyle and is ideal for entertaining and perfect for animal lovers, its owners say.

Michelle and Andy Madgwick bought the Cricklewood Rd home in 2008 and say it was a case of ‘love at first sight’.

70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

“It’s a beautiful home and we just felt such a strong emotional pull to the property,” she says.

The couple bought it as a four bedroom cottage, and have since renovated it throughout – adding a spacious rear extension, a parents retreat for the master suite, a study, a side veranda, transforming a bedroom into a teenage retreat, opening up a dining room and lounge room, upgrading the gardens and fencing throughout the 1.7ha property.

70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

The home has a formal living room towards the front and a covered terrace with a spa at the side, as well as an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area at the rear.

“We’ve kept the original part of the house and modernised the back and, given how well it flows from indoors to out, it’s absolutely amazing for entertaining,” Mrs Madgwick says.

70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

“What really captures you when you visit the home is that amazing area out under the oak tree,” Mrs Madgwick says. “Sitting down in there, you could be sitting anywhere in Europe. And that breakfast bar in the kitchen – we made that double width so you can sit about 10 people around it. In the past 12 months we’ve added the deck at the side and then we’ve got the spa deck as well, so it’s a great entertaining house.”

70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

Mrs Madgwick says guests are surprised to find just how much land they have, given they are just eight minutes from the tollgate.

“To able to have horses here this close to the city is great,” she says. “We’ve got the full-size sand arena which is floodlit and we’ve got beautiful stables and hot water wash bays, so whether it’s just for pleasure or whether you’re seriously competing, it’s got the facilities here.”

70 Cricklewood Road, Heathfield. Supplied by Williams Real Estate

With the couple’s children now having moved on, the time has come to downsize, with the Madgwicks saying they have absolutely no intention of leaving the Adelaide Hills.