Anyone who has spent the recent warm weather wishing they had a swimming pool in their back garden, may regard Beyond the Pond as their dream property.

The detached house in Oddington includes a heated outdoor swimming pool, patio and lawn and is on the market for £695,000.

Built in 1990 and set in a corner plot, the house includes a sitting room with a feature fireplace and French windows, garden room with patio doors leading to the pool, dining room with an open fireplace, kitchen/breakfast room with a natural slate floor, utility room and cloakroom.

Upstairs are three double bedrooms, including one with an ensuite shower room and a family bathroom with separate shower. The master bedroom also has an ensuite shower room and views over surrounding countryside.

There is also a detached double garage and a smaller garden and driveway at the front of the house.

Martin Turvey, who has lived there with his family for 20 years, said: “The reason we are selling now is because my wife and I have decided to split up after many years of marriage.

“We have decided it is time for us to move on with our lives separately, but we will be sad to leave this place.

“The house is a great place to live and Oddington is a lovely village.

“The back garden is absolutely ideal for the summer time because it has the large pool and is half paved to provide a patio around the water, with the rest laid to lawn.

“The garden is ideal to relax in as it has a large hedge and fencing which protects your privacy.

“We have two dogs and it is an idyllic spot for taking them out for walks. We just go up the lane and then you have about a thousand acres of Otmoor for them to run around in. It really is a fabulous location.

“I know some people worry about whether a swimming pool might need a lot of maintenace and be expensive to heat.

“In fact, we keep a solar cover on the top of our pool and because of that we haven’t needed to heat it for the past four years.”

Lizanne Simmonds, of agents Penny & Sinclair, added: “This is a really spacious house and has the added luxury of this fabulous swimming pool.

“Although it is in the perfect location for long country walks, it offers easy access into North Oxford and its range of secondary schools. Charlton-on-Otmoor, the neighbouring village, has an excellent primary school and Islip train station provides great links into London.”

For more information or to arrange a viewing of Beyond the Pond, contact Penny & Sinclair on 01865 318013 or visit pennyandsinclair.co.uk