This stunning luxury home in Dudley is council tax band D. Find out why

The interior decor is sleek and stylish, and it overlooks a 500-year-woodlands. This stunning property in Dudley is yours for £895,000.

But the icing on the cake is that you will only have to pay the council tax of a much more modest house. This stylish house in Sedgley's Northway is rated in council tax band D, normally considered to be that of an 'average' house.

But, with 3,640 sq ft of floorspace over three storeys, this property is far from average. The reason for this anomaly is that this house wasn't always so grand. It started life as a simple two/three-bedroom Swiss-style chalet built during the 1960s, before a massive rebuild and extension about 17 years ago. Council tax bands are based on valuations from April 1991, long before this property received such a grand extension.

The only real vestige of the original property is in the outline of the gable, but the house next door provides a reminder of how it used to look.

On entering the property, visitors are greeted by an imposing hallway with a feature stairwell, with skylights allowing sunlight to cascade down the stairs into the hall.

The ground floor, which benefits from full underfloor heating, offers a spacious lounge, a similarly spacious kitchen, and a stylish statement kitchen featuring sleek German-made units, including a large island breakfast bar. 

There is also a study which could alternatively be used as a games room, and a fully equipped utliity room.

The staircase leads to an impressive first-floor gallery, opening access to the principal suite, with a juliet balcony overlooking the rear garden,. a dressing room with fitted wardrobes and an en-suite bathroom.

There are three further bedrooms, the fourth one also including an en-suite bathroom, as well as the family bathroom which is equipped with a large, luxury spa bath.

On there second floor, there are two more bedrooms, bedroom five being particularly spacious, with end-to-end views from both the front and rear of the house, and at present equipped with a pool table.

And if four bathrooms isn't enough, there is an extra room on the second floor with the plumbing that would allow for an easy conversion to a fifth one.

The property is on sale through Affitto estate agents on 0330 124 3549.