Guide Price: £425,000 - £450,000.Located at the very edge of Tunbridge Wells within the sought after Hawkenbury/St Peters Location, the property is ideal for anybody seeking to have one foot in town and the other foot in the countryside.
DESCRIPTION: Guide Price: £425,000 - £450,000.Located at the very edge of Tunbridge Wells in the sought after Hawkenbury/St Peters Location, this property is ideal for anybody seeking to have one foot in town and the other foot in the countryside.Of particular interest to any buyer should be the excellent possibilities - subject to the necessary permissions being obtainable - to extend into the loft area to create a third bedroom, as well as the private gate that the property enjoys from its unexpectedly large gardens, to Dunorlan Park at the rear.As currently arranged, the property has a useful snug at the front of the property with a further ground floor wc, an under stairs work space and a large principal entertaining room with an inset cast iron wood burner.This in turn is open to a wide galley style kitchen with wooden doors and a wood block work surface.At the end of the kitchen is a recently extended breakfast room which opens directly onto the unexpectedly large gardens.They offer good space for entertaining and relaxing.There are attractive areas of shrub bedding and the aforementioned private gate to Dunorlan Park, a real boom for anybody seeking additional outdoor space, perhaps for children or to exercise dogs.The property has two bedrooms on the first floor and a further family bathroom with separate shower facility.To the front, there is a generous off road parking space for a single vehicle with other parking bays in the immediate area.
SITUATION: The property is approximately one mile distant from the Tunbridge Wells town centre. Tunbridge Wells offers an excellent mix of social, retail and educational facilities including an excellent combination of independent and multiple retailers, restaurants and bars between the Pantiles and Victoria Place, a main line railway station to both London termini and the south coast and a host of highly regarded schools at primary, secondary, grammar and independent levels.Hawkenbury itself has a very useful convenience store, a highly regarded butchers, access to excellent schools and an area of allotments immediately opposite the property.
The accommodation is as follows:Access is via a partially glazed door to:
ENTRANCE HALL: Areas of exposed wooden floorboards, spot lights inset to the ceiling, radiator, stairs to the first floor and an under stairs space suitable for a study area, etc.
SNUG: Carpet, inset spot lights to the ceiling, fitted shelves and further fitted cupboard to the side of the chimney breast, double glazed windows to the front, fitted plantation shutters.
GROUND FLOOR WC: Exposed pine floorboards, low level wc, wall mounted sink with a storage unit below and feature stone style splash back, extractor fan, inset spot lights to the ceiling.
LOUNGE: Good areas of exposed pine floorboards, double glazed window to the rear garden, cornicing, contemporary cast iron wood burner inset to the chimney breast with a stone hearth, fitted shelves to one side of the chimney breast, various media points and good space for sofas and entertaining, access via a decorative arch to:
KITCHEN: Sandstone paved floors, a range of painted wood wall and base units with a complimentary wood block work surface, space for a free standing Smeg gas oven with further stainless steel splash back and feature Smeg extractor hood, space for a large free standing fridge freezer, integrated washer/dryer and further integrated dishwasher, inset one and a half bowl ceramic sink with a mixer tap over, two sets of double glazed windows to the side each with fitted Roman blind and inset spots to the ceiling, in turn this opens to:
BREAKFAST ROOM: Sandstone paved floor, radiator, exposed oak beam to the ceiling, further inset spot lights to the ceiling, double glazed window to the side and further partially glazed double glazed door to the rear garden, further areas of fitted shelving, cat flap.
FIRST FLOOR: Accessed via a feature staircase returning upon itself to create a good feeling of light and space.The landing is carpeted with loft access hatch and doors to:
BEDROOM: Carpet, radiator, double glazed window to the front with fitted plantation shutters, feature cast iron fireplace with wooden surround and with a shallow fitted wardrobe to one side of the chimney breast.
BEDROOM: Carpet, textured ceiling and cornicing, radiator, double glazed window to the rear with fitted blind, feature cast iron fireplace with wooden surround, shallow fitted cupboard to one side of the chimney breast, open to:
BATHROOM: Feature stone tiling, panelled bath on a raised plinth with mixer tap over and further stone tiled splash backs, double glazed window to the rear affording views of the gardens and over towards Dunorlan Park, fitted blind, inset spots to the ceiling, low level wc, further areas of part tiled walls, cupboard housing a Potterton boiler with further hot water cylinder and further tiled walk in shower with a single shower head, extractor fan and recessed shelving area.
OUTSIDE FRONT: Essentially a low maintenance garden set to cobbled style stone paving with a retaining fence and further small retaining hedge and generous off road parking space for one large vehicle.
REAR: Good areas of gravel beds to the side and immediate rear of the property with external tap and various stepping stones, retaining brickwork and further retaining wooden fencing. The property opens to a good and surprisingly large area of grass with mature shrub beds and a further area of hard standing suitable for entertaining space, detached shed. A private gate to Dunorlan Park.
TENURE: Freehold.
VIEWING: By telephone appointment to Wood & Pilcher on 01892 511211.
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