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5 bedroom detached house

Chain-free
Study
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Detached house
5 bed
3 bath
EPC rating: C*
1,786 sq ft / 166 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Broadband: Ultra-fast 600Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Detached family house
  • Quiet cul-de-sac near Woodlands School
  • Flexible accommodation
  • Excellent for working from home
  • Garage
  • Solar panels
*NO ONWARD CHAIN* Georgian-style double fronted detached family home in a tucked-away position in the popular Higham Wood area of Tonbridge

DESCRIPTION

70 Allington Drive is a well presented detached double fronted family home offering flexible accommodation over three floors including five bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms.

The property comes with a garage and rear garden plus an area of garden to the front. It also benefits from solar panels, which currently pay back around £2,200 a year tax-free.

FEATURES

- Spacious hallway with turned staircase to first floor.

- Generous sitting room with feature bow window to the front and French doors leading out in to the rear garden. Fireplace housing a coal effect gas fire. Bespoke fitted cabinets and shelves.

- Light kitchen/dining room overlooking the rear garden and with a door out to the same. Fitted bench seats in the dining area. Walk-in larder. Bespoke painted wooden units. lntegrated appliances include a dishwasher, double oven, 6-ring gas hob and tall fridge and freezer.

- Study/playroom fitted with handcrafted wooden desk, cabinets and shelves.

- Ground floor shower room with double shower cubicle.

- Principal bedroom suite on the second floor with en-suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe and a delightful view out over rooftops and fields towards Hadlow.

- Three further double bedrooms on the first floor and fifth bedroom currently utilised as another study with bespoke fitted wooden furniture.

- Family bathroom.

- Close-board fence enclosed rear garden with shrub borders around a lawn and paved seating areas. Playhouse.

- Single garage to the rear of the property with loft storage space. Shared access driveway.

SITUATION

The property is tucked away at the end of a cul-de-sac with no through traffic, away from the main roads on the north side of Tonbridge in an area known as Higham Wood.

The area is particularly popular amongst young families due to the proximity to Woodlands Primary School, but it is also only 2 miles from Tonbridge town centre with a bus service running on the main Hadlow Road, just a short walk away.

There are local shops/facilities in Martin Hardie Way and a lovely country pub in The Carpenters Arms, all within a mile of the property. There is also a food shop at the nearby petrol station and a farm shop just a little further up the Hadlow Road.

There are some lovely countryside walks to be enjoyed along the River Medway, easily accessible from the property.

Tonbridge town centre offers a wide range of shopping and leisure facilities including several supermarkets, restaurants and a sports centre.

Tonbridge has a main line station (2.3 miles) serving London Charing Cross/Cannon Street (London Bridge from around 32 mins). Borough Green station (7.3 miles, avoiding the town) has services to London Victoria in about 45 mins).

Poult Wood golf course is within 1.5 miles of the property and there are more golf courses in Tonbridge and Hildenborough including Nizels.

In addition to Woodlands Primary there is an excellent selection of schools in and around Tonbridge including the renowned Tonbridge Public School, several excellent preparatories including the Schools at Somerhill, Hilden Grange and Hilden Oaks. Hadlow College is also nearby and further options including grammars in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Maidstone.

DIRECTIONS

Heading North through Tonbridge High Street, turn right at the cross-roads/traffic lights onto Bordyke by the Ivy House pub. Follow this road for about 1.5 miles towards Hadlow, before turning left into Cranford Road. Follow the road around to the right and Allington Drive will be found on the right-hand side. Follow the road around to the left and No.70 will be found at the end of the road, straight ahead of you.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

- Services: Mains gas fired central heating. Solar panels. Mains water, electricity and drainage.

- Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council,[use Contact Agent Button]

- Council Tax band: F (£2,855.04 for 2021/22)

- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

The property is tucked-away at the end of a cul-de-sac with no-through traffic, away from the main roads on the north-side of Tonbridge in an area known as Higham Wood.

The area is particularly popular amongst young families due to the proximity to Woodlands Primary School, but it is also only 2 miles from Tonbridge town centre with a bus service running on the main Hadlow Road, just a short walk away.

There are local shops/facilities in Martin Hardie Way and a lovely country pub in The Carpenters Arms, all within a mile of the property. There is also a food shop at the nearby petrol station and a farm shop just a little further up the Hadlow Road.

There are some lovely countryside walks to be enjoyed along the River Medway, easily accessible from the property.

Tonbridge town centre offers a wide range of shopping and leisure facilities including several supermarkets, restuarants and a sports centre.

Tonbridge has a main line station (2.3 miles) serving London Charing Cross/Cannon Street (London Bridge from around 32 mins). Borough Green station (7.3 miles, avoiding the town) has services to London Victoria in about 45 mins).

Poult Wood golf course is within 1.5 miles of the property and there are more golf courses in Tonbridge and Hildenbroough including Nizels.

In addition to Woodlands Primary there is an excellent selection of schools in and around Tonbridge including the renowned Tonbridge Public School, several excellent preparatories including the Schools at Somerhill, Hilden Grange and Hilden Oaks. Hadlow College is also nearby and further options including grammars in Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Maidstone.

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    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on January 14, 2022

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