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8 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Situated within a private estate
- Large entrance hall with marble flooring
- Principal suite with walk-in wardrobe, make-up room and en suite
- Leisure complex, including a gym and indoor swimming pool
- Lower ground entertaining area including Cinema room, function room, wine cellar and bar
and busy household in mind, it meets all the aspirations and requirements of 21 century living.
This sensational home comes equipped with state-of-the-art technology and offers superb recreational space in the form of a cinema room with adjoining bar area and function room along with a separate leisure complex.
The house is entered via an impressive and capacious reception hall with a majestic central
staircase that creates a striking impression upon entering the house. The hall provides access to all the principal reception rooms including the elegant drawing room with direct access to the gardens via two sets of double doors, a separate dining room, a spacious and sumptuously appointed office with burred walnut panels concealing storage cupboards and a stylish desk.
There is a comprehensively fitted and individually designed kitchen complete with semi-circular work station/breakfast bar and an adjoining secondary kitchen area with a useful walk-in larder. Also situated on this floor (and adjacent to the main living area) is the superb leisure complex incorporating a swimming pool with a large roof lantern that floods the area with natural light, a gymnasium and a changing room with shower facilities. A coffee room and sitting room provide relaxation/entertaining space.
The first floor landing is arranged around the staircase, featuring glass balustrading that enhances the sense of light and space. Three sets of double doors open out to a porticoed balcony and there is ample space for seating and relaxation.
The accommodation on this floor includes a sumptuous master suite boasting a walk-in wardrobe, a separate dressing room and a bathroom with ‘his and her’ shower cubicles and wash basins.
There is also a guest bedroom with an en suite shower room and walk-in wardrobe, in addition to
three further en suite bedrooms.
Of particular note is the 41 ft. games room that enjoys direct access to an outside terrace and offers exceptional entertaining space.
Ancillary accommodation in the form of a self-contained apartment reached via a secondary staircase from the ground floor provides a kitchen/living room, a bedroom and a bathroom.
The second floor is arranged to provide a reception room, a bedroom, a bathroom and a walk-in wardrobe.
Further entertaining space is available on the lower ground floor and includes the cinema room, a separate bar/lounge area, a function/party room and the wine cellar.
The property is approached via electrically operated gates opening onto a sweeping driveway that culminates in a spacious turning circle.
In addition to the triple garage, there is ample parking space for numerous vehicles. The house
is set within manicured lawns and a variety of mature shrubs surrounding the property, ensure
immense seclusion and privacy.
A sun terrace is the perfect spot for ‘al fresco’ dining and overlooks the tennis court, thereby providing a superb vantage point.
Forest Ridge is situated within the exclusive and highly sought-after Keston Park, which is located close to Locksbottom village with its local shopping facilities including a Sainsbury’s superstore, restaurants and public houses including the
popular Chapter One restaurant.
Further more extensive shopping is available at The Glades in Bromley, Orpington High Street
and Bluewater Shopping Centre.
Transport links are excellent with the A21 Hastings Road leading to the M25 (J4), in turn providing access to Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, the Channel Tunnel terminus (M20), Ebbsfleet International, the South Coast and Bluewater Shopping Centre. Direct rail services are available to London from Orpington, Hayes and Bromley South stations.
Educational opportunities in the region are exceptional and include numerous highly regarded schools in both the state and private sectors
including Ravenswood, St. Olave’s, Newstead Wood, Darrick Wood, Bromley High School for Girls, Bickley Park Boys’ School, Eltham College, Farringtons and Babington House.
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