Property Description: Guide Price £575,000 - £625,000.

History: Upper Mill is a former working mill with gardens and parking, believed to have been built in 1892, set within the conservation area of East Malling in a tranquil and peaceful environment. The development is an architect designed conversion, which now provides a three bedroom unique home, arranged over three floors. The mill stream flows beneath the property creating an extremely individual property which will appeal to purchasers looking for a home with character. The external elevations of this property reflect the architectural heritage of the locality, with red stock brickwork façade beneath a slate pitched roof and deep profile barge boards to gable end walls. The high standard of interior specification and finish result in a contemporary stylish interior that blends wonderfully with the high ceilings, exposed support beams and cast iron supports, that traditionally are only to be found in buildings of this type. The building is also eco friendly and has been fully insulated with 14" cavity walls.

House: This hidden gem is really one of a kind with its quirky features, architectural design and location above a stream. The property is situated over three floors with an open plan kitchen/dining/living room, three bedrooms and a study area. There are oak veneer internal doors with chrome ironmongery, oak handrails and balustrades throughout the property. The kitchen has been fitted with granite work services, a Siemens stainless steel integrated oven, hob and cooker hood, a Servis integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher and a Bush integrated washing machine. The living area has plenty of space for a dining room table and has a wonderful added feature of the glass floor with illuminations for viewing the mill stream below. On the first floor there is a spacious double bedroom and a further bedroom which benefits from a great mezzanine bed with a ladder. The family bathroom is also on this floor and has a P-shaped bath with a shower over. On the top floor there is a great study area which has the original exposed beams and provides a wonderful working from home environment. The main bedroom has lovely views and beautiful exposed beams.

Storage has been carefully thought through in this property for all household essentials. The downstairs cloakroom has been fitted from floor to ceiling with storage space that has mirrored glass sliding doors. The outside boiler room extends across the stairwell to the exterior of the property giving plenty of additional space and in addition there is a useful storage area with double doors which has been carefully shelved near to the entrance of the property. Underneath the steel bridge/walkway is even more storage with three individual sheds that have been carefully insulated.

Outside: The mill stream flows beneath the property and has a steel bridge/walkway with carefully placed seating positions across which allows breath-taking views of the stream and the ragstone bridge up to the mill pond lake. Here there are a variety of moorhens, coots, ducks and also brown spotted trout. It is exciting to see their off-spring nesting each year and seeing the ducklings roaming/swimming around. There are also two regular kingfishers, several wagtail and heron occasionally on the stream and perched on the ragstone wall as well as an egret which visits annually. The area also attracts regular hedgehogs and squirrels.

The steel bridge/walkway also leads you down steps to a semi-private maintenance free garden surrounded by a ragstone wall which gives the feeling of seclusion. A 20ft cherry tree at one end of the garden blossoms twice per year where you can watch the birds feeding. The garden has well established hardy shrubs and has decking to one end and a good sized paved patio area for dining whilst the remaining part of garden is covered with decorative stones. A dove-house overlooks the garden which is decorated with 1,000 fairy lights that can be switched on/off with a touch of a waterproof button and a remote controlled globe changing colour light. There are six external 13amp sockets and also 4 external taps fed by the spring water stream for watering the flower baskets/shrubs and the garden area.

Location: Upper Mill is situated in between East Malling and West Malling. There are direct links to London from both East and West Malling train stations in just over an hour. East Malling benefits from a public house (The King & Queen), a parish church, recreation ground, village primary school, secondary school and main line station (with services to London, Maidstone and Ashford International). The popular historic market town of West Malling with its variety of shops and restaurants is approximately 1.5 miles away. Maidstone town centre is approximately 5 miles away and includes two shopping centres, a multiplex cinema, restaurants, pubs, clubs and a bowling alley. Access to the M20 (leading to the M25 & M26) is approximately 3 miles away.

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Council Tax: Current Band F (correct at time of marketing). To check council tax for this property, please refer to

Local Authority: Maidstone Borough Council[use Contact Agent Button]. Kent County Council -[use Contact Agent Button]

Services: Gas central heating, mains water, drainage and electricity.

Tenure: This property is freehold and is sold with vacant possession upon completion.