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5 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 reception rooms
- 4 bathrooms
- Family village house
- Walking distance to West Malling high street
- Modern
- Outbuildings
- Detached
- Garden
- Gym
The house is accessed off St. Leonards Street through electric gates and gives a good amount of off street parking with ample screening from the road and neighbours.
The house is entered through a ground floor hallway which acts as a hub to the house. Good storage and a guest WC run immediately off the hallway. At the westerly side of the house, with sliding doors to the garden, sits a bespoke kitchen with excellent central island. Built in hand-painted oak in 2019, the kitchen provides a wide range of units and appliances including a large larder cupboard, integrated under counter dishwasher and fridge, space for a large fridge/freezer and range cooker together with a belfast sink with Quooker hot water tap. Sliding doors open out onto a south facing patio, perfect for al fresco dining and entertaining. Planning permission has been granted (ref 17/00123/FL) for an extension to the rear of the kitchen linking the living room and kitchen and including a basement area. The house benefits from double glazing throughout.
On the south side of the house (with french doors out to the patio) sits the family living room with wooden floors, double glazing and feature fireplace with log burner. On the other side of the entrance hallway sits a large study room. On the east side of the house, and with its own access out to the south facing garden, is found a large family room (with independent heating control) - ideal for nursery, playroom, arts room, teenage room or family snug. A utility room then leads through to a large storage room (originally the property's garage) which completes the ensemble of ground floor accommodation.
The staircase in the middle of the house opens out into a central first floor landing which gives access to the property's five bedrooms. A principle suite (with south facing windows overlooking the garden, custom made superking bed surround and fully fitted oak wardrobes and dressing table) occupies the western side of the house with a wide range of built in storage with an en suite bathroom with his and hers sinks and separate shower.
At the eastern side of the house a pair of well sized double bedrooms (one with built in desk and storage units) both enjoy their own en suite facilities whilst a large south facing bedroom (with excellent built in storage and additional westerly aspect) and a smaller fifth bedroom share a modern bathroom/shower room in the middle of the house.
The garden then heads south from the house enjoying excellent all-day round sunshine. The patio stretches the width of the house and is set to stone paving with access from the kitchen and family room together with a side access (five bar gate) to the front drive way and parking area.
A selection of mature trees and plantings abound together with an original WWII air raid shelter. Various seating spots make the most of the garden's aspect whilst enjoying excellent privacy from neighbours. The garden has been fitted with a wide range of lighting (both sensor and manual) and wiring for garden rock speakers (controlled by Sonos system)
At the southern end of the garden sits a modern swimming pool (built in 2017 by Desjoyaux Pools) with air-source heating system and pipe-free filtration system. The pool area is surrounded by a glass panel fence with magnetic key lock. A studio (currently in use as a gym) then is set alongside the swimming pool and provides a living room, separate WC and shower room with a fitted kitchenette. The studio has is own LPG gas heating system and hot water boiler.
The property is ideally located for the active market town of West Malling (reputed to have been the site of the first recorded cricket match in Kent) with its wide range of shops, amenities and restaurants together with its train station providing access to London Victoria and more recently a fast train service to London Bridge and Charing Cross.
The area also provides excellent leisure facilities including David Lloyd at Kings Hill, golf at nearby West Malling and Kings Hill and numerous recreational local clubs whilst nearby Manor Park is excellent for dog walking.
The area also is home to many excellent schools including nearby Sutton Valance, Cranbrook, Maidstone Grammar for boys, Invicta Girls Grammar, Maidstone Girls Grammar School and St. Ronans whilst the schools at Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells are also easily accessible. Access to the country's motorway network is easily provided from the M20 which links to the M25 and gives good access to Heathrow, Gatwick and the West together with the Channel ports to the east.
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