No bars, no signal predictedOne bar, reliable signal unlikelyTwo bars, may experience problems with connectivityThree bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web servicesFull bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services
Skip to main content
£985,000
Added > 14 days

5 bedroom detached house for sale

Farmcombe Road, Tunbridge Wells TN2
Study
Sold STC
Save
Detached house
5 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: D*
1,776 sq ft / 165 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Ask agent
Council tax: Ask agent
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
Discover more information

Property description & features

  • A superb, detached character house in the sought after Farmcombe Road.
  • Thoughtfully remodelled and caters for hybrid working.
  • Kitchen/living room designed as a 3 zoned room with sitting and dining areas plus attractive kitchen
  • Granite worksurfaces and peninsula bar plus window overlooking large rear garden.
  • Utility room with separate range of cupboards with window, and fully glazed door to outside.
  • Living/dining area with 4 large windows facing the rear garden and matching French doors leading to
  • Sitting room with working fireplace with part glazed double doors to kitchen/living room.
  • 4 double bedrooms plus attic bedroom 5 and family bathroom.
  • Large well stocked garden to rear plus off road parking to the front.
  • Please see note regarding roof.
Property
A superb, detached character house in the sought after Farmcombe Road located close to Claremont Primary School and set in a large garden.
Significantly improved and extended accommodation boasting oak flooring, with underfloor heating in the kitchen living room, which has direct access out to the large garden.
The thoughtfully remodelled accommodation caters for hybrid home working with a study/office and a separate sitting room to the front.
Another improvement to the ground floor is a cloak/shower room as well as the first floor bathroom.
In short, an excellent family house set elevated to the road within easy walking distance to key local amenities.
Composite part glazed front door with tall window to side giving light to the hall, immediately to the right is the office/study with window to the front.
Inner hall attracts light from the first floor landing window and benefits from a built in good sized cloaks cupboard.
Sitting room also with window to the front, features an open and working fireplace with stone hearth and surround, part glazed double doors to a superb kitchen/living room designed as a 3 zoned room with sitting and dining areas plus the kitchen preparation area.
4 large windows face the rear garden, the 2 inner windows slide to reveal a large opening.
Matching French doors give access to a large, paved patio.
The kitchen is fitted with granite work surfaces arranged over 2 walls plus a peninsula breakfast bar, attractive wooden painted cupboards include a pantry, pull out saucepan drawers, cupboards with pull out trays, integrated dishwasher, and space for a fridge/freezer, inset 1 and ½ sink beneath window overlooking rear garden.
Utility room with separate range of cupboards, one housing gas fired boiler providing heating and domestic hot water, plumbing and space for washing machine and tumble dryer, window, and fully glazed door to outside.
Access from the hall to a cloak/shower room with low level WC and towel radiator and separate shower cubicle.
Staircase from the hall leads to a spacious first floor landing with a window to the front providing natural light.
Airing Cupboard housing insulated hot water tank and staircase to second floor.
There are 4 double bedrooms 2 to the front and 2 to the rear with attractive views over the garden.
Bathroom comprising low level WC, pedestal washbasin, panelled bath with shower attachment, and chrome towel rail.
The staircase from the landing leads to an attic room/bedroom 5 with dormer window facing over the rear garden and useful eaves storage cupboards.

Outside
One of the features of the property is its large well stocked garden, french doors from the kitchen/living room give access to a good sized paved patio with a dwarf wall and steps leading up to the main area of garden which is laid to lawn and arranged in 2 parts with a variety of mature flowering shrubs and attractive cherry tree the bottom of the garden, here there are 2 garden sheds and compost area. Lockable gate out to a twitten leading to the primary school.
Access gate (lockable) to the front garden and drive with multiple parking spaces plus an area of garden providing an attractive setting.
Integral lockable store to the front righthand side of the house.

Location
A highly sought after location due to its proximity to the popular Claremont Primary School and close to the Grove and village area of the town.
The Station (0.6 miles), High Street (0.5 miles) and Pantiles (0.7 miles) are all within easy walking distance.

Practicalities
61 Farmcombe Road is a substantially built detached house built in the 1950's and in recent years has been significantly improved and extended, benefits from double glazed windows throughout, gas fired central heating and spacious family accommodation throughout including a large kitchen/living room.

Important note:
The property has had the government promoted insulation foam installed in the roof space. Recent advice on this practice has changed and building society surveyors are advising lenders accordingly which may create limitations if you wish to purchase with a mortgage.

Viewing
Strictly by appointment through sole agents Sumner Pridham
[use Contact Agent Button][use Contact Agent Button]
 

Property information from this agent

Places of interest

    SUMNER PRIDHAM ESTATE AGENTS Sumner Pridham was founded in 1992 and is a successful independent estate agent selling property in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding villages. Their courteous and personal approach has gained them the well earned reputation as a leading agent within the town. MATCHING PEOPLE TO PROPERTIES Robert Sumner and Martin Pridham have 50 years combined experience in the local residential market and feel their expert knowledge, coupled with an enthusiastic belief to build long term relationships with clients, has resulted in a company that provides customers with a highly personal service. They combine traditional values and methods with modern technology. Matching people to property has always been and will remain one of their key strengths. OUR APPROACH The partners will personally undertake all valuations and instructions. For continuity Robert Sumner and Martin and Tina Pridham negotiate the sale and continue to communicate with solicitors, surveyors and estate agents throughout the transaction to help ensure a satisfactory conclusion. Their selling strategy is tailor-made for each property from a low-key approach to full marketing. 

    See more properties like this:

    *DISCLAIMER

    Property reference 103214001248. The information displayed about this property comprises a property advertisement. OnTheMarket.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the advertisement or any linked or associated information, and OnTheMarket.com has no control over the content provided by the agent or developer. This property advertisement does not constitute property particulars. The information is provided and maintained by Sumner Pridham - Tunbridge Wells.

    OnTheMarket may have applied supplementary data to this property listing, including:

    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on May 13, 2022

    Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:

    Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
    Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
    Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s

    The data is updated three times a year. The checker results are predictions and should not be regarded as guaranteed. For more information, see: https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/about-checker#Answer_0_2

    Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on May 13, 2022

    Mobile signal predictions are provided by the four UK mobile network operators: EE, O2, Three and Vodafone. Predictions can vary significantly from the coverage you may actually experience as a result of local factors (especially terrain). Ofcom has tested the actual coverage provided in various locations around the UK to help ensure that these predictions are reasonable. The values shown against a property can be broken down as follows:

    Clear: No bars, no signal predicted
    Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
    Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
    Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
    Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services

    Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on January 22, 2024 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.

    Any supplementary data should not be relied upon as forming part of any property particulars and OnTheMarket cannot be held responsible for any incorrectness in this data. See here for more information.

    *Call rate information

    Calls to 0843 numbers will be charged at 4p/min from BT landlines. Calls from other networks may vary, and calls from mobiles and outside the UK will be higher. Calls to local numbers beginning with 01, 02 and 03 numbers will incur standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles.