6 bedroom detached house for sale

A detached family home in this popular residential road, in the very heart of the town and offering fabulous potential. Sold with no onward chain.

Description

This is a substantial detached character home that has been in the same ownership for many years and now offers a wonderful opportunity for an incoming family to modernise and create a forever home. The house is believed to have been built in the mid 1920s incorporating a number of period items re-used from a significant country home nearby. The 2,295 Sq ft of accommodation is laid out over two and a half floors with the further floor space on the lower ground floor providing fabulous potential to increase this if required.

Currently on the ground floor there are three main reception rooms, two of which overlook the garden at the rear. There is also a modern fitted kitchen along with stairs down to the substantial lower ground floor/basement. The lower ground floor is arranged as four separate areas plus a bathroom. Conversion would be required to turn these areas into properly useable spaces but there are windows at the rear and a door out to the rear garden.

On the first floor there are currently four bedrooms, a family shower room and a separate WC. There are a further two bedrooms on the second floor and access to eaves space. The front garden provides off street parking for two cars and access to the detached garage. The rear garden faces south and is arranged over two levels.

Location

The property is conveniently located under a half of a mile from Redhill mainline station that provides frequent Southern and Thameslink rail services to London. The town centre at Redhill offers a diverse selection of shops, boutiques and coffee shops along with the main Belfry shopping centre includes an M&S department store.

Redhill is also home to The Light cinema and leisure activity centre, Harlequin theatre and recreational facilities at Donyngs sports centre and swimming pool. Redhill Memorial Park offers open parkland spaces and excellent facilities including tennis courts, multi use games area and The Pavilion cafe.

Nearby Reigate offers an impressive range of shops and services in the best tradition of English rural communities. The picturesque streets have a delightfully modern, cosmopolitan feel and where independent boutiques rub shoulders with popular high street stores.

Commuting to London is simple from Redhill with Southern and Thameslink services into London from 35 minutes along with routes to a variety of other destinations.

The M25, Junction 8, is accessed very easily, with links to London and the wider motorway network. For the frequent air traveller Gatwick Airport is around eight miles to the south whilst Heathrow Airport is within 30 miles. Earlswood station is about a mile away and also offers trains to London Bridge and London Victoria.

The area is particularly well served with state and independent schools for all ages including St Bedes secondary, Wray Common primary, St Josephs primary, Hatchlands primary, Carrington secondary, Royal Alexandra and Albert and Reigate Grammar. All distances and timing are approximate.

Square Footage: 3,326 sq ft