Well presented, detached home of over 2000 sq ft with newly installed Neptune kitchen, set in approximately 1 acre of beautiful, mature gardens

DESCRIPTION

Enjoying a tucked away location, on a private lane, Dimber is an attractive detached family house set within mature, pretty gardens of just over one acre.

Built in the 1950's with later additions, the house is spacious, light and airy and has been updated by the current vendors to include a white rendered finish to the front and a newly installed bespoke Neptune kitchen. Outside there is a newly laid terrace with sunken seating area, firepit and outdoor kitchen.

The house is reached via a driveway that provides parking in addition to the garage. The gardens are a wonderful feature of the property being secluded, private and stocked with a wide variety of flowering shrubs and plants as well as mature trees planted to create year round interest.

FEATURES

- Enter the bright and spacious reception hall with porcelain herringbone flooring that seamlessly flows through to the sitting room. A contemporary glass and wooden staircase benefits from understairs storage.

- The well proportioned, dual aspect sitting room features French doors providing direct access to the garden and a media wall with fitted bookshelves and cupboards.

- The spacious, open plan kitchen/dining room features floorboards and a set of French doors that open to the garden. This space boasts a newly installed, bespoke Neptune kitchen with pale painted shaker-style units, quartz worktops, and tongue-and-groove panelling. The kitchen includes a pantry cupboard, pan drawers, and a walk-in larder with space for a tall fridge and freezer. Appliances include a Falcon Range cooker with an induction hob and double oven, two dishwashers, and a boiling hot water tap.

- A utility room with built in cupboards and space for laundry appliances, along with a stylishly decorated cloakroom completes the ground floor accommodation.

- Principal Bedroom with walk in wardrobe and ensuite bathroom comprising bath with hand held shower, wc and pedestal basin.

- There are three additional double bedrooms and a family shower room with marble wall tiles, underfloor heating, walk in shower with rainfall and hand-held shower.

- Detached Double Garage.

- Secluded, mature gardens of approximately 1 acre, bordered by a wide variety of flowering shrubs and plants as well as mature trees and a large terrace, sunken seating area and outdoor kitchen for al fresco entertaining.

SITUATION

Ivy Hatch is a small hamlet located between the villages of Ightham and Shipbourne, about 5 miles East of Sevenoaks and 6 miles North of Tonbridge.

Local pubs include The Plough pub/restaurant in Ivy Hatch and the popular Chaser Inn in Shipbourne.

The area is best known for Ightham Mote, a 14th Century Manor House owned by the National Trust. There are some lovely walks to be enjoyed locally in Seal Chart woods and along the Greensand Way from Ightham Mote to Knole Park in Sevenoaks. Footpaths are easily accessible from the property.

Plaxtol (about 1.2 miles) has a local post office and convenience store and Borough Green (3 miles) has a selection of shops. More comprehensive shopping facilities are available in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge town centres. Bluewater shopping centre is within 15 miles.

Sevenoaks station (5.8 miles) has fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross/Cannon Street (London Bridge from 22 minutes). Borough Green (3 miles) offers services to London Victoria/London Charing Cross (London Bridge from 37 mins)
There are a good number of well regarded schools in the local area including Stone Street, Plaxtol, Shipbourne and Ightham primary schools, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks public schools, grammar schools for boys and girls in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells as well as the grammar annexes in Sevenoaks. There is also an excellent selection of preparatory schools in and around Sevenoaks and Tonbridge including Sevenoaks Preparatory, the Schools at Somerhill, New Beacon, St Michaels and Walthamstow Hall for girls.

Leisure facilities in the area include Wildernesse and Knole Park golf clubs in Sevenoaks, Nizels Health and Golf club in Hildenborough and Reynolds Country Club in Borough Green.

The M20/M26 at Wrotham/Wrotham Heath (4.5 miles) gives access to the M25 and thereby the national motorway network, Channel Tunnel terminus and ports, Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports as well as Bluewater shopping centre.

DIRECTIONS

From Sevenoaks take the A25 through Seal village and continue on the A25 until you see Coach Road on the right. At the end of the road, in the centre of Ivy Hatch, turn right by The Plough onto Ismays road and then right again into Mote Road. Here turn immediately right and you will find a small no through road of six houses where you will see Dimber at the end on the left.

PROPERTY INFORMATION

- Services: LPG Gas, Mains water, electricity and drainage. Ultra-fast fibre internet connection.
- Local Authority: Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council,[use Contact Agent Button]
- Council Tax band: G (£3,811.93 for 2024/25)
- Fixtures and fittings are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation.

Ivy Hatch is a small hamlet located between the more widely known villages of Ightham and Shipbourne, about 5 miles East of Sevenoaks and 6 miles North of Tonbridge.

There Plough pub/restaurant in Ivy Hatch, is about 1/3 mile from the property, there are other pubs in Ightham and Shipbourne, within 2 miles, including the popular Chaser Inn.

The area is best known for Ightham Mote, a 14th Century Manor House owned by the National Trust. There are some lovely walks to be enjoyed locally in Seal Chart woods and along the Greensand Way from Ightham Mote to Knole Park in Sevenoaks. Footpaths are easily accessible from the property.

Plaxtol (about 1.5 miles) has a local post office and convenience store and Borough Green (3 miles) has a selection of shops. More comprehensive shopping facilities are available in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge town centres. Bluewater shopping centre is within 15 miles.

Sevenoaks station (5.5 miles) has fast and frequent services to London Charing Cross/Cannon Street (London Bridge from 22 minutes). Borough Green (3 miles) offers services to London Victoria/London Charing Cross (London Bridge from 37 mins)

There are a good number of well regarded schools in the local area including Stone Street, Plaxtol, Shipbourne and Ightham primary schools, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks public schools, grammar schools for boys and girls in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells as well as the grammar annexes in Sevenoaks. There is also an excellent selection of preparatory schools in and around Sevenoaks and Tonbridge including Sevenoaks Preparatory, the Schools at Somerhill, New Beacon, St Michaels and Walthamstow Hall for girls.

Leisure facilities in the area include Wildernesse and Knole Park golf clubs in Sevenoaks, Nizels Health and Golf club in Hildenborough and Raynolds Couontry Club in Borough Green.

The M20/M26 at Wrotham/Wrotham Heath (4.5 miles) gives access to the M25 and thereby the national motorway network, Channel Tunnel terminus and ports, Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports as well as Bluewater shopping centre.