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"Fern Oast is a handsome part weatherboarded Kentish ragstone family home offering almost 2,100 sq ft of light filled, flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The house has been sensitively converted to combine all the amenities of modern living with two former oast kilns. Configured to provide an ideal and characterful family space and featuring elegant neutral d cor throughout. The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming wooden floored reception hall with useful modern cloakroom shower room. This leads to a spacious dual aspect sitting room with wooden flooring, an exposed brick feature fireplace with woodburning stove and French doors onto the terrace. Opening off the sitting room there is a further separate circular sitting room and a circular dining room. The generous dual aspect kitchen offers a range of wooden wall and base units with modern integrated appliances and space for a good sized table.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to a first floor landing, which provides access to a double bedroom, a generous dual aspect family room double bedroom featuring a skylight that extends down to wall glazing, flooding the space with natural light. The landing also leads to a spacious dual aspect principal bedroom with a vaulted ceiling and passing through a dressing area to two circular bedrooms converted from the former oast. There is a modern family bathroom with both bath and separate shower, and a useful adjoining cloakroom.

The property is approached through a five bar gate over a gravelled driveway providing private parking and giving access to a detached garage also converted from a former oast kiln with square base and pyramidal top. The open garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to expanses of level and gently sloping lawn and features an area of light woodland, numerous seating areas, a garden pond with water feature and a generous block paved terrace off the sitting room, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole screened by mature trees. There are stunning views across the valley of open countryside.

Located in a beautiful setting surrounded by stunning countryside with plenty of walking opportunities on the banks of the River Medway and nearby Teston Lock. East Farleigh village offers amenities including local shopping, pubs with dining opportunities and a primary school. While neighbouring West Farleigh village has a church, village green, three pubs and a village sports club. Maidstone offers more comprehensive facilities including high street and independent shopping, restaurants, caf s, pubs and recreational facilities. Communications links are excellent the M20 and M2 give access to the motorway network, and rail services connecting to London are available from East Farleigh 1.1 miles and Maidstone. Ashford International, the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel offer regular services to the Continent."