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This well-appointed, nicely presented and spacious family home, enjoys a pleasant, rural, Kent location, convenient for the M25 only a few miles south of the Dartford crossing and offering relatively easy access to both Gatwick Airport and central London.

Interior features include a generous lounge, separate kitchendiner, a large conservatory, integral garage and four bedrooms, including two with their own en-suite facilities. Outside are gardens to the front and rear, the latter also incorporating a covered pavilion currently equipped with a hot tub as well as a delightful garden room.

The property is double glazed throughout and equipped with a programmable, gas-fired central heating system. Other nearby amenities include a community school, good public transport links and a choice of three local pubs.

INTERIOR

RECEPTION HALL:

There are two doors to the front of the property, one to the left leading to a covered passageway separating the garage and Bedroom 2 from the remainder of the bungalow.

The other on the right opens onto an L-shaped reception hall, with internal doors leading to the lounge, the kitchendiner, the house bathroom and the two smaller bedrooms.

LOUNGE:
21‘ 7- (6.57m) x 11‘ 4- (3.46m)

Accessed via double, glass-panelled doors from the reception hall, the lounge is decorated in soft, neutral colours. The room includes carpets, overhead recessed LED spotlights, a TV and WIFI connection and two wall-mounted radiators for warmth.

Additional heating is supplied by a living-flame gas fire mounted within a traditional-style feature fireplace, complete with a cast-iron grate and framed by decorative ceramic tiles, a black marble hearth and a stout, timber mantle.

Wood-finish, mullion windows overlook the garden to the front. More natural light is also allowed through a window which looks out onto the conservatory to the rear of the property. The latter can be accessed via a short passageway through an open archway from the lounge, which also leads to the shower room adjacent to the master bedroom.

CONSERVATORY:
15‘ 5- (4.70m) x 10‘ 11- (3.34m)

Equipped with lights, power sockets and a wall-mounted radiator of its own, the conservatory is well-equipped for use all year round and enjoys lovely views over the extensive and beautifully maintained rear gardens.

Ideal as a family area, for relaxing or entertaining, the room benefits from an easy-to-clean tiled floor, an exposed-brick feature wall and otherwise neutral décor. Double doors from here also lead out onto a flagstone patio, perfect for al-fresco dining in the summer months.

KITCHENDINER:
18‘ 4- (5.58m) x 9‘ 10- (3.00m)

Laid out in a G shape and tastefully decorated, the contemporary kitchendiner boasts a marble-finish breakfast bar as well as plenty of storage available in base and wall units along three walls.

Features include a black, composite sink and drainer beneath windows overlooking the rear garden and a four-ring induction hob below a concealed extractor. A state-of-the-art, tower-style electric oven and grill and an additional integral microwave oven are also incorporated within the units.

The tiled floor matches the adjacent conservatory while overhead LED spotlights and a more traditional candelabra-style light fitting above the breakfast bar provide plenty of light after dark.

The room is also equipped with fixtures and fittings for a wall-mounted flat-screen TV. Warmth in winter comes from another wall-mounted radiator. Splash-back tiles have also been installed along the wall above the breakfast bar, the sink and drainer and the cooking and preparation areas.

BEDROOM 1:
Bedroom: 16‘ 7- (5.06m) x 10‘ 2- (3.09m)
Shower room: 8‘ 0- (2.44m) x 6‘ 11- (2.12m)

A high, vaulted ceiling and twin windows overlooking the rear garden lend the master bedroom a noticeable sense of space, a rustic ambiance added by the wooden floors, a floral-print feature wall and timber-finish window sills and integral wardrobes with mirrored doors.

However, contemporary touches include fixtures and fittings for a wall-mounted, flat-screen TV and a wall-mounted radiator equipped with individual controls.

The thoroughly modern and fully-tiled en-suite shower room is accessed from the short corridor connecting the bedroom with the living room and conservatory. Included are a corner-quadrant shower cubicle, a dual-flush WC with a cistern incorporated below a black marble washstand, and a hand basin located within a recessed alcove.

BEDROOM 2:
Bedroom: 15‘ 4- (4.67m) x 9‘ 9- (2.96m)
En-suite: 9‘ 9- (2.96m) x 3‘ 3- (1.00m)

Comfortably large enough to accommodate a double bed and storage units, Bedroom 2 is also used by the current owners as an occasional office, heated by a wall-mounted radiator and with an external door leading directly out onto the patio in the rear garden.

The room is equipped with an engineered wooden floor, fixtures and fittings for a wall-mounted TV, and overhead panel lighting.

The en-suite shower room includes a corner-quadrant cubicle, a hand basin below mosaic-effect splash-back tiles and a dual-flush WC.

BEDROOM 3:
11‘ 10- (3.60m) x 9‘ 10- (3.00m)

Overlooking the front of the property through three-panel mullion windows, this is currently used as a children‘s bedroom and includes carpets and a wall lined with handy integral wardrobes. Lighting is provided by overhead LED spotlights with warmth in winter from a wall-mounted radiator.

Although the walls currently include animal-themed murals, the room could easily be converted into a stand-alone office. It is also large enough to accommodate a double bed if required.

BEDROOM 4:
9‘ 10- (3.00m) x 9‘ 5- (2.88m)

Although large enough to be used as a double at a pinch, Bedroom 4 is the smallest. Located opposite the kitchen diner, it also has potential and a separate dining room, office or playroom or perhaps as a home cinema or fitness suite.

BATHROOM:
8‘ 9- (2.66m) x 7‘ 3- (2.20m)

The house bathroom benefits from a tiled floor to match the kitchen and conservatory with ample natural light allowed by frosted, mullion windows overlooking the rear of the property.

The layout allows ample space and includes a pedestal hand basin, dual-flush WC and a spa-style tub complete with a corner mixer tap in chrome and surrounded by marble-effect wall tiles.

GARAGE:
13‘ 4- (4.06m) x 10‘ 1- (3.07m)

Located to the left of the property, the garage can be accessed via an up-and-over door from the drive or through an internal door from the corridor linking the front and rear gardens.

EXTERIOR
Garden room: 17‘ 8- (5.38m) x 14‘ 6- (4.43m)
Shower room: 6‘ 3- (1.90m) x 5‘ 3- (1.60m)

Set well back from the road and screen by high hedges, the property is fronted by an asphalt drive leading to the integral garage with a lawn to the right including a stepping-stone path to a flagstone patio outside the front door.

Climbing plants, ornamental trees and shrubs, and beds planted with flowers help to provide plenty of colour and variety with green boundaries either side also providing additional privacy from neighbouring homes.

To the rear is the delightful and extensive garden laid mostly to lawn. However, a stepping-stone path leads down to established woodland. To the right is the timber-clad garden room and, to the left, the separate covered pavilion currently boasting a hot tub and a rustic picnic table.

The rear garden is also well stocked with ornamental trees and shrubs while additional features include a water butt plumbed into the guttering from the roof, an outdoor tap and some external lighting.

LOCATION

Shoreham Lane is a pleasant, hedge-lined country road linking the Kent village of Halstead with A224 London Road to the east with open fields on either side.

Amenities within relatively easy reach include a choice of three pubs, a large garden centre, active cricket, football, netball and table tennis clubs, a horticultural society and kids‘ club. Halstead also boasts a newsagent and a community primary school with regular buses available from the village to nearby Orpington only three miles to the north.

The town boasts a good selection of high street brands, supermarkets, independent shops, restaurants, coffee shops, cafes, pubs and bars as well as a cinema, leisure centre, a grammar school, and the Harris Academy.

However, Knockholt Station is also a short drive away, offering regular Southeastern services to Sevenoaks to the south and to London Charing Cross, the latter usually no more than three-quarters of an hour away.

The property is also within a short distance of the M25, offering simple connections to the UK motorway network and to Gatwick Airport, which can usually be reached within half an hour by car.

DISCLAIMER

These particulars are intended to give a fair description of the property but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed and they do not constitute an offer of contract. Intending purchasers must rely on their own inspection of the property.

None of the above appliancesservices have been tested by eSale. We recommend purchasers arrange for a qualified person to check all appliancesservices before making any legal commitment.


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