House For Sale £800,000
Ditchling Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1

Guide price: £800,000--£850,000.

Internal viewings available on request.

Achieve the dream in this beautiful four bedroom house with grand proportions, precious period features and stunning kitchen diner which folds open to a fabulous, landscaped garden ideal for entertaining. Extended and improved by a skilful eye, no expense has been spared to create an exceptional home which embraces family whilst delivering a luxurious lifestyle. With stylish interior design from top to toe, all the generous bedrooms are comfortable doubles- although if you want to ramp up the wow factor, planning is in place for the vaulted top room to become a magnificent master suite. At the heart of fashionable Fiveways, where you are never far from a fresh coffee or a croissant and within 5 minutes of excellent nurseries, sought after primary and senior schools, and playgrounds of Blakers Park, Hollingbury Park and Preston Park, homes in this area do not come to the market often, and attract professionals and international investors as although the vibrant city centre and station serving the airports and London are within easy reach, you are not far from from the sea and minutes from the South Downs National Park.

Style: Victorian terraced house

Bedrooms: 4 double

Bathrooms: 1 + cloakroom

Living rooms: 1 spacious + kitchen diner

Area: 1661 sq.ft.

Outside: Landscaped garden

Parking: Permit zone J

Location: Fiveways

Why you'll like it:

With plentiful permit parking, Fiveways Village is a sought after area of our glamorous coastal metropolis with a relaxed vibe and all the local amenities you need. Tucked away from the tourists who flock to our vibrant resort you are still within easy reach of all it has to offer – and towards the top of one of Brighton's seven hills, you can enjoy a glorious view over the city to the sea each time you leave the house.

Set well back from the street and picture perfect behind a manicured garden (with a spacious and secure bike store), the original stained glass door of the impressive arched entrance has been discreetly moved forward to create a porch for coats and bags, the underfloor heating an indication of the thoughtful attention to detail found throughout this home. Inside, the hallway sets the elegant tone of the interior, painted in the soothing hues of Farrow & Ball with delicate finials overhead and gleaming parquet underfoot which continues into the formal reception at the front of the building.

Full of light, this graceful room is a classic beauty with a bay of windows almost filling the west wall to frame the verdant front garden. Majestic proportions are instantly restful, Victorian coving adorns a decorative ceiling whilst streamlined shelving, low level cabinets and sculptural radiator bring a designer finish to this inviting space.

Spanning the whole of the back of the house – and the only property in the terrace to gain permission to extend both out and to the party wall -this stunning kitchen diner could have stepped out of a glossy magazine with tri folding doors opening to the garden, vaulted skylights to bring in the sunshine and a feel good, social focus. Flowing around a recycled altar which has become a unique central island with an integrated gas hob to welcome company and encourage the finishing of homework, the main working area is carefully tucked away from the in/out movement with stylish units incorporating high spec integrated appliances, topped by ex- school laboratory surfaces. A room for all seasons, innovative and hardy microtopping flooring efficiently disperses the underfloor heating it seamlessly conceals. Guests can dine enjoying the garden at any time of year and a spacious seating area with ambient lighting and period fireplace is perfect for post supper coffee or cosy family evenings, and a chic visitor cloakroom, with shelves made from the altar top, is hidden away.

The garden is finished to the same exacting standard as the interior with dynamic landscaping extending the living space to provide the al fresco lifestyle our Sussex coast is famed for. A lit terrace by the house has power and you can keep a relaxed eye on the children or pets playing on the lawn beneath. At the far end, a raised decked area is a quiet spot to meet when the busy day is done.

Upstairs, guests will love the first of the double bedrooms which is quiet and comfortable with garden views. Next door, the soothing bathroom has all your needs covered including a shower above the bath and sleek storage beneath the handbasin. A practical working home, a utility space is beside it and up a few steps, light streams through another generous double room which also looks across gardens, all ready to move into with shelves on one side of the chimney breast and space for a wardrobe on the other.

At the front of the house, the master bedroom spans the full width of the property and shimmers in Catalina Estrada wallpaper. A broad bay and graceful sash window almost fill the front wall, each fitted with fashionable colonial shutters which allow the sunshine in whilst you can close their lower tier for total privacy. A spacious and calm retreat, fitted wardrobes provide a wall of sophisticated storage. Private and peaceful at the top, a vaulted bedroom is light and airy as it is, although planning has been granted for a principle bedroom with adjoining bathroom.

Agent says:

"Fiveways attracts families wanting a healthy lifestyle and good schools within easy reach of the city and airports. This beautiful home, which is larger than many and has a fantastic garden, is on a road which quietens at night and is well lit with bus stops nearby giving older children a degree of independence, even on darker winter evenings."

Owner's Secret:

"Light and airy in the summer, it's cosy and comfortable in winter. The ground floor gives us flexible options with a reception for grown up evenings when the children were younger but which we now use as a private office from which to work, and the family kitchen and garden make entertaining easy. The house is comfortable with touches of luxury our children and guests enjoy and the location is perfect just by the friendly shops of the village and close to the schools, and the dog loves the walks which start at Hollingbury Woods and lead through the golf course to Stanmer Park and the Downs."

What's around you:

Shops: Fiveways Village 1 minute walk

Train Station: London Road 7 minutes walk & Preston Park Stations 5 minutes' drive

Seafront or Park: Blakers Park & Hollingbury Park 5 minutes' walk, Preston Park 10 minutes walk sea about 10 by car

Nurseries: Growing Up Green, Little Earthworms, Fiveways Playcentre, Charley Barleys all 5-10 minutes walk

Closest schools:

Primary: Balfour, Downs

Secondary: Varndean, Dorothy Stringer

Private: Brighton College, Brighton & Hove High, Roedean, Lancing

Ideal for those needing access to the airports and London as the station is 5 minutes by cab, Fiveways is one of Preston Park's favourite locations known for its independent shops, cafés and small Co-Op. With a choice between Blakers Park, the expansive leafy acreage and sports facilities of Preston Park -which both host events during festivals- and woodland walks of Hollingbury Park local schools are good and within easy reach, and the National Park bordered by beaches is just a short drive– so a healthy lifestyle beckons! The vibrant arts venues, international restaurants and cosmopolitan shopping of the city are all quick to get to by bus or by cab and for those who need a car, there's swift access to the A23/A27 and Zone J has no waiting list.