House For Sale £450,000
Brewer Street, Brighton BN2

Guide price: £450,000--£500,000.

Internal viewings available on request.

Chain free.

Beautifully presented with a wealth of period features throughout, this four-bedroom townhouse offers versatile living spaces for families of all sizes. It sits on a peaceful road with Brighton's vibrant North Laine and Mainline Station within easy walking distance, plus there are excellent transport links to the universities nearby. The interior is stylish using a contemporary palette and varnished wooden floors in many of the principal rooms. Spread over three spacious floors, there are interchangeable living areas and bedrooms, and the potential remains for further extension into the loft. It also benefits from a sunny, walled city garden which is remarkably quiet for somewhere so central, and with an east to west orientation, the entire place is filled with natural light via tall sash windows. The city shops, beach and several popular schools are also within easy walking distance, so the location couldn't be more perfect for professionals, families, rental investors, student sharers and commuters alike.

Style: Victorian townhouse

Bedrooms: 3-4 double

Living Rooms: 2-3 spacious

Outside: East facing rear garden

Area: 1074 sq.ft.

Location: Lewes Road

Parking: Residents permit zone J

Why you'll like it

Brewer Street is particularly attractive, lined with classically Victorian townhouses in an array of complementary colours. It is positioned at the base of Roundhill Conservation Area tucked away from the busy Lewes Road, so it is a quiet street with its own sense of community and very little through traffic. It has been modernised by the current owners using a stylish palette to complement the many features found throughout which have been restored back to their former glory.

This property sits on the eastern side of the road with an immaculate mint-green façade and canted bay sash windows. It is slightly elevated from the street, so it feels private from within and has steps leading up to the door.

Once inside, the scale of the house becomes apparent as the ceilings are high and the rooms are adorned with period features to include stripped and varnished floorboards and decorative coving and corbels high above your head in the entrance hall.

Stripped floorboards in pale honeyed tones flow into the living room on the right which has been freshly decorated in French-grey with its woodwork picked out in white. A wide bay sash window almost covers the westerly wall bringing in a warming afternoon light, and there is ample space for comfortable furnishings. During the cooler seasons, the fireplace is open to warm the room, and bespoke wood shelving has been built into the alcoves.

Next door, the second reception would be ideal as a bedroom, or could be opened to the living room should you wish for a larger entertaining or dining space. It shares the same high ceiling and is a fine size double with easy access to the cloakroom on this floor. Facing east, it looks out over the garden, and is a peaceful room for working from home should you need to in the current climate.

Stepping down to the lower level, you come to the generous kitchen. Cream gloss units form a u-shape offering a huge amount of storage at both base and wall levels. Space has been left for freestanding appliances, although the fan oven and induction hob have been integrated, and the splashbacks are on trend in cream metro-brick.
Next door, to the front of the building is another large double room which would be great as a formal dining room due to its position next to the kitchen, but also as a lounge or a bedroom depending on need. Neither of these rooms feel 'lower ground' in the slightest as it is only partially lower to the front and leads out to the garden at the back, allowing natural light to flow right through the space.

Also on this floor, the bathroom is classic in blue and white with stylish patterned wall tiles, a contemporary hand basin above a vanity unit and an electric shower over a white bath suite.

Outside, the garden is the typical size for a townhouse in the city, but it offers plenty of space for dining alfresco and growing plants. It is open to the south but has an easterly aspect which receives the sunshine throughout the morning and into the early afternoon. Paved flooring is easy to maintain, and the borders are well-established – although there is plenty of scope for further landscaping.

Returning upstairs, there are two generous double bedrooms on the first floor; one looking out over the peaceful garden and the other spanning the front of the house. The stylish palette and immaculate décor continue in these rooms and both have ample space for king size beds and freestanding pieces of bedroom furniture.

The potential is there to extend into the loft space to create a large master bedroom with en suite as many of the neighbours have shown, but this would be subject to planning consents of course.

Agent's thoughts:

Beautifully presented and spacious throughout, this home will be a popular choice for families and professionals alike as it offers such versatile living spaces in a great area of the city.

Owner's secret

'We love how peaceful and safe it is here for somewhere so central. There is a lovely mix of people in the street with families on either side of us so there is a real sense of community, and the location cannot be beaten for convenience. We walk or cycle everywhere, and the North Laine is really close by for entertainment.'

Where it is

Shops: Local 1 min walk, North Laine 10 min walk

Station: London Road 5 min walk, Brighton 10 min walk

Seafront or Park: The Level 2 min walk, seafront 10 min walk

Closest Schools:

Primary: Downs Infant and Junior Schools, Fairlight Primary

Secondary: Varndean and Dorothy Stringer, Cardinal Newman rc

Private: Brighton College

This is a great property in a popular location which is well served for shops, parks and schools. There are plenty of local green spaces, and great transport links, but you are also only a short walk from everything this vibrant coastal city has to offer. The A27/A23 and Brighton Station are also within easy reach, for those requiring fast links to the universities, Gatwick or London on a daily or weekly basis.