House For Sale £1,050,000
Unique detached home in a most sought after private cul-de-sac, within just a few minutes’ walk of the town.
Designed and built by the esteemed mural artist Kenneth Budd in 1956 and serving as his family’s residence for over fifty years, the property has been most sensitively reinvented and extended by the present owners, to offer stylish, contemporary accommodation with a sociable, largely open-plan configuration.
Clever use of bifold doors and a striking hardwood decked terrace ensure that internal and external space blend seamlessly, creating a dwelling ideally suited to relaxed family living and entertaining. An integral bike store, garage and generous driveway parking complete the profile.
Points of note
• Attractive, open veranda style entrance porch with tiled floor
• Solid oak flooring throughout the entire ground floor
• Open plan kitchen/dining/living room comprising two sets of bifold doors leading to a sapele (hardwood) decked terrace. Sitting area with striking 9kw Dovre ‘Vintage 50’ cast-iron wood burning stove
• Kitchen featuring a range of bespoke, solid wood fitted cabinets/drawers in a tasteful grey painted finish with custom-made leather handles, incorporating a large island with breakfast bar, integrated wine rack and Silestone/solid oak surfaces. Oak open shelving. Integrated Siemens appliances; side-by-side ovens (combination oven/microwave and conventional fan oven with warming drawer). Dishwasher and induction hob with extractor over. Inset 1.5 stainless steel sink with contemporary mixer tap and grooved drainage area
• Family room/study with bifold to the decked terrace and part glazed oak doors to living room. Deep storage cupboard with full height oak doors and fitted
shelves/rails
• Utility room incorporating fitted cupboards with a worktop over and inset stainless steel sink with modern mixer tap. Door to a cloakroom with concealed
cistern WC, wall mounted hand basin and heated towel rail
• Staircase with oak handrail and glass balustrades ascending to a light filled, galleried upper landing
• Master bedroom with far reaching views over the town’s historic rooftops to The North Downs and the Squerryes Estate. Vaulted walk-in dressing room offering additional eaves storage. Vaulted en suite bathroom with contemporary roll top bath with mixer tap and hand-held shower attachment. Floating console style basin with storage drawers below, heated towel rail and tiled floor
• Double sized dual aspect guest bedroom with a door onto a glass balustraded roof balcony and impressive oriel bay window to one side
• Two additional bedrooms, both with deep fitted wardrobes
• Shower room with Aqualisa power shower comprising a monsoon style head and separate hand-held attachment, modern floating vanity console with sunken basin top, WC, heated towel rail and mosaic hexagon wall tiling
• Rear garden with fenced perimeters and attractive open aspect to the adjacent (leased) allotment, accessed via rising oak sleeper steps. Covered log store area with door to a most useful, enclosed bike/storage shed to one side with motion sensitive (pir) lighting, running water and drainage. Gated side access to the landscaped front garden, with pleached hornbeam screening, a specimen silver birch and cobbled driveway accommodating parking for several vehicles
• Integral garage with remote controlled up-and-over door with pir lighting and internal inspection pit
agent’s note:
The property benefits from direct access from the rear garden to an allotment which is presently rented from Sevenoaks Local Authority at a current cost of £44 pa.
Designed and built by the esteemed mural artist Kenneth Budd in 1956 and serving as his family’s residence for over fifty years, the property has been most sensitively reinvented and extended by the present owners, to offer stylish, contemporary accommodation with a sociable, largely open-plan configuration.
Clever use of bifold doors and a striking hardwood decked terrace ensure that internal and external space blend seamlessly, creating a dwelling ideally suited to relaxed family living and entertaining. An integral bike store, garage and generous driveway parking complete the profile.
Points of note
• Attractive, open veranda style entrance porch with tiled floor
• Solid oak flooring throughout the entire ground floor
• Open plan kitchen/dining/living room comprising two sets of bifold doors leading to a sapele (hardwood) decked terrace. Sitting area with striking 9kw Dovre ‘Vintage 50’ cast-iron wood burning stove
• Kitchen featuring a range of bespoke, solid wood fitted cabinets/drawers in a tasteful grey painted finish with custom-made leather handles, incorporating a large island with breakfast bar, integrated wine rack and Silestone/solid oak surfaces. Oak open shelving. Integrated Siemens appliances; side-by-side ovens (combination oven/microwave and conventional fan oven with warming drawer). Dishwasher and induction hob with extractor over. Inset 1.5 stainless steel sink with contemporary mixer tap and grooved drainage area
• Family room/study with bifold to the decked terrace and part glazed oak doors to living room. Deep storage cupboard with full height oak doors and fitted
shelves/rails
• Utility room incorporating fitted cupboards with a worktop over and inset stainless steel sink with modern mixer tap. Door to a cloakroom with concealed
cistern WC, wall mounted hand basin and heated towel rail
• Staircase with oak handrail and glass balustrades ascending to a light filled, galleried upper landing
• Master bedroom with far reaching views over the town’s historic rooftops to The North Downs and the Squerryes Estate. Vaulted walk-in dressing room offering additional eaves storage. Vaulted en suite bathroom with contemporary roll top bath with mixer tap and hand-held shower attachment. Floating console style basin with storage drawers below, heated towel rail and tiled floor
• Double sized dual aspect guest bedroom with a door onto a glass balustraded roof balcony and impressive oriel bay window to one side
• Two additional bedrooms, both with deep fitted wardrobes
• Shower room with Aqualisa power shower comprising a monsoon style head and separate hand-held attachment, modern floating vanity console with sunken basin top, WC, heated towel rail and mosaic hexagon wall tiling
• Rear garden with fenced perimeters and attractive open aspect to the adjacent (leased) allotment, accessed via rising oak sleeper steps. Covered log store area with door to a most useful, enclosed bike/storage shed to one side with motion sensitive (pir) lighting, running water and drainage. Gated side access to the landscaped front garden, with pleached hornbeam screening, a specimen silver birch and cobbled driveway accommodating parking for several vehicles
• Integral garage with remote controlled up-and-over door with pir lighting and internal inspection pit
agent’s note:
The property benefits from direct access from the rear garden to an allotment which is presently rented from Sevenoaks Local Authority at a current cost of £44 pa.
