House For Sale £675,000
Adcock Walk, Orpington

Guide Price £675,000 - £710,000

Located on the ever-popular south side of Orpington, this family home offers not only great living space but also easy access to transport links (Orpington and Chelsfield mainline train stations, the M25, and bus routes), outstanding schools (Warren Road and Tubbenden Lane primary schools and Newstead Wood and St Olave’s grammar schools), and Orpington High Street, with its cinema, sports centre, and shops.

Thanks to an electricity substation, which predates the surrounding houses, this property has the largest plot in the development, which enabled the owners to extend substantially but discreetly, doubling the ground floor area. The substation itself has been newly enclosed in a roofed brick building with French-style louvre doors; this acts as a backdrop to the sunken patio in front of the house and screens off the ‘secret garden’ to the side.

The main house comprises an open-plan hallway/reception room, large drawing room and good-sized kitchen on the ground floor, with four spacious bedrooms and a modern family bathroom on the first floor. The ground-floor extension creates a separate wing, accessed through the kitchen, with a wet-room and two connected rooms that can be used flexibly as a combination of bedroom, home office, or family rooms, or as an annexe for teenage/adult children or older relatives. The whole house has been well maintained and needs no immediate work, though you will doubtless in time wish to decorate to your own taste.

Externally, the garage and short driveway providing off-street parking are accessed from the back of the house. The fully enclosed gardens on three sides of the house mean that there is always somewhere to sit and catch the sun (or shade) at any time of the day. There is even a balcony (with a productive grapevine) leading off one of the bedrooms, perfect for afternoon tea or an evening drink.