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See how verdicts work6-bedroom detached house · RH18 5LX
For saleListed 31 days
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About
Must be viewed to appreciate the extensive family living space.
Individual detached two storey family home with extensive and flexible accommodation extending to approximately four thousand square feet, three hundred and seventy nine square metres.
The property stands on a large mature lightly wooded plot of about 1 acre (tbv) with a pleasant south west facing rear aspect.
The spacious layout and design of the house offer the rare opportunity to adapt the interior to the purchasers own requirements including creating a possible annexe or accommodation to house two families subject to planning consents.
The ground floor has a good sized hallway off which is the twenty two foot sitting room, with sliding glazed doors overlooking the garden.
Adjacent is the large dining room, with similar glazed doors, and off which is the kitchen with an extensive range of worktops, base cupboards, drawers and wall cupboards.
Appliances include a fitted gas hob with hood above, and an integrated double oven. There is an adjacent utility room and cloakroom.
Boiler room housing the mains gas boiler providing the warm air ducted heating.
The south east wing of the house has five ground floor bedrooms with fitted wardrobe cupboards and drawers, There are two re-fitted bathrooms on this level with new white suites of panelled baths with overhead showers, pedestal basins and W.C.
Suites. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms and a shower room with sauna.
In addition there is a spacious central office/bedroom with skylight windows, and a very large almost forty foot games/hobbies room which could have a variety of uses including sub division.
Outside the property is approached through automatic gates leading to a driveway providing extensive parking and leading to an attached double garage of three hundred and thirty square feet.
The property has extensive grounds to the front and rear laid to lawn with an abundance of colourful shrubs and mature trees including conifers, wisteria, hydrangea, and acer.
There is a paved terrace to the back of the house, old pond, and a garage/workshop at the bottom of the garden. The whole provides a good deal of seclusion and extends to about one acre. (tbv).
Location The lively and very popular village of Forest Row lies on the northern fringe of Ashdown Forest on the border of East/West Sussex.
Rystwood is located on the eastern edge of the village and comprises a private residential park with an abundance of established trees and shrubs providing a good deal of seclusion for the various properties.
The village centre in Forest Row is just over half a mile with its surprisingly varied and extensive range of local shops, specialist stores, cafes and restaurants.
There are a number of churches of various denominations and a modern health centre.
The nearest town, East Grinstead, is approximately four miles with a wider range of shops, supermarkets and leisure amenities including an indoor swimming pool.
There is also a rail station in East Grinstead providing services to London Bridge/Victoria via East Croydon.
Schools are well represented in the area including a village primary school in Forest Row, together with the Michael Hall Rudolf Steiner School, Brambletye, Emerson College and Greenfields.
Regular bus services run through the village to further major towns including Tunbridge Wells, Crawley, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and the City of Brighton all of which provide more extensive shopping and alternative rail services to London.
Sports facilities locally include a number of golf courses, horse racing tracks, and sailing/angling at Weirwood Reservoir.
Directions: From the centre of Forest Row proceed along the Hartfield Road (B2110) turning right after Post Horn Lane into Rystwood Road.
Where the property can be located on the right hand side after 200 yards Garden Large mature gardens of 1 approximately acre with south west facing aspect
Value & comps
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