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See how verdicts work3-bedroom house · TN1 1SU
For saleReduced £40k (−4.8%) on 15 SepListed 138 days
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An enchanting period cottage, tucked away on a highly coveted private road in the 'village' area of Tunbridge Wells, ideally placed for the high street, Pantiles and station.
Description 5 Poona Road is charming, end-of-terrace, period home with accommodation set across three floors offering the perfect blend of character and elegance with a very high standard of presentation throughout.
The ground floor offers a flexible and sociable layout.
A welcoming and more formal sitting room is found to the front of the house, with large sash window, attractive fireplace, and alcove units to either side.
The further family room/snug can be used as required, with useful understairs cupboard and cupboard to the alcove, there are French doors that open to the impressive kitchen/dining room beyond.
The stylish kitchen/dining room is a particular feature of the property, flooded with natural light from the part vaulted and glazed roof and bi-fold doors out to the garden.
The 'Traditional Bespoke Furniture Co.' kitchen has attractive, painted, solid wooden base and wall cabinets, with striking granite work surfaces and a central island, providing good storage and preparation space.
There is a range style cooker, a fridge freezer, and an integrated dishwasher.
The bi-fold doors lead out to a slate tiled terrace, which is ideal for outdoor entertaining and bringing the outside inside.
There is an adjoining utility room with fitted wooden shelf, and space for a washing machine. A WC completes the ground floor.
The first floor is home to the principal bedroom, with pretty sash window to the front, and two built in wardrobes.
Bedroom Two enjoys the view to the rear and there is a newly and beautifully appointed bathroom on this floor.
The second floor is home to bedroom three, used by our clients as a study, ideal for today's working from home needs.
Outside - From the terrace, steps lead down to a well-established, pretty rear garden, planted with a wide variety of flowering plants and shrubs to the borders, including jasmine, hydrangea and many other climbers, there is also a pretty acer and raised bed of Erigeron karvinskianus (wall daisy).
The garden has been fitted with artificial lawn with ease of maintenance in mind, there is also room for a shed, providing useful storage.
Poona Road is a private road; the residents organise both the maintenance and parking arrangements. On a day-to-day basis residents tend to park in front of their own property.
Each house has permits for two cars, one resident space and one visitor permit.
Location Royal Tunbridge Wells is a historic spa town located about thirty miles south of London, surrounded by countryside offering a popular base for families, downsizers and commuters.
The town offers excellent cultural, leisure and shopping attractions including two theatres locally at The Assembly Halls and Trinity Theatre, together with the civic centre, The Amelia Scott.
The town enjoys an abundance of cafés, such as Juliet's, Italian Delicatessen Arte Bianca and Fine Grind on the High Street and restaurants including Thackerays, The Ivy and The Old Fishmarket, together with a good mixture of multiple national retailers and independent shops.
Poona Road is approximately 0.4 miles on foot of the High Street.
The High Street is linked by the delightful Chapel Place walkway to the historic Pantiles, known for its charming Georgian colonnade and summer music festivals, and regular craft and food markets.
The property is also very well placed for nearby Grove Park and Calverley Park with their children’s outdoor play areas, with the Tunbridge Wells Common nearby.
Dunorlan Park with its beautifully landscaped parkland grounds, café, and six acre boating lake is approximately 0.5 miles on foot to the Bayhall Road entrance.
There are cricket and tennis facilities at the Nevill grounds (approx. 1.3 miles) and the renowned Nevill Golf Club is approximately 1.5 miles away.
Notably the house is also ideally placed for nearby Claremont Primary School and within convenient reach of the boys’ and girls’ Grammars at senior level, including Skinners, twggs, twgsb.
The Skinners’ Kent Academy in Sandown Park and Beechwood Sacred Heart School are within 2 miles of the property.
Preparatory schools in Langton Green (Holmewood House) and Tunbridge Wells (Rose Hill and The Mead). Tunbridge Wells station is approx.
0.4 miles on foot from the property with regular commuter services to London Charing Cross (via London Bridge & Waterloo East) and Cannon Street.
The Centaur Commuter coach service also stops at Tunbridge Wells Station.
Leisure: Bewl Water Reservoir offers a wide range of activities including fishing, sailing, rowing and wonderful walks around the reservoir.
The award winning Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest is is now recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world and offers further woodland walks, cycling, riding, and outdoor music concerts.
All distances are approximate. Square Footage: 1,149 sq ft Directions Postcode: TN1 1SU. Additional Info Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage.
Local Authority: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Please note: Poona Road is a private road, maintained by the residents, £10 per month for the upkeep of road and maintenance of hedges.
There are annual residents meetings.
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