Guide Price £1,250,000 Subject to Contract
5 Bedrooms
2 Receptions
A delightful four-bedroom, semi-detached house built circa 1933, with a superb West-facing rear garden, within an idyllic area in Coombeside. The property is offered in exceptionally good order throughout yet offers scope for improvement to the first-floor side and single rear extension and into the loft subject to the usual planning consents. The whole house benefits from double glazing and a new VAILLANT boiler that was installed in 2019.
Location
Beechcroft Avenue is a quiet tree lined avenue in the heart of Coombeside and is within easy reach of Kingston Town Centre with its excellent shopping facilities as is the A3 trunk road offering fast access to Central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway network. The nearest train station at Norbiton provides frequent services to Waterloo with its underground links to points throughout the City.
The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including three golf courses, tennis and squash clubs. The 2,360 acres of Richmond Park is outstanding and can be easily accessed from Kingston Gate and Ladderstile Gate, providing a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk. Theatres at Wimbledon and Richmond are also popular alternatives to the West End.
There are numerous excellent local schools for all ages, private, state, and a variety of international educational establishments many within walking distance, such as Marymount International School for girls, Rokeby School for Boys, Holy Cross prep for Girls and Coombe Hill Infants and Juniors along Coombe Lane West. Off Beechcroft Avenue is a footpath which leads into Albion Road and onto Coombe Lane West. Directly opposite is Orchard Rise which in turn has a footpath to the end of this road which leads into The Drive offering easy access to the schools on George Road.
Beechcroft Avenue is also close to a variety of convenience stores from Sainsburys opposite Norbiton train station to the famous Jarvis fishmonger and Jeffries butcher amongst many other convenience stores and a sought-after wine merchant, along with several restaurants catering for various cuisines in addition to the parade on the triangle.
The Property
Approached across a spacious mono block-paved forecourt with off street parking for three cars, with shrubs to one border and a side gate giving access to the rear garden. The property benefits from UPVC windows and doors with outside lighting to both the front and rear gardens. An original brick arched vestibule with solid door, with glazed side windows, leads into the entrance hall.
The dining room offers views over the front through the bay window and benefits from the morning sun.
The rear aspect reception room, with features such as the fireplace and an arched niche, benefits from French doors to the bay, leading onto the patio and garden.
The double aspect, L-shaped kitchen is bright with natural light flooding in through three windows and a part-glazed door to the side passage. It boasts a range of wall and base units with part-tiled walls and integrated appliances; fridge/freezer, oven with hob above and canopied extractor fan above. There is a further free-standing fridge and space and plumbing for a dishwasher.
From the hall, a door leads to the utility room with space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, with a door accessing the guest cloakroom.
An easy rising staircase, with storage cupboards below, leads to the first-floor landing that serves four bedrooms and a family bathroom. Two of the double bedrooms benefit from large bay windows and the third one offers two Oriel windows to the front. There is a fourth, single bedroom with views to the rear.
The fully tiled family bathroom boasts a modern white suite comprising a wash hand basin, low-level WC, panelled bath, and fully enclosed corner shower cubicle.
The easy rising staircase leads up to the second-floor principal bedroom. This double aspect room is filled with light from two Velux windows to the front and a large window overlooking the rear garden.
It also benefits from an en suite shower room, with part-tiled walls and a white suite comprising a wash hand basin, low-level WC, and a fully enclosed corner shower cubicle. There is a door allowing access to the deep eaves’ storage cupboard.
Outside, the paved rear terrace leads to the stunning mature rear garden, which is mainly laid to lawn, with a wealth of bordering plants, from shrubs to trees and perennials, and is a true labour of love.
To the back, there is a timber framed shed and to the side of the property, a paved path, with a secure gate, leads to the front of the house.