2 bed House - Semi-Detached for Sale

OFFERED WITH NO ONWARD CHAIN - Spacious period cottage for further renovation and improvement occupying a pleasantly tucked away location within the town, with the High Street's eclectic amenities just yards away. Understood to date in part to the seventeenth century and benefitting from a newly fitted kitchen and gas-fired central heating, this charming property is laden with an abundance of original features to include exposed timbers, thumb latch doors and a striking inglenook fireplace. Offering scope for additional enlargement subject to securing necessary permissions, this well-proportioned home is accompanied by a low-walled, westerly oriented rear garden, which any keen gardener will delight in landscaping to taste.

• CHAIN FREE
• QUIET, CENTRAL TOWN LOCATION
• GRADE II LISTED WITH A HOST OF ORIGINAL FEATURES
• UNIQUE PERIOD COTTAGE RENOVATION PROJECT
• NEWLY-INSTALLED FITTED KITCHEN
• MAIN BEDROOM WITH VAULTED CEILING
• ADDITIONAL DOUBLE-SIZED BEDROOM
• SCOPE TO EXTEND (SUBJECT TO NECESSARY PERMISSIONS)
• WALLED, LEVEL GARDEN
• PLEASANT VIEWS OVER THE TOWN

POINTS OF NOTE:

• Front door opening into a spacious entrance hall with plenty of room to hang coats/store shoes and also create a convenient study area should one wish. Stairs turning and rising to the first floor and door through to a practical rear lobby - ideal as a boot room - with brick cobbled floor, providing direct access through to the garden

• Characterful reception room with authentic beamed ceiling and a pleasant outlook over the garden, to include a striking inglenook fireplace comprising a log burning stove (untested) set atop a stone hearth with accompanying inset oak bressumer beam, display shelf, exposed surrounding brickwork and the original bread oven

• Dual aspect kitchen set within a modern extension to the original cottage. Newly fitted base and wall cabinetry in a modern, handleless design with counters over, metro-tiled splashbacks and a stainless steel sink with drainer and mixer tap. Space for a gas cooker, undercounter fridge and space/plumbing for a washing machine. Wall-mounted gas-fired boiler and door opening to the garden

• Sizeable bathroom with WC, sink and bath. Door to a deep airing cupboard housing the hot water tank

• Impressively proportioned main bedroom with vaulted ceiling, fireplace, fitted wardrobe/storage cupboards and far-reaching views

• Second double-sized bedroom with attractive exposed wall timbers and hatched access to an insulated eaves' space

• Externally, to the rear, there is a substantial, level, low-walled garden enjoying an aspect over the town. A concrete path wraps around the cottage incorporating locked, gated access to one side into Duncan’s Yard

SERVICES, OUTGOINGS & INFORMATION:

Mains gas, electricity, water & drainage
Council Tax Band: C (Sevenoaks)
EPC: Exempt (Grade II listed)
The property qualifies for a resident's parking permit in the Darent (main town) car park, which is currently charged at £50 pa for the first vehicle and £60 for any additional vehicle. All permits are issued by Sevenoaks District Council (01732 227000 x Parking)