House for sale with 5 bedrooms, New Road, Eythorne

Near the end of a private road just off Eythorne village centre and backing onto countryside is this fascinating and unique extended five bedroom property. It includes a self-contained annexe so is ideal as a multi-generational home. There is a vast driveway, where you could park a dozen cars, bordered by a lawn and a fence surrounding the annexe courtyard.

Steps lead up to the contemporary front door that opens into a hallway with engineering oak flooring that flows through much of the property. It has fitted cupboards, a door and stairs to the basement and access to the principal bedroom suite. This lovely room has a high vaulted ceiling, ladder access to a balustraded mezzanine area, a door to a Juliette balcony, that provides delightful views over the garden and the countryside beyond, as well as a spacious walk-in fitted dressing room and a contemporary ensuite bathroom with a bath and separate wet room style shower.

There is also a utility room with stand-alone appliances and the inner hallway with storage facilities leads to the ‘heart of the home’ – the stunning light and bright open plan family space. This includes a superb dual aspect vaulted ceiling kitchen/breakfast/living room with painted cross beams, engineered oak flooring, three bi-fold doors to the wraparound decked terrace and a two-way log burner in the seating area that also heats to the adjacent sitting room. The kitchen includes plenty of attractive flat fronted cream units with solid wood worktops housing an induction hob, two fan ovens, a combi microwave, an integral dishwasher and drinks fridge with space for an American style fridge freezer. A pair of doors open directly into the superb dining room with tiled flooring where you can happily entertain numerous guests. To continue the free flowing feel there are double doors into the charming sitting room that also benefits from the log burner and has French doors to the decked terrace with its glass and wood balustrade.

A fun modern family bathroom includes fascinating floor tiles and underfloor heating, a charming square ended bath with a shower over and inset shelving. There are three further double bedrooms in the main house including a guest room with fitted cupboards and bedroom furniture as well as an ensuite shower and a feature brick wall. Another bedroom has an industrial feel with an industrial style bed, hanging space and upper cupboards while the fourth bedroom includes a modern vanity basin, cabinets and fitted shelving. There is a large room on the lower ground floor with external windows overlooking the garden that would make an excellent office for anyone working from home who needs a little privacy or could be a gym, games room and/or bar.

A door that can be locked leads to the delightful annexe that also has independent external access via the courtyard. It includes a cloakroom with laundry facilities and a spacious, dual aspect open plan living area with ladder access to a balustraded mezzanine area, a door to the courtyard and an excellent kitchen. This features shaker style units housing an induction hob, built in oven, integrated dishwasher and space for a fridge freezer and a microwave or warming drawer. There is a double bedroom and an ensuite wet room. While the private courtyard leads to a separate parking area.

The wraparound terrace provides plenty of space to sit and admire the views and has steps down to the easy-to-maintain garden that includes a substantial garden shed with power and lighting, a chicken shed and a built in pizza oven as well as a large well-manicured lawn courtesy of a robotic mower that potters around the garden when needed.