Detached House for sale with 6 bedrooms, Howfield Lane, Chartham Hatch

Family life, country life and ‘the good life’ are all on offer at the aptly named ‘The Woodlands’ on the edge of Chartham Hatch village, set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty along the North Down’s Way yet only a 10 minute drive to Canterbury city centre.  Surrounded by woods, this delightful 6 bedroom detached family home, with separate 2 bedroom annexe, nestles in 1.04 acres of carefully managed gardens. There are numerous mature trees, shrubs and wildlife ponds, as well as vegetable and kitchen gardens, all interspersed with winding pathways and nooks and crannies to delight even the most adventurous of children and act as a haven for local flora and fauna. 

A new sweeping gravel driveway leads to the detached double garage and annexe as well as to the steps up to the front door with its attractive covered porch. The spacious entrance hall includes leaded light style windows, generous closet space and oak flooring that flows throughout most of the ground floor and leads to a cloak room, a study and the triple aspect lounge as well as the fabulous kitchen and dining area. 

The kitchen has a large central island and Stoves range cooker, an American style fridge freezer, walk in larder as well as storage units housing a dishwasher and built in microwave. The adjacent utility room leads out to the enclosed kitchen garden overflowing with edible delights.  From the dining area there is access to the conservatory with lovely views over the inner garden with its terrace, lawn and circular dwarf hedge.  Tall hedging and mature trees provide privacy and beauty, which is added to by shrub borders and a clematis covered archway to the driveway.  To the right of the dining area is the vast, bright and airy, triple aspect lounge which has French doors out to the terrace as well as a brick surround fireplace with log burning stove you can cosy up to on a cold winter’s evening.  

On the first floor you will find a very large landing with a double airing cupboard and a family bathroom, with bath and separate shower, as well as four double bedrooms.  All of the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes with the main bedroom having a wall of built in wardrobes as well as a separate dressing area and en suite shower.  On the second floor there are two further double bedrooms, one with en suite shower and the other is a large triple aspect room with views across the surrounding countryside that currently makes an excellent office but would also make a wonderful sitting room for teenagers and their friends. 

Outside the double garage includes automatic doors and a cloakroom, and around the side is access to the self-contained annexe with its own private garden and patio.  The downstairs includes a fitted kitchen, cloakroom, under stairs cupboard and a large, triple aspect lounge / diner with French doors to the patio.  Upstairs there is a bathroom and two double bedrooms, one with sweeping views over the back garden and surrounding woodlands.  This would be ideal for relatives, guests, as a holiday let or separate home office.

Behind the house there is a block of four stables with a hard standing forecourt.  The stables are currently uses as outbuildings but would be ideal for any horsey enthusiasts and, although there is no paddock on site, field livery is available less than a mile away at Badgers Oak in Chartham Hatch.  As well as the trees, shrubs, wildlife ponds and kitchen garden, out back there is a beautiful wildflower meadow and vast organic vegetable garden which provides sufficient vegetables to keep you going all year long and is surrounded by a high hedge providing privacy.