Detached House for sale with 4 bedrooms, Crest Cottage, New Road

It has always been said that location is the key when it comes to property and this delightful, detached family home is wonderfully located within the 6500 acres of Ashdown Forest. It features stunning panoramic countryside views across the South Downs from the Lewes Gap round to Chanctonbury Ring and is approached about 150 yards down a private farm track. This provides access to Crest Cottage via gates that open onto a spacious parking area. The house nestles in the midst of a wraparound garden and has been in the same family for the past 40 years. It provides a great opportunity for new owners to make it their own as there is the potential to refurbish or remodel. This includes the attached workshop that was originally a garage but no longer has garage doors so could easily provide additional accommodation or would make an excellent annex, games facility or offices, subject to the necessary permissions and consents. The main entrance opens into a lobby with direct access to the well-proportioned dual aspect kitchen/breakfast room. This includes plenty of pine floor and wall cabinets, a built-in double oven and hob and space for other appliances, while still leaving room for a large table and chairs. Double doors lead to the bright dual aspect and good-sized sitting/dining room with an attractive fireplace, built in shelving and patio doors to the rear terrace. The dining area also has patio doors to the terrace so family and friends can enjoy the views as well as a meal. There is also a hallway with access to a useful shower room, a double bedroom/snug with understairs storage and a particularly spacious utility room with a door to the workshop. On the first-floor galleried landing you will find an airing cupboard and access to a family bathroom, a study/dressing room and three double bedrooms with amazing views. These include the 18ft triple aspect principal with built in cupboards. Outside the large terrace is ideal for outdoor entertaining or just sitting and enjoying the panoramic vista. The easy-to-manage garden is laid to lawn with trees in a circular flower bed and an additional garden area behind the hedging that discreetly hides the calor gas tank. The house has plenty of potential for new owners to create their own special home with the added possibility of converting the workshop into an annex and the utility room into the annex kitchen/breakfast room, all subject to the necessary permissions and covenants. Although we are discreetly hidden away in a rural idyll we are not isolated as there are other properties nearby and we have easy access to the A26 for Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells, while Morrisons is just eight minutes’ drive. Duddleswell includes a charming dog friendly tea room, while nearby is the Nutley Windmill, Old Lodge Nature Reserve, the Nutley primary school and the Ashdown Forest Riding Centre. The village of Maresfield includes a good primary school, convenience store, post office, cricket and football clubs as well as the Chequers Inn. Uckfield is not far with its two supermarkets, a cinema and leisure centre as well as a variety of independent shops and eateries. The railway station provides direct trains to various London stations including London Bridge which takes an hour 20 minutes. Uckfield College secondary school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted as is the Beacon Academy in Crowborough, while there are a number of primary schools in and around the area, the nearest being Nutley Primary School. You will also find numerous independent prep and senior schools. Has your property's value increased? To find out how much your property is worth