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Tel. 020 8657 5599 Rawlins Close - Price on Application South Croydon CR2 8JS • End of Chain. Guide £460,000 to £465,000 • Downstairs WC and potential to extend • 5 Mins walk Gravel Hill tram stop • Secluded and well away from the traffic • Large garden • Far reaching views. Parking bays on road • Unusually large kitchen and bathroom The Location - A much loved family home in an elevated position of fresher air well away from the traffic and with views for the dreamers over the Addington Golf course and Biggin Hill beyond from the rear and towards the tree line of the expansive Addington Park from the front. It takes just 5 mins to walk to the Gravel Hill tram stop, a most pleasant way to travel into East Croydon station in the morning taking less than 15 mins to East Croydon train station stopping right outside. Plenty of local schools to choose from are within walking distance, or by tram, like the unisex Royal Russell school or the new Coombe Wood secondary school. Gilbert Scott nursery and primary and Quest Academy (4 to 18) are a comfortable 15 minute tree lined walk. The popular Forestdale primary is also nearby on the other side of the Selsdon Park Road and there is the John Ruskin college. The tram takes you passed the 18th century Addington Palace mansion (former Summer residence to the Archbishops of Canterbury) and its beautiful golf course then on to the Heathfield Gardens beauty spot (5 mins) and ecology centre, Shirley Hills viewing platform of central London, the Lloyds Park with its sports pitches and playground, and Croydon’s Park Hill Park with picnic area, tennis courts and playground right next to the famous Fairfield Halls and Ashcroft theatre and popular bars eateries and major retail shops. www.manchesterdurman.com The tram continues to the cinemas and dining out and next to the kitchen, double glazing and gas fired central large retail complexes of the Purley Way including Ikea heating throughout. and on to Wimbledon. Entrance hall and stairs - Storm porch leading to solid There is a useful parade of traditional shops/ cafes and wood door leads to bright passageway with side windows restaurants on the Selsdon Park Road and a M & S food and space for storage meter cupboard and further hall for any last minute forgotten luxuries before the storage under stairs, leading to lounge/ diner and family weekend. A front row seat for the annual Biggin Hill air size kitchen show and the scenic Addington Court golf course open to all for weekend unwinding. For long lazy Summer’s Lounge/ Dining room - Dual aspect room, well presented, evenings and a drink in the park the Addington Park is with plenty of natural light and two focal fire place in ideal and less than 10 minutes’ walk away and ideal for the lounge area and the space to reinstate another in dog walking. the dining room section all within the original chimney breasts, large patio doors with views over unusually The 64 bus is another way into Croydon or 3 mins to large and visible garden so children and dogs can be the historic Selsdon village well known for its popular seen easily from the house. NT bird sanctuary and De Vere Seldon Park Hotel and Golf course, brasserie, sports club, and golf course, Kitchen - Perhaps twice the size of most in a typical where there is a wide range of shops and a Sainsbury’s, house of this size with a nice feature of a spacious library, GP, and Selsdon Primary school. Further afield built in pantry and good range of waist height and are traditional country pubs such as the White Bear shoulder height cupboards and drawers, corner space off Featherbed Lane, and the Harrow Inn on Farleigh for a breakfast bar, the washing up sink is in front the Common. the main window overlooking the garden, side door leads out on to an extensive patio area and a separate The Property - The property has a wonderful wide and outdoor lockable WC which also houses a modern boiler, long garden allowing children to stay safe, and burn off with garage access providing useful additional storage lots of energy. It is about 160 feet long and its gentle for chest freezer for instance with a canopied shelter in slope away from the house allows full enjoyment of between. the wooded views beyond. In a no through road with off street parking and yellow lines which only restrict Bathroom - Stairs leading to landing with loft access, and parking between 12 and 1 to prevent commuters form to the three bedrooms and family bathroom. The three parking there, it has the benefit of feeling away form piece family bathroom (bath basin and WC) is larger than the hurly burly yet close enough to East Croydon to be usual for a typical house of this size making it easier to in central London door to door in 40 minutes or less. make use of the space, and has a separate cupboard There is potential to extend to the side either one or two within it for airing clothes which also houses the hot storeys as others have in the road making the house water cylinder which might be moved one day creating supremely adaptable should more living space be needed even more airing space or may be even a walk in shower one day, and the potential to add further value. The cubicle, the space is certainly there for that. kitchen is much larger than average with an invaluable pantry and scope to incorporate a breakfast area, the Bedroom 1 (Master bedroom) - With full height storage bathroom is larger than usual too with a built in airing cupboards along one side and plenty of space for a cupboard. Besides the two double bedrooms with built-in double bed, double glazed windows overlooking quiet no wardrobes, the third bedroom is large enough to fit a bed through road and Addington Park to to the distance. and a chest of drawers/ wardrobe leaving enough space to move around. The property benefits form a downstairs Bedroom 2 - With attractive views towards Addington WC just outside the kitchen which could easily be joined Court golf course and along one side full height storage, to the main house subject to the usual consents may be leaving plenty of space for a double bed with side storage as part of a separate utility area one day. Modern boiler too. Well lit with natural light like the rest of the house. Bedroom 3 - Well presented and shaped to allow space for a child’s cupboard and chest of drawers as well as plenty of movement around a singe bed, with views of the Addington Park woods in the distance. Garden - About 160 feet long and 60 feet wide mostly laid to lawn with pretty borders, much potential within it for creative landscape designs or an outhouse or just as a lawn as it is now for children to enjoy. Attractive views over Addington Court golf course. Downstairs WC within utility area - Separate lockable downstairs WC housing boiler and with a window all set within the utility area behind the back door with canopy. The utility area might be more substantially enclosed one day as part of a side extension subject to the usual consents. The utility area contains a tumble drier. Garage - Standing separate from the main house besides a separate walkway, secure and adaptable, with power and lighting and front and rear access, hardstanding for a single car on the driveway in front of the garage. Manchester Durman is a trading name of Manchesters which is Authorised and Regulated by the SRA under SRA No. 58391. Manchester Durman is regulated by the Property Redress Scheme. These details should not be relied on for accuracy or completeness and do not form part of any agreement. No appliances or warranties are to be tested or examined by us. A pro- spective buyer should rely entirely on their own conveyancer to enquire as to the title and ownership any otherquestions they may have and the sale contract must prevail. 19-21 Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, South Croydon CR2 9LA T: 020 8657 5599 W: www.manchesterdurman.com E: [email protected].