Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Kent, TN14 6DB LOCATION Contents LOCATION Introduction An invaluable insight into your new home This Location Information brochure offers an informed overview of Goathurst Common as a potential new home, along with essential material about its surrounding area and its local community. It provides a valuable insight for any prospective owner or tenant. We wanted to provide you with information that you can absorb quickly, so we have presented it as visually as possible, making use of maps, icons, tables, graphs and charts. Overall, the brochure contains information about: The Property - including property details, floor plans, room details, photographs and Energy Performance Certificate. Transport - including locations of bus and coach stops, railway stations and ferry ports. Health - including locations, contact details and organisational information on the nearest GPs, pharmacies, hospitals and dentists. Local Policing - including locations, contact details and information about local community policing and the nearest police station, as well as police officers assigned to the area. Education - including locations of infant, primary and secondary schools and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each key stage. Local Amenities - including locations of local services and facilities - everything from convenience stores to leisure centres, golf courses, theatres and DIY centres. Census - We have given a breakdown of the local community's age, employment and educational statistics. John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 LOCATION The Property GOATHURST COMMON, IDE HILL £425,000 x3 x1 x2 Bedrooms Living Rooms Bathrooms Where you are GOATHURST COMMON, IDE HILL LOCATION £425,000 John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 GOATHURST COMMON, IDE HILL LOCATION £425,000 John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 LOCATION Features A highly interesting home in the form of a unique former detached chapel with an unusually large garden. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a delightful 3 bedroom character home which was converted into a dwelling about 43 years ago and which lies a popular semi-rural location within a short drive of Sevenoaks main line railway station. Sitting Room/Dining Room - a door from outside leads into this spacious room, the focal point to the room is a wood burning stove with tiled hearth, a double aspect room with two multi paned windows to the side with window shutters and a sealed unit double glazed multi paned window to the front, electric heater, parquet floor, feature spiral staircase. 7.70m x 3.68 (25' 3" x 12' 1" ) Kitchen - ground and wall cupboards, two multi paned windows to the side, stable door leads to the front garden, night storage heater, larder cupboard, space and plumbing for a dishwasher, worktops incorporating a one and a half bowl single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap, cupboard under, a second stainless steel circular sink with mixer tap, space and plumbing for a washing machine, space for a cooker with tiled splash back, extractor over, slate tiled floor, halogen lighting, electric heating. 4.47m x 2.29 (14' 8" x 7' 6" ) Bedroom 2 - a room with a vaulted ceiling, sealed unit double glazed skylight window, parquet floor, multi paned window to the side, electric heater, multi paned window to the rear, built in wardrobe cupboard. 4.11m x 2.26 (13' 6" x 7' 5" ) Bedroom 3/Study - sealed unit double glazed skylight window, multi paned window to the side, parquet floor, electric heater, multi paned window to the rear, mezzanine bed platform with ladder, built in bookcase 4.17m x 2.16 (13' 8" x 7' 1" ) Lobby - parquet floor, door leads into the shower room. 1.17m x 0.74 (3' 10" x 2' 5" ) Shower Room - shower cubicle, wash hand basin, low level wc with pine seat, parquet floor, electric heater, window to the side with obscure glazing. 3.10m x 1.73 (10' 2" narrowing to 6' x 5' 8" narrowing to 3' ) Landing - approached over a feature spiral staircase from the sitting room/dining room, sealed unit double glazed skylight window, laminate floor, sealed unit double glazed high level window to the rear, painted panelling. 2.24m x 1.75 (7' 4" narrowing to 4' 4" x 5' 9" max ) Bedroom 1 - a room with a vaulted ceiling, painted panelling, electric heater, two sealed unit double glazed skylight windows, built in cupboard, sealed unit double glazed window to the front, laminate floor, halogen down lighting. 5.13m x 4.70 (16' 10" max narrowing to 12' 1" x 15' 5" ) Bathroom - a dormered room, panelled bath with mixer tap and hand shower, wash hand basin with mixer tap set into vanity unit with cupboard under, low level wc with pine seat, painted panelling, sealed unit double glazed skylight window, electric tubular heated towel rail, tiled floor, splash back tiling. 3.91m x 2.44 (12' 10" narrowing to 8' 1" x 8' narrowing to 2' 9" ) Front Garden - There are wooden gates leading to off road parking. Access leads to the side garden. Side and rear Garden - Comprising mainly lawn, there are flower beds and borders with an array of mature shrubs, bushes and trees, patio area, water feature, garden shed and two wood stores. A rear path leads through to Nightingale Lane where road parking is possible. John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 LOCATION Floor Plans John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 Energy LOCATION Performance Certificate Below is the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for Goathurst Common Energy Performance Certificates illustrate the energy efficiency of homes on a scale from A to G. Those in Band A are the most efficient, and will usually have the lowest fuel bills. The same scale is used to define the impact of a property on the environment. Higher rated homes will usually have less impact through carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. To put this in perspective, the average property in the UK is in band D or E for both ratings. The Certificate also makes energy saving recommendations that may help reduce future energy bills. In some cases, these can be financed under the Government's Green Deal. In effect, Green Deal offers UK home-owners a loan, which is repaid through regular electricity bills. The main loan condition (the "Golden Rule") is that the amount saved each year on energy bills should be more than the cost of annual loan repayments. Note that the loan stays with the house when owners move on. John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 LOCATION Prices How does Goathurst Common compare to the county and national average? Whether you are selling, buying, letting or renting it is always useful to know the prices that local properties have recently sold for. The table below contains local, average and national sold prices for the period 1/7/2016 to 31/1/2017 for all types of property allowing you to get a sense of the current market conditions. Post code / County / National Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flats/Maisonettes TN14 £821966 £444237 £459526 £309464 Kent £493329 £309045 £254112 £182678 National £388720 £242324 £232459 £275086 Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2014. This data covers the transactions received at Land Registry in the period 1/1/2010 to 31/1/2017. © Crown copyright 2014. What prices have properties sold for in Goathurst Common? If you know the sold price of other properties in the same road, you will get a much better idea of how much your prospective new home could be worth. We have collated this information for you in the table below. It shows the address, sold price, and property type for all properties recently sold in Goathurst Common. Address Type Tenure Price DOT RYECROFT COTTAGES, 2, GOATHURST COMMON, SEVENOAKS, KENT, Semi- 2016-03- Freehold £675000 TN14 6DA Detached 30 2016-03- CROSSWAYS, GOATHURST COMMON, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN14 6BU Detached Freehold £671250 18 Semi- 2014-09- ROSE COTTAGE, 1, GOATHURST COMMON, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN14 6DA Freehold £345000 Detached 02 BEECHWOOD COTTAGE, GOATHURST COMMON, SEVENOAKS, KENT, Semi- 2012-08- Freehold £445000 TN14 6DA Detached 10 Semi- 2011-10- ROSE COTTAGE, 3, GOATHURST COMMON, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN14 6DA Freehold £175000 Detached 03 Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2014. This data covers the transactions received at Land Registry in the period 1/1/2010 to 31/1/2017. © Crown copyright 2014. John Kingston 3b Dorset Street, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LL 01732 450050 LOCATION Authorities Get to know your local authorities Local government directly affects quality of life, particularly when it comes to council tax, planning, waste disposal and the impact of local policies. You may want to investigate how this is likely to affect you if you decide to move. There are nearly 400 local authorities in England, with five different types of local government structure. These can be broadly divided into single-tier and two-tier authorities. Single-tier authorities are Metropolitan Authorities, London Boroughs and Unitary or Shire Authorities. Two-tier authorities have both a County Council, and a District Council or City Council. There are also around 10,000 parish and town councils, effectively creating an additional tier in some areas - mostly, but not exclusively, in rural areas. The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) represents and works on behalf of these community councils and is a useful contact point. The local authority locations and contact details for Goathurst Common are: Shire / County / Website Address Contact details District t: 0845 8247247 Kent County Council http://www.kent.gov.uk Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ f: 01622 759905 (Shire County) e: [email protected] t: 01732 227000 Sevenoaks District Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, f: 01732 744526 Council http://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk TN13 1HG e: (Shire District) [email protected] Disclaimer: The information displayed above has been obtained using the property's postcode in proximity to its local authority.