5 bed detached house for sale

Queens Avenue, Maidstone, Kent ME16

Northdown is an attractive part-black and white timbered and double fronted family home offering more than 5,600 sq. Ft. Of light filled flexible accommodation arranged in an L-shaped configuration over two floors. This property is an ideal home for those looking for extensive entertaining and living space.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with parquet flooring, panelled walls and useful cloakroom and comprises a large drawing room with bow window, feature open fireplace and patio doors to the rear terrace and a generous family room with bay window, panelled walling and feature fireplace. Also on this floor is a well proportioned study with bay window and feature corner open fireplace, a generous games room with French doors to the terrace, a sitting room, a second family room/bedroom and a cinema room.

The accommodation is completed by a fitted utility room and an extensive 41 ft. Kitchen/ dining/sitting room with a range of bespoke wall and base units including a large central island with breakfast bar, modern integrated appliances including a large wine chiller, a walk-in larder and sitting and dining areas with two sets of bi-fold doors to the rear terrace.

On the first floor the property offers a large principal bedroom with two sets of French doors to a private decked terrace, fitted dressing room and contemporary en suite shower, an additional bedroom with built-in storage and modern en suite shower room, three further generous double bedrooms and a contemporary family bathroom.

Having plenty of kerb appeal (including a new main roof installed in the last 4 years), the property is approached over a bonded driveway providing private parking and giving access to the integral double garage (with a large store room), flanked by an area of level lawn bordered by mature flowers and shrubs. The landscaped part-walled garden to the rear features an area of level lawn, a large wraparound bonded and paved terrace, numerous seating areas and an outdoor pool with bonded surround, all ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds.

The property sits on a premier road on the fringes of Maidstone, the county town of Kent, near to local Allington amenities including a shopping centre including a Waitrose supermarket, public house and two primary schools. Sitting on the River Medway, Maidstone town centre offers an extensive range of amenities including churches, two major shopping centres, a market square, leisure complex with multiplex cinema and restaurants, theatres, cafés, public houses and a wide selection of primary, grammar and secondary
schooling. Recreational facilities include rowing, lawn tennis, martial arts and sailing clubs.

Communications links are excellent: The nearby M20 links to major regional centres and the national motorway network, while Maidstone mainline train station has speedy connections to London.The area offers a wide range of primary and secondary schooling including Allington Primary School and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted) and a good selection of independent schools including mepa Academy, OneSchool Global Maidstone, Sutton Valence, Ripplevale, Rochester Independent College, St. Andrew’s and King’s.