Green Ridge, Brighton

**Guide Price £1,000,000 - £1,100,000**

This detached, three-bedroom family home is immediately warm and welcoming. It has been beautifully maintained by the current owners and it is brimming with character, enjoying generous rooms and a manicured, south-facing rear garden. It resides in Withdean: one of the city?s most prestigious areas, so the South Downs National Park is within easy walking distance.

Perched on the western brow of Preston Valley, skirting the South Downs National Park, this house sits on a particularly peaceful road, set back behind a neat driveway. It is a handsome, detached property with a gabled roof, lattice windows and hung tiles, suited perfectly to its countryside surroundings. There is ample parking on the forecourt, but also in the garage which would also be ripe for conversion should you need a ground floor bedroom.

Stepping in through the front door, the house feels like a home with a lovely energy. There are two generous reception room with the sitting room to the front of the house where the family can relax together in the evening, in front of the wood burning stove during the cooler weather. Next door, the formal dining room leads onto a spacious conservatory which is heated for use all year round but is ideal for summer dining as you can spill outside the manicured rear garden. This forms a beautiful backdrop to the dining room and kitchen which is easily accessible next door. Many modern homes enjoy an open plan living style which would be perfectly possible here, knocking through between the kitchen and dining room, or the dining room to the sitting room ? or both! The option is there, but it works perfectly well as it is as all rooms have airy proportions.

Within the kitchen, White streamlined cabinetry offers a wealth of storage solutions alongside integrated appliances, so you can move in with relative ease. There is space for a kitchen table alongside French doors opening to the garden, so in spring you can sit with friends listening to birdsong as you eat.

Stepping outside, the garden is lush and green with a lawn stretching back towards the peaceful home office. Green hedgerows and deep flowerbeds bring colour and privacy throughout the year and there is ample space for children?s play equipment and ball games. The office is a solid build currently used as a treatment room, but it could have any number of uses as a workspace, gym, teenage den or guest house. With a kitchenette, electric heating and double glazing, it is fine for use all year round.

Returning inside, a turning staircase rises to the first-floor bedrooms and three bathrooms. All three are double rooms with space fir king beds and freestanding furnishings. Bedroom three is triple aspect, framing views over the green of the garden and the peaceful street. Bedroom two is equally restful, while the principal room enjoys a southerly aspect and direct access to an en suite bathroom with a full bath suite and a shower over the bath. There is a second family bathroom with a bathtub and basin, while a third bathroom has a roomy shower cubicle next door ? ideal for avoiding queues on busy mornings before work and school.

Vendor?s Comments:
?It has been a real joy living here with many happy memories made over the years. There?s a great community feel in this area, so we hope the next inhabitants enjoy it as much as we have.?

Education:
Primary: Westdene Primary, West Blatchington Primary School
Secondary: Patcham High School, Cardinal Newman RC
Private: Brighton College and Prep, Lancing College and Prep

Good to Know:
The architects of the early 20th Century certainly knew a thing or two about space and light; building homes with family in mind, providing space to grow; to be together in celebration; to work or simply to tuck yourself away in peace. This house has these qualities in abundance, sitting on an attractive and peaceful road on the border of the South Downs.. The views are green and leafy in every direction making it hard to believe you are so close to the city.
Perfect for families with children of all ages, this house is ideally located within catchment for some of the city?s highest achieving schools, nurseries and colleges, and transport links by train or car are excellent to London or along the South Coast in either direction. There are several supermarkets within a 5-minute drive, or plenty of local shops within walking distance, plus the city?s theatres, restaurants and nightlife are a 10-minute cab ride away. There is a genuine sense of community on the road, so for families looking for their ?forever-home? in a highly attractive area of the city, this property is simply perfect.