London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent

24 Railway and Bicycle Apartments is an attractive contemporary penthouse apartment offering more than 1,500 sq ft of light-filled accommodation with every room benefitting from balcony views. Configured to provide a stunning, practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment featuring quality fixtures and fittings, neutral décor and full-height glazing throughout, the latter maximising the far-reaching views, the property is accessed through a communal entrance hall with security entry ‘phone, stairs and a lift to the upper floors. The lift rises to the fourth floor with exclusive lift fob control, arriving at a private entrance hall with wooden security door, useful storage, modern cloakroom and double doors opening to a large open plan space comprising a drawing room, dining area and kitchen. The angled drawing room, configurable to the purchaser’s own requirements, has space for dining and seating areas and features full-height glazing, two glazed (double opening) doors to one of the balconies and a glazed door (double opening) to the other balcony. It opens into a kitchen and dining area with a range of contemporary high-gloss wall and base units including a breakfast bar, complementary granite work surfaces and splashbacks and modern integrated appliances including a Quooker hot water tap.

A door from the kitchen opens into a well-proportioned study with bespoke desk and storage fittings and an inter-connecting L-shaped principal bedroom with fitted storage, a contemporary fully-tiled shower room and full-height glazing incorporating a glazed (double opening) door to a balcony. The study opens into an inner hall, also accessible from the main staircase leading up from the third floor hall and wooden security door, which provides a useful utility area (with plumbing for washing machine) and gives access to the property’s remaining bedroom which benefits from fitted storage, a modern fully-tiled en suite bathroom full-height glazing incorporating a glazed (double opening) door to a balcony.

The property is located on the top floor of a modern five-storey block of apartments with plenty of kerb appeal and features galvanised external walling and some weatherboarding. It benefits from more than 1,000 sq ft of grey decked balcony space to two aspects, both enclosed by contemporary waist-height safety glass and ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining and affording stunning far-reaching views over the station, road network and countryside beyond to one aspect and over a leafy residential area to the other. Full balcony sun or shade can be achieved at any time of day. Included is a covered personal parking space in the residents' carpark which is accessed by fob controlled electric gates.

The property sits adjacent to the mainline station, opposite a parade of local shops. Sevenoaks town centre provides a comprehensive selection of bars, restaurants, supermarkets including Waitrose and independent and high street shopping, together with social and recreational amenities including a theatre, cinema, library, leisure centre with swimming pool and fitness suite, Hollybush Recreation Ground, which provides tennis courts, bowls, an astroturf pitch, café and children's playground, Knole Park, golf at Knole and Wildernesse and cricket at The Vine. Communications links are excellent: Sevenoaks mainline station (210 ft) offers speedy rail services to central London and the property also enjoys excellent links to the motorway network via the A25, A21 and M25 for London and the coast.

The area offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including Lady Boswell’s CofE VA Primary School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), together with independent schools including The Granville, Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks.