Harebeating Drive, Hailsham

This one sits up. The land rises along this stretch of Harebeating Drive and the house rises with it, so the path from the pavement climbs a green bank and the front windows end up looking out over treetops, rooftops and chimneys rather than straight across at the houses opposite. From the street it reads as a big house. Inside it is a two-bedroom home and a nicely put-together one, just out of a full refurbishment and ready to move into.

Downstairs runs open-plan from front to back. You come in to a hallway with the stairs rising, through to the living area with its wide window to the front, and on through the dining area to a conservatory that runs across the rear - part brick, part uPVC, with a sloping roof, glazing to most of its sides, two radiators and patio doors opening onto the garden.

The kitchen is brand new. Pale grey units top and bottom, granite-effect worktops, a four-ring electric hob with an oven beneath it and a brushed steel splashback behind, a stainless steel sink and drainer, and genuine space and plumbing for a washing machine and a fridge freezer. New carpet runs through the living space, the stairs and both bedrooms, and the house has been freshly decorated with satin white woodwork.

Upstairs, the larger bedroom is at the front - the one with the outlook - and it comes fitted with a full range of wardrobes, hanging rails, shelving and shoe storage, plus two banks of overhead cupboards. On a two-bedroom house that is the difference between living in it and living around your own boxes. The second bedroom looks over the rear garden. The bathroom is new too: a white suite, a panelled bath with a thermostatic shower and glass screen over it, low-maintenance panelling around the bath, basin and WC, a heated towel rail, and a built-in cupboard with slatted shelving for the laundry.

Outside there is lawn and planted beds at the front behind a low brick wall, with a path running through a brick arch down the side to the back. The rear garden is lawned with a paved patio, timber fencing, an outside tap and hard standing for a large timber shed. Behind it a gate opens onto a private access road - a proper road you can drive down and turn in and out of, not a tight back alley - and the property's own allocated parking bay, generous enough for one large car with somewhere sensible for the bins.

Harebeating is a residential part of north Hailsham, a run of similar houses of the same period with a character of their own. Hawks Farm Primary is a walk up the road and the secondary school a walk down it, with local shops and a petrol station a few minutes away towards Horsebridge. The town centre - Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, the Freedom Leisure Centre and pool - is a couple of minutes straight down Battle Road by car, and Polegate station, with direct trains to London Victoria, is a short drive. Ready to see it in person? Use the call or email buttons on this listing.


Council Tax Band: C (Wealden District Council)