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Preston Park and Fiveways both have top spots in the Sunday Times Best Places to Live Guide and this beautiful, 4 bed semi-detached house on the cusp of the two has a charming front garden and spacious garden room/art studio and store in the private, walled oasis at the back. Inside blends precious period detail with stylish comfort and the social layout and bright versatile rooms are ideal for a growing family - and there’s a large attic which some neighbours have extended into stnc. With the playground and café of Blaker’s Park around the corner and within walking distance of good primary and secondary schools, this elegant home 5 mins drive from the city’s famous North Laine at the Level (same parking zone) it is just 6-7 mins by car from both Brighton and Preston Park Station’s direct trains to Gatwick and London and about 10 from the sea.
An architectural gem with elegant detail on the front of the building and plentiful permit parking it is unusually private as there is no building opposite and it backs onto gardens. Inside a sun-lit 185.0m2 (1191 sq. ft.) over 2 storeys includes a luxury living room of glorious proportions with a gas fire in the marble fireplace, an inviting, versatile formal dining room/ home office with French doors to bring in the sunshine and a breakfast room, where teens can also entertain, leads through to the custom made kitchen and spacious conservatory. Outside, the southeast walled garden is a tranquil retreat where the garden room is double glazed with power. Upstairs, a spacious refuge for guests is by a bathroom and 2nd, separate w.c. and on the first floor, two more double bedrooms have original fireplaces and the generous single, once a nursery, is used as a dressing room.
As well as the playground of Blakers Park, the sports facilities, playground and fun runs of Preston Park and Hollingbury Park are nearby so family homes in this leafy enclave of attractive terraces do not come onto the market often- and sell fast as this golden triangle appeals to professionals, families and international investors with great bus routes and London Road at the bottom of the hill giving easy access to the city centre or A23/27, and Ditchling Road at the top which delivers you to the historic heart of the city and its beaches or out to the South Downs National Park in minutes.