Guide Price £2,485,000 Subject to Contract
5 Bedrooms
3 Receptions
A fabulous 5 double-bedroom family house, with 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions rooms, kitchen/breakfast room and study, situated within mature grounds with a separate garden office. The property is within a 'stone's throw' of the three popular Schools on George Road and is offered for sale with NO CHAIN.
Location
Stoke Road, with its countrified tree lined aspect, lies equidistant between Kingston and Wimbledon town centres. Both have excellent shopping facilities, from department stores housing concessions found in famous West End Streets and specialised boutiques to a wide range of restaurants meeting the palates from across the world. The A3 trunk road offers fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway network.
The nearest train station at Norbiton is within walking distance, and the 57 bus route runs along nearby Coombe Lane West to Wimbledon from which there are frequent services to Waterloo with its underground links to points throughout the city. The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including five golf courses, tennis and squash clubs and many leisure centres.
The 2,360 acres of Richmond Park, area of outstanding beauty easily accessed from Kingston Gate and Ladderstile Gate, provide a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk. Theatres at Wimbledon and Richmond are also popular alternatives to the West End. There are numerous excellent local schools for all ages, private, state, and a variety of international educational establishments many within walking distance, such as Marymount International School for girls, Rokeby School for Boys, Holy Cross prep for Girls and Coombe Hill Infants and Juniors along Coombe Lane West.
The property is approached off Stoke Road, home to only 7 houses, three of which have been totally demolished and rebuilt and two remodelled, thus increasing the profile of the road. Stoke Road is situated in a highly sought after area within the exclusive Coombe Estate and is ideally situated close to three prominent schools along George Road and Unilever conference centre.
The Accommodation
Coombe Walls is approached onto a block-paved forecourt secured by wrought iron sliding gates, to a covered porch and double width garage to the side and separate side doors to the kitchen and garage.
The front door opens onto the bright, L-shaped entrance hall with two cloaks cupboard and solid wood flooring. Glazed doors lead into the bright double-aspect drawing room, boasting polished solid parquet flooring, brick faced wall and pine fireplace with brick hearth, and two built in display cabinets to either side of the fireplace feature. Sliding doors also lead to the pillared, purpose-built pagoda, with its Indian sandstone-paved terrace, great for summer and winter entertaining.
The dining room, with a practical door into the kitchen, also enjoys the parquet flooring and aspect into the pillared pagoda through the low-level, wide windows.
From the hall, there is the rear-facing family room, with wide low-level windows to the rear also offering views over the rear garden and a study, which faces the front garden, featuring a high quality range of built-in cabinets and desk with no expense, spared on the quality of finishes.
The kitchen/breakfast room offers a wide Poggenpohl range of wall and base units with granite work surfaces, a ceramic tiled splashback and tiled floor. The range of integrated appliances comprises of a SMEG stainless steel 90cm oven, 5 ring gas hob and V –shaped stainless steel extractor hood, Bosch dishwasher and microwave oven, with a fridge/freezer. There is a glazed door, which leads to a covered vestibule with access into the double width garage with a remote control up and over door and also rear access and views into the rear garden.
The well-appointed utility room also boasts a range of wall and base units with granite surfaces incorporating a sink with drainer and space and plumbing for MIELE washing machine and tumble dryer. There is also a water softener in one of the base cupboards. Finally on this level is a spacious and well-appointed guest cloakroom with a low level WC, wash hand basin and a marble tiled surround.
The easy rising mahogany staircase, with horizontal balustrade, leads to the spacious first floor landing, with a cathedral window drawing a lot of natural daylight.
The first floor is home to five double bedrooms, all with a wide range of built-in wardrobes, a family shower room, a family bathroom with a Jacuzzi and shower with full body jets as with the first one and another en suite bathroom with a sunken Jacuzzi shower with body jets and rain shower.
Outside
The walled garden offers a wealth of bushes, trees and perennials and is mainly laid to lawn. Two water features can be found, a vast terrace ideal for entertaining, and an irrigation system with a 1000 litre tank. There are also several awnings to the rear of the house with an electric retractable awning to the back of the kitchen over the sun terrace.
A wrought iron side gate leads to an illuminated block paved path to the rear garden and a beautifully built outside office, complete with underfloor heating, a sink, three walls of quality built in units, oak flooring and blinds inset into the double glazed windows and an AC unit.
The double garage is beautifully equipped with a wide bank of storage cupboards to all three walls and rubber matting to the floor.