Brighton Property

Family house for sale

Queens Park Rise
Brighton
BN2 9ZF

Page last amended: 02nd September 2005

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This advert sold our house three times. All the people who contacted us from his advert (returned as the top result on a Google search for "Brighton Property") already knew a lot about our house and the area it's situated in as a result of reading this highly descriptive web page. This meant that every single enquiry we received was from a high quality prospect.

If you'd like to rent this space for your house (or estate agency) please contact Simon Turner at NTD on 01273 381120 during business hours, 07973 628683 out of hours or email property@brighton.co.uk any time.


General
Three bedroom terraced house (built 1913) in wide, quiet and and tree-lined Brighton road, less than fifteen minutes walk from City centre and ten minutes from the seafront (it takes me about six minutes to get to work in the central seafront area by bicycle).

The house is arranged on two floors and benefits from not being overlooked, either from the front or from the houses at the back. Queens Park Rise is in an elevated position so the property has extensive views across Brighton from the front bedroom and balcony (even to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on clear days). Couple this with the wide road, the school opposite and the fact that the terraced houses at the back (Freshfield Road) are unusually far away, the property has a comfortable feeling of space.
The house is in the sought-after Brighton conservation area of Queens Park and faces West.
Extensive and sympathetic renovation was completed 10 years ago (to a high standard). Many of the attractive Victorian features were reinstated.

Area
Queens Park Rise is a wide road leading down to Brighton loveliest park, Queens Park. The popular park includes extensive facilities for children and also a lake populated with swans and ducks.
Dead opposite the property is St Luke's Primary school, a very popular non-denominational state primary school.
Click here for Ofsted Report for St Luke's Infant.
Click here for Ofsted Report for St Lukes Junior.
The house is five minutes walk from the popular leisure and shopping area of Kemptown and three minutes walk from the residential area of Hanover (which includes a myriad of great pubs).
A couple of minutes walk to Happy Shopper, post office, chemist, newsagents, off license and Butlers Wine Cellar (highly recommended).

Ground Floor

Lounge/Dining Room 3.8m x 7.4m (12'3" x 24'3") at widest point.
Two rooms knocked into one
Victorian tiled fireplace (real fire), cast iron surround, slate hearth.
Marble effect built in cupboards and shelves either side of both chimney breasts
Natural floor covering (Coir)
Large windows (generally room is bright and airy)
Single door to back garden
Serving hatch (with Victorian coloured glass) to kitchen
Ornate Victorian roses and moulded plaster ceiling (original)
Picture rail
Radiators
TV Point
Click here for photo of a lounge from the front to the back (partial)
Click here for photo of the front lounge fireplace
Click here for photo of a lounge cupboard and shelves

Kitchen Diner 5.35m x 2.92m (17'6" x 9'7")
Hand made fitted kitchen with ample cupboards. Space within units for conventional dishwasher and washing machine
Built in gas-fired hob and electric fanned oven
Patio to doors to garden and patio
Heated (chinese slate) tiled floor
Breakfast bar with stool setting space for two persons
Breakfast area (room for full sized table and chairs)
Potterton Profile fanned flue gas boiler (encased in wall hung kitchen unit)
Serving hatch (with Victorian coloured glass) to lounge/diner
Cupboard (under stairs)
Radiator
Phone and TV points
Click here for photo of the kitchen platerack

Hallway
Hallway with built in Victorian style cupboards for meters
Under the stairs space for clothes, shoes etc
Front door with coloured Victorian glass
Victorian balustrade
Dado rail
Radiator
Phonepoint

First Floor

Landing
Skylight. Cupboard.
Hatch to loft
Victorian balustrade
Dado rail
Power point
Click here for photo of the sun setting from the landing (not too useful really, but i like the photo)

Bedroom 1 (Master Bedroom) 5.63m x 3.9m (18'6" x 12'9")
Generally a light and airy room
Two built in wardrobes
Stripped pine floor
Large windows looking over Brighton and out to sea
Small Balcony with views across the City to the sea and to Worthing (and Littlehampton beyond)
Picture rail
Radiator
Phone and TV points
The special attraction (for me) of this room is being able to lie on the bed and watch the sun go all the way down.Good

Bedroom 2 3.25 x 2.97 (10'7" x 9'8")
Currently used as office
Built in wardrobe
Large window
Pine stripped floor
Picture rail
Radiator
ADSL and cable internet connections
Phone and TV points

Bedroom 3 2.92 x 2.24 (9'7" x 7'4")
Built in cupboard and open wardrobe
Window overlooking back garden
Airing cupboard (with pump for power shower and large lagged hot water cylinder)
Natural (Coir) carpet
Radiator
Phone and TV points

Bathroom 2.40m x 2.00m at widest point (7'9" x 6'6")
Victorian basin and toilet (with high level cast iron cistern)
Bath with (very powerful) overhead power shower
Pine stripped floor
Cupboard
Velux window enabling sky view whilst bathing
Radiator

Loft
Good sized, partly floored loft with Velux Window. Fully lit. TV amplifier
Loft could be converted to good sized fourth bedroom (with appropriate planning consent). The house next door (mirror image of this property) was recently converted in this manner (total cost less than £20k).

Outside

Front Garden 3.7m x 5.75m including steps (12'2" x 18'9")
Laid to lawn with steps to street at one side.
Sun in later afternoon, early evening.
Views of Brighton and Worthing and sea.

Rear Garden 4.73 wide x 6.60 long (15'6" x 21'7")
Pretty grassed garden and patio (seating) area.
Sunny aspect (from early morning to middle/late afternoon)
Outside tap
Hooks for hanging hammock
Quite private

 

More about the property
The property was extensively renovated about eleven years ago.
Renovations included:
Damp proofing (injection and membrane)
Two Velux (roof) windows
Complete new plumbing and heating
Rewired (ample sockets, telephone and TV points in all major rooms)
New bathroom (including power shower)
New hand made kitchen (including heated tiled floor and patio doors)
Many new floors, ceilings and most walls re-plastered
Removal of back chimney (third bedroom and kitchen)
Complete redecoration
New garden
Insulation
All work to local building regulations

Property facilities
Gas fired central heating (Potterton Profile electronic fanned flue boiler)
Large hot water cylinder (18" x 48")
Modern wiring with ample power points
ADSL and cable internet connections
Power shower
Heated tiled kitchen floor
Loads of phone points

About Queens Park Rise
The bottom half of Queens Park Rise (this property is about 8th from the bottom) has residential properties on one side only (due to primary school) and so parking is easy.
Mostly populated with young families and couples.
The area is very child friendly, with St Lukes State Primary School dead opposite and Queens Park 2 minutes walk away down the road.
On summer evenings many of the residents sit in their front gardens watching the kids skate boarding and playing football in the street. The street is very friendly.

Cost: OIRO £325,000


For further Information contact Simon Turner on 07973 628683 or property@brighton.co.uk

The Small Print
To the best of my knowledge these details are accurate... but I cannot be held responsible if I've screwed up any of the measurements. Sorry. Some of the comments may be a touch subjective too. Details and price are subject to change.