Step inside 9 Birkdale Close
Located in a small and attractive cul-de-sac, situated around a large communal green, you will find this impressive detached residence. It is set well back from the road and includes a vast resin frontage bordered by a front lawn where you can park numerous vehicles and a pitched roof double garage with electric doors. With its mellow brickwork, quoin edges and decorative arches over the upstairs windows, a bay window and pitched roof front porch it has great appeal, even before you cross the threshold.
The oak front door opens into an entrance hall with engineered oak flooring that flows into the study, lounge and dining area as well as a contemporary cloakroom, an oak staircase with glass and oak bannisters and an understairs cupboard. It leads to the ground floor accommodation including the contemporary kitchen and breakfast area with fleck tiled flooring and white flat fronted units. These house a five ring Smeg gas hob and extractor, two large built in Smeg ovens, a dishwasher, a waste disposal unit and space for an American fridge freezer. There is a peninsular breakfast bar and plenty of space for a table and chairs beside the French doors that open onto the paved terrace. There is also access to the adjacent utility room with laundry facilitie s and a cloakroom.
Family and friends will be delighted to enjoy sitting down to a meal in the formal dining area with its bay window overlooking the garden. It has access to the large, dual aspect lounge that has French doors to the terrace, a fascinating marble chimney breast and a contemporary raised log burner as a charming focal point. While the well fitted study is ideal for anyone who works from home as it is just inside the front door so provides easy access for business visitors.
Upstairs there is a galleried landing with a large airing cupboard that leads to the four double bedrooms and the family bathroom that includes underfloor heating, a bath, separate shower and a vanity basin. There is a guest room with an ensuite shower, fitted cupboards, a coved ceiling and views over the garden, two doubles with built in wardrobes and the delightful principal suite with views over the communal green and the front garden. It has a wall of fitted cupboards, an additional storage cupboard and an ensuite double shower room with underfloor heating.
An external door from the utility room leads to a very useful covered storage area as well as a back door to the garage. It also opens to a rear outdoor kitchen/barbecue area and a clay oven as well as to the terrace that spans the width of the garden and is just the place to enjoy outdoor entertaining and relaxing in the sunshine. This easy-to-manage garden is bordered by a large lawn surrounded by trees and shrub borders.
Seller Insight
This has been a wonderful family home for the past 17 years however the time has come to downsize and we hope that another family will get as much pleasure from our home as we have. We thoroughly enjoy the peace and quiet that comes from living in a small friendly cul-de-sac that is also very safe for children and pets while the kids have enjoyed playing on the communal green.
Chestfield is a friendly village and includes the Chestfield Golf Club as well as the cricket club and if you want to go out for a drink or a meal locally there is the 14th century Chestfield Barn bar and restaurant. Both Chestfield and Swalecliff and Whitstable stations are not far away and from Whitstable you can get to London in an hour and a quarter, while for drivers we are only a short distance from the Thanet Way for London, Canterbury and the Thanet towns, so we have excellent transport links. There are plenty of lovely places to go for walks on the nearby footpaths as well as along the Crab and Winkle Way
We are not far from Whitstable with its bars, restaurants, individual shops, schools, castle and historic harbour. There is a good primary school at Swalecliffe while the Whitstable and Seasalter endowed primary is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Excellent private schools and outstanding grammar schools are available in Canterbury, Faversham and Thanet.”*
* These comments are the personal views of the current owner and are included as an insight into life at the property. They have not been independently verified, should not be relied on without verification and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agent.
Travel
By Road:
Chestfield and Swalecliffe Station
Station
By Train from Whitstable
High-Speed St. Pancras 1hr 15mins
London Charing Cross
London Victoria
Leisure Clubs & Facilities
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Chestfield Golf Club 01227 794411
Chestfield Cricket Club 01227 793260
Whitstable and Seasalter Golf Club 01227 272020
Whitstable Yacht Club 01227 272942
Whitstable Sports Centre 01227 274394
Whitstable Swimming pool 01227 772422
Healthcare
Whitstable Medical Centre 01227 795130
Estuary View Medical Centre 01227 284300
Kent and Canterbury Hospital 01227 766877
Chaucer Hospital 01227 825100
Education
Primary Schools:
Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed 01227 273630
St Mary’s Catholic Primary 01227 272692
Swalecliffe Community Primary 01227 272101
The Kings Junior school 01227 714000
Secondary Schools:
Whitstable School 01227 931300
Simon Langton Grammar (Boys) 01227 463567
Simon Langton Grammar (Girls) 01227 463711
Barton Court Grammar 01227 464600
Kings School 01227 595501
St Edmunds 01227 475000
Kent College 01227 763231
Entertainment
Marlowe Theatre
01227 787787
Gulbenkin Theatre 01227 769075
Chestfield Barn 01227 793086
Jo Jos restaurant 01227 274591
East Coast Dining Room 01227 281180
Wheelers Oyster Bar 01227 273311
The Lazy Lobster 01227 668502
The Sportsman 01227 273370
Local Attractions / Landmarks
Whitstable Harbour
Tankerton Slopes
Druid Stone Park
Wildwood Park
Whitstable Castle and Gardens
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Tales
Crab and Winkle Way
GROUND FLOOR
Entrance Hall Cloakroom
Lounge 26’9 into bay x 12’9 (8.16m x 3.89m)
Dining Area 13’0 x 10’6 (3.97m x 3.20m)
Kitchen 15’8 x 12’2 (4.78m x 3.71m)
Breakfast Area 14’7 x 9’7 (4.45m x 2.92m)
Utility Room
Cloakroom 2
Study 9’5 x 7’7 (2.87m x 2.31m)
Covered Storage Area 32’9 x 9’1 (9.99m x 2.77m)
FIRST FLOOR
Landing
Bedroom 2 11’5 x 9’8 (3.48m x 2.95m)
En Suite Shower Room
Family Bath/Shower Room 9’4 x 8’5 (2.85m x 2.57m)
Bedroom 1 14’8 into fitted wardrobes (4.47m) x 12’9 (3.89m) narrowing to 9’7 (2.92m)
Dressing Area
En Suite Shower Room 8’7 x 7’8 (2.62m x 2.34m)
Bedroom 4 12’8 x 9’0 (3.86m x 2.75m)
Bedroom 3 11’3 into fitted wardrobes x 11’0 (3.43m x 3.36m)
OUTBUILDING
Double Garage 18’1 x 7’6 (5.52m x 2.29m)
OUTSIDE
Rear Garden
Driveway
Car Charging Point
Council Tax Band: G Tenure: Freehold
