Haus Brighton

Patcham is where a lot of Brighton families end up when they want more room, the Downs on the doorstep and a quick run onto the A23, without losing easy access to the city. This four-bedroom semi on Overhill Drive gives you all of that and the hard work has already been done.

It has been finished throughout in a confident, well-judged style: deep teal Shaker cabinetry, green tiling and panelling, and brushed brass wherever you put your hand. There is driveway parking at the front, a newly landscaped garden at the back, and the house is being marketed with a Buildzone warranty (details and remaining term to be confirmed). Put simply, there is no project here. You move in, unpack and get on with living in it.

GROUND FLOOR The front door opens into a hall with wide-plank oak-effect flooring and understairs storage, plus a cloakroom/WC finished in bottle-green panelling with a brass heated towel rail. The living room sits at the front with a bay window. It is a separate, quieter room for the evenings, away from the kitchen.

The room that sells this house is at the back. The kitchen/dining room runs the full width of the house and measures 21’0” x 17’11” (6.40m x 5.46m). A large central island has breakfast bar seating for four, and wide glazed sliding doors open straight onto the patio. The kitchen itself is a deep teal Shaker design with white quartz-style worktops and splashback, integrated double ovens and space for an American-style fridge freezer, with brass globe pendants hanging over the island. There is room for a proper dining table as well as the island, and this is where the household will spend most of its time.

FIRST FLOOR Three bedrooms and the family bathroom. The rear bedroom is the largest on this floor at 18’3” x 8’3” (5.57m x 2.51m) and has a full wall of fitted wardrobes. The front bedroom, 10’8” x 8’5” (3.25m x 2.58m), has a bay window. The third, at 8’5” x 7’10” (2.57m x 2.38m), suits a child’s room, a nursery or a home office.

The family bathroom has green vertical zellige-style tiles, a bath, a wall-hung WC and a Shaker vanity with a countertop basin and brass fittings.

SECOND FLOOR The top floor is the bedroom we think most buyers will want for themselves. At 11’9” x 9’9” (3.59m x 2.96m), it has its own en-suite shower room with a walk-in glass shower, a Velux skylight, bottle-green panelling and a brass heated towel rail, along with eaves storage. From up here the view runs out over Patcham’s rooftops and gardens to the Downs. It would work just as well as a guest suite or a teenager’s room, since it is a floor of its own, away from the rest of the house.

THROUGHOUT Brushed brass sockets, switches and door furniture, modern column radiators, mains gas central heating and neutral carpets on the upper floors. Outside, the façade has been painted bright white and finished with a black front door.

OUTSIDE At the front there is a walled frontage with driveway parking. At the back, a new sandstone patio leads from the kitchen doors onto a new lawn, enclosed on all sides by new close-board fencing. It is easy to look after and ready to use from the day you move in.

LOCATION Overhill Drive is a residential road in Patcham, on the northern edge of Brighton. Patcham Village, with its parish church, flint cottages and local shops along Old London Road, is very close, and so is the South Downs National Park. Ladies Mile Local Nature Reserve, Stanmer Park and Withdean Park are all within easy reach for walks, and the large supermarkets at Hollingbury are a short drive away.

For families, primary schools in the wider area include Patcham Infant School, Patcham Junior School and Carden Primary School, with Patcham High School for secondary. Sixth-form options in the city include BHASVIC and Varndean College. Catchment areas and admissions are set by Brighton & Hove City Council, so please check eligibility with the council directly.

TRANSPORT Preston Park station is 1.1 miles away, with Moulsecoomb (1.6 miles) and London Road (1.7 miles) also close. Preston Park is on the main line towards Gatwick and London. By car, the A23 and A27 are close by: north to Gatwick and the M23, east to Lewes and west towards Shoreham and Worthing. Local bus services run through Patcham into central Brighton. (Distances are approximate and measured in a straight line.)

ACCOMMODATION

Ground floor

• Entrance hall: wide-plank oak-effect flooring, understairs storage

• Cloakroom/WC: bottle-green panelling, countertop basin, brass heated towel rail

• Living room 4.58m x 2.64m (15’0” x 8’8”): front aspect, bay window

• Kitchen/dining room 6.40m x 5.46m (21’0” x 17’11”): full width of the rear, teal Shaker kitchen, central island seating four, integrated double ovens, glazed sliding doors to garden

First floor

• Bedroom 5.57m x 2.51m (18’3” x 8’3”): rear aspect, full wall of fitted wardrobes

• Bedroom 3.25m x 2.58m (10’8” x 8’5”): front aspect, bay window

• Bedroom 2.57m x 2.38m (8’5” x 7’10”)

• Family bathroom: bath, wall-hung WC, Shaker vanity with countertop basin, green zellige-style tiles, brass fittings

Second floor

• Bedroom 3.59m x 2.96m (11’9” x 9’9”): eaves storage, elevated views towards the Downs

• En-suite shower room: walk-in glass shower, Velux skylight, countertop basin, brass heated towel rail

Outside

• Front: walled frontage, driveway parking

• Rear garden: new sandstone patio, new lawn, new close-board fencing

Gross internal area: approx. 117.59 sq m / 1,265 sq ft (ground floor 621 sq ft, first floor 443 sq ft, second floor 202 sq ft). Plot approx. 0.03 acres.