Haydn Avenue, Purley, CR8
*Guide price - £850'000 - £900'000**
Set back from the road with an attractive frontage and driveway providing off street parking for three to four vehicles, the home immediately creates a wonderful first impression with its striking façade and commanding presence. The front garden also offers the opportunity to create an attractive courtyard seating area, perfectly complementing the property's charming character.
Stepping inside, you are welcomed by an impressive entrance hall with soaring ceilings and an abundance of original Edwardian features. Currently arranged as a home office, this versatile space could equally serve as an elegant reception hall or Boot room.
The principal reception room is a magnificent open plan living and dining space, flooded with natural light and enhanced by exceptionally high ceilings, creating a wonderful sense of scale. The room offers flexibility to be enjoyed as one expansive entertaining space or subtly divided into separate living and dining areas.
Leading from the reception room is a delightful additional room, currently enjoyed as a music room, although equally suited as a reading retreat, children's playroom or creative workspace. Beautiful period style shutter doors open directly onto a secluded courtyard terrace, creating a tranquil outdoor escape that feels like a natural extension of the home.
The kitchen has been thoughtfully designed with modern cabinetry, generous work surfaces and ample storage, offering an ideal setting for both everyday family life and entertaining. There is plenty of space for a dining table, while a separate utility area provides practical laundry facilities. Doors lead directly onto a substantial patio which wraps around the house, providing multiple seating areas perfect for summer dining, barbecues and hosting family and friends.
Beyond the patio, steps rise to a lawned garden, offering excellent space for children to play, whether that be with a climbing frame, trampoline or football goal, while still providing plenty of room to relax and enjoy the outdoors.
The elegant staircase, illuminated by a large feature window, leads to the first floor where four well proportioned bedrooms continue the home's sense of space and character. Three are generous double bedrooms, several benefitting from fitted wardrobes, while the principal bedroom enjoys the luxury of its own en suite shower room. A well appointed family bathroom serves the remaining bedrooms, with the fourth bedroom offering an ideal guest room, nursery or home office.
For those looking to create additional accommodation, the sizeable loft presents exciting potential for conversion into further living space or additional bedrooms, subject to the necessary planning consents.
Beautifully maintained throughout, this outstanding Edwardian home offers the perfect balance of period charm, practical family living and future potential. Positioned within easy reach of Purley's excellent transport connections, highly regarded schools, local amenities and green open spaces, this is a wonderful opportunity to secure a character home in one of the area's most desirable residential locations.