4 Bed Semi-Detached House, Queens Park Mews, BN2

This contemporary four bedroom house was inspired by the neo classical façade of the Georgian Spa in Queen's Park around the corner but completed in 2002, and has private parking in the Mews, a south facing garden, and a high specification of finish with flexible options including commercial, and is also within walking distance of fashionable shops, popular schools, the Hospital and the sea.

Please note: tenancy is limited to 6 months

In brief:
Style: Contemporary semi-detached house
Bedrooms: Four: 3 double, 1 single
Living rooms: 1 spacious through living/dining room; spacious study
Area: 1779 sq ft; 165.2 sq m
Outside: South facing garden with garden office
Parking: Parking for three cars outside the house

Why you’ll like it:
This is a prestigious address by Queen’s Park and within walking distance of the sea, the Lanes and the Hospital, and this classically motivated but internally streamlined building is privately set in a quiet mews and blends well with the prosperous surroundings in this popular conservation area. Uniquely, it also provides opportunities for an income; the present owner, for example, runs a successful business from the property, accessed by clients through a separate gate.

Turning into a peaceful mews, with just this pair of houses at the end, you are immediately struck by the quietude, and the semi- detached houses, with their grand front doors sheltered by porches supported on Doric columns, give a glamorous first impression. Inside, the good impression continues as you enter a bright hallway with gleaming French oak floors and lined with bookshelves, which passes a chic guest cloakroom to turn a corner with pools of light, giving an indication of the actual size of the building –which is a lot larger than it appears from the outside!

As you turn the first corner, the spacious kitchen is on your right, beautifully planned, with fabulous white “febal” units matched with smooth grey granite work surfaces and high specification appliances, including a Neff gas hob, electric oven, fridge and freezer, which are integrated – the super- size family load eco- friendly washing machine, bought last year to replace the original machine may, however, be available should you want it. With windows in two walls, this room is lovely and light with ample room for a family table where the children can sit doing homework as you cook encouraging treats! For more grown up evenings, a door leads straight into the living room from the kitchen to allow for seamless entertaining, but you can also take friends through to this elegant room through the hallway, beneath an impressive, vaulted “roof lantern” with a stylish window into the room to the left of the door.

The generous living area is an L shape, which the current owners have ingeniously zoned, with large, comfortable sofas around the sophisticated stone fireplace with a warming gas fire, and the dining area near to the kitchen door, and there are relaxing green views through the windows in three walls of the garden, with wide doors in the south wall opening into the delightful garden which wraps itself around the house.

Outside, a sensor lit path, leads to the side gate at the front, which has a secure entry phone system and goes past a delicious Wendy House to a lawn with stepping stones, firstly to a cabin home office with electricity, built in bed, storage and heating (where a film was written recently!) and on to a separate entrance to an extension, finished in 2007 by the original builders, which has broad doors opening into a room, with both a remote controlled window, blind and remote controlled sky light, closing automatically if it rains. Currently used as a peaceful Osteopathy clinic, this restful room doubles as a private guest room, so has a magnificent solid French oak casing with a pull down single bed. The double internal doors conceal the master bedroom, with fitted wardrobes already in place and a luxurious (Email Removed After Let) suite of three rooms then, privately placed within the house as well, would also lend themselves very easily to a “granny annexe” or au pair accommodation.

Stairs lead down to three more spacious bedrooms and two private courtyards which give both a glamorous feel and plenty of natural light to each room. This floor is lovely and tranquil, whilst the full height ceilings in every room add to the feeling of space, and there is a large bathroom with bath and separate power shower, tucked behind the staircase.

Bear in mind:
Properties with this kind of flexibility, a south facing garden within easy reach of the sea, the city and almost opposite a park and a highly rated by primary school do not come onto the market often - and this one is a unique contemporary build.

Owner’s secret:
"We love the creative atmosphere this house has with the easy open lay out upstairs and the cosiness downstairs, but most of all we love the peace and quiet - all you can hear is birdsong."

Where it is:
Shops: Local about 1 minute, Kemp Town a 8 minute walk
Train Station: Brighton mainline 15 minutes by bus
Seafront or Park: Queen’s Park 2 minute walk, Seafront 15 minute walk
Closest Schools:
Primary: St Luke’s, Queen’s Park
Secondary: Varndean or Dorothy Stringer
Private: Brighton College

This elegant home is minutes from the fashionable Kemp Town Village with its eclectic mix of cafes, shops and restaurants and within walking distance of popular parks and schools. The famous Lanes and Pavilion are within easy reach as is the beach. This bright and spacious house and garden is also well placed for access to Brighton’s mainline Station, with its fast links to London, making this property an interesting proposition for those searching for a home or a rental income.