Location

Hilltop Lane is in the ancient hamlet of Chaldon, which is set on the North Downs along the historic Pilgrims Way. Chaldon sits between the village of Merstham and Caterham town, offering a semi-rural atmosphere in the Surrey countryside yet within a short drive to local amenities. Caterham on the Hill offers an impressive range of shops and services in the best tradition of English market towns. a range of local facilities including de Stafford Sports Centre and a Waitrose supermarket. Other nearby towns include Reigate, Oxted, Coulsdon, Purley, Redhill and Croydon.

Commuting to London on Southern services from Caterham station takes about 50 minutes into London Bridge or via Purley into Victoria. From Merstham Station Thameslink services take about 27 minutes into London Bridge, or 35 minutes into Victoria on Southern services. The M25 (junction 7) and M23 (junction 8) are accessible via Dean Lane approximately 3 miles away, with links to London and the wider motorway network.

Local schools include St Peter and St Paul Church of England School within walking distance at Chaldon village, Caterham School and Oakhyrst Grange.

Chaldon and Caterham also offer a wide range of sporting facilities including a rugby club, football club, Cricket Club Surrey National Golf Club and de Stafford Sports Centre.

There are numerous places to walk locally, the area is surrounded by beautiful Surrey countryside including Happy Valley, The London Loop, The Pilgrims Way and The North Downs Way.

Description

A detached chalet bungalow with fabulous potential, in a wonderful rural setting overlooking adjacent farmland and occupying a mature plot of about 1.0 acre. There is flexible accommodation on two floors of about 1,824 sq. ft. plus the garages, with potential for further extension, subject to the usual planning consents.   

The accommodation on the ground floor starts with a generous entrance hall that leads to a substantial ‘L shaped living/dining room which covers a large section of the southerly aspect of the ground floor. The kitchen/breakfast room is a very good size and leads through to a large, useful utility/boot room. There are two further double rooms on the ground floor that are currently used as bedrooms, that could also be further family rooms if required. There is also a guest cloakroom and a separate shower room on this level. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms along with a family bathroom.   

Outside, the plot amounts to about an acre and with the house sitting centrally there are gardens on all sides. There is a private driveway and a front forecourt that leads to the substantial detached double garage and provides off street parking for several cars. There is also a further single garage that is mainly usable for storage. There is mature tree and hedge screening at the front to provide privacy from the road, but in general the rear garden is mostly lawn and the hedge borders are kept low and open to maximise the views across the adjoining farmland.