5 bed detached house for sale

Highwoods Avenue, Bexhill-On-Sea TN39

Guide price: £895,950

• Substantial detached family residence extending to approximately 3,496 sq ft, and set within a desirable residential position on Highwoods Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea

• Tennis court and generous external areas offering superb potential for landscaping, leisure use, and outdoor entertaining

• Five generous double bedrooms, each benefiting from its own private en-suite bath or shower room

• Impressive principal bedroom suite with walk-in wardrobe, en-suite bathroom, and attractive views over the gardens and surrounding countryside

• Excellent range of reception space including a spacious living room, family room, formal dining room, and separate study, many enjoying garden views and direct outside access

• Spacious kitchen/breakfast room with traditional range-style cooker, timber-fronted units, and excellent scope for modernisation or reconfiguration

• Mature wraparound gardens with broad paved terrace, areas of lawn, established trees, and far-reaching countryside views

• Sweeping gravel driveway providing extensive off-road parking, leading to a detached triple garage

location: Highwoods Avenue is a desirable residential setting in Bexhill-on-Sea, positioned within easy reach of Little Common village, Bexhill town centre, the seafront, local shops, cafés, and everyday amenities. The area is well placed for access to the surrounding East Sussex countryside, with coastal walks, leisure facilities, golf courses, and open green spaces all close by.
For London commuters, nearby railway stations include Collington, Cooden Beach, and Bexhill, with services providing access towards London Victoria, Gatwick, Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hastings. Collington is the nearest station to the TN39 4NN postcode, making the location particularly convenient for those needing regular rail links while still enjoying a leafy coastal setting.
The area is well served by both state and independent schooling. Nearby state options include Little Common School and All Saints CE Primary School for primary education, with Bexhill High Academy and St Richard’s Catholic College available for secondary schooling. Private school options in the wider area include Battle Abbey School, Claremont School, St Andrew’s Prep, and Bede’s, offering a range of prep, senior, and sixth form education.

Kitchen: A spacious kitchen enjoying excellent natural light through multiple windows overlooking the garden. The room is fitted with a range of timber-fronted wall and base units, work surfaces, tiled splashbacks, and a traditional range-style cooker, with ample space for a breakfast table or informal dining area. Additional features include tiled flooring, ceiling spotlights, radiator, and direct access to the adjoining accommodation. While requiring modernisation, the kitchen provides a generous and practical space with excellent potential to be reconfigured or updated to suit modern family living.
Dining room: A spacious and well-lit dining room enjoying a pleasant outlook over the garden through a large bay-style window, with an additional side window providing further natural light. The room offers excellent proportions for formal dining and entertaining, with a charming exposed timber beam above the main window, radiator beneath, and ample wall space for furniture. While requiring modernisation, it provides a generous and characterful reception space with attractive garden views and convenient access back towards the hallway.
Living room: A particularly spacious and light-filled living room enjoying a superb outlook over the surrounding gardens through a wide set of sliding doors and several large windows. The room offers excellent proportions, with ample space for multiple seating arrangements, and features a central fireplace with stone surround, wall lighting, radiators, and a charming bay-style window area framed by exposed timber detailing. While requiring modernisation, it provides an impressive principal reception room with strong natural light, attractive garden views, and direct access to the outside.
Study: A well-proportioned study enjoying direct views over the garden through full-height sliding doors, allowing excellent natural light into the room. The space features timber flooring, fitted display shelving with brick detailing, a radiator, and ample room for use as a home office, library, or additional sitting room. While requiring modernisation, it offers a versatile and characterful space with direct access to the garden terrace.
Family room: A generously proportioned dual-aspect family room offering excellent natural light through multiple windows overlooking the garden. The room features a prominent exposed timber ceiling beam, adding character and warmth, with ample space for both relaxed seating and family use. While requiring modernisation, the room provides a substantial and versatile reception area with good ceiling height, radiators, power points, and scope to create a comfortable and inviting living space.
Utility room: A useful utility room with multiple windows providing good natural light and access through to adjoining service areas. The room includes a pedestal wash hand basin, wall-mounted storage units, fitted cupboards, tiled flooring, power points, and space for appliances. While requiring modernisation, it offers a practical ancillary space with excellent potential for laundry, storage, and general household use.

Principal bedroom: A generously proportioned principal bedroom enjoying excellent natural light through multiple windows, with an attractive outlook across the surrounding gardens and countryside beyond. The room offers ample space for a large bed and additional bedroom furniture, with a radiator beneath the main window and a door to the left-hand side providing access to a walk-in wardrobe. While requiring modernisation, it presents a bright and spacious principal suite with excellent storage potential and a pleasant open outlook.
En-suite: A well-appointed en-suite bathroom fitted with a panelled bath and wall-mounted shower attachment, vanity wash hand basin, and low-level WC. The room features part-tiled walls, a glazed shower screen, inset ceiling lighting, and a window positioned above the bath providing natural light. While requiring some updating, it offers a practical private bathroom with a bright feel and good potential to be modernised.

Bedroom 2: A generous double bedroom enjoying a bright dual-aspect outlook through three windows, with pleasant views over the surrounding garden and grounds. The room offers excellent proportions, a radiator beneath the main window, and fitted wardrobes providing useful built-in storage. While requiring modernisation, it presents a spacious and versatile bedroom with good natural light and direct access through to an adjoining bathroom.
En-suite: A compact en-suite bathroom fitted with a panelled bath and shower attachment, pedestal wash hand basin, and low-level WC. The room features part-tiled walls with decorative detailing, a window providing natural light, and practical access from the adjoining bedroom. While requiring modernisation, it offers a useful private bathroom facility with scope to be updated to suit contemporary tastes.

Bedroom 3: A spacious double bedroom enjoying excellent natural light and far-reaching views through a series of windows overlooking the surrounding gardens and countryside beyond. The room features a characterful exposed timber ceiling beam, wall lighting, radiator, and ample space for bedroom furniture. A door leads through to an adjoining en-suite shower room, creating a practical and private arrangement. While requiring modernisation, it offers a bright and generously proportioned bedroom with attractive outlooks and good potential.
En-suite shower room: A compact en-suite shower room fitted with a corner shower cubicle, wash hand basin, and low-level WC. The room features part-tiled walls with decorative border detailing, a wall-mounted mirror, and practical access from the adjoining bedroom. While requiring modernisation, it provides a useful private shower facility with scope to be updated to suit contemporary requirements.

Bedroom 4: A spacious double bedroom enjoying a bright dual-aspect outlook through multiple windows, with views over the surrounding gardens and countryside beyond. The room offers generous proportions, a radiator beneath the main window, wall lighting, and ample space for bedroom furniture. A door leads through to an adjoining en-suite bathroom, creating a practical private arrangement. While requiring modernisation, it provides a light and versatile bedroom with excellent potential.
En-suite: A compact en-suite bathroom fitted with a panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin, and low-level WC. The room features part-tiled walls, a wall-mounted mirror, and a window providing natural light. While requiring modernisation, it offers a useful private bathroom facility with scope to be updated to suit contemporary tastes.

Bedroom 5: A spacious double bedroom enjoying good natural light through two windows, with a pleasant outlook over the surrounding greenery. The room features fitted wardrobe storage, a radiator, and a wash hand basin with vanity unit, providing practical functionality. A door leads through to an adjoining en-suite WC, while a further door provides access back to the hallway. While requiring modernisation, it offers a generous and versatile bedroom with useful built-in storage and scope to be updated.
En-suite: A compact en-suite shower room fitted with a shower cubicle and low-level WC, with an adjoining vanity wash hand basin area serving the room. The space features part-tiled walls, a towel ring, and practical access directly from the bedroom. While requiring modernisation, it provides a useful private shower facility with scope to be refreshed and updated.

Garden/outside area: The property is approached via a sweeping gravel driveway, providing extensive off-road parking and access to a detached triple garage. The grounds are a particularly attractive feature, wrapping around the house and enjoying a mature, leafy setting with established trees, hedging, and areas of lawn.
To the rear, a broad paved terrace provides space for outdoor seating and entertaining, leading onto generous gardens with far-reaching views across the surrounding countryside. The grounds include a former tennis court, mature planting, and a superb sense of privacy, with the house set well within its plot. While the gardens and external areas would benefit from some maintenance and landscaping, they offer excellent scope to create a beautiful country garden and outdoor entertaining space.

Agents note: Please note that these details have been prepared as a general guide and do not form part of a contract. We have not carried out a detailed survey, nor tested the services, appliances and specific fittings. Room sizes are approximate and should not be relied upon. Any verbal statements or information given about this property, again, should not be relied on and should not form part of a contract or agreement to purchase.