Langdale Gardens, Hove

Description

Guide Price: £1,600,000 – £1,650,000

A substantial double-fronted, semi-detached family home in one of Hove’s most desirable coastal neighbourhoods, with the beach at the end of the road.

Approximately 2,200 sq ft of beautifully considered accommodation and an outstanding ground floor designed around family life and entertaining.

This is a house that has been intelligently evolved. Behind its traditional double fronted façade, the accommodation opens into a remarkably generous contemporary living space, while four bedrooms are arranged across the upper floors, culminating in a superb principal suite with partial sea views. The result is a home that retains the proportions and character of its original architecture while working exceptionally well for modern family life.

The entrance sits centrally within the house, with the staircase rising through the accommodation and parquet flooring providing continuity across much of the ground floor.

To the front of the house, a separate living room is arranged around a wood-burning stove, with fitted cabinetry and shelving, plantation shutters and a broad bay bringing in plenty of natural light. It provides a more intimate room away from the larger open-plan accommodation beyond, while its generous proportions and separation from the principal living space give the room considerable flexibility. For families requiring bedroom accommodation at ground floor level, it could equally lend itself to use as an additional bedroom, guest room or more independent space, without compromising the extensive kitchen, dining and family accommodation beyond.

The heart of the house is undoubtedly the kitchen, dining and family room. Extending to approximately 38 feet in length and approaching 29 feet at its widest point, this is a beautifully considered sequence of interconnected spaces running through much of the ground floor and opening directly onto the west-facing garden.

The kitchen is centred around a substantial island with stone work surfaces and high-level seating, complemented by extensive cabinetry, branded integrated appliances and a Smeg range cooker. Generous preparation and work space has been carefully arranged around the island, allowing the kitchen to work equally well for everyday family life and entertaining, with a natural connection between cooking, conversation and the wider dining and living spaces.

Architectural roof glazing draws natural light deep into the centre of the house, while parquet flooring continues through the kitchen, dining and family areas.

The dining area occupies the second of the house’s broad front bays, bringing another generous source of natural light into the ground floor. An extensive wall of bespoke full height cabinetry and open shelving gives the space real presence, while its proportions allow it to feel like a room in its own right despite remaining completely connected to the kitchen and family living areas beyond.

Towards the rear, the scale opens further into a relaxed family living area where an extensive run of bi-fold glazed doors can be opened completely onto the landscaped, level garden.

The rear of the house faces west with a southerly side aspect, allowing an enormous amount of natural light to move across the garden and into the living space throughout the day. Together with the roof glazing and extensive glazing to the rear, this gives the entire space a wonderfully light and open quality.

The garden has been landscaped with lawn, established planting and generous areas of contemporary weathered timber effect composite decking, creating a low maintenance setting for outdoor seating and dining. Private and manageable, its west facing orientation and direct relationship with the house allow it to function as a natural continuation of the living space during the warmer months.

A contemporary, well fitted ground floor cloakroom completes this level.

The first floor provides three well proportioned bedrooms, including two generous rooms across the front of the house and a further bedroom to the rear.

Fully fitted utility room on this level, providing useful dedicated space for laundry and household storage and keeping the practicalities of everyday family life away from the principal living accommodation below.

One of the front bedrooms opens directly onto a period style balcony, creating an attractive additional outside space and allowing fresh coastal air to flow through the room. From its elevated position there are far reaching views along Langdale Gardens, with views towards the sea and beach when looking south towards the end of the road.

The family bathroom is also positioned on this floor and has plenty of character, combining traditional metro tiling and patterned flooring with a freestanding roll top bath, separate walk in shower and traditional sanitaryware, together with underfloor heating.

The staircase continues to the second floor, where the principal bedroom occupies virtually the entire upper level.

An impressive and private space, rooflights and glazed doors introduce excellent natural light, while from this elevated position there are partial views towards the sea, providing a further connection with the coastal setting.

Extensive built in storage and a separate shower room with underfloor heating complete the floor, creating a genuine principal suite privately positioned away from the other bedrooms below.

Beyond the design and presentation of the house, considerable investment has also been made behind the scenes. As part of the renovation, the principal services were comprehensively renewed and upgraded, including the electrical and heating systems. Period style double glazed windows with gas filled glazing were installed throughout at considerable expense, preserving the character of the house while providing the benefits of modern glazing.

Underfloor heating extends throughout the ground floor and to both bathrooms and can operate independently of the gas central heating system, providing flexibility and comfort throughout the house. Lighting across the principal ground floor spaces is separately controlled and dimmable, allowing the kitchen, dining and family areas to be lit independently and the atmosphere adjusted throughout the day and evening. The renovation also incorporated a sophisticated automated mist fire suppression system, discreetly flush mounted and largely concealed within the fabric of the building. Full fibre broadband is connected to the property, supported by WiFi access points positioned throughout the house.

Langdale Gardens is a particularly attractive, wide tree lined residential road, characterised by substantial period houses, generous frontages and a wonderful sense of space, running south towards Hove seafront and the promenade.

At the southern end of Langdale Gardens, the promenade and sea are quite literally at the end of the road. Perfectly positioned to enjoy the very best of Hove’s coastal lifestyle, the setting combines the quieter atmosphere of an established residential street with the beach, promenade and Hove Lawns all moments away.

This is a part of the city where the coast naturally becomes part of everyday life. The recently opened padel courts, Yellowave Beach Sports, tennis courts, sailing club and beachside cafés are all within easy reach, whether it is an early morning swim, a game of tennis, beach volleyball at Yellowave or an evening walk along the promenade as the sun sets over the Channel.

Away from the seafront, Church Road and New Church Road provide an outstanding collection of independent coffee shops, restaurants, bakeries, delicatessens and everyday amenities. Local favourites including Franco’s Osteria, Babble, Sugardough Bakery, Rockwater and Marrocco’s contribute to the relaxed yet vibrant neighbourhood atmosphere that defines this part of Hove.

Hove’s County Cricket Ground is also nearby, hosting summer cricket alongside concerts and open air cinema, while the surrounding squares and gardens provide beautifully maintained green spaces away from the seafront.

For families, the area offers a strong choice of schools and nurseries across Hove, while its combination of substantial houses, quieter residential streets and immediate proximity to the coast makes it particularly well suited to long term family life.

Hove mainline station is within easy reach, providing direct services to London and Gatwick, with regular bus services operating across the city and along the coastline.

For those relocating from London, Langdale Gardens offers a particularly attractive balance: considerably more space, a genuine neighbourhood and the sea at the end of the road, while retaining straightforward connections back to the capital.

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Council Tax Band: F
Tenure: Freehold
Parking options: On Street
Garden details: Private Garden