For Sale5 Bedroom House in Hengist Road, Birchington, Kent Ct7 9qp£1,100,000

This has been a truly wonderful family home for the past 27 years and our kids have thoroughly enjoyed growing up so close to the sea and, as we are in a small cul-de-sac, it is very quiet and safe for children and animals. During our time we have extended the house to include the new dining/garden room which looks really great at Christmastime when we have the Christmas tree in the box bay and you can enjoy the lights whether you are indoors or outside. We have also made the property more open plan and redesigned the garden as well as making the property more energy efficient by installing solar panels, an EV charger, an air source heat pump and heating system with new radiators. We shall be sad to leave but with the children having grown up we feel it is time to start a new adventure although we shall be staying in the same area as we love it so much. As well as a long sandy beach where you can build sandcastles and swim in the summer and enjoy bracing walks in the winter, there are plenty of water based activities including sailing, wind and kite surfing as well as wind foiling and if you want a meal out but don’t want to drive you can always pop along to the Minnis Bay Brasserie which is virtually on our doorstep. There is a parade of shops nearby for basic requirements and the village of Birchington offers everything you could wish for from a mainline train station where the fast train to St Pancras takes about an hour and a half, to individual shops and supermarkets as well as hairdressers, nail bars, vets and a medical centre. There are some excellent restaurants and pubs in the vicinity plus Quex Park with its museum and outside complex that includes a garden centre, leisure activity areas, craft shops and a livery stables while Quex Barn offers wonderful food shopping in its farmshop and a great eating experience in the restaurant. The local Birchington primary is a good school and there is also King Ethelbert secondary school and the Ursuline College available in Birchington and Westgate while grammar and private schools can be found in nearby Broadstairs and Ramsgate. As well as the sailing club and other watersports there is also the Westgate and Birchington Golf Club and a local tennis and bowls club while for cyclists you can revel in a trip to Reculver along the Viking Coastal Trail. There is also a very good and inexpensive cinema in Westgate, theatres in Ramsgate and Broadstairs and if you want to go further afield Westwood Cross includes a large shopping centre with a variety of high street stores, a retail park and the Vue cinema complex as well as a casino and numerous restaurants.