5 bed detached house for sale

Half Key, Malvern WR14

A substantial five-bedroom detached home offering generous living space, mature gardens and exceptional potential, set in a peaceful Malvern location beneath the Malvern Hills.

Description

Halfkey House presents a wonderful opportunity to acquire a substantial detached home. Offering impressive proportions and a flexible layout, this property provides the space and scope to create a superb family residence tailored to individual taste. The ground floor includes three reception rooms, a spacious living room with stone fireplace, a dining room with exposed brick feature wall and a boot room. A large kitchen, adjoining utility and two conservatories extend the living space. Upstairs, there are five well-sized bedrooms, alongside a family bathroom. Externally, the property enjoys extensive gardens laid mainly to lawn and a wide gated driveway provides ample parking and leads to a detached garage with adjoining covered area. Located at the foot of the Malvern Hills, the property combines rural tranquillity with excellent access to local amenities, making it an appealing project for those seeking space and potential in a highly regarded area.

A spacious five-bedroom detached home offering excellent potential for improvement.

Generous living areas including three reception rooms and two conservatories.

Expansive mature gardens providing privacy and a pleasant outlook.

Ample driveway parking with garage and additional covered area.

Situated in the sought-after spa town of Malvern, close to schools, amenities and transport links.

The kitchen
The kitchen is a generous and practical space that offers excellent potential. It features extensive cabinetry and well-planned work surfaces. Multiple windows allow natural light to brighten the room while offering pleasant garden views through the conservatory. Though in need of modernisation, this spacious kitchen forms a solid foundation for a future redesign that could transform it into a truly impressive family space.

The living room
The living room is a spacious and inviting area that provides an excellent opportunity for transformation. A large bay window fills the room with natural light and offers pleasant garden views, while a substantial stone fireplace forms a striking focal point. The generous proportions allow for flexible layouts to suit modern family living, with double doors connecting to the conservatory.

The dining room
The dining room is a bright and well-proportioned space with a bay window that frames pleasant garden views. An exposed brick fireplace adds character and creates a central focal point, offering potential to be restored or reimagined as part of a renovation. The room’s generous size allows flexibility for family dining or entertaining, presenting an excellent foundation for a stylish and welcoming dining area that complements the home’s generous layout.

The conservatories
The adjoining conservatories provide bright and versatile spaces that connect the home to the garden, offering pleasant views and a sense of openness. Their generous proportions make them ideal for use as relaxed seating or garden rooms, perfect for enjoying the outlook throughout the seasons. They offer excellent scope to create attractive and functional living spaces that enhance the property’s flow and connection to the outdoors.

The boot room
The boot room offers a practical and versatile space, ideally suited for everyday use and outdoor living. With direct access to the driveway, it serves as a convenient entry point for storing coats, shoes, and outdoor equipment. A window allows natural light to enter, creating a bright and functional area that could easily be enhanced through modernisation. Its position beside the kitchen and utility adds to its usefulness, offering scope to develop this into a well-organised and efficient space.

The primary bedroom
The primary bedroom is a well-sized double room featuring built-in storage and a large window that draws in natural light. Its proportions allow for comfortable furnishing and a flexible layout. While the space would benefit from updating, it offers a solid foundation to create a bright and functional principal bedroom. With thoughtful improvement, this room could become a welcoming and well-organised retreat within the home.

The second bedroom
The second bedroom is a generous double room offering good proportions and a pleasant outlook through a large window. It provides a blank canvas for redecoration and reconfiguration. With its size and natural light, this room has the potential to become a bright and comfortable bedroom suited to a range of needs.

The third bedroom
The third bedroom is a comfortable double room featuring a bank of fitted wardrobes that provide ample storage and a built-in wash basin for added practicality. A window brings in good natural light and offers a pleasant outlook, creating a bright and usable space. Though in need of modernisation, the room’s proportions and existing features present an excellent foundation for refurbishment, offering potential to create a welcoming guest room or versatile family bedroom.

The fourth and fifth bedrooms
The fourth bedroom is a bright double room with a good sense of space and a pleasant view from the window. Its simple layout allows flexibility for use as a family bedroom, guest room, or study. A door from here leads through to the third bedroom. The fifth bedroom is an inviting room that could serve well as a nursery, home office or further bedroom. Natural light enhances its sense of space suited to various needs.

The bathroom
The bathroom is fitted with a walk-in shower, wash basin and WC, offering a practical layout with tiled walls and flooring for easy maintenance. A frosted window provides natural light and ventilation, helping the space feel bright and functional.

The garden
The gardens are a notable feature of the property, offering generous outdoor space that wraps around the home and provides a peaceful setting. The main lawn is bordered by mature trees and shrubs, creating a sense of privacy and greenery. A paved terrace adjoins the conservatory, giving scope for seating or outdoor dining. While the grounds would benefit from some general improvement, they offer excellent potential for landscaping or further development.

The driveway and parking
The property is approached via a wide gated driveway providing ample off-road parking and access to a detached garage with adjoining covered area. The layout allows space for multiple vehicles, making it particularly convenient for family living or visitors. The arrangement offers excellent practicality and scope for improvement, creating a secure and well-organised space that complements the home’s generous plot.

Location

Location
Malvern is a picturesque spa town set at the foot of the Malvern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty renowned for its breathtaking scenery, walking trails and natural springs. The town combines historic charm with excellent modern amenities, offering a wide range of shops, supermarkets, cafés, and restaurants, as well as a thriving arts and cultural scene centred around the renowned Malvern Theatres.

Families benefit from a strong choice of schools, including Malvern Parish Primary School, The Chase School, and Dyson Perrins C of E Academy. Malvern is also home to respected independent schools, such as Malvern St James and Malvern College, both of which enjoy excellent reputations nationally.

Leisure opportunities are extensive. Beyond the walking and cycling offered by the Malvern Hills, the town provides leisure centres, sports clubs, and easy access to golf courses and equestrian facilities. The surrounding countryside and nearby riverside towns offer further opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Transport connections are excellent. Malvern is served by Great Malvern and Malvern Link railway stations, providing direct services to Worcester, Birmingham, Hereford, and London Paddington. By road, the town is well connected via the A449 and nearby M5 and M50 motorways, making travel across the Midlands and beyond straightforward. Birmingham International Airport can be reached in under an hour.

Services

Services
The property benefits from mains electricity and water is provided via a private pipe from a neighbouring property. Drainage is supplied via a cesspool and central-heating is provided by liquid propane gas.

Fees

Reservation Fee - refundable on exchange

A reservation fee, refundable on exchange, is payable prior to the issue of the Memorandum of Sale and after which the property may be marked as Sold Subject to Contract. The fee will be reimbursed upon the successful Exchange of Contracts.

The fee will be retained by Andrew Grant in the event that you the Buyer withdraws from the purchase or does not Exchange within 6 months of the fee being received other than for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Any significant material issues which individually are more than 1% of the agreed purchase price and are highlighted in a survey and were not evident or drawn to the attention of you, the Buyer, prior to the Memorandum of Sale being issued.
2. Serious and material defect in the seller’s legal title.
3. Local search revealing a matter that has a material adverse effect on the market value of the property that was previously undeclared and not in the public domain.
4. The vendor withdrawing the property from sale.

The reservation fee will be 0.5% of the accepted offer price for offers below £800,000 and 1% for offers of £800,000 or over. This fee, unless specified otherwise, is payable upon acceptance by the vendor of an offer from a buyer and completion of an assessment of the buyer’s financial status and ability to proceed.

Should a buyer’s financial position regarding the funding of the property prove to be fundamentally different from that declared by the buyer when the Memorandum of Sale was completed, then the Vendor has the right to withdraw from the sale and/or the reservation fee retained. For example, where the buyer declares themselves as a cash buyer but are in fact relying on an unsecured sale of their property. The reservation fee will not be refunded where there is an inability on the part of the Buyer to raise any required mortgage after the Memorandum of Sale is completed.

Once the reservation fee has been paid, any renegotiation of the price stated in the memorandum of sale for any reason other than those covered in points 1 to 3 above will lead to the reservation fee being retained. A further fee will be levied on any subsequent reduced offer that is accepted by the vendor. This further fee will be subject to the same conditions that prevail for all reservation fees outlined above.