Friern Road, East Dulwich

Impressive and immaculate architecturally treated bay fronted Victorian house – the recent subject of a comprehensive and sensitive C21st refurbishment – with four double bedrooms, three bathrooms (plus a downstairs loo), an independent utility room, and a garden studio with power. A front drive for your wheels completes the pleasing offering. Chain free. Just a 10-15 minute walk from East Dulwich Station, the location is quiet, leafy and well connected. Peckham Rye Park and Common’s 113 acres are less than a five minute walk from your front door, and you are winning-at-life close to locally-revered Lordship Lane and its offshoot North Cross Road with its delightful Saturday market. The house is also close to well-regarded nursery, primary and secondary schools. Take a few steps up to your front door and open into a delightful high-ceilinged hall with herringbone flooring, hugely impressing from the off! To your left is a traditional double-reception in a deep blue hue with panel detailing, with feature fireplace to the front room. Big new double-glazed sash windows delight in the bay (and upstairs, too). At the foot of the hall you have a neat and plumbed independent utility room to your left, with a cute guest/downstairs w.c. opposite. Your back room is the property’s big event, a perfect space to entertain or enjoy with your core crew: a beautiful, huge kitchen/reception, with exposed timber beams to the vaulted ceiling of the deftly-done extension. The fitted kitchen is a super smart affair, with loads of cupboard, counter and breakfast bar/bar space, and high-end integrated appliances (including an induction hob and wine fridge) included in the sale. Oversized sliding doors open to the paved area of the garden which is laid to lawn beyond. Your neat garden studio also has sliding double-glazed doors to one entire wall. Up to the half-landing and you have a double bedroom set to the back of the house, with a contemporary windowed bathroom adjacent. From the landing proper you access the house’s master suite, with twin-sashed principal bedroom spanning the width of the house (it is over 16 feet by over 11 feet) which has a bank of custom-made fitted wardrobes to the near wall. Set off the big bedroom area is a fitted-out walk-through dressing area, then a luxury bathroom with twin basins and a free-standing bath plus independent shower. Your second floor hosts two double bedrooms. Both with built-in wardrobes. Your very top room also has a Juliet balcony and accessible storage to the eaves. Next door (and serving both second floor bedrooms) is a modern shower room with Velux window. Connections are excellent with three stations within easy reach; East Dulwich and Peckham Rye in Zone 2, Honor Oak Park in Zone 3, and day and night bus routes available on Peckham Rye. Green spaces abound with Peckham Rye, Dulwich Park, One Tree Hill, Horniman Gardens (with new swanky cafe) and Goose Green all close by.
For shopping and dining, you have Forest Hill Road and Barry Road close by, as well as Lordship Lane, Rye Lane, Bellenden Road, Honor Oak and Nunhead. Fantastic local pubs include The Herne Tavern and Watson’s General Telegraph. Both are handsome Victorian buildings with some of the largest beer gardens in SE-London, The Great Exhibtion and Clock House Tavern. Wider SE22 and SE15 highlights include Artusi, Ganapati, The Begging Bowl, Levan, Banh Banh, Mr Bao, Peckham Bazaar, Lai Rai, Kokum, Yama Momo, Norbert’s along with Miss Margherita and Babur in Honor Oak also recommended. East Dulwich Leisure Centre and the East Dulwich Picture House are a short stroll, with Parkrun on Peckham Rye every Saturday at 9am and outdoor fitness groups on the common.
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax band: E
Borough: Southwark