PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
A beautifully presented 5 double bedroom, 2 bathroom, mid terrace period family home conveniently located between the amenities of Crofton Park and Catford. The house offers over 1500 sqft (141 sqm) of well-proportioned living accommodation over 3 floors and benefits from period features, OFF STREET PARKING, double glazing throughout and a landscaped WEST facing private rear garden.
The house is set back from the street by a good size driveway, the house itself has an attractive façade with bay windows and steps leading up to the front door which is protected by an ornate porch.
Upon entry there is a wide hallway housing the staircase with period features and access to the ground floor rooms.
The cosy front reception room has high ceilings with cornicing, solid wood floors that have been varnished, a lovely period fireplace as a centre piece with built in cupboards and shelving in the alcoves. The large bay window fills the room with natural light and as the room is raised slightly higher than ground level there is additional privacy from the street below.
The rear reception room also has high ceilings and cornicing with a lovely cast iron fireplace, this room is semi open planned to the kitchen making it a great entertaining and family room. There is a storage cupboard utilising the space under the stairs, fitted shelving in one of the alcoves and French doors that lead out the to the garden via the side return. Solid oak flooring runs seamlessly through this room and into the kitchen area.
The kitchen diner has plenty of white gloss wall and base mounted units set on both sides of the room with wooden worktops above and a metro tiled splashback. The sink sits nicely under the side window next to the cooker with extractor above and oven below. The far end of the room easily fits a dining room table and chairs with a tall wall mounted radiator to the side and wooden framed bi-fold doors that lead to the rear garden.
The partially walled, WEST facing rear garden has been neatly landscaped to create a low maintenance space. There is a decked area closest to the house with a slightly raised artificial grass lawn surrounded by fencing and a brick wall at the rear.
Upstairs on the first floor there is a generous landing with a staircase leading up to the converted loft space.
At the far end of the house is a double bedroom that has nice views over the garden, it has good ceiling height and carpeted flooring.
Adjacent is the family bathroom which is partially tiled with white metro tiles surrounding the toilet and the wash hand basin and light blue/green metro tiles in the shower area above the bathtub. A frosted window to the side of the house allows for light and ventilation.
There are two more bedrooms on this floor, a double bedroom that is in the middle of the house with carpeted floors, a nice feature fireplace and a window to the rear.
Occupying the whole width of the front of the property is the main bedroom which has high ceilings with cornicing, carpeted flooring, built in storage in one of the alcoves, a nice cast iron feature fireplace and two sets of large windows that illuminates the room with natural light.
The loft has been converted to create two further double bedrooms and an additional bathroom. Both bedrooms are nicely decorated with carpeted floors and both offer eaves storage, one is located at the back of the house overlooking the garden and the other at the front of the house which has two large skylights set within the pitch of the roof.
The shower room is located between the two bedrooms, it has been lavishly decorated with stylish black and white floor tiles and white metro tiles surrounding the luxurious walk in shower enclosure. There is also a contemporary wash hand basin with vanity unit, a toilet, a heated towel rail and a utility cupboard that houses the washing machine and drier. A frosted window to the rear allows for natural light and ventilation.
Manwood Road is located between a selection of mainline stations, the closest is Catford and Caford Bridge (0.40 miles) which has links to Victoria, Crofton Park (0.47 miles) goes to Blackfriars, Farringdon, Kings X and offers easy access to the Thameslink line and Honor Oak Park station (0.64 miles) has regular services to London Bridge (around 15mins) as well as London Overground services to Shoreditch and Highbury and Islington.
Amenities can be found either in Crofton Park, the centre of Catford or Honor Oak Park. Manwood Road is also surrounded by open green spaces such as Blythe Hill fields, Ravensbourne Park Gardens and Ladywell Fields. A couple of places of note for an evening out include The Crofton Park Tavern, the London Beer Dispensary, in Catford there is The Blythe Hill Tavern, a CAMRA-award winning pub, the Ninth life and Catford Bridge Tavern are hip gastro pubs and there is even a Cinema in Catford Mews.
There is also a very good selection of highly rated primary schools nearby including Rathfern, Dalmain, Stillness, St William of York, Prendergast and independent through school, St Dunstan’s College, is a short walk away.