PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
LAUNCH DATE FRIDAY 19TH and SATURDAY 20TH MARCH. Offered to the market CHAIN FREE is this truly charming four-bedroom, two-bathroom, Victorian terraced family home, on this quiet residential road in East Dulwich. The house is nicely decorated and presented to a high standard throughout, it offers some lovely period features including a fireplace, sash windows, exposed polished original wooden floors, double glazing throughout and a neatly manicured WEST facing private rear garden.
The house is set back from the street by a walled front garden with a Victorian style tiled pathway leading to the front entrance which is located under an ornate arched porch.
The charming Victorian façade has exposed brickwork with detailed masonry surrounding the square bay sash windows that are typical of this era.
Upon entry there is a hallway with that houses the staircase and leads through into the double reception room.
The reception room has high ceilings with cornicing with exposed original wooden floorboards that have been sanded and varnished. The room is divided into two distinct areas, a cosy front reception room at the front of the house and a dining room at the rear. The front reception benefits from an attractive period fireplace as a centrepiece and the large square bay window illuminates the room with natural light. The rear dining area has enough space for a good size dining room table and chairs with a sash window looking out to the rear and a doorway leading to the kitchen.
The kitchen is a good size with plenty of wall and base mounted white storage cupboards housing integrated appliances and a grey marble worktop above. The kitchen units run along both sides of the room with a sink to one side that sits nicely under a window looking out to the side return, on the opposite side of the room is a large range cooker with extractor hood above.
At the far end of the room are French doors that lead directly to the private rear garden.
The garden has a Westerly aspect that catches the afternoon and evening sunshine, it’s 28 ft (8.53m) long and offers plenty of privacy. There is a sandstone patio closest to the house, perfect for al fresco dining in the warmer months. Beyond this is a low maintenance Astro turf lawn with a raised bed of railway sleepers at the rear and horizontal slatted fencing on either side.
Upstairs on the first floor there is a half landing leading to the far end of the house where there is a charming single bedroom that overlooks the garden through a large double glazed sash window. This bedroom is ideal for a child’s bedroom or it would make a nice home office or study.
Adjacent is the family bathroom which has neutral coloured tiled floors and partially tiled walls. The bathtub has a shower screen with shower head above and some shelving built into the wall. There is a large contemporary wash hand basin with a mixer tap and the toilet sits next to a frosted window which offers natural light and ventilation.
A good size double bedroom can be found in the middle of the house, it offers high ceilings, a fitted wardrobe in one of the alcoves of the chimney breast, more stripped original wooden floorboards and a double-glazed sash window looking out to the rear with a radiator that sits beneath.
Occupying the whole width of the front of the house is a generous main bedroom. Three large sash windows fill this room with natural light, there are carpeted floors, high ceilings with cornicing and two fitted wardrobes that fill the alcoves either side of the chimney breast.
The loft has been converted to create a spacious guest double bedroom accompanied by a substantial shower room.
The shower room has stylish grey tiled flooring that is replicated on the walls of the luxurious walk-in shower enclosure. A contemporary wall hung wash hand basin has a vanity unit below for additional storage, there is a further toilet and two additional storage cupboards fitted to the walls. A double-glazed window offers natural light, ventilation and nice views over the roof tops and beyond.
The double bedroom has been stylishly decorated with carpeted floors and fitted cupboards along one side of the room. There are two large skylights at the front of the house with access to the eaves for storage underneath, at the rear there is a Juliette balcony that offers lovely far-reaching views.
St Aidan’s Road is a peaceful residential street convenient for both Honor Oak and Peckham Rye rail stations. There is a range of useful shops, bars, restaurants and cafes on Forest Hill Road, which is approximately 150 metres from the property, as well as a doctor's surgery, dentist, a post office and a popular pub at the end of the street called the Herne Tavern that has an excellent beer garden. The many facilities of both East Dulwich and Peckham are also only a ten to fifteen minutes stroll away as well as a good selection of highly rated primary schools including Goodrich Primary which is approximately 400 meters away. At the bottom of St Aidan's Road you will also find the lovely open green spaces of Peckham Rye Park and Horniman Gardens is within walking distance.