PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Offered to the market CHAIN FREE, is this bright and airy, 4-bedroom, end of terrace mid-century town house with 1221 sqft (113.4 sqm) of floor space requiring modernisation. The house is located on one of SE23’s premier quiet residential streets. Dunoon Road is popular with local residents as its close to Honor Oak station, as well as the highly rated Fairlawn Primary school and has a great community that holds annual street parties.
The house benefits from off street parking, an integrated garage, a secluded private rear garden, partial double glazing, a bright first floor reception room, separate kitchen and dining room.
The house is set back from the street by a driveway with a hedge down one side and the front entrance is protected by a porch with some storage cupboards to the side housing the gas and electric meters. To the side of the entrace is an integrated garage.
Upon entry there is a hallway housing the staircase with some storage cupboards beneath, at the end of the hall is a shower room with a toilet and wash hand basin.
At the rear of the property there is a study/bedroom that looks out to the garden through a window. Adjacent is a utility room that leads out to the garden via a patio door.
The garden has a patio are closes to the house, beyond this is a lawn surrounded by mature plants and shrubs. Being at the end of the terrace means the garden benefits from being walled on one side with no adjoining neighbour.
The stairwell leading up acts as a nice feature with frosted glass panels that allow for the natural light to travel through the centre of the property. On the landing there are some lovely, frosted glass shelves that are an original feature of the house.
From here there is a large first floor reception room at the front of the house which has original Parquet flooring and large sliding doors that open to a Juliette balcony and illuminate the room with natural South facing light.
The rear part of this room is a dining area that leads to the kitchen. The kitchen is remarkably still the original retro kitchen from the 70’s and is still operational with plenty of wall and base mounted cupboards. A stainless-steel sink sits in a worktop that sits under a double-glazed window overlooking the garden.
On the top floor there is landing that has an airing cupboard housing the hot water tank and access to the loft space which makes for good storage.
The bathroom is at the rear of the house. It’s a good size and comes with a bathtub, wash hand basin and toilet. There is a frosted double-glazed window that offers natural light and ventilation.
Adjacent is a double bedroom which also has double glazing and nice views over the garden and beyond.
At the front of the house is a largest double bedroom which has fitted wardrobes and nice South facing views. From this high up on the hill the views from this bedroom are delightful and there is an abundance of natural light. Adjacent is the smallest bedroom which would make a good study, dressing room or child’s bedroom.
Dunoon Road is conveniently located twixt Devonshire Road and Honor Oak Road providing easy access to the amenities of both Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill. This home is at the Honor Oak end, only a few minutes' walk to the independent shops and cafés found nearby, and the magical Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. The highly rated Fairlawn Primary school is literally at the top of the road (within 200 meters) and Horniman Primary is close by too (0.4 miles). The station, just five minutes away (approx. 500 meters), has services to London Bridge, Victoria and London Overground links to Canada Water, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Dalston Junction and Highbury & Islington. At the other end of Devonshire Road is Forest Hill where you will find a large Sainsbury's, Post Office, WH Smiths, Boots, delicatessens and modern swimming pool/leisure center. Horniman Museum and Gardens is very close and holds regular farmers' markets, great summer events and a butterfly sanctuary, while Sydenham Woods is also within walking distance. Forest Hill Road leads down to the open green spaces of Benchley Gardens and Peckham Rye as well as offering plenty of amenities including a couple of great pubs, restaurants and a GP surgery.