Casella Road, New Cross

£550,000

Sale Agreed

Best and final offers invited by 5pm, Saturday 14th September.

Big, bright and chain free two double bedroom maisonette of 880 square feet – with a delightful private garden (with direct and side access) – on the upper floors of a handsome Victorian bay-fronted end of terrace.

Find your new pad within Hatcham Conservation Area, and next to (cute local park) Eckington Gardens.

You are but 10 minutes by foot to New Cross Gate Station (Fare Zone 2, one stop to London Bridge and on the Overground line). And 15 to Queens Road Peckham Station.

Take stairs up to your own front door, which is at raised ground floor level. Once in, take in the high ceilings, and take a right for your big reception room (of over 13 feet by over 11 feet). Three sash windows to the bay plus custom-made shelving pleasingly feature here.

You have a useful cupboard next to the stairs, then your eat-in kitchen, of over 11 feet by nearly 10 feet. Modern fitted units run on one wall, and it is from this room you access your fab part-walled garden (directly via metal stairs).

Your low-maintenance decked garden is over 24 feet by over 16 feet, and enjoys great sun most of the day.

Head upstairs and from the half-landing you have two large built-in cupboards (great storage). Then you access your smart windowed bathroom, with large profile tiles, under-basin storage, and an over-bath shower.

From the landing proper, you have the first double bedroom to your left; this is over 11 feet by over 9 feet, in a soft powder blue hue, with a pale carpet.

Finally, your largest bedroom fronts the house, with twin sash windows, and custom-made floor to ceiling closets. Again you have a pale carpet.

The area? Hatcham CA is a little-known Victorian residential pocket of south London. From 1614, the land was owned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. When the manor house here (named 'Hatcham Park’) was demolished circa 1840, terraced homes were permitted to be built. Rescued from proposed demolition in the 1970’s, Hatcham Conservation Area was designated by Lewisham Council in 1990.

Stroll 10 minutes to New Cross Gate Station. There are also plenty of day and night bus routes within a short walk of the house; to Elephant & Castle and beyond, or to Peckham, Deptford, Greenwich, Brockley and Lewisham.

The very local school (walk five minutes) is a very good one: Hatcham Primary (3-11).

Local eateries and drinkeries of note include Corner cafe (and bar) and The Old Library bar, The Rosemary, The Rose Inn, and The Earl of Derby. And Smokey Jerk is a local gem.

Nip down to neighbouring SE15 for many others, including Mamma Dough, Peckham Bazaar, Kudu, Kudu Grill, Ganapati, Artusi, Peckham Levels, Miss Tapas, Naïfs, Levan and Forza Wine.

Deptford has a top social scene too – find great food at Watergate, Marcella, SALT and The Tea House for example. There are lots of hip hangouts in Deptford Market Yard and surrounds. Deptford also has its own theatre: The Albany, and a modern leisure centre with lane pool.

New Cross is home to Goldsmiths University and a cool contemporary art gallery (Goldsmiths CCA), and your local parks include Telegraph Hill (Upper and Lower, with Saturday Farmers’ Market, or hop on a bus down to Brockley Market) and Fordham Parks.

Eckington Gardens is a small local one with playground and occasional community events like summer movie screenings.

Grab fresh loaves from Blackbird Bakery by QRP station, or at Ayres on nearby Nunhead Lane. While you’re in Nunhead, check out FC Soper wet fish shop as well. And El Vermut and Mother Superior are cool bottle-shops with seating. BARD4100 and Goodcup (with cocktail bar downstairs) are also recommended.