Casella Road, New Cross

£425,000

Delightful split-level one bedroom apartment of 60 square metres/646 square feet, with its own front door and a private part-walled garden. Find it within a handsome bay-fronted Victorian terraced townhouse.

The location is a residential tree-lined side street within New Cross’s Hatcham Conservation Area. You are 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.

In your own front door and to your immediate right is a vault/store. Turn left and left again for your large reception room, of over 13 feet by over 12 feet. Engineered oak flooring and built-in shelving plus a study/work station feature.

Next door is your smart kitchen with white modern fitted units and a cute counter seating space, plus neat square wall tiles and open shelving.

At the end of the hall you have some useful under-stairs storage then a cute lobby/home office with a big built-in desk. The back door out to the garden is here.

Beyond this is the property’s bathroom. This has a modern suite and fittings which include an over-bath shower.

Your garden is a low-maintenance one (surrounded by other gardens) with a decked area which gets great sun, by the boundary wall. We love the palm tree out here.

It is upstairs to bed; your double-aspect bedroom (of 12 feet by over 8 feet) is on the raised ground floor, set to the rear of the building. There is a built-in cupboard on the landing outside and another built-in wardrobe in the room: plenty of storage for clothing and linen.

Some area blurb – Hatcham CA is a little-known and very-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.

Local eateries and drinkeries of note include The 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 others, including Mamma Dough, Peckham Bazaar, Kudu, Kudu Grill, Ganapati, Artusi, Peckham Levels, Miss Tapas, Levan, Forza Wine and The Coal Rooms.

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 some seating. BARD4100 and Goodcup are also recommended.