Linwood Close, Camberwell

£385,000

Generous ground floor one bedroom flat of 514 square feet. Winning features include your own front door, a Freehold-share (with a very long lease), double-glazing throughout, and a designated parking space. Tick those boxes! Chain free.

Find the pleasing property within a low-rise purpose-built private development, which rests in well-established and well-tended communal grounds (in a cute cul de sac setting off gorgeous Grove Park); these even boast a mature woodland and communal BBQ area.

Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill stations (both Fare Zone 2) are your closest: walk just 10 and 12 minutes to these for regular and London Overground services.

In your own front door and you arrive in a surprisingly generous hall. It’s a great welcome.

Double doors open to your roomy reception - of over 16 feet by over 14 feet. There is plenty of space to zone seating, eating and work areas here, and a large east-facing bay window looks out to leafy vistas. Smart Italian tiles grace the floor.

The windowed independent kitchen is set off this main room, with timeless gloss-white modern wall and base units, which are paired with wooden worktops.

A door from the reception lands you in a little lobby with two big built-in cupboards (ideal for linen, towels, suitcases and the like). It is from here that you access your pale-carpeted bedroom (of over 10 feet by nearly 12 feet) and your windowed bathroom - this is a modern affair, with neat white sanitary ware, an over bath shower, and smart pale blue wall tiling.

What a wonderful spot! You are near to both Camberwell Grove and Holly Grove Conservation Areas, within prime Camberwell/Peckham Rye borderland - giving you easy access to both town centres and their respective green spaces. East Dulwich is a short stroll, too.

You are well-connected for work, leisure and social pursuits. London Bridge, London Victoria, Clapham Junction, Kings Cross St Pancras and Canary Wharf (via Canada Water) - among other destinations - are all quickly reached.

Bellenden Road is yours by foot in 6 minutes, with fabulous eateries such as Artusi, The Begging Bowl and Ganapati, and popular independent shops such as Flock & Herd, The General Store and Review. Petitou on Choumert Road is a popular spot for a coffee and people-watching.

Rye Lane offers more high street and market shopping options, plus the trendiest of hangouts - such as Peckham Levels and The Bussey Building. Go vertical in the warm months for rooftop bars here. Peckham Plex cinema is a local institution too. It has just celebrated its 30 year birthday (tickets are just £5.99).

There’s more to come for the area as well; Peckham Rye Station is being improved and reworked, with the area around it, and watch this space for The Peckham Coal Line.

Central Camberwell is a 12 minute walk - down beautiful Camberwell Grove - flanked with mature London plane trees and dreamy Georgian houses. Here we love Theo’s, The Camberwell Arms, Veraison Wines, Little Cellars, Silk Road, Forza Win, and The Crooked Well especially.

Camberwell leisure centre is also local - with a smart Victorian pool, gym facilities and group classes. Or pop down to Butterfly Tennis Club or Zen Yoga (both even closer, at the foot of Camberwell Grove).

Lettsom Gardens is popular with locals, as is Warwick Gardens. Ruskin, Brunswick, Peckham Rye and Burgess Parks are all fairly close too, plus Lucas Gardens and St. Giles Churchyard (The Crypt under the church hosts cool Friday jazz nights).

A large Sainsbury’s store is close by on Dog Kennel Hill, by Dulwich Hamlet Football Club. And there’s a handy M&S Food Hall by East Dulwich Station.