3 bedroom house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Not only a lesson in taste, this house is also very well looked-after. A newly installed fence and gate sit out front, while the exterior has been freshly painted too. Cool gallery-grey paintwork coats the front door and porch panels, while inside walls are white, white, white (bar the child's bedroom). Stripped floorboards run through the ground-floor hall, double reception and dining area in the kitchen/diner. Dado and picture rails have been stripped back in most rooms, the original cornice runs across reception and master bedroom ceilings and matching Victorian ceiling roses remain in the main reception. Sash windows appear in great condition and run throughout the home. Bookshelves line the reception's alcoves, with one made from tongue-and-groove panelling. Having been previously opened up, the kitchen/diner has an exposed brick chimney breast flanked by original pine cupboards, a square bay window (plus two others), cream units, a butler's sink and French doors that open to the garden. This is paved, part-walled, has a side gate to the street, raised beds made from reclaimed wood and a potting shed. Upstairs, a coir-covered landing splits and has a Victorian tongue-and-groove skylight with new Velux window. Coir continues into the master bedroom (with a square sash bay and single window) while the second and rear bedrooms have white painted floorboards. <br>

Waveney Avenue is perfectly placed on the edge of Peckham Rye Park. This end of the street is bollarded off, making it quiet with low-traffic. You're a short walk to Nunhead's high street (fab wet fish shop, bakers, butcher and funky new deli) and can cut across Peckham Rye for the twinkling delights of East Dulwich (many bars, restaurants, gift shops, boutiques and a Saturday market). The area attracts many writers and artists with studios found in Peckham Arches, the Bussey Building, on Sternhall Lane and on Bellenden Road (Anthony Gormley lived here for years, Ian Davenport is local). Primary-aged kids can attend Ivydale or Rye Oak primary schools while older kids fare well at Kingsdale, either Harris Academy, Sydenham Girls' or Forest Hill Boys'.