Witham Road, London, SE20

A stylish and characterful three-bedroom home on Witham Road, offering an attractive turnkey home that blends period charm with contemporary living. It has a highly desirable open-plan kitchen/diner, a stunning colour palette, and a generously sized south-facing garden.  

This pretty home ticks many boxes and has a layout that families will love. It’s dripping in period features but is uber stylish and has all the modern touches families need. The ground floor space is well-arranged and generously proportioned, and it features a bright and spacious open-plan kitchen and dining area, which is a highly desirable layout and lends itself very well to resale potential.

There’s no doubt the kitchen/diner will be the heart of this home, but there is a separate reception at the front, providing an ideal escape from the buzz of the kitchen space. It features a large double-glazed window with a fantastically wide aperture that captures the Western light from early afternoon through to sunset. It has a view that looks down Piquet Road, and it doesn’t oppose another house. Couple this with its elevated position, and it makes for a nice view and a feeling of privacy. Style-wise, the room's simple yet elegant pink aesthetic is complemented well by the period fireplace and the light wood floorboards; thought to be largely original, they are a nice departure from the manufactured floors so often found nowadays and it is also a classy touch that they run throughout the ground floor.

Back to the kitchen/diner! It’s super pretty with its feature fireplace and is very bright given its expanse of glass and the southeastern aspect. It can accommodate a large dining table, with room for 8-10 guests if needed, and thankfully, with all these guests over, you’ll have a well-equipped kitchen with modern units, acres of worktops, a gas cooker, and integrated appliances that are seamlessly hidden from the dining space. The double-glazed French doors open onto the garden, perfect for summer entertaining and notably, there is a downstairs loo, which will come in handy with all this entertaining you’re going to be doing!

The first floor offers three bedrooms and a beautifully appointed bathroom. The front bedroom has the same view as the living room, taking in Crystal Palace Tower. There is scope to add wardrobes on either side of the chimney breast, and there is a cute bit of storage tucked away to the left of the window. It has a pretty, tiled fireplace in deep sea blue, adding a splash of colour and like the rest of the house, the room retains its original 1930s doors and picture rails.

The rear double bedroom gets the morning light due to the southeastern aspect, and it has a view over the garden. There’s a fuchsia fireplace and one-period wardrobe flanking the right of the chimney breast. The smaller of the rooms faces the front and enjoys that elevated view, the triangular window bay designed to capture more light, also doubles up as a useful shelf to help style the room.

The bathroom is an elegant affair; sat atop the stripped wooden flooring is a cast iron freestanding roll-top bath, a stylistic nod to the era in which these homes were built. There’s an integrated rain shower overhead, and the walls are half-tiled in a glimmering square tile that suits the flooring and tiles incredibly well. There’s an airing cupboard and a modern double-glazed window, for practicality.

Moving outside, the southeast-facing garden is a real highlight, capturing sunlight from late morning through sunset for most of the year. It features a patio and a good-sized lawn. There’s definitely scope here to extend on the ground floor, and the end of the garden is an ideal spot for a home office or garden studio; you can do both these things without hugely compromising on the size of the garden.

Witham Road enjoys an exceptionally convenient position with excellent transport links and amenities. Birkbeck Station is just 160 yards away, with trains and a tram service connecting to Beckenham Junction and East Croydon (ideal for Gatwick Express connections).

Elmers End Station is just over half a mile away, offering another tram link and direct train connections to Charing Cross. Clock House Station is also within easy walking distance and features a growing parade of local shops, including a popular coffee shop.

For daily needs, the local Elmers End Road parade includes a Co-op, gym, café, post office, dry cleaners, hardware store, nail salon, and the well-regarded new Italian restaurant "Rustico." A short walk away, near Kent House, residents enjoy El Molino tapas restaurant and the Br3wery craft brewery.

Beckenham High Street is readily accessible via Birkbeck Station and offers a diverse selection of restaurants, cafés, and independent shops. Crystal Palace, under 1.5 miles away, is renowned for its independent boutiques, artisan sellers, vibrant restaurant scene, Everyman cinema, and Saturday farmers market at Haynes Lane.

South Norwood Country Park provides 125 acres of parkland, wetlands and meadows for outdoor recreation, while Tesco Supermarket at Elmers End handles larger shopping needs.

The area is particularly sought after for its excellent schools, including Stewart Fleming (rated Outstanding), which is moments away; there’s also Churchfields and Marian Vian, making this location especially desirable for families and providing strong resale potential.