High Road Leyton, Tara House, E10

Sat on the upper ground floor of a substantial Victorian villa, this one bedroom apartment has the high ceilings and generous proportions of the period. You're particularly well placed for Transport, Leyton tube is just two minutes on foot, for the central line.

Those generous period proportions and high ceilings are expertly blended with a handsome suite of contemporary designer details and smooth hardwood floors. Walls are mostly pristine white with more colourful, characterful palettes in the bathroom and bedroom.

 The platforms of Leyton tube station are bare moments away, with direct eleven minute runs to Liverpool Street making for a door to door City commute of around a quarter of an hour. You're also well served for greenery with Coronation Gardens less than five minutes away.

YOUR NEW HOME

That stately frontage is immediately impressive, with a generous fenced front yard, vintage tiling and grand stairs leading up to a modest portico.

Inside, your 140 square foot bedroom sits to the front, bay windowed and naturally bright, with those high ceilings and blonde oak hardwood floors underfoot. The colour scheme is pale peach with a darker statement tint above the bed.

The large bay window is immaculately dressed in bistro shutters, and there's a wealth of storage down one side. Back in the hallway there's more storage still, always a welcome bonus in London apartment living.

Your bathroom's another sleek designer affair, with graphite trim around the corner rainfall shower. The rest of the space is split between immaculate white tiling and forest green paintwork, with a suite of classic vintage fittings.

To the rear you have your 160 square foot kitchen and reception room, lengthy and artfully arranged with deep blonde engineered hardwood floors and pristine white walls rising to high ceilings.

Your kitchen's decked out in stately battleship grey cabinets, with brushed brass fittings and terrazzo style worktops below matching splashbacks. There's a full suite of integrated appliances, and pendulum lighting suspended high above the dining area.

A splendid social space.

YOUR NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD

Outside, the prime attraction continues to be Leyton tube station just moments away on foot, offering regular, speedy and direct central line connections to the City and West End. Including that door to door Liverpool Street commute of just a quarter of an hour.

But you're well placed for staying local too, sat on Leyton High Road, a treasure trove of wining and dining spots, including one of E10's finest gastropubs, The Leyton Engineer, in the Grade II listed surroundings of the old Town Hall.

The expertly landscaped grounds of Coronation Gardens are also just moments away, perfect for a morning run or an evening stroll. Wilder, more expansive natural space is also nearby, with both Hackney Marshes and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park within walking distance.

In fact all Stratford's attractions are reachable on foot, the bars and pop ups of East Village (formerly the Olympic Athlete's village) are just twenty minutes' walk, and you can even be exploring the endless shopping and leisure opportunities of Westfield just twenty five minutes after stepping out your front door.

Finally, and returning closer to home, Leyton's cafe capital of Francis Road is just five minutes from your new front door, for a choice of coffee spots as well as the charms of much loved local the Northcote Arms.

 An immaculately finished one bedroom, upper ground floor apartment, part of a stately Victorian villa with all the generous proportions of the period. Just moments from Leyton tube, you also have plenty of nightlife and greenery on your doorstep.