Codrington Hill, London, SE23

Guide Price £900,000 - £950,000.

Blythe Hill Fields Is Next Door, With Views From Your Juliet Balcony Bedroom And The Back Garden Goes On For Days…The location alone would sell it but the stylish interior is also something special, with a designer kitchen-diner and a bathroom that looks like it belongs in a boutique hotel.

There are some homes that people keep an eye on for years, hoping one day they'll come up. Right on the edge of Blythe Hill Fields, with an 87-foot garden, a loft bedroom with a Juliette balcony and views across London - this is definitely one of them. 

And the moment you're through the original stained glass front door, the stylish interior more than holds its own - this home isn’t just about the location.

The entrance hall sets the tone immediately - with original leaded coloured glass, wainscoting, wood floors and a staircase with a painted black handrail. You get lovely period character and charm, but with everything updated around it.

The heart of the house is the open-plan kitchen-diner at the rear, created by merging the original second reception and kitchen into one flowing space. It's been fitted with a bespoke oak and slate-blue kitchen with a terrazzo-topped island - induction hob on top, bar stools pulled up on the other side.

 - brass tap, integrated appliances and bi-fold doors that open directly onto the terrace and garden. 

There's also a built-in velvet banquette dining area and bi-fold doors out to the back garden.

The converted garage sits alongside as a versatile family room, with its own utility area - handy for keeping the everyday clutter well away from the main living space.

The sitting room at the front is calm and well-proportioned, with plantation shutters, alcove shelving and a fireplace surround. Exactly the kind of room that's easy to come home to.

Upstairs on the first floor there are three bedrooms - the main double and two further rooms, one currently a child's room with a bay window and full-length shutters, and a smaller room being used as a home office with a rooftop view. 

The four piece family bathroom on this floor is genuinely worth stopping to look at. It’s like something you’d find in a boutique hotel - with a freestanding bath, emerald green glazed tiles in a herringbone pattern, brushed gold fittings throughout and a fluted glass shower screen. 

The main bedroom is on the top floor in the converted loft. It’s decorated in deep blue, with a Juliette balcony and a skylight, and its own ensuite - with white metro tiles, a freestanding bath and copper fittings. 

Most people have to walk to the top of Blythe Hill Fields to take in the views towards central London - but you can get your own private glimpse, any time you like from your bedroom. 

Outside, the back garden stretches almost 90 feet - with a proper lawn and a sandstone terrace directly off the kitchen, a timber deck at the far end under a canopy of mature trees, a storage shed and even room for the trampoline. 

Long rear gardens like this are genuinely uncommon in this part of SE London, and you’ll really appreciate it on a sunny afternoon.

There's easily enough space for a rear extension if that's on your mind - although with the garage already converted into a versatile family room alongside the main house, you may well decide you don't need one. 

As for the street itself - The popular Chandos pub is at the end of the road, No.41 coffee is a short walk away on Brockley Rise (along with a good choice of local shops and places to eat), and Blythe Hill Fields is, as mentioned, just next door.

Stillness Junior School is just round the corner, and Prendergast Ladywell - one of the better secondary options in the borough for girls - is about a ten-minute walk away. 

Honor Oak Park station is ten minutes in the other direction, with Overground services into London Bridge taking around 15 minutes.