Lee High Road, London, SE12

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Something About This House Made A Family Stay For Nearly Fifty Years. Maybe it was the five bedrooms, the south west facing garden or the studio. Perhaps it was just the kind of home that once you move in, you’ll never want to leave. A wonderful home with so much potential, ready to make your own.

The fact that the same family has lived here for nearly fifty years tells you something - not about the décor, which is wonderfully individual and full of original art but about what it feels like to be inside. Some houses are a stepping stone. This is one you settle into.

The house sits on a road where almost every other property has long since been carved into flats. This one never was. What that means in practice is five proper double bedrooms spread across three floors, two good-sized reception rooms, a kitchen-dining room that opens onto the garden, a studio to the side, and a cellar below. 

On the ground floor, the front room is set up as a dining room - a wide sash bay window, original floorboards and good ceiling height give it a lot of character for an everyday space. Further back, the sitting room has a marble fireplace, original cornicing and French doors that open outside - it catches the afternoon sun and feels like the natural heart of the house.

The kitchen-diner is a galley at the rear. At the hall end, an original arched alcove adds a bit of character. At the garden end, the room opens up with patio doors giving access to the garden. There's real scope here to open this whole space up or add a side return extension (connecting with the living room) to create something bigger and more sociable, subject to planning. 

The studio deserves a mention of its own. Currently used as a working artist's space - complete with a roof light that floods the room with natural daylight - it's the kind of room that could become almost anything: a home office, a playroom, a gym, a music room.

Upstairs on the first floor there are three double bedrooms - all with the cornicing and sash windows still intact - plus a family bathroom.

On the second floor, two more double bedrooms sit under the eaves. A small study or reading den tucks in alongside them. Whether that becomes a homework room, a quiet workspace or something else entirely is yours to decide.

And below it all, a large cellar adds storage or - with the right imagination - something more.

Outside, the south west-facing garden runs to 22 metres. It has the mature planting you’d expect after 50 years of love and care, a terrace off the French doors, and the kind of depth that means the children have somewhere to actually play. Off-street parking on the drive at the front is a practical bonus.

For schools, St Margaret's Primary is only a short walk away. The Brindishe schools and Colfe's are also nearby. 

Lee station is fifteen minutes walk away, with trains to London Bridge in around ten minutes and Cannon Street in under fifteen. If you need a Plan B, Hither Green station is roughly the same distance in the other direction. 

Manor House Gardens is close enough for a Sunday morning stroll without getting in the car. Blackheath Village - with its restaurants, bars and independent shops - is about fifteen minutes on foot.

If you’ve been looking for a period family home with space to grow, period features worth keeping, and a private mature garden - this could be the perfect opportunity for you to put down roots and stay for the next 50 years. 

We’re expecting plenty of interest so get in touch to arrange a viewing.

• One of the few remaining whole, undivided houses on the road - five bedrooms, a studio and a south-facing garden still intact 

• Two characterful ground floor reception rooms with original cornicing, marble fireplace, original floorboards and a wide sash bay window

• Galley kitchen-diner with garden access 

• Side studio with roof light - currently a working artist's space, with real potential as a home office, playroom or the starting point for a larger kitchen 

• Five double bedrooms across the first and second floors, plus a small study 

• South-facing rear garden stretching 22 metres, with a paved terrace, mature planting and established borders

• Large cellar offering useful storage or longer-term conversion potential, subject to planning

• Lee station is around fifteen minutes on foot, with trains to London Bridge in about ten minutes and Cannon Street in under fifteen

• Blackheath Village is a fifteen-minute walk, with Manor House Gardens, Sainsbury's and St Margaret's Primary all close by

• The Brindishe schools and Colfe's are all within reach, making this a strong choice for families thinking about putting down roots