Colfe Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23

Beautiful ground floor three bedroom (two doubles, one single) purpose-built period maisonette of 955 square feet, which has been extended and refurbished to a very high standard.

Pleasingly you have off-street parking to the front of the property, and the icing on the cake is a splendid east-facing rear garden which gets lashings of early sun. Enjoy direct access to this from your reception room.

You are close to both the town centres of Forest Hill and Honor Oak; walk to either of their respective stations in under 15 minutes. Bus travel is super easy from the South Circular as well.

In your own front door and first on your left is the principal bedroom. This is 13 feet by 12 feet with soft taupe walls ('Jitney', Farrow & Ball) and you have three sash windows with wooden shutters painted in a fresh white. A feature fireplace, built-in vanity unit, coving and panel detailing and a pale carpet further impress.

Adjacent is a second large double bedroom, of 12 feet by 11 feet. Pale carpet and designer paper grace your floor and walls. Alcove storage also features (a built-in cupboard and shelving), plus a decorative fireplace.

An under-stairs cupboard is great for coats and such, then moving down the hall, next on your left is an immaculate and well-designed windowed bathroom, with a free-standing bathtub and a wetroom style shower with a separate shower spray.

Next on your right is a large single bedroom (9 feet by 6 feet). If you don’t have a need for all three bedrooms, this is your obvious home office, music or hobby room.

At the end of the hall, find your kitchen/dining/reception room. Your timeless Shaker-style kitchen units (in a very nice navy) are teamed with marble counters. Swoon! A natural dining area has built-in bench seating and a double-glazed door to a cute courtyard.

Your herringbone-floored reception/lounge space rests next to the garden, with a large rooflight overhead, and a large custom-designed to-the-ceiling shelving/entertainment unit, plus wall-spanning industrial-style glazing and doors out to the gorgeous garden.

What’s around? Lots of cafes, restaurants, pubs and conveniences are within very easy reach (Nonna Maria is a charming neighbourhood Italian, Babur is an excellent Indian, No. 41 is delightful for coffees or brunches, The Blythe Hill Tavern is a very popular and friendly local) and your most local park is lovely Blythe Hill Fields.

In Forest Hill, there are nice independent deli’s and a big Sainsbury’s. Bona is a nice pizza spot. Big Cheeks delivers a tasty Thai. In Honor Oak, find more cute cafes and a great pizza place in an old bank building (nice sunsets here on the corner): Miss Margherita.

Catford is close, too, for more stations (Catford and Catford Bridge), The Broadway Theatre, and handy high street shopping.