Regina Road, London, N4

There’s a warmth to this gorgeous garden flat that photographs alone can’t quite capture. It’s the kind of home where you can already picture Sunday mornings unfolding: kettle on, doors thrown open to the garden and the smell of toast drifting through from the kitchen. With its own private entrance set behind a private gate, this three-bedroom conversion offers close to 900 sq ft of exceptionally characterful living, and every room has clearly been chosen with real care rather than simply finished to a specification sheet. Planning permission has also already been granted for extensions, offering exciting future flexibility—not that this wonderfully spacious home feels as though it needs it!

The kitchen is the heart of this home, and it’s a beautiful one! Deep forest-green Shaker cabinetry lines both walls, grounded and moody in the best way, while butcher-block worktops in warm, honeyed wood add a soft, almost farmhouse touch against crisp white metro tiling. A traditional Belfast sink and polished chrome bridge tap lean into that same heritage feel, while a striking range cooker with matching extractor takes pride of place. This is a kitchen that makes you want to cook something slowly and fill the house with the smell of it. Light oak flooring runs the full length of the room and straight out through glazed garden doors, so the boundary between the kitchen and outside all but disappears on a warm evening.

At the front, the reception and dining room is bathed in light from the bay window, with white plantation shutters filtering it into a gentle stream. A built-in window seat tucked beneath the window is an obvious spot for a Saturday spent with coffee and a paperback. A characterful pendant light overhead adds a flash of personality, while the same warm wood flooring ties the whole front-to-back space together into one continuous, easy flow.

Three bedrooms each tell their own colour story. The principal bedroom is painted in a soft, dusky slate blue that feels immediately calming, with a mirrored built-in wardrobe doing double duty by bouncing additional light around the room. A second bedroom picks up the same blue and makes a lovely home office: book-lined, peaceful and still. The third, currently dressed as a nursery in gentle sage green, is proof that even the smallest room here has been given proper thought rather than treated as an afterthought.

The bathroom leans fully into its materials: soft brick-effect tiling wraps the walls, while a rainfall shower and glazed screen sit over the bath. A dark stone-effect vanity top rests on a reclaimed-style wooden unit—an unexpectedly characterful pairing that lifts the entire room. A separate WC continues the same tiling and features its own heated towel rail, adding another little piece of everyday luxury.

Then there’s the garden—and it really is a proper one, rather than a courtyard afterthought. Split across two levels, with brick retaining walls stepping the space down towards a well-kept lawn, it’s framed by mature planting including olive, yucca and soft grasses. Timber fencing keeps it wonderfully private, and there’s ample room for long dinners outside when summer arrives.

The Neighbourhood

Regina Road is one of those beloved, tree-lined streets that locals envy. Tucked into the Stroud Green corner of Finsbury Park and moments from Stroud Green Road, it offers an enviable balance of greenery, community and convenience. Weekends here can include trips to the boating lake and playgrounds in Finsbury Park itself, alongside a friendly mix of family-run cafés, restaurants and independent shops along Stroud Green Road and Tollington Park. Mereme on Tollington Park, for example, serves excellent coffee and makes a great laptop-friendly base for working from home, with the added bonus of regular pop-up supper clubs for evenings out.

Families are well served nearby, with Christ the King Catholic Primary School on Tollington Park, Stroud Green Primary School and Pooles Park Primary School all within a short walk.

Finsbury Park Station, offering Piccadilly, Victoria and Great Northern/Thameslink services, is under half a mile away, while Crouch Hill Overground provides a quieter alternative for those travelling north.