Eliot Bank, Forest Hill

£399,950

Sale Agreed

In fair Forest Hill where we lay our scene, find this fourth floor south-facing ex-LA apartment with two double bedrooms and the sunniest of balconies/aspects onto communal gardens/grounds, and the tallest of trees (well, at least in SE London!).

Walk just nine minutes to Forest Hill Station - with Overground and regular services. You’re also gloriously close to Horniman (hillside) Gardens and Museum. Parking is unrestricted on-street.

Take the stairs or lift to your own front door. Once in, first find your first bedroom to your right - it’s a good’n, at over 14 feet by nearly 9 feet.

From the hall/lobby, next on your left is your smart bathroom with contemporary white sanitary ware and over-bath shower (plus separate spray attachment).

Head right for bedroom number two - of over 14 feet by over 8 feet, with built-in cupboard.

Next along the hall, you have your independent w.c. to your left, and a useful built-in cupboard to your right.

At the foot of the hall is your roomy reception - of over 15 feet by over 11 feet, with wall to wall double-glazing, including door onto your dazzling south-facer of a balcony. White walls (as throughout) respect the light.

Your independent kitchen - with cool fitted base units and stone counters - is set off the reception, with serving hatch (above a cool column radiator, reception-side). This has an east-facing window over the sink.

Forest Hill has a buzzy and friendly town centre, with a good modern leisure centre, a large Sainsbury’s store, and loads of pleasing independent offerings - including a fab free range butcher (The Butchery) and lots of cafes too - including St David Coffee House. The Sylvan Post is a local quirky real ale place with good food in an old Post Office. Big Cheeks Thai is a top spot, too.

For more options, local towns include Honor Oak (at the end of Devonshire Road, with lovely high street and pizza place in a former Victorian bank), East Dulwich, Sydenham, Brockley and Peckham.

Horniman Gardens and Museum are worth your weekend-time, as is One Tree Hill (fabulous London skyline views up here). You are also close to Sydenham Hill Woods.

Forest Hill Station is close for London-bound trains, and Overgound services to Hoxton, Clapham Junction and Canada Water (for Canary Wharf) among other destinations. There are also plenty of useful bus routes upon the South Circular.

Tenure: Leasehold (approx. 90 years remaining)
Service charge: £1,255 per annum
Ground rent: £10 per annum
Council tax band: C
Borough: Lewisham