Hollydale Road, Peckham

£885,000

Delightful three bedroom Victorian mid-terrace bay-fronted house of circa 1005 square feet, with a sunny west-facing garden of over 40 feet. The house is in brilliant decorative order and is double-glazed throughout.

It’s a great location as well. You are just an eight minute walk from both Queens Road and Nunhead Stations (both Fare Zone 2).

From your welcoming hall, a traditional double-reception rests to your left, with stripped floorboards underfoot. The front room is over 13 feet by over 11 feet, with alcove shelving, an attractive fireplace, and custom-made shutters to the bay window.

The rear reception - a natural dining room - is over 11 feet by over 9 feet. Panel detailing and a designer dark hue to the walls both impress.

At the foot of your hall is a handy guest (windowed) w.c. then find the large and double-aspect kitchen/diner, running over 18 feet. Your fitted kitchen is a timeless Shaker-style paired with stone counters. French doors open onto the side-return area of the garden. The garden gets loads of afternoon sun and delivers paved and lawned areas.

Up to the half-landing and your bathroom is set to your left. It’s a windowed one, with neat white modern suite plus over-bath shower. Bedroom number one sits at the back of the house (of over 8 feet by over 7 feet), with a pale carpet and deep green walls.

From the main landing you have another bedroom to your right (of over 11 feet by over 9 feet, with pale carpet and another dreamy green shade) then the master bedroom takes the width of the house to the front - it is over 15 feet by nearly 11 feet. Two east-facing windows to street views here.

The QRP area is attracting more attention than ever before, with an impressive number of eateries, drinkeries and shopping opportunities; these include Kudu’s outlets, Peckham Cellars, Well & Fed, Beer Rebellion, Vintique (vintage furniture), Blackbird Bakery and Mamma Dough pizzeria. There’s a handy Tesco store and cash point by the station, too.

Walk 14 minutes west for Rye Lane and Bellenden Road and more foodie, social and shopping options.

Nunhead has your closest high street area. Here we love the classics: Ayres bakery and Soper’s wet fish shop, and the pretty Victorian library on Gordon Road. El Vermut and Mother Superior are nice bottle shops with a few tables. Goodcup is great for coffee, and has recently opened downstairs as well, for stronger drinks. Peckham Bazaar (delicious pan-Balkan fayre and wine list) is an easy walk also, for a fab dinner.

Heading east, you’ll land on New Cross for nice pubs plus contemporary art gallery (Goldsmiths CCA).

Green space? Telegraph Hill’s parks are really close (check out the Farmers’ Market on Saturdays at the lower park), plus Peckham Rye Park & Common’s 113 acres.

Local Nunhead Cemetery is beautiful and one of ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Nunhead Green is much smaller but close, as is little Kirkwood Nature Reserve. Sydenham Woods and Dulwich Park are a short drive.

For more options, Greenwich Park and Blackheath and their village centres are an easy car journey (15 minutes), bus or cycle ride. East Dulwich’s lovely Lordship Lane is close too, and North Cross Road’s Saturday market (alongside its cute shops) is not to be missed.

Local schools and nurseries are very good and include Edmund Waller, Ivydale and Hollydale (primaries), and St Thomas the Apostle (secondary and sixth form).