Pepys Road, New Cross

£499,950

Characterful two double bedroom Victorian conversion apartment with a Freehold-share, set over the first floor of a large and bay-fronted semi-detached house of just four properties.

A mature and private south-west facing garden is the icing on the cake (accessed via the side of the house).

Find your new pad in an envied and oft-requested position within New Cross's Telegraph Hill Conservation Area.

You are winning-at-life close to transport: walk six minutes to New Cross Gate Station and 9 minutes to Queens Road Peckham Station. Both are Fare Zone 2.

Bus travel is a cinch, too, from the main road just a few minutes away. Parking is unrestricted on-street.

Take a few steps to the main and original front door (the hall is shared with two other flats) then from the windowed hall take the stairs to the first floor, and your own front door.

From your hall/lobby (space for coats etc. here), your bedrooms rest to your left. These are pretty equally-sized: over 13 feet by over 10 feet, and over 13 feet by over 11 feet. Both have sash windows to street vistas. The largest bedroom has a cast-iron (feature) fireplace, with original marble surround, plus built-in alcove storage.

Ahead from the front door is a modern bathroom, with neat white suite and large profile tiling plus mosaic detail.

Right of the hall and you’ll find your notably bright twin-sashed reception room, of 14 feet by over 12 feet. Enjoy a sunny south-westerly aspect onto mature trees and garden vistas. You have plenty of space for a seating area and a table and chairs. Another feature period fireplace and alcove shelving are welcome features.

Finally, you’ve got your independent kitchen, which is down a couple of steps from the reception room. It’s in galley-style with fitted modern wall and base units, and two sash windows to the two external walls.

This leafy, hillside residential area (once the home of Victorian poet Robert Browning) was developed in the late C19th, replacing market gardens (which were owned by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers who controlled the development) with high-standard housing, on wide, tree-lined streets.

Telegraph Hill's secret has been quietly seeping out since the London Overground line (at nearby New Cross Gate and Queens Road Peckham stations) further opened-up the transport links beyond the already good links and ease of access to central London. Enjoy the connectivity of Fare Zone 2, with leafy views, great parks (Telegraph Hill's Upper and Lower Parks, which have been open to the public since 1895, are just up the road), community spirit and a weekly Saturday market as well.

The Hill Station community cafe and pizza place (just next to the church) is very popular with locals and visitors alike. A large Sainsbury's store sits behind NXG station for groceries, and there are cool independent shops, cafes and restaurants on both New Cross Road and Queens Road, alongside the gastro-pubs

We particularly like Corner (cafe), The Rosemary and The Old Library Bar, Kudu, Peckham Cellars, Beer Rebellion, Well & Fed, and Blackbird Bakery. The Rose Inn, The Earl of Derby and Skehan’s are all top local public houses.

Local schools include Haberdashers' (covering 3-18) and Edmund Waller (3-11). There are also several really good nurseries to choose from.