4 bed terraced house for sale

Waveney Avenue, Nunhead SE15

Architect-enhanced Victorian terraced house (with two double and two single bedrooms), delivering 1186 square feet over three floors. A neat east-facing garden completes matters.

The location is an envied, quiet, tree-lined residential street. You are away from the hustle and bustle, yet so brilliantly connected; walk just one minute to Peckham Rye Park and Common, 12 minutes to Nunhead Station (it’s eight to the high street), and 15 minutes to Peckham Rye Station, Rye Lane or East Dulwich.

The house is an impressive and sympathetic blend of old and new, with a smart and sensitive decorative scheme. You are in for such a treat!

From your own front door, turn left into the bright front reception room. This is over 11 feet by nearly 13 feet, with a wood-burning stove, stripped and painted floor boards, a custom-made window seat (with storage), and two large sash windows.

Next door is another reception space where a glazed door opens to the garden’s side-return, and where gorgeous pale oak parquet (with underfloor heating) begins and continues right through the kitchen into the dining zone. This is a flexible room with built-in floor-to-ceiling cupboards and a dedicated home office area, which rolls into the delightful kitchen, crafted from bespoke beech-ply units.

The dining room – an artful extension to the original house combining black engineering brick, glass corners and large roof light – is over nine feet by nine feet. Open an oversized glazed door to the 34-foot garden, which is lawned and low maintenance. Its easterly orientation means you’ll get great morning sun.

Up to the first floor and you’ll find a large single bedroom to the rear. This is over eight feet by nearly seven feet, with a designer-papered accent wall and a sash window.

Next up is the (sash-windowed) bathroom. Enter by ‘pocket’ door. This has both a walk-in shower, a full inset bath and ample built-in storage. An attractive period fireplace has been retained.

At the front of the house on this floor is your principal bedroom, of nearly 13 feet each way, with another gorgeous fireplace, and fitted shelves to the near alcove. A smart column radiator rests underneath the pair of sash windows.

The second floor hosts two further bedrooms – a cute single of over six feet by over five feet works equally well as a home office/hobby/music room. Your top bedroom is a deftly done loft conversion of over 12 feet by 17 feet, with windows galore: A sash, two Veluxes and a little picture window.

Green space is the order of the day round this way. Super spots locally – beyond Peckham Rye Park and Common’s lovely 113 acres – include Nunhead Cemetery, Horniman Gardens, Telegraph Hill Park and Goose Green.

You will not need to venture far for a spectacular feed or evening out. Towards Peckham, check out Mr Bao, Peckham Bazaar and Banh Banh. Or trot a teeny bit further for Bellenden Road/Blenheim Grove – here we like Artusi, The Sourcing Table, Il Giardino, Ganapati and The Begging Bowl.

Rye Lane is also home to The Bussey Building & Copeland Park complex, plus Peckham Levels, as well as fruit and veg stalls, banks and handy high street shops.

Local pubs include The Angel Oak, The Clock House, The Ivy House, The Herne Tavern and The White Horse.

Nunhead’s high street is close for Kudu Grill, The Old Nun’s Head, Ayres Bakery and fc Soper Fishmonger, plus a popular community centre by aoc architects on the green. Head to Bar D4100 for pizza, Mosey for brunch and Goodcup/Goodnights for coffee and cocktails. El Vermut and Mother Superior are the places for wine and pintxos.

For more options, East Dulwich, Camberwell, Brockley, Deptford and New Cross are all within easy reach.

Got kids? Handily, you have two nurseries on the street. Further afield, The Villa on Lyndhurst Grove is also popular. Local primary schools include Ivydale, Edmund Waller and The Belham. The Dulwich independent schools are but a short drive away.