2 bed terraced house to rent

Thorpe Road, Forest Gate, London E7

Convenient for the Elizabeth line at Forest Gate and Wanstead Park Overground station, this smart mid-terraced house has been sensitively renovated and combines Victorian charm with contemporary touches. Striking architectural features include a front canted bay window adorned with pillars and capitals and well-proportioned, light-filled rooms.

Arriving at the property, follow the tiled path to the front door. Step through into a living room complete with a wide, double-glazed bay window, a traditional column radiator, and a pendant light. The Little Greene ‘Slaked Lime’ paintwork to the walls repeats throughout the home, except in the bathroom.

The timber plank-style flooring here also continues through a doorway into a cosy dining room. At over 13ft long, this room is big enough for a table seating eight, while a central pendant lamp and a window brightens a William Morris ‘Willow Bough’ wallpaper feature wall and a roomy built-in cupboard.

In the adjacent kitchen, mint green, flat-fronted wall and base cabinetry with black worktops contrast beautifully with white tiled and painted walls. It’s also fitted with a stainless-steel sink, an integrated gas hob and Hotpoint oven, a Fridgemaster fridge-freezer, a Bosch dishwasher, and a John Lewis washer-dryer.

The back door leads to a gorgeous garden privately enclosed on three sides by a tall, slatted fence. There is ample space for table and chairs on the patio outside the back door, at the end of the garden is a vintage brick herringbone terrace with a white iron arch seat.

The garden provides a calm green space and is planted with roses, figs, camelia, lemon verbena, myrtle, buddleia, verbena bonariensis, irises, hardy geraniums, and two birch trees. The morning sun hits the rear garden before progressing to the patio in the afternoon and evening.

Come back inside to find a staircase between the living and dining room that rises to the first-floor landing. To the left is the primary bedroom, which features bespoke shelving, a large radiator, two windows overlooking the street, and a neutral carpet that runs through to the second bedroom at the rear.

The contemporary bathroom, painted in Little Greene ‘Shallows’, also lies off the landing. Here, you’ll find a bath with a clear glass screen and chrome shower, a pedestal basin with a chrome mixer tap and a mirrored cabinet above, a chrome heated towel radiator and a loo.
A note from the owners


‘I love the dining room – lots of wonderful memories of dinners and late nights with friends around the kitchen table. The house has been a home to me and to friends and family, serving as a place to bring people together. It also still has original features like the cornicing, and a garden that has been lovingly designed so that every plant has a story behind it. Being part of a growing community is wonderful too.’
In the neighbourhood


Forest Gate’s burgeoning community of independent local businesses means you’re spoilt for choice for finding places to eat and drink. Just a short walk will bring you to Burgess and Hall wine bar or The Wanstead Tap for craft beer.

While the Holly Tree pub is a favourite with families and even has a working railway to amuse the children, the Wild Goose Bakery serves delicious bread and cakes. The owner particularly recommends Fiore Truck for brilliant pasta, Patch Café for great coffee, Tracks for records and food, and the Sunday Leytonstone Farmers’ Market.

Excellent transport links are among the area’s many attractions. Thorpe Road is just 10 minutes' walk from Wanstead Park Overground station and 15 minutes from the newly-opened Elizabeth line at Forest Gate. Green space is literally on the doorstep, with Wanstead Flats and the Jubilee Pond at the end of the street. A short bike ride will take you further into Epping Forest or towards the Olympic Park.

Nearby Stratford International offers a fast train (6 minutes) to St. Pancras, plus DLR to London City Airport (17 mins) or Stratford, with Central, Jubilee, DLR and Overground, and a 10-minute train to Liverpool Street from Maryland.

EPC Rating: D