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Renovated throughout with thought and care, this charming
Victorian house sits on a friendly, tree lined street and blends
contemporary details with restored period features for a warm and
welcoming feel inside and out.
In the last five years, the current owners have replaced all of
the windows and internal doors, as well as fitted a new kitchen,
bathrooms and light filled loft suite, making it a family friendly
home that lives up to its considerable kerb appeal. ??
Walkable to both Crossrail and Underground, the house greets you
with a restored and repointed London Stock brick frontage, with
dove grey painted lintels and foliage topped columns to the bay
window.
Follow the paved path through a cast iron gate and past a
rendered wall to a recessed porch and an ochre yellow part glazed
timber front door with overhead transom and chrome furniture.
This sunny yellow shade cleverly repeats on the inside of the
front door for a fabulous contrast with the green blue Farrow &
Ball inspired hallway walls. A rail provides space for coats, while
a contemporary copper pendant light draws attention to the detailed
ceiling moulding.
The fantastic original floorboards here have been restored and
finished with beeswax. They can be seen in several rooms throughout
the house as can the internal four panelled doors, all of which
have been replaced in recent years and fitted with matte black
hinges and handles.
The floorboards flow through into the open plan living and
dining room to your left, where they re complemented by warm, dusky
clay toned paintwork to the walls.
Lit by a bay with white Venetian blinds to the front and a tall
glazed door to the rear, the room is full of thoughtful details,
including a pair of boxed and capped fireplaces with black slate
hearths, two vertical column radiators, and a pair of white factory
style pendants to the high coved ceilings.
Bespoke floating scaffolding shelves, lovingly finished with
beeswax, have been fitted to two alcoves, while neatly integrated
into the understairs cavity, you ll discover a bank of custom built
storage with matte black handles comprising two large shoe
cupboards with space for over 20 pairs and two tall hinged
cupboards.
The rear glazed door leads to a convenient lean to boot room
ideal for storing bikes with whitewashed walls, concrete flooring,
and a reeded roof, as well as a part glazed door opening to the
garden.
The floorboards segue into large format grey tiles in the
kitchen, kept toasty by piped underfloor heating. Installed in
2020, the stylish black modern shaker fronted cabinets with black
bar handles pair with thick custom walnut worktops finished with
Danish oil, together with beautiful blue green glazed Japanese
style finger tiles sourced from abroad.
There s a wide Belfast style sink with chrome mixer tap, a
silver LG fridge freezer, and integrated appliances, including a
dishwasher, a Bosch oven and a four ring gas hob with overhead
extractor. As with the rest of the house, there are plenty of well
considered details, including walnut open shelving to match the
worktops, sockets with USB ports, and plant hanging rails in the
two side facing windows.
Walk through into the large family bathroom, also fitted in
2020, where the underfloor heating continues beneath charcoal grey
hexagon floor tiles. Natural tones are also evident here, with the
glossy white metro tiles complemented by blue green paintwork and
walnut accent shelves.
Below the frosted window, you ll spot a bath with a chrome Roper
Rhodes three way shower system, while a Crosswater wall hung sink
and mixer tap with an overhead mirrored cabinet and a concealed
cistern loo complete the suite.
A bespoke secret storage cupboard with a cheerful ochre interior
hides the combi boiler installed in 2018 and annually maintained by
a heating specialist , while the LG washer dryer is also
ingeniously housed beside a chrome heated towel rail.
Returning to the hallway, a staircase with stripped timber
treads leads to the first floor, where the original floorboards
seen downstairs continue into all the rooms.
At the rear, you ll find a washroom with a toilet and basin
decorated with white metro tiles and a pop of teal to the walls.
Beside this, you ll find the fourth double bedroom a light,
peaceful space with fresh white walls and a wonderful vaulted
ceiling, overlooking the garden through a casement with a bespoke
white roller blind and a radiator beneath.
The calming white colour scheme continues in the Primary
bedroom, which runs the full width of the front of the house and is
filled with light from two casement windows, fitted with bespoke
white timber Venetian blinds.
As downstairs, the fireplace has been boxed off in a modern
style with a textured black concrete inset hearth, while a pair of
radiators sit beneath the windows, and a modern black swagged
pendant light adds interest to the coved ceiling. This is a house
brimming with handy storage, and here you ll find a bank of tall
built in wardrobes, plus additional scaffolding style shelves,
along with even more storage potential to the alcoves opposite.
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The third bedroom is adjacent and overlooks the side return.
Here, you ll find a dark blue painted chimney breast with a similar
modern fireplace and tiled inset, along with a radiator, a pendant
light, and bespoke floating plywood shelving to one alcove.
Take a second, white painted timber staircase to the loft suite,
passing a deep blue feature wall and fantastic rear facing
elongated picture window, which floods the stairwell with light
throughout the year.
Currently used as an office and guest room, the second, dual
aspect double loft bedroom added in 2019 could easily serve as the
primary. With views to the front through a pair of Velux rooflights
and to Stratford and beyond via a large rear full height window, it
feels bright and airy, even on overcast days. White walls pair with
soft neutral ribbed carpet here, and there s also a modern
radiator, bespoke timber shelving to an alcove, and inbuilt eaves
storage.
A door leads to the contemporary en suite, lit by a third Velux
window. The monochrome scheme comprises black walls with white
metro wall tiles and hexagon white penny tiles to the floor. There
s a walk in Crosswater shower, as well as a Crosswater vanity basin
with a chrome mixer tap and a concealed cistern loo.
Outside, the southwest facing garden extends to 32ft and feels
nicely private, enclosed with timber fencing and high brick wall to
the rear. A stone paved area leads to a grassy lawn framed by
sleeper edged flowerbeds, with a larger, second paved patio at the
rear, ideal for barbecues and entertaining under the black painted
timber pergola where vines are beginning to climb.
You ll also find an ample, custom built storage shed with two
sections for bikes and tools and a good sized water butt that
collects water from the roof gutters. An attractive grid wall with
creepers adorns the rear of the house, while the mature planting
scheme includes a Japanese acer, phormiums, roses, an olive tree,
and a stunning peony rose that the current owners tell us returns
year after year.
?A NOTE FROM THE OWNERS
Both our children were born while living in this house. We have
enjoyed spending lots of time in the garden, having barbecues with
friends, and playing games in the loft on cold, wet days with all
the blinds open so we could watch the rain, thunder and lightning
while being cosy and warm inside.
Tavistock Road is a lovely street, and the area has a great
community spirit. All our neighbours are super friendly and
regularly help each other out we ve made life long friends here and
will miss them immensely.
We ve loved being in such a quiet location, surrounded by parks
and green land to escape to, yet a short walk to everything you
could need at Stratford, close enough to quick trains into the City
and beyond, and also moments away from getting out of town and up
North.
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
The beautiful Wanstead Flats and Jubilee Pond are just ten
minutes walk away and provide a delightful environment to picnic,
jog or simply surround yourself with nature and wildlife. The
current owners also recommend Cann Hall Park, with its community
feel and skate park.
You can always explore a little further on the weekend with a
trip to Epping Forest or the nearby Queen Elizabeth Park at
Stratford, which hosts a community track at London Stadium, an
aquatic centre, and hockey, tennis and sporting facilities, all set
within beautiful gardens and playgrounds.
Maryland station is an 18 minute walk, with Forest Gate train
station reachable in 20 minutes. From both, you can take the new
Crossrail link, racing you to Canary Wharf around 12 mins , Bond
Street 19 mins and Heathrow Airport 47 mins .
You can also reach Liverpool Street in 12 minutes, stopping at
Stratford s major interchange just two stops away. Here, you ll
find connections to the DLR, Central and Jubilee Lines, plus retail
therapy at Westfield and foodie delights in the East Village,
including Mother Kelly s Taproom, Fish House for great fish and
chips and Appetite, an Italian butcher and deli.
Tavistock Road is just 19 minutes walk from Wanstead Park
Overground station, connecting Barking to Gospel Oak via
Walthamstow, with a handy change to the Victoria line at Blackhorse
Road.
Local favourites include the Wild Goose Bakery for pastries and
Joyau wine bar under Forest Gate Arches, The Leytonstone Tavern,
Singburi for Thai, and Dina for craft beer and natural wines.
The Rookwood Village pub and Troms Scandinavian Caf are also
worth a visit, while Mora plates up authentic, fresh pasta, and the
Holly Tree pub has a working miniature railway to amuse children of
all ages. The current owners are also firm fans of Pretty Decent
taproom on Sheridan Road around the corner.
Don t miss the farmers market on Wanstead High Street held on
the 1st Sunday of every month offering a wide range of food,
crafts, gifts from local traders.
Forest Gate s recent renaissance has created a thriving community
of independent local businesses. Among the other great places to
eat and drink in the neighbourhood are Wanstead Tap for craft beer,
Burgess and Hall wine bar and shop, and Corner Kitchen for daily
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Ofsted rated Outstanding or Good local schools include Jenny
Hammond Primary, Colegrave Primary, Davies Lane Primary, and Forest
Gate Community School, as well as Odessa Infant School and Maryland
Primary. Stepping Stones Childcare day nursery is twelve minutes by
foot.
EPC Rating C
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