Poplar Road South, SW19

Turn this huge house into a beautiful SW19 home.

GUIDE PRICE £950,000-£1,050,000

After 51 Years in the same family, it's time for the next generation to make it theirs.

This is a big house on a beautiful road, and it needs some love. The heavy lifting has been done: a side extension, a loft conversion and an extra bathroom upstairs. The electrics may need updating but then you're left to the fun part. Put in a new kitchen and new bathrooms, redecorate throughout, and make it your home.

Why buy this house

2 Reasons

1) The road. Poplar Road South is a lovely tree-lined road in Merton Park, one of the most settled family neighbourhoods in SW19.

2) The building work is already done. Most families round here buy a 1930s semi and then spend a year and a small fortune with builders to get the space they need. This one has already been extended at the side and into the loft. You don't need to find room for extra bedrooms, a guest room or an office. It's all here.

What's left is the enjoyable bit. It does need work. The kitchen and bathrooms are dated, and the whole house needs redecorating. But you're choosing finishes, not pouring foundations. A new kitchen and bathrooms would transform the place.

There's space for everyone. On the first floor there are two big double bedrooms, one with a bay window, plus a single. The family bathroom was reconfigured to twice its original size and has a freestanding bath and a separate shower. The loft room is huge and has its own shower room. Use it as one large bedroom, or split it into two.

It works for how families actually live. The kitchen/dining room runs the full width of the back of the house, with French doors onto the garden. At the side there's a separate bedroom/reception room/study with its own shower room next door. That suits visiting grandparents, a teenager who wants their own space, or working from home without taking over the kitchen table.

The Gardens

It has one of the biggest front gardens on the road. The house sits further back than its neighbours, so you can park several cars and still keep a front garden. Most houses on the road have had to choose one or the other. It also still has side access, despite the side extension.

The back garden is massive. It measures approx 97ft x 32ft. It once held three workshops, so there's room for a garden studio, office or annex (subject to the usual permissions) and still a proper family garden.

And the green fingered among us may appreciate the trees/plants including palm, yaccas, fig, apple, grapevine, rose.

Schools

Poplar Primary School: Just next door
Merton Park Primary School: about 10 minutes' walk

Transport

Morden (Northern line): approx 6 minutes' walk
South Merton (Thameslink): about 7 minutes' walk


The guide price reflects the work needed. For someone who wants a big family home and would rather put their money into the finish than the foundations, this is the one.