Albyn Road, St John’s, London, SE8

Beautiful bay-fronted three double bedroom semi-detached house over three original floors (or enjoy the space as four bedrooms and one large reception), with a professionally-landscaped rear garden – which has direct and gated side access. There is internal insulation to all external walls plus modern double glazing throughout, keeping you cosy in the colder months. Residents have permit-parking.

Find this sensitively and smartly modernised period home on a quiet residential street (with such delightful Victorian street lamps!) in the exclusive St John’s Conservation Area, which adjoins Brookmill CA. It is a friendly community to call home, with an annual street party on nearby Ashmead Road.

Stroll just three minutes to St John’s Station (Zone 2). Or walk 15 minutes to either Elverson Road or Deptford Bridge DLR stations. Blackheath, Greenwich, New Cross and Lewisham are all easily walkable.

Your local primary schools include St Stephen’s, Ashmead, Myatt Garden and Lucas Grove (3-11). For secondary phase, local families use Deptford Green, Addey & Stanhope, and Hatcham College (11-18).

Your front door is tidily set to the side of the house, at raised ground floor level. Take a left on entry, for a beaitifullly-proportioned living room, of over 15 feet by over 12 feet. This room works equally well as a bedroom. Welcome features include engineered oak flooring (you have high-quality wooden floors throughout the house), sash windows, built-in storage to both alcoves, an original (working) central fireplace, and attractive box work and shutters to the big bay window. Ceilings are pleasingly high.

Adjacent is a double bedroom (currently enjoyed as a home office) of over 11 feet by over 9 feet, with garden vistas via its large sash window. Built-in bookshelving impresses.

Your lower floor hosts your kitchen and a large reception. The combined space extends over 24 feet front to back. The reception room has a built-in window seat with storage. Two windows keep matters bright. The fitted kitchen is modern in style, with timber-framed glazed doors set at the foot of the room, delivering you via three wide steps to the paved area of the garden.

There is a beautiful cherry blossom in the garden and a mature bay tree, as well as mature vines on both sides offering green space and privacy.

Moving up now to the first floor, a generous and windowed bathroom is set to the back of the house. This has twin sinks, concealed plumbing, and contemporary sanitaryware.

Then on the first floor proper you have your principal bedroom across the front of the house (it is over 15 feet by over 11 feet, with a bank of built-in wardrobes and a ceiling fan for warm nights) and your third double bedroom to garden views (of over 11 feet by over 9 feet).

A little bit of a secret this area… but not for long! An extremely well-connected patch. The stuff of driving lessons: leafy sleepy back streets within easy walking distance of excellent transport links, shops, cafes and parks. Middleton is your closest cafe, with yummy fresh sourdough loaves from Paul Rhodes Bakery.

Of an evening or weekend, The Brookmill Pub and Kitchen is a local favourite, and it is just a six minute walk away on Cranbrook Road. The Talbot is also a nice watering hole.

You are about a mile from The Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site – comprising the historic town centre, the beautiful Royal Park and the related institutional buildings. The Royal Observatory is a must-go-to and the views from up here at the top of the park, looking onto The Thames and beyond, are really something.

Friendly Gardens and Brookmill Park are your closest green spaces. The latter is a five acre linear park running alongside the tidal River Ravensbourne (which becomes a tributary to the Thames less than a mile away). The park sustains an exceptionally rich and impressive variety of birdlife with kingfishers, herons, egrets, moorhens, coots, mallard, wagtails, goldfinches, long-tailed tits, migratory visitors and more. It is also home to around 8 pairs of pipistrelle bats and is currently being managed to enhance green corridors. Two nature reserves adjoin the park.

Deptford High Street and Market Yard area are hip local spots. Here we like Salt, Tea House, Marcella, Jazu and Deli X among other delights.

Brockley Market, on Lewisham Way, next to Lewisham College (a four minute walk) is a top way to spend Saturday time (on from 10am through to 2pm) and some pennies!

Greenwich Picturehouse is also a short walk away. And don’t miss your local contemporary art gallery: Goldsmiths CCA.