Bushey Hill Road, Camberwell, SE5

Picture-Perfect Five Bedroom Victorian Home With Lovely Decked Rear Garden.

Sitting on the much-loved Bushey Hill Road, this elegant five bedroom period home boasts a wonderful marriage of traditional charm and contemporary style. Enjoying expertly chosen tones, quality fixtures and some gorgeous period features the house exudes tasteful grace at every step. Over three and a half floors the accommodation comprises a vast reception, kitchen with adjoining utility room, five lovely double bedrooms (master en suite plus dressing room), bathroom, guest wc and a fab lower ground floor study/storage space. The rear garden is decked and delicious with plenty of mature greenery. Bushey Hill Road is a mature, popular street that rises gently from Peckham Road to Lyndhurst Grove and sits within a pleasurable five minute ramble of bountiful Bellenden Village. Transport is a cinch with Peckham Rye Station a seven minute stroll for swift, regular services to London Bridge, Victoria, Elephant and Castle, Blackfriars, Farringdon, Shoreditch and oodles more. Your social life will buzz with the nearby bustle of Camberwell, Peckham, East Dulwich and Queens Road.

The exterior enjoys abundant period charms with ornate stucco columns and a recessed portico with original door, painted friendly yellow and with gorgeous stained glass. Heading inward you find a wider than average hall with wonderful floor tiles, original cornicing and dado rails separating complimentary shades. The original balustrades and banisters have been painted off-white. To the right sits the vast reception which enjoys a super wide bay window with louvered blinds on the upper and lower panes. French doors open rear to the garden where you meet a leafy, decked oasis - perfect for hosting the annual bbq. To the rear of the hall you find a guest wc and understairs access to the handy lower ground floor storage/study. The modern kitchen has a funky oblong serving hatch through to the rear of the reception - great for passing through your culinary classics. Appliances include a four ring gas hob, dishwasher and fridge freezer and there's a fab adjoining utility room with further counters space and garden access. Heading upward you find a lovely double bedroom and shower room on the side return. The first landing is a light and airy, double-height space with more quality carpeting. Bedrooms two and three, each joyously proportioned, take a front and rear position. The front room enjoys the signature Italianate triptych of arched sash windows while the rear room has a feature fireplace and peers over the garden. Upward again you meet bedroom four on the second return. It's a lovely neat double with feature fireplace and lofty views. The final climb rewards with the master suite, consisting of double bedroom, dressing room and stunning shower room. The South London Gallery Cafe is great for impressing visitors with! Rye Lane is tantalisingly close for any amount of culture. For coffee, croissants, books, antiques, flowers and dry cleaning services, go no further than Bellenden Village (a 3 minute walk). We love Petitou, The Victoria Inn, Ganapati and The Begging Bowl. The Bussey Building has some fab rooftop bars and even a cinema! The highly considered Villa Nursery is as close - now that's an easy morning drop off! The area has easy access to Peckham Rye (zone 2 and a brisk 5 minute walk) and Denmark Hill stations (also zone 2 and about a 12 minute walk away) for services to London Bridge, Victoria and Blackfriars. The London Overground whizzes you to Clapham, Shoreditch and Canada Water for the Jubilee Line. A whole variety of buses run into town along Peckham Road, just five minutes away. The wide open green spaces of Peckham Rye Park are also within easy reach. Even closer is the very lovely Warwick Gardens. It's a fine spot for a read of the papers.Tenure: FreeholdCouncil Tax Band: E