Flat to rent Holly Grove, Greater London

Description

This brilliantly-conceived three-bedroom maisonette, with a large private south-east facing garden, is quietly positioned on Holly Grove, one of the most desirable residential streets in Peckham. Reaching approximately 1,300 sq ft internally, the plan has been cleverly conceived in an upside-down layout, allowing for beautifully bright living spaces over two levels that both connect directly to the garden.

Set within the Holly Grove Conservation Area, this elegant pair of mid-nineteenth century houses overlooks the manicured Victorian gardens of Holly Grove Shrubbery. The maisonette is set back from the road behind a beautifully planted front garden and occupies the upper and lower-ground floors of the building.

Internally, the space has been completely renovated, creating a wonderfully open and sensical plan that is well-suited to modern life, using high-quality finishes and Velfac windows throughout.

At the centre of the ground-floor plan is a large hallway, leading to the living room on the right and the kitchen / dining room on the left. The current owners have created a series of minimal spaces, elevated with carefully chosen material touches such as a reclaimed marble fireplace in the living room. This space retains its pair of front-facing sash windows and new oak-woodblock flooring runs underfoot.

The kitchen is filled with natural light from a pair of windows and side door that look to the garden. Bespoke London plane-faced cabinetry and Corian worktops run down two sides of the room, creating a lovely sense of flow and allowing space for a large dining table. Outside the windows, a roof garden with sun-loving plants and self-seeding poppies is fed by a self-watering system via the rooftops.

The walled garden extends to over 70 ft, and has been completely redesigned by the current owners with a specimen planting scheme set around the lawn and sunken courtyard. A maturing wisteria is being trained along the back of the house, and a large group of Canna Purpurea Indica live in the bed adjacent. There is a handmade greenhouse and set of marble steps leads to a wonderfully private concealed patio at the end, shaded by Japanese ferns, a mature apple tree and 'Nancy Saunders’ willows.

Downstairs, two interlocking bedrooms have double doors to the garden, the larger of which has a striking en suite bathroom finsihed in pea-green polished concrete, lit from above with skylights, and a walk-in wardrobe. The third bedroom, currently used as a home office, is quietly positioned at the front of the plan. There is also a bright family bathroom which opens onto a concealed utility room.