£725,000 /Sale price

Characterful two bedroom cottage with a south-facing courtyard garden, in a totally idyllic spot: Choumert Square is a picture-postcard pocket of Peckham, just a few minutes from both Peckham Rye Station and Bellenden Road. It is a tucked-away pedestrian-only Victorian laneway which has featured multiple times on Gardeners' World and in various publications. Residents of the 46 cottages - which make up Choumert Square - share a generous communal garden at the end of the central path. Pleasingly, no Choumert Square cottage is the same, and their owners have great fun making each and every centimetre perform to the maximum! This one has a well-thought-out layout which gives you two bedrooms upstairs (one double and one single) plus the property's w.c. Downstairs you have an open-plan kitchen/dining room/reception, and your bathroom (through a door from the kitchen space). Your private gated front garden faces sunny south - you'll enjoy day-through sun out here. Your painted-timber part-glazed stable-style front door is set in a bay to the front of the house. You open directly into your welcoming reception room which is open-plan to the modern fitted kitchen. Your front room - which incorporates lounge and dining areas - has stripped wooden floors, alcove shelves for books, and neat white walls. The fitted (U-shape) kitchen has a good amount of cupboard, drawer and counter space, plus open shelf detail. You can feel connected to guests here while preparing food and drinks. A cheerful yellow accent wall is a nice decision and visually defines the separate space. Velux windows illuminate matters. A frosted door opens to your bathroom - this has a smart white fitted tub and slim modern basin too. Another Velux sorts the lighting for you. Up the stairs (noting under/stairs storage) and your w.c. is at the back of the house. Next door is a single bedroom - of over 7 feet each way. Finally, you have your principal bedroom across the whole front of the house. This is over 12 feet by over 10 feet, with a generous built-in wardrobe. Choumert Square - named after the C19th landowner George Choumert - enjoys a close community and rich history of residents including a CBE, OBE and two MBE's! Further to the Square's national media attention, residents celebrate the square and its blooms annually, inviting the public in. Walk just a few minutes, via Choumert Grove and Blenheim Grove, to Peckham Rye Station (Fare Zone 2) for regular and Overground services. Blenheim Grove, Rye Lane, Choumert and Bellenden Roads are all close for cafes, bars and restaurants plus independent and grocery shopping. A few recommendations are Artusi, Il Giardino, Ganapati, The Begging Bowl, Miss Tapas, The Montpelier, The Sourcing Table, Review book store and Flock & Herd butchery. Also local to you - Rye Lane is home to the trendy Bussey Building & Copeland Park spaces, plus Peckham Levels, Peckham Plex Cinema, and handy high street shops, banks and markets. In the warm months, you can head rooftop for cocktails at Frank's or atop The Bussey Building. Warwick Gardens is your nearest green space, and Peckham Rye Park and Common's 113 acres is a short stroll. Peckham is already considered one of London's most desirable places to call home. There is even more in store for the postcode, including the regeneration of and around Peckham Rye Station. Other options? Central Camberwell is local for The Camberwell Arms, The Kerfield, Little Cellars, Veraison Wines, Theo's pizzeria and Friday live jazz nights at The Crypt (underneath St Giles Church). East Dulwich's Lordship Lane and North Cross Road (for the top Saturday market) are close also. Tenure: Freehold Council tax band: C Borough: Southwark