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Property Description
This superbly modernised family house, a classic Nicholas ‘Lion House’, is on the Chelsea side of Fulham’s prestigious and highly desirable Peterborough Estate in the West End of London. With it’s 4/5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, wide landings, spacious sun-lit kitchen-conservatory and ample living space, it has been totally renovated throughout, to the very highest standard in every detail, whilst retaining all the original period features as befits the Conservation Area in which it is situated.
The exceptional features include; under-floor heating throughout the lower ground floor and ground floor levels; electric under-floor heating in bathrooms and shower rooms; air conditioning/heat exchangers in 3 bedrooms and in the kitchen-conservatory; all windows, newly-made to the original design, are double glazed; central and end lightwells give the house a fresh, light, contemporary feel; all lighting is contemporary LED. The River Woodwork kitchen and the fitted bedroom and living room furniture are all handmade to the highest quality.
Original features include the fine Victorian stained glass to the front windows, to the door and to the over-door; the original fireplace (now gas-flame); the Victorian hallway tiles, restored and re-laid; the classic tiles to the front pathway; the original cornicing fully restored; the ‘lions’ recast from the original mould; the brickwork re-pointed etc. etc..
The recent total renovation includes every aspect of the house; from the creation of a lower ground floor to a new roof; rewiring; re-plumbing; re-plastering etc. The lower ground floor has been excavated the full length of the house. A front garden lightwell with cascading flowers has been sympathetically created with steps down to a separate lower ground floor entrance, convenient for nanny or ‘au pere’. This light, lower-ground floor has a bedroom/office, a highest standard shower room, a self-contained kitchen/utility-room, under-stairs storage, a huge open living room/games-room with lightwells, wall furniture, television point and fire-place etc.
Bathroom towel rails run off the hot water system independent of central heating. There are Plantation shutters to bedrooms, bathrooms and living room.
There is comprehensive security including video-link to the front door and a concealed safe. The house has been entirely rewired with ADSL and Sky to main rooms, including a new economical boiler with large tank.
The large south-facing, sunny, kitchen conservatory, with lifting roof-lights and Pinoleum blinds, has air-conditioning and under-floor heating. There is a three-oven ‘Stoves’ range, a six-plate induction hob, a large fridge-freezer, built-in microwave and wine cooler, Bosch dishwasher, instant boiling water, wine-rack etc.
The garden is south-facing with hardwood decking, a raised lawn area with ‘Easigrass’ and a further raised brick area for barbecue etc. and fine flower-beds on either side. The garden is not overlooked by a house opposite but gets sun through most of the day
Location: Bovingdon road is a short walk through Eelbrook Common to Fulham Broadway underground station or to Chelsea harbour with its fast and refreshing Thames Cutter riverboat service to Westminster,nthe City and Canary Wharf. There are excellent parks close-by as are the fine shops and restaurants of the New King Road and the Wandsworth Bridge road.
Included in the let are, if required, a fine guest-room bed with bedside furniture; a ‘truckle’ bed; a contemporary oak table with six chairs; a gas-barbecue; a Neptune ‘Chichester’ kitchen dresser.
Previous tenants include a partner in Goldman Sachs and a director of a large multi-national company.
A sale of the house will also be considered, circa £3 million.
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