House For Sale £410,000
Addington Road, Croydon CR0

This wonderfully bright two-bedroom house with private garden can be found on Addington Road in Croydon. The late-Victorian interiors have been completely redesigned by the current owner / architect to create a series of serene spaces, using natural oak and birch-faced plywood throughout to create inbuilt joinery and custom furniture.

Addington Road is a quiet residential street, ten minutes’ walk from West Croydon Station, which has fast connections to London Bridge and Victoria.

The ground floor of the house has been completely opened-up to create a wonderfully flexible space. Light pours in from both aspects and there are long views into the garden at the rear.

The front of the plan has been smartly organised with ply-faced cabinetry running down one wall, to become under-stair storage in the middle. A kitchen island sits at the centre of the space, with solid oak worktops above concealed appliances and further storage.

The kitchen opens onto a dining space, which is delineated from the living room at the end by an archway. Brushed-oak floors run underfoot. A considered approach has been taken throughout to conceive of the design as a flexible and functional whole, making the most of the building’s period proportions and engendering a sense of flow throughout. Through a set of metal sliding doors in the living room, the garden is shaded by a beautiful mature magnolia tree and is currently planted with vegetable beds.

On the first floor are two bright bedrooms. The second bedroom is currently used as an office with inbuilt furniture continuing the minimal palette of wood from downstairs. The family bathroom is fitted with a large walk-in shower and a row of cabinets that conceal the washing machine to cleverly ensure this space doubles as a utility room.

West Croydon Station is in Zone 5, with connections to London Bridge in eighteen minutes and London Victoria in about thirty minutes. It is also served by the London Overground line that runs towards Canada Water, Shoreditch and Highbury & Islington.

Croydon East station, a little further afield, also has fast connections to London Bridge and London Victoria taking between fifteen and twenty minutes. Croydon is also part of London’s tram network, connecting it to Wimbledon and Beckenham.

There is easy access to the south-east and the coast via the train network and on the motorways via the A23. The house is a forty-minute drive from Gatwick Airport.

Surrey street market – one of the oldest known street markets in London – has recently undergone a million-pound refurbishment and is open weekly. The opening of Boxpark Croydon in 2016 spurred a flurry of new restaurant openings, and the area has is still undergoing significant regeneration.