Ramsden Road SW12

The Tour
Measuring approximately 3,025 sq. ft, this thoughtfully decorated family home retains a wealth of original period features. With high ceilings and finished to a superb standard throughout, the property has a substantial entertaining space and a 45ft South-west facing garden.
As you enter the wider than average hallway, you are immediately struck by the feeling of width and elegance the house has to offer, which is a common theme in this gorgeous family home. With stunning parquet wood flooring throughout, to your left you find the bright and very generous reception room with high ceilings and a wide bay window boasting plantation shutters. This classical room offers an abundance of period features, including an elegant fireplace with wood burner and parquet wooden flooring. To the rear and stepping through Crittall doors is a second reception area, which is currently being used as an elegant study with built in bookshelves and desk. This room could equally provide a playroom for the incoming tenants or indeed a more formal dining room.

To the rear of the house, you enter the stunning kitchen/breakfast room which features a larger than average peninsula-style central island, with a porcelain countertop and pendant lighting above. This beautiful kitchen is perfect for daily family life and boasts an extensive range of fitted wall and base units. There are multiple integrated appliances, including a Fisher and Paykel fridge and freezer, a Bora induction hob and two Gaggenau ovens with warming trays underneath. The attention to detail is second to none with a bar/pantry to the rear of the kitchen and a double ‘coffee station’ cupboard. A lovely feature of this family space is the large window seat which overlooks the garden. There is also an ingenious downstairs loo with a pull out hidden changing table and even a ‘Tommie Tippie’ nappy bin drawer.

From the kitchen, and through the bifold doors, you step out into the large and secluded garden measuring 45ft in length. Laid with wooden decking to the front, with a hidden sand pit and paddling pool underneath the decking, this is the perfect spot to have drinks or supper in the summer months and for children to play all year round. There is an abundance of mature shrubs and plants on both sides of the artificial lawn and a stylish pergola to the back of the large garden. Being South-west facing, this garden attracts the sunlight for much of the day, in particular the late afternoon and evening sun in the summer months.

On the lower ground floor, you enter a large utility room with a Siemens washing machine and separate tumble dryer with an array of storage and a ‘Pullymaid’ clothes dryer. Adjacent to this room is the tastefully decorated guest shower room. Stepping through the Crittall doors into the media room with a projector and hidden screen, this room is also perfect as a children’s playroom. Off this room is a good-sized double bedroom with storage and large French doors which is perfect for guests or a live-in au pair or nanny.

On the first floor, to the front, you find the principal bedroom suite which boasts two bright sash windows and encompasses the width of the house. There are elegant and bespoke built in wardrobes on either side of the fireplace and high ceilings to add to the grandeur. To the centre of this floor you enter the dressing room with further built in wardrobes and a stunning roll top bath. Beyond is the modern en suite bathroom with double vanity unit with mirrored cupboards above and a luxurious a walk-in shower. To the rear of the first floor is a further double bedroom which is currently be used as a children’s bedroom. Adjacent is a bathroom with an excellent children’s bathtub with overhead shower.

On the rear mezzanine of the second floor you have yet another good-sized double bedroom with lovely views over the gardens below. This bedroom also benefits from an en suite shower room which is tiled throughout creating an elegant space. On the top floor, and accessed off a wide landing, are two further large double bedrooms and a generous family bathroom. Both bedrooms are very generous in size and benefit from views to the front and rear of the property.

The Area
Ramsden Road offers easy access to the amenities of Balham High Road, Northcote Road and Bellevue Road with their vast array of restaurants, shops, cafés and bars. The green open spaces of Clapham Common and Wandsworth Common are located nearby and offer numerous amenities such as tennis courts, sports pitches, ponds, playgrounds and cafes.

The location offers excellent transport links of both Clapham South and Balham underground stations. Balham mainline and Wandsworth Common mainline stations are also a short distance away, which provide regular services to Clapham Junction for trains to Waterloo, Victoria and Gatwick Airport.

There is a good variety of well-established independent and state schools in the area, with Holy Ghost Primary School being a short walk from the house. Broomwood Schools, Hornsby House and Thomas’s Clapham are also located nearby.