Listing Owner
Member Since 2009
Listing Owner
Member Since 2009
Much loved, self-contained one bedroom flat with large private roof terrace in owner’s converted Victorian house in a popular, quiet, tree-lined street, one minute's walk from public transport (buses and underground to central London and overland train to Richmond, Kew Gardens & the National Archive) & the great range of shops, cafes and amenities of Tufnell Park and Kentish Town. Garden table and chairs on the terrace. One minute from Tufnell Park tube station on the Northern Line. Ten minutes walk to Kentish Town overground for Blackfriars (Tate Modern/ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre/ South Bank) in 15 minutes, Brighton on the South coast and many other great places for a day out of the city! 10 minutes’ walk from the green spaces of Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath & Waterlow Park. The international rail terminal at Kings Cross to Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, + good connections to north, east and south of London) is a short bus or tube journey away. The British Library, University College London, Birkbeck College, SOAS, King's College, City University, Courtauld Institute, Central St Martin's, University of the Arts, British Museum, Wellcome Library & Foundation, National Gallery, West End Theatres, Camden’s Jazz Café, are a few stops down on the tube and there are bus stops nearby for day and night buses. Rail connection to Kew for the National Archive and Kew Gardens from nearby Gospel Oak station. Excellent quality, friendly local shops at the end of our road: "Fam" grocer/greengrocer/wholefoods 7am-9pm, 7 days a week, French bakery & deli, Greek bakery, independent Butcher, Fishmonger, Italian & French delicatessens and wine stores, newsagents, dry cleaners, beauty salons, fashion boutiques, Yoga and Pilates centres and hairdressers, several gyms, cafes, ethnic restaurants, gastro pubs, all within a few minutes' walk. Saturday Farmer’s market nearby for organic produce from individual suppliers. Local public swimming pool in Kentish Town, open air pool for swimming nearby in Parliament Hill plus the famous ponds! Rental fee includes all utility bills including council tax, gas, electricity, water, wifi connection and the provision of bed linen and towels. Comfortable well-furnished flat with paintings, sculptures, some antique Tuscan furniture, books on Art, Architecture, History, maps, guidebooks and local information. The flat is completely independent, situated at the back of the house-all windows look onto a secluded garden. It is on two levels, with no other floor above, so it is both quiet and very private. You enter on the ground floor where there is a sitting room with a sofa, painted dresser, coffee table, lamps, TV, wicker chairs, bookcases, leading into a well equipped kitchen that seats three to four people. Fitted storage units, electric oven, gas hob, fridge & small freezer, washing machine. Bathroom with bath, shower, wc, sink and a mirror covering one wall. A wrought iron spiral staircase leads upstairs to the bedroom which has fitted wardrobes, a painted Tuscan bed, chairs, side tables and reading lights on either side of the bed and a small writing table in an alcove. Second en suite wc. A glazed door opens onto a private roof terrace with potted plants, a table and two outdoor chairs. The sitting room has a wooden floor and rug, the bedroom has a fitted carpet. Gas Central heating, video entry phone, wi-fi internet connection, TV Close to Hampstead Heath for walks and views over London: Keats House, Freud's House, Burgh House, Fenton House, Camden Arts Centre, Kenwood House with paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals, Van Dyck, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Constable; Hampstead and Highgate Village; Highgate ponds and Lido for outdoor swimming throughout the year; Waterlow Park and atmospheric Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx and other famous people are buried. Suitable for one person or a couple; not suitable for children. References and security deposit required.
University College London
Dartmouth Park/Kentish Town/TufnellPark
Cambridge | Oxford | Brighton and Hove
Comments: Tufnell Park, Kentish Town, Dartmouth Park, Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath, Kenwood, Highgate woods are green spaces close by, within pleasant walking distance
Comments: 6 week minimum booking - £650 per week for booking up to 8 weeks. £600 per week for longer. Extra days charged at £85 per day All utilities included in rent. £500 returnable breakages deposit. Cleaning not included. End of stay cleaning fee.
Comments: Suitable for one adult or a couple. No children or overnight guests.
Watering the plants in pots on the private roof terrace as no one else will have access during the guests' stay. There is a tap for water and a hosepipe on the terrace.
Furnished
High Speed Internet
Wi-Fi
TV
Balcony or Patio
Stairs
Security System
Oven
Stove
Microwave
Refrigerator
Washer
Comments: With views out to the back garden & private roof terrace, the flat has provided a quiet sanctuary for successive guests, writers, creatives & academics, to continue their work whilst gaining inspiration from London, its history and many resources.
Listing Owner
Member Since 2009
Listing Owner
Member Since 2009
Comments: Minimum 6 week rental commencing and ending any day of the week subject to availability