Gunton Road Clapton , E5 9JT

IF YOU LIVED HERE...

You'll be ascending the steps to your elevated ground floor and stepping inside for a hallway floored in vintage geometric tiles, with the high ceilings of the period and your front lounge on the left. In here the charm of the original architecture is very much in evidence with that oversized bay window, artfully restored original timber floorboards, and an ornate hearth and mantel. By contrast, your smartly extended 280 square foot kitchen/diner is a model of modernism.

In here, sleek honey-hued parquet flooring runs underfoot, while a neat kitchen suite sits under banks of skylights and still more natural light flows in from the rear wall of bi folding patio doors. Throw these back to bring the outside in and explore your lush rear garden where patio gives way to lawn, beds and a handy shed. Back inside, an elegant and essential utility room completes the ground floor, along with another shower room. Head to that impressive staircase now, carpeted in crimson and the best spot to take in the sheer scale of your new property.

Upstairs and your principal bedroom is a handsome double of over 200 square feet - another vintage masterpiece with original timber floorboards and striking period hearth. All the first floor sleepers are decent doubles, each with its own vintage hearth, you have handy extra WC and the family bathroom's a sleek, contemporary rainfall shower wet room finished in soft green metro tiles with a tub. On the second floor a skylight turns your staircase into a lightwell, there's a wealth of eaves storage and your fourth bedroom completes things in fine vintage style.

Outside and Clapton station is just two minutes away at the end of your street, for direct thirteen minute runs to Liverpool Street, plus connections to Walthamstow Central and Hackney Downs. Whether you're travelling for work or play you'll have an easy trip. If you're staying local then the splendid Hackney Downs Park is just half a mile away on foot, home to tennis and basketball courts, and perfect for morning jogs and evening strolls.

WHAT ELSE?

- The legendary Crooked Billet gastropub is just moments away around the corner. Dating back to the nineteenth century, here you'll find a glorious beer garden, delicious food and a friendly atmosphere.
- Parents will be pleased to find eight 'Outstanding' primary/secondary schools, all less than mile away on foot (the 'Outstanding' Southwold Primary is just five minutes away). You also have a further sixteen schools just as handy and rated 'Good'.
- You are very firmly in the catchment area of two of Hackney’s top secondary schools, Mossbourne and Clapton Girls.
- If you really want to lose yourself in nature, the vast green expanse of Hackney Marshes is just a half mile away on foot.