2 bed flat for sale in Addison Road, Walthamstow, E17 (ref: 8043a1b1-aeea-4bdf-b002-fd7c74dc82ef)

A charmingly characterful two bedroom ground floor Victorian apartment, with private garden and basement. Enviably situated in always sought after Walthamstow Village, you have a superb choice  of cafes, bars and restaurants all just moments away.

Vintage timber floorboards, imposing original hearths, high ceilings, generous original proportions and plenty of natural light are the signature highlights here. That sizeable basement is ideal for further development and your garden is a secluded thirty two feet.

You're indisputably right in the heart of things, with the Village's high street of Orford Road just footsteps away, home to independent shops, cafes and bars. Walthamstow Central, for direct links to the City and West End, is just ten minutes on foot.

YOUR NEW HOME

A striking royal blue door welcomes you below a vintage arch of original moulding, while inside on the right your statuesque reception come in at around 200 square feet. Darkly stained original timber floorboards run underfoot, complementing an imposing ebony vintage hearth and mantelpiece.

Classic bistro shutters sit on the substantial bay window, and there's a glittering statement light piece overhead.

Next door your first bedroom's a covetable double, and a superb counterpoint to your lounge, with whitewashed vintage floorboards, bespoke floor to ceiling wardrobes and its own ebony black hearth with period tiling.

A patio door with windows and transoms lets in plenty of natural light and leads out into your garden. We'll get out there in a moment.

Across the hall you'll find steps down to your basement, a 120 square foot space, brickwalled and dry, ideal for storage or even further development.

Back upstairs your kitchen is smartly decked out in cream cabinetry with blonde hardwood underfoot and dark worktops below a pastel patchwork backsplash. A modest secondary hallway leads past the white and slate grey bathroom, with dedicated corner shower, to your second bedroom, a plushly carpeted dual aspect double with garden access.

Out here you have a substantial patio surrounding a central slate bed, and surrounded in turn by diverse foliage, with a handy blue shed and mature trees at the end.

YOUR NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD

Outside and Walthamstow Village remains the highlight. Endlessly explorable, these peaceful, historical streets are home to an incredible choice of independent cafes, high end restaurants and characterful gastropubs.

The Good Egg offers a modern twist on bistro chic, The Nag's Head delivers on a promise of esoteric decor and friendly cats, while a large Gail's bakery offers dependable cafe classics. Wanderings and exploration will be rewarded.

Whenever you want to venture into central London, Walthamstow Central station is just ten minutes on foot, for  direct twenty minute connections to the City and West End via the overground and Victoria line.

Here's also where you'll find E17's main thoroughfare of Hoe Street, home to the recently opened, 1000 seat, Soho Theatre Walthamstow as well as still more shops, pubs and cafes.

Alternatively, if you're looking to get out into nature, then Epping Forest and Hollow Ponds are barely half a mile on foot, with a wealth of green and blue natural space to explore. You can even hire row boats on sunny summer days.