Description

A bright four-bedroom duplex apartment, near Columbia Road which has recently been fully refurbished by its owner who is an architect. The apartment is conveniently situated on the ground and first floors and benefits from its own entrance.

On the ground floor there is a new fully-fitted large modern kitchen with room for a dining table; a living room with access directly to a generous private terrace; a modern cloakroom with Barbican sink; and a single bedroom which is currently configured as a study. Additionally there is a utility room with a washer-dryer.

Upstairs there are three further bedrooms — two generous doubles with built-in storage and a single room, each are light and bright. There is also a new modern family bathroom with high-quality fittings and underfloor heating. Central heating is controlled by a Nest smart thermostat.

Parking in the carpark adjacent to the property, or a street parking is available subject to application to Tower Hamlets Community Housing. Storage units can also be applied for from Tower Hamlets Community Housing.

The property is available from mid October unfurnished but inclusive of appliances.

Area
The apartment is situated opposite the Grade II listed St Peter’s Church, one of only two surviving churches of the ‘12 apostles of Bethnal Green’, adding a lovely soundtrack of bell ringing and singing, making the area a peaceful sanctuary. St Peter's Close is ideally located within easy walking distance of both Bethnal Green underground (Central Line) and Cambridge Heath and Hoxton overground, there are also good bus links. It is situated in close proximity of Columbia Road flower market, Broadway Market and Shoreditch.

Schools
There are a number of good and outstanding schools nearby and the OFSTED outstanding Bethnal Green Montessori School is a few steps away.

History
Traditionally the East End of London had been an area with strong ties and values, but these were beginning to disappear following the damage caused by the Second World War, both the London County Council and Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council built extensively to rehouse local people. By 1965 the new Tower Hamlets London Borough announced a 10-year housing programme, initially to complete the schemes of the metropolitan boroughs. St Peter’s Close, designed by the GLC, is part of the Avebury East Estate which was completed in 1975. Following the Ronan Point disaster, architects had started to turn away from high-rise buildings and monolithic estates, towards low-rise, high-density developments that more closely followed the original London street pattern.