Massive Room; Huge House; 1Min Archway Zone2

Converted Victorian Post Office: Huge Master Bedroom 6.1m x 5.4m x very high (4m) gabled ceiling (with clawfoot bath in bedroom + ensuite shower/loo adjoining) — a unique house near the bottom of Highgate Hill — 1min from Archway zone 2.

Available from 1st March 2020 -- viewing now.

Suitable for a woman, a man or a couple (don’t care WHAT persuasion you are, so long as we get on!!)

Spacious "loft-style" living in a beautifully converted, central-heated former VIctorian Sorting Office.

Previously a kind of warehouse, this fully insulated property now has double-glazed skylights, very high ceilings & masses of natural light.

Very quiet & plenty of space for a desk in each room, as well as being able to work in the 3 other "living zones".

Brilliant transport links:
🚇ZONE 2**: quiet culdesac less than 90 seconds from Archway** tube (northern line)
+ masses of bus routes: 134, C11, W5, N20, 4, 17, 41, 43, 134, 143, 210, 263, 271, 390 (many of which run 24/7)
🚉 3 minutes from Upper Holloway overground
🚕 3 reliable minicab offices nearby
🚲 Secure bike storage (bike rack just inside front door)
🅿 🚘 Residents Parking available (ca.£200 per year)

💻 Internet wifi/ethernet: very fast 113mBS fibre broadband & TV (with Virgin) included in bills.

Masses of space, light & height in this very large house (approx 2500sq ft / 219sq mètres) and — with 3 "living zones" — it never feels crowded here.

Sharing with:
— 🎶 me, Jonny, a professional musician in my 40s (jazz & classical double bass, away on tour from time to time)
— 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and with my other tenant, Dan, who works co-ordinating national debt advice for the Money Advisory Service

We keep ourselves to ourselves quite a bit of the time due to work, in our respective rooms, but also enjoy cooking together/hanging out (he took me & 2 friends to a fab Burns Night Ceilidh recently).
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I live in one of the 2 ground-floor bedrooms (the Garden Bedroom). I practise Tai Qi & freediving and I love food (+cooking), cycling, hiking & malt whisky...also: live music, cinema, theatre, dance, wild camping - life is too short!
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Dan lives in the other ground floor room (your room is upstairs, with a large double-insulated skylight)...so far I have totally failed to tempt Dan into Hampstead Ponds (where I swim year-round with EGLST - the East German Ladies Swimming Team...don't ask: google it!) ...even though it is still a refreshing 6ºC...
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We often keep ourselves to ourselves - working in our separate rooms - but (when our contrasting schedules permit) share food/drink & try to have friends & family around for dinner, including other professional musicians (who can occasionally be persuaded to play a bit.)
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We also have a projector & excellent hi-fi for occasional big screen films (well...biggish: 3m x 2m!)
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I have a very friendly chilled-out cat...well-trained never to go into the bedrooms. And there are no soft furnishings here, which means the place is easy to keep very clean...especially with a robot hoover AND a weekly cleaner who has OCD.
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The Master Bedroom is upstairs: Huge at 6.1m x 5.4m with very high (4m) gabled ceiling, home-working possible: antique writing desk & chair, lots of natural light (windows + skylight with 100% blackout blind); 18th Century French Armoir; stunning Victorian-style claw-foot slipper-bath (i. e.🛁the bath is actually IN the bedroom itself...with ensuite shower & toilet next door); Kingsize bed & vintage bedside tables; skylight & window (with blackout blind/curtains); 3 x built-in double wardrobes; double radiator, heated towel-rail & basin.
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Upstairs: roof terrace suntrap; spacious kitchen; adjacent large dining area (seating 8-12 people); sitting-room area with large leather chairs & sofa (& TV hidden away in cabinet).
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Downstairs there's a huge (9m x 6m) additional living space with 3 leather sofas (plus a grand piano & my double bass) and small courtyard garden with 3 apple trees ...ripe & ready right now (remember to grab one when looking around)
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Also: dishwasher, washing machine, good drying facilities (including hanging rack in Master Bedroom), iron+ironing board, basement storage.
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Beautiful Waterlow Park (& the famous Highgate Cemetery) is 5 minutes walk away - and it just takes 5 mins to Hampstead Heath & Gospel Oak Lido by bus or bike.
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Camden Town is about 10 mins by bike; cycling into central London takes 20-30 minutes (e. g. Covent Garden, Borough Market, Southbank Centre) ...which is about the same as by tube. [We are at the FOOT of Highgate Hill, which makes the ride home easy!]
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• your Security Deposit (one-off £2,000) is held in Government Approved TPS scheme (MyDeposits .co .uk)
• Sample Tenancy Agreement (from The Law Society) available - I prefer to have a written agreement so as to be clear & avoid confusion & protect both you & me!
• £1,500 PCM (Price per calendar month) includes monthly bills (Telephone, Broadband / Internet, TV Licence, Electricity, Gas & Water)
• Also included: Council Tax & weekly Cleaner
• Couples supplement: £200pcm*

Please phone / email me if you've any questions...or - better still - come round to meet & check out this amazing space & ask the questions face-to-face.

(And see if we get on, of course.)

Viewing now.

Jonny

*Couples: for clarity here's the maths for the Master Bedroom:

£1,500 including all bills, Council Tax & Cleaner
+£200 couples supplement
= £1,700 total per month
... i. e.£850 each

**Archway tube timings:
5 mins to CAMDEN TOWN
8 mins to EUSTON
10 mins to KINGS CROSS
15 mins to OLD STREET
17 mins to VICTORIA
17 mins to MOORGATE
18 mins to WATERLOO
19 mins to BANK
20 mins to LONDON BRIDGE
23 mins to LIVERPOOL STREET
....or 17 mins to MOORGATE+walk 5mins!
24 mins to PADDINGTON
32 mins to CANARY WHARF
43 mins to STRATFORD (Overground from Upper Holloway)