2 rooms in Crofton Park, SE4

2 rooms in a spacious 4-bed, 2 bath house in Crofton Park, SE4

Hi, we’re looking for 2 new people to join us on a contract extension for a 4-bed, 2-bath house in Crofton Park, SE4 🙂
Where: Salehurst Road, near Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park (SE4).

Bills and council tax: Currently around £120 per person per month. We’re on a fixed energy tariff so the quote doesn’t fluctuate much during the year. This includes council tax, electricity, gas, water, and WiFi. We might need a garden bin which would be extra 25 pounds per person per year.

Contract: 12 months (option to extend) from 6th February 2025, signed with an agency, managed by the landlady who lives next door. She is not nosy, does not visit unannounced or without reason, and gets things fixed quite promptly.

Housemate preferences:
- Queer or an ally.
- Roughly similar age, around 25-35. This is not a dealbreaker and we’re mostly looking for someone we get along with who’s got similar needs about the house.
- Students welcome if happy to split council tax.
- Shared interests would be great (see below)!
- No couples or heavy smokers please.
- Someone tidy who cleans after themself and is happy to stick to a cleaning rota.
- Someone who is mindful when inviting people into the house. - - We’re not looking forward to bumping into strangers in the kitchen every Saturday morning, or to feeling like someone’s partner is an extra housemate. Guests welcome as long as there’s clear communication and respect for boundaries.
- Someone happy to have communal dinners / evenings or take part in outings as a household!
- We can’t live with cats (allergy) and the landlady won’t allow dogs. We’re open to discussing other small non-dangerous pets.
- Benefits accepted with a guarantor (referencing details below).

The rooms:

Bedroom 1 (£620 pm)
1st floor. Small room with a ¾ size (120 cm wide) bed with drawers, and a double-door wardrobe. There is an additional chest of drawers just for you in the office. It might be possible to get some hanging shelves, and there is space for a small shelf/nightstand. You could also move the wardrobe downstairs, and move the chest of drawers into your room, which would allow space for a clothes rail. View to the front yard and a quiet residential street.
Deposit for Bedroom 1: £715.38 (5 weeks' rent)

Bedroom 2 (£865 pm)
Ground floor. The room has a bay window and built-in storage. It’s furnished with a double bed, chest of drawers, night stand, and a lounge chair. There is enough space for extra furniture of your own such as a desk and additional storage. The view is to the front yard and a quiet residential street, but thanks to quite tall greenery it’s not easy to see directly into the window.
Deposit for Bedroom 2: £998.07 (5 weeks' rent)

The house:
The place is bright and finished to a decent standard. There is a lot of shared space including kitchen + dining, the living room, and garden with some furniture. There is a spare room we use as a shared office. It comfortably fits 4 desks up to 120x70 cm, which should allow for good working space (we work or study from home some of the time).

The house was repainted in early 2024 and will be professionally cleaned before the new contract starts.

There is space to store bikes in the garden, or potentially in the office depending on how many people wfh. There is no dishwasher but we have the space and permission to buy one if we want.

We will need to maintain the garden (it’s not too big!), so ideally looking for someone happy to contribute.

The vibe:
You can expect the house to be mostly peaceful, and we’re both up for sharing meals every now and then, walks, movie / board game nights, and going to art and music events and and occasional rave. Marysia used to host small crafting nights for friends in the past and would love to get back to it in the new year. We’re also happy to host friends for dinner, and there might be an odd birthday party but we def won’t be a party house.

We try to keep the place clean and use the SplitWise app for shared expenses.

Your potential housemates:

Clem (they/them): 30 year old French graphic designer, I love baking, cartoons and can deal with all the spiders and most bugs! I can probably name most garden birds and I always have a crafting project brewing. I’m learning how to tattoo at the moment.

Marysia (she/her): I’m 29 and originally from Poland. I work as a lecturer in creative computing. I love crafts, music (total nerd about electronic and experimental), I’m a proud plant mom and always hyped for some good vegan food! I go to a lot of concerts and art events and an occasional rave. Currently learning crocheting. I can also bake some amazing vegan pierogi (Polish dumplings)! Super nerdy about all things computers, arts, and music.

Transport links:
- 8-10 mins to Crofton Park with Thameslink trains to Peckham, E&C, Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, Paddington, and occasionally direct Southeastern trains to Victoria. Thameslink runs every 30 mins most of the day, more frequently during peak morning hours.
- 10-12 mins to Honor Oak park with the Overground line going to New Cross Gate, Canada Water (change for Jubilee line), Whitechapel, Shoreditch, Dalston, Highbury & Islington etc. Also occasional Southern trains to London Bridge. The Overground usually runs about every 7 mins.
- 15-17 mins to Catford Bridge with Southeastern trains towards Waterloo East, London Bridge and Charing Cross, every 15 mins.
- 6-8 mins to buses 171, 172 going into central through New Cross Gate, and similar distance to P12 and P4 towards Peckham, Brixton or Surrey Quays, and to the night bus N171. 5 mins to bus 254 going to Catford and Lewisham. More buses from Catford but it's a bit further.

Referencing requirements of the agency:
- A soft credit check,
- Proof of address,
- Proof of income (from the workplace, or last 3 payslips if self-employed),
- Min. income requirement 24k/year to rent without a guarantor,
- If you need a guarantor, min. income requirement for them is 28.8k/year. The guarantor must be UK-based, and their income reference must be from the UK.
- Reference from the previous landlord if applicable.

Accessibility
There are 14 steps to the first floor and there is no lift. Some of the halls in the house are also quite narrow. There is a step into the house and a step from the kitchen to the dining part, with access to the office and downstairs bathroom. There is one bathroom with a bath/shower on the first floor and one bathroom with a shower on the ground floor. There is no phone entry system. Please ask about other accessibility aspects.

Please get in touch if interested with a bit about yourself and we’d love to arrange a call or grab a coffee! We’ll invite you to view the house in person if we all feel we’d be happy to live together in order not to bother the current housemates with too many viewings.