Double Room - Oval

About the flat:

Located right next to the Oval cricket grounds, you’ll have access to a renowned balcony that looks directly into the stadium (shared by the block of apartments). This is the largest of the 53 flats, set on the top floor with 4 bedrooms and 2 balconies (one private, one shared) split across 3 levels.

The available bedroom is reasonable sized and easily fits a double with plenty of space (it comes furnished with a double bed, chest of drawers & bedside tables. It also has sizeable built in wardrobes for plenty of storage. You will also share a bathroom with only one other as the other 2 rooms have en-suite.

The flat itself is pretty unique in size and layout. It’s very spacious and light and due to being spread across 3 levels, you have plenty of space to yourself despite sharing with 3 others.

The kitchen is a decent size, with a large gas stove & oven and dishwasher.

If you work from home, there will be a small office available on the top of the 3 floors, by the private balcony.

You’ll be sharing with:

Craig - 33 year old lawyer working in the city. He’s essentially comes with the flat, given his 8 year tenure. Often out working but loves to travel in his space time and is very sociable.

Ben - 25 year old from Northern Ireland working in the city who is new to the flat also. Will be moving in 1st September.

Tom - 25 year old wealth manager from Dublin. Tom works in the city 3+ days per week and in his room (adjacent to yours) the remaining days. Often out at the gym or with friends but again, super easygoing and up to hang out.

Requirements:

We’re looking for a young professional (mid 20s-early 30s) who’s sociable, clean and respectful - **must have experience living in share houses**

Generally it’s pretty rare that all 4 of us are in the flat at the same time, often you may have the space to yourself. We like to have guests round (girlfriends, friends etc) and host bbq’s in the summer. We’re looking for someone that’s easygoing and has their own things going on, but is up for socialising or going for a beer when everyone’s around.

Our cleaner is amazing, but we take turns with basic stuff like emptying the dishwasher, taking out the bins and keeping the common areas tidy.

Important information:

Currently the room is £1,105 per month and won’t change for a year at least as we have just signed a new contract.

Bills are split between us equally, typically this comes to £150-200pp per month

We also have a cleaner who comes every 2 weeks, she does an amazing job cleaning the flat (including your bedroom if you want it) this is around £37 per month for your share

We split general house supplies (mostly cleaning stuff etc for the kitchen)

There are several huge blocks of new apartments being built next door which sadly has obscured our private balcony views. The majority of the heavy stuff has been finished, but it can still be noisy at times.

Location:

While I’d never heard of Oval beforehand or had a desire to live there. I’ve really loved living here the past couple years. The only reason I am moving out is to go travelling for 4 months otherwise I would have stayed!

You’re 3 minutes from a big Tesco, 5 minutes from Oval station (northern line that runs 24 hrs on the weekend), 8 ish minutes to Vauxhall (Overground and the Victoria Line)

There’s a massive PureGym 7 minutes away which I’ve used for years. And a few CrossFit spots by Vauxhall which Craig goes to.

We’re surrounded by decent pubs in all directions and 2 nice parks (including Vauxhall City Farm). If you want to go for a nice walk / run, Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament are 15 minutes away, and Battersea Power Station and back is a nice 5km route.

When is it available:

Available from 30th September but I can stay until 5th October if helpful.

Viewings:

We’ll be aiming to hosting viewings on a couple of nights mid September so might not reply right away.

If you can please message with a little intro on yourself, what you do for work & in your spare time, we’ll review all the messages and get back to people mid September to schedule viewings.

Thanks!

Tom