This is my London home â a really pretty garden flat. Itâs not fancy (think boho rather than Belgravia) but itâs clean, cosy and comfortable.
Iâve redecorated much of it over the past few months.
This is a colourful space that I hope you'll relax in and enjoy. I've tried to make a like a warm and welcoming friend's house more than anything else.
A brilliant base for exploring Camden, with music venues, cafĂ©s, restaurants, food shops and bars on the doorstep. but with its own quiet garden haven and just five minutes walk from the calm of Regentâs Park.
Five minutes to Camden Town tube, with buses to the West End even closer.
The flat has its own private entrance, and despite being on lively Parkway itâs remarkably quiet inside thanks to its basement setting. It also stays pleasantly cool during the summer.
At the back of the flat is the private garden, which is a real treasure â a peaceful haven away from the bustle outside.
The first bedroom is at the front (with quintriple glazing for quietness). There's lots of original art and, most importantly, has a very comfortable double divan bed with a topâquality pocketâsprung mattress and custom made headboard. The bathroom is next door with bath/shower, toilet and basin.
The second bedroom also has a superbly comfortable pocketâsprung mattress and a deliciously pink customâmade headboard. A feature is that natural light arrives from two large Velux windows - two floors above â which required I make a unique drawbridgeâstyle blind. There's more original art work here too.
At the back of the flat thereâs a light, airy sitting room / dining area / kitchen with French windows opening directly up into the garden.
In the sitting room thereâs a Big Jambox bluetooth speaker, a ceiling mounted projector with Amazon Fire Stick and a 100âinch pullâdown screen...all good for film nights. There's more art, a big sofa to sit on and two bookcases full of books that I've collected over the years.
The kitchen is fully equipped with induction hob, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washing/drying machine â and a good espresso machine and bean grinder.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Camden is one of Londonâs most lively and interesting neighbourhoods, famous for its music history, markets, independent shops and wide choice of cafĂ©s and restaurants. A few doors down from the flat is the Dublin Castle, one of Camden's best known pub venues. Amy Winehouse used to pull pints as well as perform and Madness played their first gig there. A short way up the street is the Green Note, a wonderfully laid back bar/ folk music venue.
Camden Town Underground station is a short walk away, making it easy to reach the West End, Soho, Covent Garden and the rest of central London.
Despite being so in the thick of the Camden vibe the flat itself feels surprisingly calm once you step inside -and the garden at the back is a lovely retreat after a day exploring the city.
As well as being so close to the Camdenâs markets, music venues and restaurants, the flat is only five minutesâ walk from the green calm of Regentâs Park and a short stroll to Primrose Hill, one of Londonâs most beautiful viewpoints. Primrose Hill, unlike the Royal Park, is always open and the night time view of the city from the hill is always a thing of magic to me ,,,and the many others who come and picnic or just sit and gaze at this great and ever changing metropolis...