A beautifully renovated and exceptionally spacious six-bedroom (plus study), four-bathroom Edwardian family home, extending to approximately 3,671 sq ft, situated on one of Belsize Park’s most attractive tree-lined residential streets.
This is a particularly special rental opportunity: a beautifully renovated family home, created by its owners for themselves and now available only as a result of their relocation abroad.
The house was comprehensively refurbished by the owners with the intention of making it their own long-term family home. The works included a side-return extension, new bathrooms, new flooring and underfloor heating to the principal living areas, new double-glazed windows throughout, new shutters and blackout blinds, upgraded kitchen appliances and complete internal redecoration.
The result is a house that combines the proportions and character of a substantial Edwardian home with a layout and specification designed around modern family life. Its unusually wide footprint, impressive ceiling heights and large windows give the house a wonderful sense of space and natural light, while at the same time retaining the warmth and comfort of a genuine family home.
The ground floor provides particularly impressive entertaining and family space. To the front is a substantial bay-fronted reception room with high ceilings, while to the rear the house opens into a superb open-plan kitchen, dining and family room, created as part of the recent works and leading directly onto the private rear garden.
At the heart of the space is a bespoke Mark Wilkinson kitchen, complemented by largely new appliances including an American-style fridge freezer, hob and dishwasher. New flooring and underfloor heating run throughout the principal living area and kitchen.
The first floor is arranged around a generous principal bedroom with en-suite bathroom, together with a further large double bedroom and family bathroom. The second floor provides three additional bedrooms, including a particularly generous bedroom opening onto its own balcony.
The top floor offers a substantial study or home office, opening directly onto a large roof terrace measuring approximately 19' x 14'. Together with the private rear garden, this gives the house two excellent outdoor spaces for entertaining, relaxing and family life.
A particularly useful feature of the house is the self-contained lower-ground-floor studio, with its own kitchen, bathroom and independent entrance. This provides excellent flexibility for guests, a nanny, housekeeper, older children or extended family.
The recent refurbishment extends throughout the house, with new bathrooms featuring fittings from CP Hart, double glazing throughout, shutters and blackout blinds, and underfloor heating to the principal living areas and principal en-suite bathroom. The remainder of the house is served by gas central heating, with electric heating to the additional bathrooms.
Outside, the house benefits from a private rear garden measuring approximately 22'8" x 22'8", as well as the substantial upper roof terrace and second-floor balcony.
Having invested considerable thought and care into creating the house for their own family, the owners are particularly keen to find tenants who will appreciate it in the same spirit — a family who will enjoy the house, make it their home and care for it as much as they have.