1 bed flat for sale

Oakum Square, London E11

A superb one double bedroom apartment, on the ground floor of a modern brick built development moments from Langthorne Park. With generous living spaces and private courtyard, it's a fantastic find less than half an hour from the City.

An immaculate communal lawn dotted with saplings greets you as you head into your new home. Inside, both your bedroom and reception open onto your own secluded courtyard. Enclosed by high fencing and lined with a beautifully planted brick border, it's a serene and stylish outside space just right for morning coffee.

If you lived here...

All rooms open off your airy hallway, which has a welcome double helping of built in storage. First you'll come to your bedroom, a generous 140 square foot space. Dark grey wool carpet lies underfoot, and a bespoke wardrobe with sliding doors sits in one corner. Step outside from here through a glass door in to your secluded courtyard garden. Large French doors lead back inside and into your light filled kitchen reception. This versatile space gives you 265 square foot to arrange as you like.

Your kitchen occupies one corner, with a wealth of glossy grey units and worktops to match. There's built in storage to one corner, and another floor to ceiling window onto your courtyard. Pale engineered timber flooring lies underfoot. Back through the hallway you'll find your bathroom, with elegant neutral tiling to walls and floor, concealed cistern WC, and shower over the tub. A large integrated mirror fills the wall above the sink.

You're twelve minutes' walk from both Leyton Station or Maryland Station, where you can jump on the Central Line and Elizabeth Line and be at Liverpool Street in eleven minutes, and Tottenham Court Road in twenty. The Elizabeth Line can connect you to Heathrow Airport in under an hour. Langthorne Park is a few steps away, and for a grander green space the great expanse of Wanstead Flats are a quarter of an hour's walk. Plus, just a mile away you'll find the Olympic Park, with 560 acres to explore.

What else?

- Your new local is The Leyton Star, a beautifully updated pub with a mouthwatering barbecue menu and glowing gold function room.
- Leytonstone Leisure Centre has a twenty five metre pool as well as a huge range of fitness classes, and is just ten minutes from you. A little further is London Aquatics Centre with a fifty metre pool.
- A mile up Leytonstone High Road is highly rated authentic pizzeria Bocca Bocca.
- Stratford Westfield a short walk or single stop tube ride away.

Bathroom (2.10 x 2.00 (6'10" x 6'6"))

Living / Kitchen / Dining (7.40 x 3.31 (24'3" x 10'10"))

Bedroom (4.50 x 2.86 (14'9" x 9'4"))

Garden (6.60 x 5.89 (21'7" x 19'3"))

A word from the expert...

"Leytonstone is a unique, eclectic area, with great gastro pubs like Leytonstone Tavern and The Red Lion to bistro cafés like The Wild Goose Bakery and Gray, along with the open green space of Wanstead Flats, a serene getaway from the hustle and bustle of urban life. The area is full of history, with interesting, beautiful Grade II listed buildings like St John’s Baptist Church (built in 1832) and Leytonstone House, the 18th-century home of Sir Edward Buxton, notable mp and conservationist. There’s also St Andrew’s Church, built in 1886–1893 as a memorial to local philanthropist William Cotton. Leytonstone Library is a great place to visit if you’re feeling studious and Leytonstone Leisure centre is close by for the more actively minded. Wanstead Park, in the former grounds of Wanstead House, takes in walking trails, cycle paths and several ornamental lakes — a great place to relax, exercise and soak up some local history. With an array of buses and the Central line underground station close by, you can be in the City and surrounding areas within minutes."
Joseph earnshaw

E11 branch manager