Sarsfeld Road, Balham, SW12

Sarsfeld Road, in Balham, has a number of the brick 1930s blocks that the area is known for, and this first-floor flat is in a three-storey example with curved metal windows and a curved bay. It is clean and tidy, but it was decorated some years ago and is in need of modernisation, with scope to update the kitchen, bathroom and floors to taste. There are two bedrooms, one bathroom and one reception room across 992 sq ft, and the flat is let furnished with the owner's own furniture. For a tenant who is happy to live with the decoration as it is, the rooms are good-sized and the layout works well.

Entrance hall 1.55m x 3.21m (5'1" x 10'6")

A tiled floor runs through the entrance hall, a practical surface at the door, and the hall leads to every room.

Sitting room 3.60m x 4.83m (11'10" x 15'10")

The sitting room is a good size, with built-in shelving in the alcoves and a wood-burning stove in a plain cream stone surround. The furniture is the owner's own, a floral three-piece suite, a glass-topped coffee table and net curtains at the windows, over a patterned brown carpet. A brass three-arm ceiling light hangs in the centre.

Kitchen 4.18m x 6.28m (13'9" x 20'7")

The kitchen is one of the largest rooms in the flat, with cream units, a worktop in speckled laminate and a splashback of patterned tiles. It has not been touched in many years, and there is plenty of scope to update it.

Principal bedroom 3.62m x 4.09m (11'11" x 13'5")

Fitted wardrobes take up one wall of the principal bedroom, and the room is carpeted in the same patterned brown as the rest of the flat. The doors are flush hardboard with brass handles, which is typical of the decade.

Bedroom 2 3.35m x 3.97m (11'0" x 13'0")

The second bedroom is nearly as large as the first and also has fitted wardrobes, so it could serve as a double bedroom for a sharer.

Bathroom 1.71m x 2.49m (5'7" x 8'2")

The bathroom has a freestanding bath and an avocado pedestal basin, with beige tiles around them. It is a dated suite, in need of modernisation, but it is clean and serviceable.

There is no private outside space and no parking with the flat. The south-east aspect brings morning sun into the main rooms, and the curved front of the block is one of the building's more attractive features.

Balham station is an interchange between National Rail and the Northern line, in London fare zone 3, so the trains and Tube are both close at hand. Close to the flat, Clapham South and Clapham Common to the north are within reach, and Tooting Bec Common to the east gives further open space. Du Cane Court is an Art Deco block of flats once described as the largest block of flats in Europe built for private occupation, and Impressions of Balham, a set of four bronze reliefs on Balham Station Road, was installed in 1991.