Coniger Road, Fulham, SW6

Grey stock brick, white-painted sashes and iron railings give this terraced cottage on Coniger Road in Fulham the symmetrical good manners of a Georgian house. It is a home for a tenant who can see past the finish, and who would rather choose the carpets and colours than inherit someone else's. The cottage is clean, tidy and sound, but was last decorated twenty to forty years ago and is in need of modernisation, so there is scope to update the carpets, the beige and floral papers and the oak-effect kitchen to taste. Two bedrooms and a bathroom share 894 sq ft over two storeys, and with a garden facing west it has a good deal to offer anyone prepared to put their own stamp on it. The cottage is let unfurnished.

Hall 1.64m x 2.81m (5'5" x 9'3")

A stripped-pine staircase rises from the hall, and a patterned brown carpet runs underfoot, in need of replacing but perfectly clean.

Drawing room 3.49m x 4.91m (11'5" x 16'1")

A bay window brightens the drawing room, where a wood-burning stove stands in a plain white-painted surround. Floral upholstery and net curtains are in the previous scheme, and a tenant with a lighter palette would transform the room cheaply.

Kitchen 3.93m x 6.09m (12'11" x 20'0")

The kitchen is the surprise of the cottage, with a skylight overhead and room along its length for a proper table and chairs, the largest space in the cottage by some distance. Light oak-effect cabinets and a laminate worktop are dated and there is scope to update, though everything works as it should.

Principal bedroom 3.15m x 4.21m (10'4" x 13'10")

The principal bedroom is on the first floor, with a sash window and a regular plan for a double bed.

Bedroom 2 2.37m x 3.14m (7'9" x 10'4")

Bedroom 2 is a small room with a sash window and is best as a single or a study.

Bathroom 1.86m x 2.44m (6'1" x 8'0")

Herringbone tiles cover the bathroom, which is compact, and a new suite would be an obvious first improvement.

The garden faces west and is at the back of the cottage, with the skylit kitchen close by. Cars are kept on the road outside. A brass three-arm light in the main room and flush doors with brass handles complete a period of fittings that has not changed for decades, and there is potential to extend (STPP) for those wanting a larger home.

Fulham Palace, the Grade I listed former residence of the Bishop of London, stood at the centre of the bishops' business until 1973. Bishop's Park and Hurlingham Park are among the open spaces of the district, and Parsons Green and Fulham Broadway are District line stations. St Thomas of Canterbury Church is the only complete Pugin church in London.