Randall Close, Battersea, SW11

Arched loading-door bays and a red brick face announce the warehouse-style conversion on Randall Close, and the flat on its third floor keeps the industrial character the frontage promises. The flat covers 768 sq ft on one level, and the plan gives two bedrooms and one reception room, served by a single bathroom. Exposed brick, steel beams and tall factory-scale glazing set the tone, reclaimed wide timber boards run underfoot, and the scheme of brick red and charcoal is warmed throughout with natural wood. The building also has a roof terrace.

Entrance hall 1.53m x 2.76m (5'0" x 9'1")

The short entrance hall sets a plain, workmanlike tone before the flat opens out.

Living room 3.73m x 4.73m (12'3" x 15'6")

This is the room that sells the flat. High ceilings, full-height glazing and built-in alcove shelving give it volume, while a brick wall and a steel beam overhead leave no doubt about the building's past. The aspect is west, so the glazing is the main source of light. As staged, a grey sofa and a cognac leather armchair sit on a faded red rug beside an industrial cabinet, with steel shutters at the windows.

Kitchen 3.16m x 3.59m (10'4" x 11'9")

Black steel and walnut units carry a concrete worktop, a combination that holds its own against the brick and timber next door, and a window over the sink keeps the room from feeling closed in. Large industrial metal pendants hang over the cooking area. There is enough floor for a table, so meals need not move to the reception room.

Principal bedroom 3.80m x 4.08m (12'6" x 13'5")

A king-size bed fits against the wall opposite the window, with a tan leather headboard and a steel-framed mirror as the only decoration, and still leaves floor for a chair. The reclaimed boards continue in here, and the brick red of the palette is held back so that the room reads as quiet.

Bedroom 2 2.82m x 3.37m (9'3" x 11'1")

Smaller and squarer, the second bedroom takes a double bed in the corner furthest from the door, with a reclaimed timber headboard and a grey wool rug. It would equally make a study with a sofa bed if the flat were used for working from home.

Bathroom 2.04m x 2.75m (6'8" x 9'0")

A walk-in shower takes the place of a bath, and the walls are clad in dark green metro tiles above a concrete basin on a steel frame. Daylight reaches the room through a small window with a roller blind.

There is no private outdoor space attached to the flat and no parking is included. The roof terrace belongs to the building, and the brick facade with its arched bays gives the block a distinctive presence on the close.

Battersea Park, laid out by Sir James Pennethorne and opened in 1858, covers around 200 acres and holds the London Peace Pagoda. Battersea Park and Queenstown Road are both railway stations here, and the power station designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, begun in 1929, now has a Northern line extension that opened in September 2021. Trains from the big junction at Clapham are within reach of the flat. St Mary's Church, completed in 1777, is one of the older buildings in the neighbourhood.