Furzedown Drive, Tooting, SW17

Painted stucco over brick at ground level and sash windows above give Furzedown Drive its tidy rhythm, and this mid-terrace house in Tooting uses its width well. The 1,569 sq ft inside divides into five bedrooms, two reception rooms and three bathrooms, over two storeys and a loft conversion. Pale grey-washed oak, white reveals at the windows and plain skirtings set a Scandinavian tone in light grey and white oak, with black used sparingly as an accent.

Hall 1.64m x 3.58m (5'5" x 11'9")

A stripped-pine staircase begins in the narrow hall, which takes its character from the timber and from the pale oak floor.

Sitting room 4.93m x 5.18m (16'2" x 17'0")

The sitting room has high ceilings, decorative cornicing and a period fireplace in painted timber with an open grate. A light grey sofa, a cream wool rug and a pale oak coffee table fit easily, and white linen curtains hang at the sash windows.

Study 2.90m x 2.76m (9'6" x 9'1")

A sash window lights the study, a small room that holds a desk and a shelf without any strain.

Kitchen 2.97m x 4.21m (9'9" x 13'10")

Slab cabinets in white, their edges in birch ply, sit under a white worktop and keep the kitchen light, while the sink sits beneath a window facing the back. A black metal task pendant hangs over the worktop.

Cloakroom 0.97m x 1.98m (3'2" x 6'6")

Tidy and small, the cloakroom holds a basin and wc.

Principal bedroom 3.78m x 3.92m (12'5" x 12'10")

A king-size bed with a white spindle headboard faces the glass in the principal bedroom, which has a sash window.

Bedroom 2 2.86m x 3.99m (9'5" x 13'1")

Bedroom 2 is a double room with a sash window and a pale wood shelf standing in for a headboard.

Bedroom 3 3.31m x 3.32m (10'10" x 10'11")

Fitted wardrobes in Bedroom 3 leave the floor free for a double bed on a pale oak frame.

Bedroom 4 2.69m x 3.53m (8'10" x 11'7")

Bedroom 4 is in the loft, under the sloping ceiling on the front side, with its window in the rear dormer and fitted wardrobes.

Bedroom 5 2.96m x 3.29m (9'9" x 10'10")

Bedroom 5 is the second loft room and has fitted wardrobes, too; it suits a child or a guest.

Bathroom 2.01m x 2.30m (6'7" x 7'7")

The first-floor bathroom has a bath, herringbone tiles and a white basin on a pale oak shelf.

En-suite 1.87m x 2.21m (6'2" x 7'3")

The en-suite is built around a freestanding bath and white hexagonal floor tiles.

Bathroom 2 2.39m x 2.91m (7'10" x 9'7")

The loft bathroom has a walk-in shower, pale grey matt tiles and a wall-hung vanity.

The garden at the back faces south-east and takes the morning sun. The property comes without a parking space.

Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway are the area's Northern line stations. The commons at the northern end of the district, Tooting Bec and Tooting Graveney, make a broad stretch of open ground, and an open-air lido, opened in 1906, lies on Tooting Bec Common. Close to the house, the Totterdown Fields cottage estate has been a conservation area since 1978.