Heslop Road, Balham, SW12

Heslop Road in Balham is a street where a tiled porch and leaded light windows still set the tone, and this mid-terrace house has an interior in a different register: bone white and smoked oak, wide pale ash boards and a handleless kitchen. Over 1,434 sq ft on two floors plus a loft conversion, whose window sits in a flat-roofed rear dormer, the house provides two reception rooms and four bedrooms, with two bathrooms. Good light and a plain plan make the house easy to live in.

Hall 1.90m x 4.50m (6'3" x 14'9")

The hall is long and narrow, with a stripped-pine staircase beside the pale ash floor.

Sitting room 4.84m x 5.39m (15'11" x 17'8")

A period fireplace surround holds a wood-burning stove, giving the sitting room a quiet focus. The staged scheme is a white low sofa on a charcoal wool rug, with a glass side table and roller blinds.

Study 2.29m x 2.97m (7'6" x 9'9")

A sash window lights the study, a room just big enough for a desk and a chair.

Kitchen 3.30m x 3.79m (10'10" x 12'5")

Matt black handleless units meet a pale concrete worktop, with a breakfast bar at one end. The effect is graphic and the room is compact, so everything is close at hand.

Cloakroom 1.06m x 1.94m (3'6" x 6'4")

A cloakroom of modest size has a basin and wc.

Principal bedroom 4.16m x 4.17m (13'8" x 13'8")

The principal bedroom is nearly square, with fitted wardrobes. A king-size floating bed below a lit niche is shown in the staging, and there is no art, only the niche, on the wall.

Bedroom 2 2.54m x 3.31m (8'4" x 10'10")

Bedroom 2 has a built-in desk, and a low platform bed with no headboard in the staged room, set over a black-and-white geometric rug.

Bedroom 3 3.37m x 3.19m (11'1" x 10'6")

Fitted wardrobes in Bedroom 3 leave a clear floor, and the staged double bed has a black frame and a plain headboard.

Bedroom 4 3.48m x 3.16m (11'5" x 10'4")

On the loft level, Bedroom 4 has a built-in desk and a walnut headboard with a shelf, and the ceiling slopes at the front.

Bathroom 1.97m x 3.18m (6'6" x 10'5")

The first-floor bathroom has a freestanding bath, a vessel basin on a black stone counter and large white matt tiles, with a frosted window.

En-suite 1.77m x 2.51m (5'10" x 8'3")

The en-suite also has a freestanding bath, twin integrated basins in a grey unit and large-format grey porcelain, with a small roller-blind window.

The garden faces south, which suits the rear of the house, and permit parking covers the street.

The railway station at Balham opened in 1856. Balham station is a National Rail and Northern line interchange, and Clapham South, technically in Balham, is within reach of the house.