Mellison Road, Tooting, SW17

Stucco dressings on London stock brick give Mellison Road its Victorian dignity, and the arts-and-crafts influence shows in the details of this terraced house. Ceiling roses and original fireplaces survive within, although the decoration has not been refreshed in a generation: avocado accents with cream, swirl-patterned carpet and plain white frames. It is clean but in need of modernisation, and offers 1,664 sq ft with a loft conversion, four bathrooms, a south-facing garden and potential to extend (STPP).

Hall 2.05m x 2.95m (6'9" x 9'8")

A tiled floor and a stripped-pine staircase with turned balusters mark the hall.

Sitting room 5.04m x 5.07m (16'6" x 16'8")

A bay window lights the sitting room, which is a big, high-ceilinged room, and the owner's beige sofa, pine coffee table and vertical blinds give a picture of how it has been lived in. Worn swirl-patterned carpet covers the floor. A frosted glass bowl lights the ceiling, and there is scope to update the room.

Kitchen 3.52m x 4.69m (11'7" x 15'5")

Melamine cabinets in white, with wood-trimmed handles and a mottled laminate top, fill the kitchen, which has an integrated oven and hob. It is functional and clean, but ready for replacement.

Cloakroom 1.23m x 1.93m (4'0" x 6'4")

A cloakroom off the hall contains a basin and wc.

Principal bedroom 4.16m x 4.54m (13'8" x 14'11")

Largest of the bedrooms on the first floor, the principal bedroom carries a built-in desk.

Bedroom 2 2.73m x 3.33m (8'11" x 10'11")

Another built-in desk features in the second bedroom, which is a small double.

Bedroom 3 2.82m x 3.01m (9'3" x 9'11")

A sash window lights the third bedroom, the smallest on this floor, suited to a child's room.

Bedroom 4 3.36m x 4.16m (11'0" x 13'8")

The loft conversion holds the fourth bedroom, which has a built-in desk, a sloping ceiling at the front and a window set in the rear dormer.

Bedroom 5 3.33m x 4.16m (10'11" x 13'8")

Also in the loft, the fifth bedroom has a sash window and is similar in size to the fourth.

Bathroom 2.04m x 2.59m (6'8" x 8'6")

A freestanding bath is fitted in the first-floor bathroom, whose fittings are ready to be replaced.

En-suite 1.76m x 2.61m (5'9" x 8'7")

The en-suite also has a freestanding bath, and the room is dated.

Bathroom 2 2.27m x 3.17m (7'5" x 10'5")

The second-floor bathroom is tiled in herringbone, and has been kept clean, though like the others it would benefit from a refit.

Bathroom 3 2.39m x 2.26m (7'10" x 7'5")

A further bathroom on the second floor has a walk-in shower and the same plain decoration.

Behind the house the garden looks south and has the length for family life. Nothing is reserved for a car. Because the house has been kept tidy but untouched, the garden depth and the loft level offer potential to extend (STPP) to create a larger kitchen and family room.

Two Northern line stops, Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway, bracket the hill of the High Street, which runs along a Roman road. To the north, Tooting Graveney Common and Tooting Bec Common merge into one large green area. Totterdown Fields, a conservation area since 1978, grew from the first cottage estate built by the London County Council.