Blackheath - SE3

In one line: Park-facing 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments with full-height windows and a private balcony or terrace to every home, set in 86 acres of open parkland with the station on site.

Picture this: You wake up to a window that runs floor to ceiling and a view that changes with the weather — Cator Park's water features and wildflower meadows on one side, the City skyline from The Shard to Canary Wharf on the other. Coffee from the Starbucks on Pegler Square, then a walk to Kidbrooke station. London Bridge in 16 minutes, three stops. Back in the evening for a drink at The Depot on the square, or Korean barbecue at Keonbae next door; Sainsbury's Local handles the top-up shop. Saturday is the food market on Pegler Square. Sunday is the 14-minute walk over to Blackheath Village — GAIL's, the Farmers' Market, The Bookshop on the Heath — and then a country walk across the 275-acre Heath into Greenwich Park.

The area: Royal Borough of Greenwich, SE3 — a Kidbrooke postcode sitting on Blackheath's doorstep. It is an unusually green corner of south-east London: 86 acres of open space, of which Cator Park is 21 (9 acres north, 12 south), designed with the London Wildlife Trust and HTA Design, and winner of both the Sir David Attenborough Award for Enhancing Biodiversity and the overall President's Award at the 2020 Landscape Institute Awards. Three ancient streams and the Quaggy River run through it, feeding the ponds and wetlands. Sutcliffe Park adds 41 Green Flag acres with an athletics track, climbing wall and skate park; the 275-acre ancient Heath is beyond that. Over 750 mature trees have been planted across the village. Everyday life happens on Pegler Square: Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express, YoHome Oriental supermarket, Starbucks, The Depot pub and dining, Keonbae, PureGym, a healthcare centre and the weekend food market. Wingfield Primary (Ofsted Good) and Fennies Nursery are on site; Thomas Tallis is half a mile; Colfe's and Blackheath Prep are a mile. Greenwich — the market, the Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, the Picturehouse — is 12 minutes on the train.

Private Residents' Amenities: Residents-only gym in the Village Centre. 24-hour concierge and recorded CCTV. Waterlily Court has its own residents-only podium garden — cherry trees, silver birches, ornamental grasses, evergreens, sage and lavender, tucked between the buildings with views over South Cator Park. Secure bin and bike stores. Passenger lifts serving every level. Limited car parking, by separate negotiation.

Apartment Specification: Kitchens are Bosch throughout — black glass ceramic hob or induction hob, stainless-steel multi-function oven, integrated microwave, integrated fridge/freezer and dishwasher, plus a glass-fronted 19-bottle wine cooler as standard. Worktops are stone or composite stone with a full-height splashback (chevron or metro tiled), handle-free soft-close cabinetry, open shelving and a fluted-glass vitrine cabinet. Two palettes to choose from: Nature (truffle oak and sand cabinets, walnut and soft sage accents, chrome) or Urban (slate and alpine white, black nickel fittings, matt black details, hexagon 3D tiles). Floors are vinyl or LVT through the living area, hallway and kitchen, carpet to bedrooms, both in light or dark. Bathrooms get large-format porcelain and ceramic tiling with a textured or marble-effect feature wall, a wall-mounted rain showerhead, a stone-effect vanity top with LED strip lighting, a mirrored cabinet with concealed lighting and a thermostatic ladder towel rail. Every home has MVHR, radiator panel heating via an in-flat HIU, USB charging above the kitchen worktop and in the main bedroom, a fitted wardrobe to bedroom one, Sky Q points, a home-office facility, video entry answerable on your mobile, sprinklers and Secured by Design entrance doors to Met Police standard. 

Top feature: a private balcony, terrace or patio to every single apartment — Skyview Gardens pairs floor-to-ceiling windows with skyline views to The Shard and Canary Wharf; Lily Residences steps its balconies in tiers above the tree canopy of South Cator Park; Waterlily Court looks straight out over the park's water features. Balconies run from 59 sq ft to 111 sq ft; lower-ground terraces reach 768 sq ft.

Exceptional Transport Links: Kidbrooke station — on site, Zone 3 (National Rail) | London Bridge 16 mins, 3 stops | Blackheath 3 mins, 1 stop | Lewisham 7 mins, 2 stops | Greenwich 12 mins, 5 stops | Canary Wharf 22 mins | Waterloo East 22 mins, 4 stops | Victoria 25 mins, 8 stops | Charing Cross 26 mins | Cannon Street 26 mins | Bank 26 mins | Stratford 33 mins, 9 stops | The O2 / North Greenwich 30 mins | London City Airport 20 mins, 6 stops | Heathrow 45 mins | Gatwick 46 mins | Blackheath Village 14 min walk | University of Greenwich 18 min cycle.

Lease & Warranty: 999-year lease. No Ground Rent. 10-year build warranty on every home.