Ermine Road, Ladywell, SE13

Guide Price £800,000 - £850,000

This is a rare opportunity to purchase an architect-designed modern detached house, with energy efficient features, built in 2003, cleverly nestled between Victorian housing, discreetly set back, with automatic wooden gates leading into a landscaped garden, creating a peaceful environment.

The accommodation is arranged over two floors, with a most unusual approach from the front garden which is via a long teak bridge, leading to the front door at the upper level.

The upper floor features a splendid glass-brick tower running the full height of the building, which maximises incoming natural light and heat, with polished metal and glass throughout and signature blue lighting, providing a style theme for the property.

The living space is open-plan with the contemporary kitchen and has a tremendous feeling of space and benefits from natural light from all sides.

The bedrooms are found on the lower level, with excellent privacy provided by the sunken decked area surrounding the house, with each bedroom having access to this area via double doors, increasing the sense of space and light.

The decking and upper patio are softened by container plants and small trees.

The design of the building incorporates a number of environmentally friendly features; solar assisted heating, photovoltaic cells for generation of electricity, rain water harvesting, grass covered roof, glass tower, use of recycled sleepers for boundary walls.

The green sedum covered roof provides excellent insulation to keep the upper storey warm in winter, it has a gas fueled condensing boiler which circulates in under-floor pipes and into main and ensuite bathroom towel rails.

The under-floor water temperature is regulated by mixing hot and cold water to prevent overheating of the pipes and floor, and each room has a thermostat control to adjust room temperature comfort.

The house is situated on a very friendly close-knit street, which hosts regular street parties and gatherings, near the Green Flag Award winning Hilly Fields Park. Lewisham DLR / overground and Ladywell stations are easily reachable.