Help To Buy Opportunity On Newly Launched Clapham Apartments
Posted 24 October 2022 by
Keith OsborneBoutique developer Portobello Homes is undertaking the Phase 2 release ahead of the Help to Buy deadline at The Post House at 159 Clapham High Street, formerly the Clapham Common Post Office & Sorting Office.
Now transformed into 14 design-led one and two-bedroom apartments, it is for a limited time offered with Help to Buy: Equity Loan, for sale via estate agents Aspire and Rampton Baseley. First-time buyers can still use Help to Buy right now but must reserve their new home by 6.00pm on 31 October 2022 to do so.
The Clapham Common Post Office & Sorting Office was originally built in 1965, under the auspices of the newly appointed (1964) Postmaster General, Labour MP Tony Benn (1925-2014), located on a 0.14-acre site with a post office fronting onto Clapham High Street and a sorting office and delivery yard behind.
Portobello Homes has revitalised the exterior of the building by creating a new brick façade, enlarged recessed windows and stone trim that befits a prominent building visible from the Common. The building is surmounted by a dormer roof with feature dormer windows.
The new apartments are located on the first to fourth floors of the refurbished building, with four apartments per floor on the first three levels and two apartments on the top floor. Alongside the new high street entrance there is also gated access to the rear, providing secure off-street parking and bike store.
Eco-friendliness is at the forefront of the design, and Portobello’s homes deliver enhanced carbon efficiency, creating homes that are friendly to the environment. To help mitigate utility bills, the development’s innovative Smart Grid system, draws electricity from the grid when availability is greatest and cost is lowest and there is energy efficient LED lighting provided to each apartment.
Protected by CCTV security access each of the one- and two-bedroom apartments has a living and dining room, with an open-plan, fully fitted kitchen located off the main living space. There is engineered oak flooring throughout the living spaces and the kitchens have Magnet cupboards and cabinets with a natural-wood effect finish, feature LED counter lighting, quartz stone worktops and integrated appliances by Smeg and Bosch. There’s bespoke Estitiko bedroom joinery, Crosswater sanityware, fibre-optic ready broadband for home working and entertainment and underfloor heating throughout, controlled by the Heatmiser app. The bathrooms have tiles in a polished gemstone-effect finish by leading luxury brand Minoli, with vanity units by Vitra, complete with fitted wall mirror, Deco-style feature wall lights and heated towel rails.
Located on the edge of Clapham Old Town, The Post House is a short walk away from the bustling restaurants, bars and Picture House cinema that are the beating heart of the Clapham Common neighbourhood. The 220 acres of parkland that Clapham Common provides are a major destination for relaxation, socialising and exercising outdoors during warm weather.
Clapham benefits from excellent transport connectivity with journeys to the City of London and West End taking less than 30 minutes and Gatwick Airport also accessible within 30 minutes. Clapham Common Underground station on the Northern line provides connections to Bank or London Bridge in 20 minutes or less. The Overground line from Clapham High Street station offers 35-minute journeys to Shoreditch High Street station.
Apartments at The Post House are priced from £475,000. Find out more at www.aspire.co.uk or www.ramptonbaseley.com or www.theposthouseclapham.com.
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