This four/five bedroom house between Belsize Park and Hampstead was redesigned by the award-winning William Tozer Associates. Reimagined for modern living the space has a calming sense of flow throughout. Over 2,330 sq ft of space unfolds over three bright storeys, with a neat garden at the front. For travel across the city, Hampstead and Finchley Road Underground stations can be reached in nine minutes.

The Tour

This semi-detached house is set behind a gated private front garden. The building's Victorian and later Edwardian roots have been painstakingly preserved around a contemporary and flexible layout. A striking red-brick chimney stack with pitched clay-tiled roof has been cleverly juxtaposed with newly installed black-framed Crittall-style windows and doors throughout. Inside, flexibility and natural light are key to the design; flush oversized floor-to-ceiling doors cleverly swivel in larger living spaces to create smaller, zoned layouts if desired, and a central and additional lightwells pour light into the home. Underfloor heating runs seamlessly below oak floorboards.

Entry is to a long entrance hall with a centrally positioned open-tread staircase connecting all levels. The hallway opens into a voluminous reception room, where glazing on all sides fills the room with light and frames views of the garden and outside. Wooden floorboards run underfoot, with a large walk-on glass panel cleverly built into the floor to provide light to the space below. There is a circular layout to the living space on the ground floor. An integrated bespoke storage/display unit opens to reveal a flush floor-to-ceiling door, shutting off the room from the hallway if desired. A door opens to a side entrance in the living space, and there are double doors out to an outer courtyard next to the dining area.

An elegant galley kitchen sits off the dining area at the front of the plan. A mix of bespoke cabintry in white and a beautifully grain matched ash veneer sits beneath a marble composite worktop. A built in seat next to the window affords views of the garden. A seperate washroom with WC also sits at this level as does a large cupboard ideal to hang coats.

The central staircase is especially bright due to the large, curved bay window at the front of the plan. Exposed rafters have been revealed at this level, amplifying the ceiling height and creating a dramatic sense of volume.

There are three bedrooms here. The principal suite has built-in wardrobes along two walls, one of which leads through to a large tiled en suite bathroom with bath and separate shower. The other two bedrooms are both spacious and one has access to a sheltered roof terrace. There is a large tiled shared bathroom on this level.