Big LOVELY house: double,ensuite🚿 Highgate area

Lovely, large, quiet room 5m x 3m: the secluded Garden Bedroom in a unique & very spacious house (a former Victorian Post Office) with French windows onto a private courtyard, with underfloor heating & ensuite shower, heated towel-rail etc.

Masses of space + natural light inside -- we love living here ... read on!

I've been here a decade & hope to stay forever; my partner Eulalie moved in 3 years ago. Neerja (moving out in April) has become a good friend and decided to buy her first flat...500m away 🙂

There are 3 bedrooms in this home, all well-separated from each other (by at least 3 doors) and the property is more than twice the size of a normal 3-bed house at 2,200sq ft (=201m sq) -- a spacious, beautiful & unique converted warehouse: the former Victorian Post Office near the bottom of Highgate Hill — a minute from Archway zone 2.
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Ideal for WFH (Working From Home, Desk 140 x 60 cm, with superfast broadband in your room via TP-Link with Ethernet cable) OR good for getting the HELL away from work and having some peace and quiet!


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• Double Bedroom+Private Ensuite Shower
• Bills: bills ARE included in the rental (including Council Tax & cleaning)


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• Suitable for single OR double occupancy
• COUPLES: please note the couples supplement, below, in respect of higher bills (especially following the energy price hikes worldwide), and your proportion of Council Tax, etc.
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• 2022: Couples supplement (to be added to the rental) is currently £70 per week.
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LGBTQ+++friendly


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VIDEO: perhaps I should have tidied my (old) bedroom first...but you might as well see who I really am! Anyway: you'll get the idea of the house from my video tour ... with me talking too fast + too much!


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NB the video (made before my cat died aged 21) focuses more on the OTHER lodger’s bedroom...haven’t made a new one yet, sorry!
— Bedroom is 5m x 3m = 15 sq metres (160sq ft) with King-size double bed / good natural light / curtain + blackout curtain / radiator / lockable bedroom door / writing desk suitable for computer WFH in the french windows (garden view with trees outside)
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— Good storage: built-in shelves / large (freestanding) wardrobe with 8 drawer and hanging space / space for 4 big under-bed drawers / room for yoga etc
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My home has 3 double bedrooms, and at 2,200sq ft (201m sq) it is about TWICE the size of a normal 3 bed house, with 3 distinct living zones:

1. massive ground floor (2 sofas + 2 comfy chairs + Steinway grand piano, tuned regularly & in very good condition)

2. sitting-room area upstairs (2 sofas + 2 chairs, a hammock, hifi+projector onto 3m x 2m wall) 🎞️🎥

3. dining area (table seats up to 12) next to the kitchen -- which is REALLY great for cooking / entertaining friends (& has been used in the past for filming cookery TV adverts!)

Due to the space between the 3 bedrooms (2 doors + at least 30 feet to get from one to any other) and in conjunction with the open-plan warehouse/loft spaces in between, it never feels crowded here.
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Uncrowded “New York loft-style" living in a well-insulated, central-heated converted Post Office: high ceilings & masses of natural light.


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There is space available within the house (double or single beds) for visiting friends/relatives -- unexpected guests are welcome to stay overnight (but please check with me if you're inviting friends for more than a night...which is usually fine!)

You’d be living alongside me, my partner (Eulalie) & my other tenant (Toby).

Neerja [vacating her room] has bought her first flat...500m away!

Toby (tenant) 29, American, has been here since last summer -- lovely guy -- web developer+world traveller/philosopher/writer/wild camper/hiker.
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Jonny (resident landlord) professional musician in my 40s (jazz & classical double bass) — I also freelance in FinTech + Life Coaching. Sometimes away on tour, often work evenings (but not during Lockdowns!). Outdoor swimmer, freediver & wild camper... “clean” food eater (mostly organic; inc. wild / organic meat, etc).
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Eulalie (my partner) also swims & is an amazing cook (and a top professional violinist & professor) -- we have friends & family over from time to time; housemates always welcome to join us. This tends to happen roughly once a fortnight or so...and we all ate very well during Lockdown 2020 ... healthy + delicious food.

Several previous tenants (male & female) still swim with me all year round in Hampstead Ponds ... 1°C midwinter, 18+°C from May ... several other former housemates come round for food & to hang out.
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Saturdays I usually head to Parliament Hill farmers market (artisan bread, great cheeses, fresh fish, organic meat & veg)
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Film projector & hi-fi for occasional big(-ish) widescreen movies on the wall: 3m x 2m
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I used to have 2 very friendly little cats who lived long happy lives, the second one only just died, aged 21...and now we have a very friendly little lurcher called Kafka who we walk with in Waterlow Park & on Hampstead Heath.
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Upstairs: roof terrace suntrap; spacious kitchen; adjacent large dining area (seating 8-12 people); sitting-room area with large leather chairs & sofa & my little upright piano(& TV hidden away in cabinet).
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Downstairs is a huge (9m x 6m) living space with 2 leather sofas, my mum’s Steinway grand piano (concert quality) & my double bass; small courtyard garden with 3 fruiting apple trees.
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Brilliant transport links:
🚇zone 2: quiet culdesac 90 seconds from Archway tube
+ masses of bus routes
[134, C11, 4, 17, 41, 43, 143, 210, 263, 271, 390, W5, N20 ]
🚉4 minutes from Upper Holloway overground + 3 reliable minicab offices nearby
🚲 Bike rack just inside front door
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Waterlow Park (& Highgate Cemetery) 5 minutes away -
10 mins walk to Hampstead Heath
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Camden Town is about 10 mins by bike; cycling into central London takes 20-30 minutes (e. g. Covent Garden, Borough Market, Southbank Centre) ...which is about the same as by tube. [We are at the BOTTOM of Highgate Hill, which makes the ride home easy!]
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• Parking: residents can park their vehicle here (the cost for Islington Residents Parking depends on how polluting your vehicle is: my old van is a bit less than £1 per day...cars are usually less...and there's an electric car charge point right outside.
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• 💷Your Deposit (one-off) can be held in Government Approved scheme
• 📜Sample Tenancy Agreement (from The Law Society) available — to keep things clear & avoid any confusion...ie it protects you & me equally!
• Price* per calendar month INCLUDES monthly bills (Telephone, Broadband / Internet, TV Licence, Electricity, Gas & Water)
• Also included: Council Tax & weekly cleaner (your room fortnightly)
• Couples supplement for double occupancy only: usually £200pcm (but this figure is directly linked to current contract for dual-fuel energy, council tax etc: check the listing info + pricing for current couples supplement)
[NOTE: as of Nov2021: £50pw = £217pcm, due to the recent price-hike in fuels, worldwide]

Please call/email if you've any questions ... or pop round to meet up & check out this amazing space & ask the questions face-to-face.

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Jonny & Eulalie +Toby & Kafka