Modernist Estates Market Alert: Property Spotlight #1
A five-bedroom house in Highgate, North London
Hello, hello, okay. Right. Thank you for bearing with me whilst I try and work out the best way to ‘Substack’. I plan to send off regular-ish property alerts, such as this one and then do the occasional longer story — like the one on leasehold properties one. Good idea?
5-bedroom house
Bramalea Close
Highgate
London N6
£1,650,000
(180 sqm—£9,134 per sqm)
I came across this scheme whilst researching my last Perambulation—Number 23: Highgate to Crouch End. It’s on North Hill, so just a bit further along from Highpoint and about a 10-minute walk from Highgate village.
The development comprises 15 three-storey houses with mono-pitched roofs arranged in two rows on either side of a cobbled courtyard, designed in 1971 by Charles D. Lamb for Bramalea Overseas Developments. I who the architects were from Haringey Council Planning — I contacted the department and they sent me details within 24 hours. Pretty impressive!
The site was previously a horticultural nursery with a shop, two flats and some outbuildings. There are literally dozens of letters relating to it — the majority objecting to the proposed development with the main objection being against the height and proximity of the houses and the detrimental impact they would have on the nearby houses.
The final built scheme doesn’t seem far off these drawings, so I’m not sure how much, if at all, the architects altered the plans. Anyway, back to the house on the market.
At a total of 180 sqm this house is pretty big, and price wise, per sqm, possibly the cheapest I’ve listed! The layout consists of a spacious hallway upon entry, featuring a staircase leading to the first floor, and a WC.
To the left of the hall is a compact utility room, and straight ahead is a combined the dining area and living space, with patio doors to the garden, and an open-plan kitchen. If I’m not mistaken, they’ve converted the original garage into the utility room and kitchen — I think originally the kitchen would have been where the dining room is now. I guess the downside to that is cars outside on the nice cobbled courtyard. Mind you, I wonder if modern cars would even fit in the original garage?!
The first floor comprises another spacious living room, with a balcony, and two bedrooms. This differs from the original plan, where the whole floor was a double aspect living space.
And finally, the top floor includes three further bedrooms, one with an en-suite bathroom, along with a family bathroom.
View the listing here