27 Fernshaw Road, Flat D, London, SW10 0TG
My flat is in Chelsea (Londoners say “ooooh, very nice”). The borough of Chelsea and Kensington is noted for having the highest housing prices in the UK, although I found a nice flat for a reasonable (for London) rent in the western edge of the borough -- I call it the Slums of Chelsea, because the cars parked on my street are all BMWs and Mercedes, whereas five blocks to the east, the cars are all Bentleys and Maseratis. The flat is the top floor of a “terraced house.” See the pics for the layout, some of the rooms, and the view. You come in the front door, go up a flight of steps to the kitchen, and up another flight of steps to the bedroom, bath, and “reception room.” Lots of big windows, and good cross-ventilation. Also, lots of closet space for a London flat. The kitchen is especially nice, with a full-sized fridge/freezer (pretty rare), and shiny new appliances (for which there were no instruction manuals, so I had to go online and print all of those out). Note the clothes washer/dryer in the kitchen, because, well, that's where they put them.
My flat is in Chelsea (Londoners say “ooooh, very nice”). The borough of Chelsea and Kensington is noted for having the highest housing prices in the UK, although I found a nice flat for a reasonable (for London) rent in the western edge of the borough -- I call it the Slums of Chelsea, because the cars parked on my street are all BMWs and Mercedes, whereas five blocks to the east, the cars are all Bentleys and Maseratis. The flat is the top floor of a “terraced house.” See the pics for the layout, some of the rooms, and the view. You come in the front door, go up a flight of steps to the kitchen, and up another flight of steps to the bedroom, bath, and “reception room.” Lots of big windows, and good cross-ventilation. Also, lots of closet space for a London flat. The kitchen is especially nice, with a full-sized fridge/freezer (pretty rare), and shiny new appliances (for which there were no instruction manuals, so I had to go online and print all of those out). Note the clothes washer/dryer in the kitchen, because, well, that's where they put them.
FYI, the indoor pictures are from the estate agent (that’s British for “realtor”) before I occupied the place. There’s no pic of the bedroom, because the pic from the estate agent includes in the frame a piece of art on the wall that, well, just isn’t to my taste and not suitable for posting to a blog like this.
Chelsea is great for shopping, dining, and all of that stuff. Within a 15-minute walk, I have a drycleaner, three grocery stores (markets), three drug stores (chemists), two post offices (Royal Mail), and probably 30 restaurants. More Chelsea pics and stories to come.
27 Fernshaw is the last house at the end of the row.
This is looking up the east side of the street:27 Fernshaw is the last house at the end of the row.
These are the houses on the other side of the street:
Here's the floorplan:
Here's the reception room (that's a sofa bed, btw):
Here's the bathroom. Pictures of bathrooms never really capture their grandeur:
The view from the reception room:
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