First developed in the 1850’s with predominantly terraced houses and pairs of villas, number 23 Gertrude Street is rare as the first new-build house in the street since then. Being double fronted, the luxury of more spacious lateral living has been created.
This traditionally styled, double-fronted house, built under the expert guidance of visionary developers Wilben, offers 2,245 sq ft of thoughtfully planned accommodation. The stunning interior offers generous proportions, flooded with natural light and provides a ‘lateral’ flow, taking full advantage of the width of the plot. With bespoke joinery and furniture throughout, state of the art home automation and lighting, and air conditioning, the house offers a buyer the best of all worlds.
Originally known as Stanley Villas, Gertrude Street lies between the Fulham Road and the King’s Road, in an area known as the Ten Acre Estate, a short distance from the River Thames. Gertrude Street was home to the novelist and dramatist Samuel Beckett who lived at number 34 during 1934. His later novel, Murphy, published in 1938, is partly set in the area.
A central front door opens to the entrance hall. To the right of the hall, is a fabulous Poliform kitchen with Calacatta Gold worktops, Siemens appliances, Quooker boiling water tap and wine cooler. The kitchen has a double aspect and is connected to the reception spaces, but can be separated with sliding Crittal style doors. The dining room leads to the drawing room, with a Chesneys Nero Marquina marble fireplace and views over a south-facing private terrace.
At lower ground floor level, there is a second reception room or media room with doors leading out onto another terrace. There is also a study, which could be used as a fourth bedroom, as it has an en-suite shower room.
The first floor offers a sumptuous principal bedroom suite. The suite offers windows on three sides and consists of a large bedroom with built-in Poliform joinery, a dressing room and a beautiful bathroom with Italian marble bespoke vanity unit with twin sinks, Vado sanitaryware and Lefka freestanding bath, as well as a shower.
Stairs leading to the second floor benefit from a skylight above, pulling natural light down the stairway. This floor offers two further excellent en-suite bedrooms, both with built-in storage and shower rooms.
The high specification of the house includes British supplied oak wood straight-plank flooring to all principal rooms, Italian marble to all bathrooms, air-conditioning to all bedrooms and living areas, British designed ironmongery & window furniture, pewter & black satin metal finishes throughout, satin Italian sanitaryware to all bathrooms, underfloor heating, Control4 management system with control panels to each floor, high performance in-ceiling speakers in all principal rooms, external door entry system with keypad.
Benjamin Samuels of developers Wilben comments, “Our Architects Rodic Davidson worked closely with the council to ensure we achieved planning consent for a traditional but also contemporary design. There were many challenges to ensure we kept within the New Build regulations and the council’s design specifications, but it’s been well worth the effort, as we have created a beautifully elegant, green and eco-friendly, traditional but contemporary family home”.
Jamie Hope of selling agents Maskells comments, “This very special house has been thoughtfully constructed and beautifully finished. It is now ready to move straight into, offering the fortunate buyer the luxury of every modern convenience and the best of Chelsea living.”
A guide price of £5,950,000 is being quoted for the Freehold.