4-bedroom flat · E14 3PD
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TAMAR HOUSE, PLEVNA STREET, E14 — CUBITT TOWN 4 BED | FIRST AND SECOND (NO LIFT) | LEASEHOLD 82 YRS | EPC TBC | REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED ASSET Tamar House is a three-storey yellow stock-brick block on the St John's Estate, Cubitt Town, completed in November 1964 for Poplar Borough Council to designs by Adams, Holden & Pearson.
It stands on Plevna Street with a balcony outlook over St John's Park, one of four matching blocks with pitched tiled roofs and individual brick-parapet balconies. There is no lift in the block.
The maisonette has its own ground-floor entrance, hall, meter cupboard and stair. The first floor holds the reception, with a sliding door onto the park balcony, the kitchen and one single bedroom.
A separate cloakroom WC sits on the half landing. The second floor holds three further bedrooms and the family bathroom.
Accommodation is four bedrooms, one reception, kitchen, family bathroom and cloakroom WC. A small front enclosure sits behind a timber fence. TENURE & HOLDING COSTS Leasehold — 82 years remaining.
Ground rent TBC. Service charge TBC. Council tax Band C, London Borough of Tower Hamlets (£1,633.58 for 2026/27). EPC TBC. CONDITION Refurbishment required.
The interior is dated throughout: worn floor coverings, a timber kitchen with missing doors and damaged worktop, a family bathroom with a damaged basin, and staining at the bathroom and cloakroom ceiling junctions.
The front door is boarded and the front enclosure is overgrown. Services and appliances have not been and will not be tested.
CONNECTIVITY Crossharbour DLR is 0.5 miles, Zone 2, on the Bank–Lewisham line, with peak services to Stratford.
Canary Wharf Underground is 0.8 miles, Zone 2, on the Jubilee line, with Elizabeth line and DLR interchange. South Quay DLR, also Zone 2, sits between the two.
Bus stops for the 135, D7 and N550 are at St John's Park. Asda at Crossharbour is the nearest large store.
St John's Park is the immediate open space; Mudchute Park and Farm lies further south on the Island.
BUY CASE Four bedrooms over two upper floors, a private street-level entrance and a balcony onto St John's Park are the layout.
Once refurbished, the ceiling is a four-bedroom park-facing maisonette on this estate, against a local stock that is largely three-bedroom.
Exit is resale on the Isle of Dogs and letting demand drawn by Canary Wharf.
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