49, Hermitage Lane, Hampstead, NW2 2HE

Set back behind a gated driveway on one of Hampstead's most established roads, this detached house asks for very little compromise.

Step inside and the ground floor unfolds as a single, easy sequence - a dining room and a reception room at either end of the house, both catching light through deep bay windows, before the kitchen and a glazed conservatory open the back of the house onto a garden that runs to over forty feet.

Upstairs, five bedrooms are arranged across two further floors.

The principal suite has its own walk-in wardrobe and bathroom; a top-floor bedroom and media room give a growing family, or regular guests, genuine separation rather than a shared landing.

A sweeping oak staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade runs through the centre of the house, and a striking en-suite finished in dark mosaic tiling is one of four bathrooms in total.

Hampstead Heath is a five-minute walk from the front door. Hampstead Village and the Underground are a little further on, with Finchley Road and Golders Green close enough for the everyday.