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VIEWING a home as a potential buyer, it can often be difficult to visually separate the property from its contents, which are generally not included – particularly if the contents are eye-catchingly different or unusual.
This will undoubtedly be the dilemma faced by viewers of a distinctively different main door mews property in Park Gardens Lane, an attractive cobbled setting in Glasgow’s renowned Park district, only a few minutes’ walk from Kelvingrove Park and the many amenities and attractions in nearby Finnieston. Further adding to this character home’s appeal is a private southfacing garden space – a delightfully quirky lawned roof terrace, accessed by external steps near the property’s main entrance.
Refined and improved by the current owner, this is a home that has to be seen in person to even begin to appreciate its size, originality, quality of finish, and an inverted layout that places the L-shaped reception hall, two bedrooms, main bathroom, cloakroom/guest bathroom, and understairs coat store, on the ground floor level, leaving the upper floor free for an open-plan 28ft living/dining/kitchen – the entire space spanned by an arched exposed red brick ceiling.
Rich in colour and with many quirky details, standout features include a hall with black and white chequered floor tiles, flush wood panelled feature wall (cleverly extended to disguise internal doors), wood flooring, staircase and finishes, cut-out display niches, pebbled wall and floor panels incorporated into the tiled bathroom, which has a bath and adjacent open wet roomstyle shower, while the principal bedroom has a fully fitted walk-in wardrobe – both bedrooms benefit from floor-to-ceiling windows.
Upstairs, the fitted/integrated kitchen is tucked neatly behind a divider, visually separating it from the open-plan living/ dining room – the two-tier windows in this amazing space include a row of seven windows at ceiling height, all with deep display sills. Filled with mesmerising artworks, curios, and artefacts, this home is a transformative lesson in interior design and the art of placement.
Outside, the south-facing lawned roof terrace is a major attraction and offers potential for further landscaping/planting and outdoor furniture. Location-wise, the Park district is one of Glasgow’s best addresses, tucked perfectly between the West End and city centre but equally within walking distance of Finnieston, now widely accepted as the city’s new West End sector.
Offers over £415,000 to Clyde Property’s West End office.