29 King Street CAMBERWELL

Comments on 29 King Street CAMBERWELL

First impressions are very good at 29 King Street. The house sits up nicely from the street, the façade is very pretty and the gardens are immaculate. The floorplan works really well - hard to fault that also. There is no dedicated laundry, but it is part of a very big bathroom area, so for a young family this could be quite convenient. The stairway is light and bright, and the master bedroom suite to the first floor is spacious (although I am not a big fan of coved ceilings). The north-facing rear and private backyard and are other key pluses. As I walked through I thought that this was a smaller scale version of 35 Nelson Road, which sold very strongly a matter of weeks ago. Although there is no opportunity for parking off-street at the front, there is a good sized double carport at the rear, so that seemed good too. But I did wonder what the access to that was like.  So, as is often the way for properties with rear car access via a laneway, I investigated further and physically drove down it after I visited the house. More house hunters should do this.  I found the access to the garage not great; the laneway is long, cobbled and feels narrow, and it has only one point of entry. It looked rarely used by other neighbours. My initial very good impressions had been tempered somewhat, and for me this was the property's biggest question mark.