Flat for sale in Leyton Green Road, London E10

An ideal first time buy, this one bedroom balcony apartment sits on the first floor of a modest, modern development surrounded by greenery and comes with its own private parking space. Walthamstow Central station and The Village are both a short stroll away.

The suite of living spaces totals well over 500 square feet, naturally bright throughout with honey coloured hardwood floors and pristine white walls. Your communal gardens are a real treat as well, enough space for a morning jog and great for meeting the neighbours.

As well as having Walthamstow Central station and Walthamstow Village within easy walking distance, there's also the vast open greenery of Epping Forest just ten minutes away on foot. Just a little further is Hollow Ponds, where you can hire row boats on summer afternoons.

Your new home

Step inside and you immediately have some handy extra storage on the left, an all too often overlooked bonus in London apartment living.

Your open plan lounge and kitchen is on the left, an impressive 250 square feet with crisp, clean white walls and pristine blonde hardwood running underfoot.

Your kitchen;'s deftly set off to one side, with a plentiful suite of honey pine cabinets home to a comprehensive collection of integrated appliances. A white tile splashback and dark chunky worktops complete things.

Across the room you have sliding patio doors set into the smoky grey statement wall. Throw these back to step out onto your balcony for timber decking and glass balustrades, and take in the elevated views of your grounds.

Back inside, and back to that sizeable hallway (plenty of space for bags and coats). Your bedroom's a decent double of around 120 square feet, decked out with chalk grey walls, more blonde hardwood floors and a generous mirrored wardrobe.

Finally your family bathroom's a sleek, immaculate affair with white letterbox tilework running from tub to ceiling, rich timber accents and slate grey flooring.

Your new neighbourhood

Outside and you're just a few minutes' walk from the leafy, part pedestrianised streets of Walthamstow Village. Here there's a great range of independent shops, bars and restaurants to explore.

The closest is The Castle, a lovely gastropub with cosy fires in the winter and a great beer garden in the winter. Wonderful staff too. Just a third of a mile on foot from your new front door and the perfect new local.

Walthamstow Central station is a fifteen minute walk or a five minute cycle. Here you have the Victoria line and London Overground linking you to Oxford Circus and Liverpool Street, respectively. Both the West End and the City are around twenty minutes away direct.

And of course you have private allocated parking, so life's easy for drivers, who can be on the North Circular in about ten minutes, putting the capital at your fingertips.

Elsewhere, you'll never be short of nature to explore, with the huge expanse of Epping Forest just ten minutes away on foot. You have plenty of open greenery for picnics, the blue waterways of Hollow Ponds for row boat hire and The Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel for a post-stroll drink.