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About Clapham Southside

Buying a property in Clapham

Clapham has always been a popular place to live. Through the 18th and early 19th centuries it was favoured by the upper classes, with many large, gracious houses and villas built around Clapham Common and in the Old Town in a bid for Londoners to have country style living close to the centre of town . Samuel Pepys spent the last two years of his life in Clapham, and in the early 19th century anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce called Clapham home.

Clapham Southside is a wonderful place to live with its green open spaces of Clapham Common and really convenient transport links. The area has something to offer everbody, for families there are larger houses with more generous gardens, excellent schools and nurseries, for the young professional there are excellent purpose built and conversion flats and a fantastic local nightlife.

Clapham boasts two Tube stations drawing busy professionals who need to retreat from the fast working pace of the City to a more peaceful living environment. Our chief estate agent in Clapham, Alix Stuart-Bruges, who is also our sales manager for the SW4 area, works with a lot of families looking for ‘urban village’ living among the terraced Victorian houses and large gardens on offer.

Douglas & Gordon’s estate agent in Clapham explains that Abbeville Village isn’t a misnomer; with its niche boutiques, restaurants, bars, summer fete and farmers market, it offers locals a sense of community, as well as proximity to the green spaces of Clapham Common.

The lettings market in Clapham

Charlie Jones, Douglas & Gordon’s lettings manager and chief letting agent for Clapham Southside, states that people looking to rent property in Clapham tend to focus on family houses. “Most of our stock consists of large Victorian four and five-bedroom houses, which are let for £800-900 per week. We have fewer flats for rent but a two-bedroom flat would go for £375 per week.”

Lettings agents admit that prices in Clapham have increased but not as much as rentals in other areas. With her experience as a letting agent in the Clapham area, Charlie has noticed a rise in letting requests from France. “We have a lot of French families who want to send their children to the local French schools. They’re also attracted by the common, the village feel of the Abbeville area and good transport links. Our client base consists primarily of families, with fewer young professionals. Clapham Southside is particularly popular for corporate letting purposes, as it’s convenient for the Tube to the City.”

You can view our full list of properties on our website, or you can simply email of call our estate agent in Clapham to find out what is available. Rental listings are also available on our Douglas & Gordon’s website, but for more details regarding the SW4 area you can contact our letting agent in Clapham.

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