Canny buyers can still snap up three-bedroom flats for less than £1million in Gospel Oak, a family friendly area with Hampstead Heath on the doorstep.

Ham & High: Lissenden Gardens, NW5Lissenden Gardens, NW5 (Image: Archant)

Lissenden Gardens, NW5, £1,100,000

Ham & High: Lissenden Gardens, NW5Lissenden Gardens, NW5 (Image: Archant)

In the historic red-brick Lissenden Gardens, birthplace of John Betjeman and home to a legion of other notable residents marked by the road’s own blue plaque scheme is this unique semi-detached house.

The two-bedroom property is recently refurbished in a sympathetic contemporary style and has private front and rear gardens and access to the tennis courts, while Parliament Hill Lido is a few minutes away.

Benham & Reeves

Kiln Place, NW5, £475,000

Ham & High: Kiln Place, NW5Kiln Place, NW5 (Image: Archant)

In a peaceful location with access to communal gardens, this duplex flat in an ex-local authority block is spacious and well laid out.

The reception room leads to a private garden while the master bedroom has its own private balcony and a study or dressing room leading off it. The second bedroom is also large and bright.

Foxtons

Barrington Close, NW5, £435,000

Ham & High: Barrington Close, NW5Barrington Close, NW5 (Image: Archant)

This three-bedroom maisonette is set over the ground and first floors of a low-rise ex-local block and has a private, south-east facing garden.

The well-maintained flat also has a luxury bathroom and modern kitchen.

Salter Rex