Flats to Rent or Houses For Sale in Tulse Hill London & SW2

A pretty little triangle cut up from the South Circular, Tulse Hill sits neatly between Dulwich and Herne Hill, and benefits from both. It's a gorgeously green and leafy part of the world and a great little suburb for families and professionals.

From the mid 19th Century rural Tulse Hill, mostly enclosed land belonging to great estates, began to urbanise a little. Since then a long slow suburbanisation has given it a relatively even spread of housing for all. Though sat where it is in the open, brilliant green space of the Dulwich/Brockwell area, with the facilities that it has close at hand, it's also very desirable.

The green space consists of the beautiful, brilliant Brockwell Park to the West, and Dulwich's park and golf course to the East. Tulse Hill's facilities include very good little spreads of shops along the South Circular and the streets off it, as well as the nearby boutiques of Herne Hill and Dulwich and the excellent shopping of Norwood and Sydenham. Good places to eat and drink, great pubs and restaurants and bars, are plentiful in this middle-class stronghold. It's got excellent schools right next door as well as around the Croxted Road, and is also one of the capitals of the local allotment craze, with Knights Hill Allotment having pride of place in the centre and being a magnet for longterm residents and incomers. It's close to the fabulous Hornimans Museum, as well as sports grounds aplenty.

Houses here begin with spreads of fine Victorian and later terraces. On of the finest 19th Century buildings is Berry House, now a girls school, but there are excellent houses from the period around of various sizes for professionals, couples and families. Tulse Hill also offers excellent developments of new housing, some affordable houses having been constructed around Upper Tulse Hill , whilst the site of the old Dick Sheppard School is now a beautiful estate where lovely luxury houses and apartments overlook the sumptuous green of Brockwell Park.

A beautiful and peaceful place with fabulous resources for for growing families and for professionals looking for the taste of the good life.

Tulse Hill is in the Borough of Lambeth which holds the responsibility for delivering services in your area.
For specific information on this borough, or to contact individual departments please click here to visit their website.

Borough of Lambeth website: Borough of Lambeth

In General:
The London boroughs are administrative centres responsible for collecting local taxes (Council Tax and Business Rates) and then spending the funds received on local services. They are run by Borough Councils who are elected by borough residents on a four year cycle. The totals that they spend will depend on the rates of tax that they levy plus funds allocated from central government and other sources.

While many of the services (schools, roads, planning, rubbish collection and social services) are standard, levels of provision will vary according to the overall political will as expressed by the voters.

Your tax liability (as a resident) will be based on the council tax band of your home. These bands are set by Valuation Officers and there is scope for appeal. The rate bands are then used to determine the amounts of tax levied. So, while the bands will remain largely constant the levels of tax can go up and, in theory, down.

You may claim discounts or exemptions based on your circumstances. For example, as the only adult in a property you can get a 25% reduction on your bill. Other reductions are available for qualifying second adults and Council Tax Benefit claimants.

There is more information available at the HM Customs & Excise website.

Borough of Lambeth Council Tax