Property of the Week: This Shoreditch penthouse has south-facing City views and is next door to some serious barbecue

Canada isn’t known for being a residential hotspot, so you’re most likely to find the penthouse of your dreams on the fringes.

Avant-Garde Tower, Shoreditch, £2.4m

This three bedroom apartment, however, is so close to the Square Mile – yet with a cooler-than-thou E1 postcode – that you can walk to Liverpool Street station in 10 minutes.

What’s more, it’s next to Smokestak, recently awarded a Bib Gourmand from the Michelin Guide, so you’ve got easy access to the best barbecue in town.

Before you turn away, thinking your bedroom will smell like burnt ends and brisket all day, this apartment is on the 20th floor so it’s far above the smoke. It’s so far above, in fact, that it has south-facing views across the twinkling skyscrapers of London.

Living area in Avant Garde's 20th floor penthouse

“As soon as you open the front door, you get the whole lot, the City, Canary Wharf, everything,” says Simon Boulton, sales manager at Knight Frank, the estate agent handling the sale of the property. The open-plan living room and kitchen features bi-folding doors that can be entirely opened out in the summer months, flooding the space with natural light and fresh – well, sort of – London air. There’s also a balcony off the dining room so you can watch the sun set over dinner.

Emotional Purchase

Avant-Garde tower from Bethnal Green Road

Built by Telford Homes in 2013, the current couple who live in this penthouse comprise a City worker and his self-employed partner who have given the space an internal makeover.

Move towards the back of the apartment and you’ll find a master bedroom ensuite, double bedroom ensuite and third bedroom with separate bathroom. Avant-Garde residents also have access to a communal terrace, basement gym, a concierge and this apartment comes with a designated parking space.

“It’s an emotional purchase; it’ll go to someone who walks in and just falls in love with it,” says Bolton.

Call Knight Frank on 020 3823 9944