We’re halfway through decorating the apartment, which is an excellent way of finding out which shops you’re genuinely glad to live near. For us, MP Moran on Kennington Park Road has gone straight to the top of that list.
The people behind the counter
The team are friendly, knowledgeable and easy to ask for help. There’s something rather lovely about being able to explain what you’re trying to do in plain English to somebody who knows the products. Being just round the corner is handy. The people are why we keep going back.
It’s a builders’ and plumbers’ merchant, and the Kennington branch also stocks paint, brushes, rollers and decorating supplies for people doing up their own homes. You can walk in halfway through a job, which is exactly when a local shop comes into its own.
One to know when you move in
I spend a fair bit of my working life showing people around homes in Kennington and Oval. Once the keys have changed hands, a recommendation for somewhere to get the decorating sorted can be just as welcome as a tip for a good restaurant. MP Moran is mine.
Find it
198–204 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4BT
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Kennington Park Road in summer. Photograph by N Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0).
