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2 bedroom retirement property

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Retirement property
2 bed
2 bath
EPC rating: C*
794 sq ft / 74 sq m

Key information

Tenure: Leasehold
Council tax, if payable: Ask agent
Broadband: Super-fast 80Mbps *
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Leasehold
  • Retirement Apartment
  • Private Entrance Hall
  • Sitting/Dining Room with Juliet Balcony
  • Kitchen
  • Two Bedrooms, Master With En Suite
  • Communal Gardens
The Property:

A spacious two bedroom top floor apartment, with a very pleasant outlook, forming part of the Castle Village retirement development.

Description:

This impressive apartment enjoys bright and airy accommodation, with well proportioned rooms throughout. One of the main features is the outlook from all of the principal rooms, towards National Trust Land.

The property benefits from a well equipped modern kitchen with integrated appliances, which include a fridge/freezer, washer-dryer, microwave oven and a fan-assisted electric oven with four ring electric hob. There are two bedrooms, the master bedroom has generous storage and an en suite shower room and there is an additional bathroom.

Lease: 125 years from 2000.

Service Charge: Band A - £5,406 per annum for single single occupancy, with an additional £200 per annum for double occupancy.

Ground Rent: £250 per annum.

Emergency call-out support is available to every resident at Castle Village. This service is covered within the Management fee. Feel secure knowing if ever you need immediate assistance, our community-based care team will be there to provide a call-out-first-response service for you.

ASSIGNMENT FEE
Owners of a Retirement Villages’ lease are required to pay an assignment fee on re-sale of the property, which is a percentage of the sale value as defined in the lease of 10% on completion. Please ask the village Manager for more details.

SERVICES
All mains services provided.

Location:

Situated within Farmery Court, forming part of the highly sought after Castle Village development and enjoying 28 acres of landscaped gardens, offering a relaxed and independent lifestyle for the over 55's.

The Grade II Listed mansion sits at the centre of Castle Village and is the perfect spot to enjoy a meal in the restaurant, a drink with friends at the bar, join one of the resident events in the meeting rooms or relax in the library or snooker room.

If you prefer to be outdoors, sit out on the sun terrace and enjoy the afternoon sunshine or try your hand at a game of croquet down on the games lawn.

Within the grounds there is a tennis court, croquet lawn and putting green, as well as an attractive restored Japanese water garden for all residents and their guests to enjoy.

The village is renowned for its vibrant and varied social life with a broad range of special interest and social groups run by the residents for the residents.

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    Broadband availability and predicted speed: obtained from Ofcom on December 21, 2021

    Broadband speed is measured in megabits per second, with the number returned showing how fast the connection is. Each reading is based on the highest predicted speed of any major broadband network for services that deliver the download speeds. The following are the different readings that we may display:

    Basic: Up to 30 Mbit/s
    Super-fast: Between 30 Mbit/s and 300 Mbit/s
    Ultra-fast: Over 300 Mbit/s

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    Mobile phone signal availability and predicted strength: obtained from Ofcom on December 21, 2021

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    Red: One bar, reliable signal unlikely
    Amber: Two bars, may experience problems with connectivity
    Green: Three bars, likely to have good coverage and receive a data rate to support basic web services
    Enhanced: Full bars, likely to have good coverage indoors and to receive an enhanced data rate to support multimedia services

    Energy Performance data and Internal floor area: obtained on December 18, 2011 from The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 or the Home Report if in relation to a residential property in Scotland.

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