1 bedroom retirement property for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Leasehold
- Ground floor retirement apartment close to the city centre
- One bedroom
- Spacious sitting & dining room
- French doors leading out to a personal patio and communal gardens
- Large store cupboard
- Views over the recreation ground to the park and bandstand
- Well-appointed shower room
- Well-tended communal gardens
DESCRIPTION
A well-presented one bedroom ground floor apartment with a 'personal patio area' and a lovely aspect over playing fields towards the park and bandstand. Offered with no onward chain. The property is situated in the desirable development of The Cloisters and in easy reach of the city centre. Within the development is a house manager, a communal lounge with regular events and beautifully kept gardens which surround the building.
Upon entering the apartment is a spacious entrance hall with large cupboard, ideal for coats and shoes and day to day storage needs. The main living accommodation is open plan featuring a large sitting/dining room with a UPVC French doors out to a personal patio area and the communal gardens and benefiting from lovely views towards the park. The room naturally divides into a sitting area with plenty of space for comfortable seating and a dining area that can accommodate a table to seat four to six people comfortably. from the dining area an arched opening leads to the kitchen. The kitchen comprises a range of wall and base units, space for an electric cooker, space for a washing machine, and space for both an under-counter fridge and freezer.
The bedroom is a generous size with lovely views towards the park and bandstand and benefiting from triple fitted wardrobes. The well-presented shower room features a large shower cubicle, toilet, wash basin with storage, towel rails along with an airing cupboard, housing the water tank, and shelved for additional storage.
The property benefits from a door entry system and 'Tunstall' pull cord system for added peace of mind.
OUTSIDE
the apartment benefits from a personal patio area, immediately outside the French doors leading from the sitting area. This space is perfect for a small table and chairs and some planted pots and is open to the communal gardens. There are attractive and well maintained communal gardens to the development with areas of lawn, hard landscaping and beds planted with shrubs and flowers. Benches are dotted around the garden. There is a store at the far end of the car park which can be used to park and charge mobility scooters. Visitor parking is available in the car park and residents' parking spaces are allocated.
LOCATION
The picturesque City of Wells is located in the Mendip district of Somerset. Wells itself offers a range of local amenities and shopping facilities with four supermarkets (including Waitrose), as well as twice weekly markets, cinema, leisure centre, a choice of pubs and restaurants, dentists and doctors, several churches and both primary and secondary state schools.
For those travelling by train, Castle Cary station (which has direct services to London Paddington) is situated only twelve miles away. Both the City of Bristol and the Georgian City of Bath, a World Heritage Site, are located just 20 miles away and easily accessible
TENURE
Leasehold
HEATING
Electric storage heating
SERVICES CHARGES
Service charge: Currently £2282.94 per annum
Ground rent: To be advised
SERVICES
Mains drainage, water and electricity are all connected
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Mendip District Council, Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet. BA4 5BT. [use Contact Agent Button]
COUNCIL TAX
Band 'D'
EPC RATING
Rating 'D'
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with Cooper and Tanner. [use Contact Agent Button]
DIRECTIONS
From our office in Broad Street turn left in St. John's Street. Continue along St. John's Street and at the end of the road turn left into South Street. Continue for approx. 50 metres and take the first right into The Cloisters.
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