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Features:
* Comfortable two-bedroom first floor apartment in a modern lift served sheltered development, in the popular Barnton district of Edinburgh.
* Set in a peaceful designed landscape with plentiful resident and visitor parking
* Accommodation comprises: hall with cupboards off, living room, adjoining kitchen, two bedrooms and shower room
* Electric heating and double glazing
* 24-hour call service and a sheltered housing manager on site Monday to Friday
* Stepless access from the car park to the property
* Residents lounge and guest suite facilities

This is an appealing, comfortable two-bedroom first floor apartment with a southerly aspect, within a modern, built in 1990, lift served sheltered development, set in a peaceful designed landscape with plentiful resident and visitor parking, in the popular Barnton district of Edinburgh.

There is stepless access from the private car park into the communal ground floor entrance of the property and the first-floor apartment can be reached by lift. The apartment's front door opens onto the spacious hall that has two large cupboards. The bay windowed living room has a fireplace and mantlepiece with flame effect electric fire; the room is large enough to accommodate both sitting and dining areas. The naturally lit kitchen adjoins the living room and has both wall and floor mounted storage units, work surfaces with tiled splashbacks and integrated appliances. There is also a separate walk-in cupboard that currently houses the dryer.

There are two bight comfortable bedrooms, the larger of which has a built-in wardrobe with mirrored sliding doors; the other bedroom is currently being used as a study. The shower room has a three-piece suite and the basin is built into a vanity unit.

The apartment is double glazed and has electric heating. There is a communal residents' lounge and guest suite facilities.

Hanover Scotland:

Barnton Avenue West is a sheltered development privately owned by its residents with Hanover Scotland providing a factoring service.

There is a 24-hour call service with pull cords in all apartments. A Sheltered Housing Manager is on site Monday to Friday to help out in an emergency and to look after the day to day running of the development. The development is designed specifically for independent over-60s. There is a factoring charge of currently £216 per month that includes the on-site manager, buildings insurance, 24-hour call service, lift maintenance, management of the garden and communal areas and general maintenance.

The purchaser would be required to meet the criteria of the development and attend an interview with Hanover Scotland, having initially applied to Home For You.

Area:
The apartment is within easy walking distance of the local amenities on Whitehouse Road that include a Sainsbury's Local, Scotmid Co-op, a delicatessen and Post Office. A comprehensive shopping experience is available at The Gyle Shopping Centre that offers M&S, Morrisons and Boots amongst many other high street retailers, as well as a branch of The Bank of Scotland.

Leisure and sports facilities include the Royal Burgess and Bruntsfield Links golf courses, while walks through Cammo Country Park and along the River Almond to the quaint village of Cramond are easy to access.

There are frequent buses to the City Centre and surrounding areas the apartment is ideally situated for easy access to Edinburgh International Airport, the Queensferry Crossing and the major central belt motorway network.

EPC: Band C
Council Tax: Band E

Council Tax Band: E
Tenure: Freehold