1 bedroom retirement property for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Leasehold
- Newly refurbished apartment for the over 55's
- Second floor with lift to all floors
- Newly fitted high specification kitchen with integrated appliances
- Sitting room with southerly aspect
- One bedroom with built-in wardrobes
- Well-appointed Shower room
- Newly fitted electric heating
- Residents' lounge, laundry room & pre-bookable guest suite
- Well-tended communal gardens
- NO ONWARD CHAIN
DESCRIPTION
This charming top floor apartment set within the Homechime House development, exclusively designed for individuals aged 55 and above seeking a peaceful and comfortable living space. With its recent refurbishment, this apartment offers a fresh and modern ambiance to suit comfortable and convenient living.
Upon entering the property is an entrance hall, with a large, shelved store cupboard housing a small hot water tank. Leading from the hall is the open plan sitting/kitchen/dinning room with a large window looking over the South facing aspect. The kitchen is fully tiled with a breakfast bar perfectly dividing the kitchen and living space, it has a range of fitted units an integrated appliances including oven, hob, microwave and full height fridge freezer all with neutral grey soft closing doors and drawers. The double bedroom is a generous, light space with wall lights, ceiling fan, Window with inset fitted blind along with built-in wardrobes. The newly fitted shower room features a large walk-in shower, WC, vanity wash basin, heated towel rail and a mirrored cupboard with a built-in motion censor light. The apartment benefit from Tunstall 'pull cord' call system for added piece of mind.
Homechime house benefits from a house manager, communal residents' lounge, laundry room and a pre-bookable guest suite
OUTSIDE
Ample parking is situated at the front of the building from Priory Road. The communal gardens are well established and can be accessed either from the residents lounge which opens out to a patio seating area. There is an undercover area with charging for mobility scooters.
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 Approximately 89 years remaining (as of 2023)
SERVICE CHARGE
Service charge - Currently £2321.82 per annum
Ground rent - £438.68 per annum
HEATING
Electric storage heating
SERVICES
Mains drainage, water and electricity are all connected
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Somerset Council
COUNCIL TAX
Band 'A'
EPC RATING
Rating 'C'
VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with Cooper and Tanner. [use Contact Agent Button]
DIRECTIONS
From the Wells office in Broad Street, continue along Priory Road towards the roundabout. The property can be found on your right hand side just before the roundabout.
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