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Area stats1 bedroom retirement property for sale
Key information
Features and description
- 1 Bedroom Ground Floor Apartment
- Private Patio Garden
- Ideal for the Over 55’s
- Adjacent to Rivers Hospital
- 24 Hour Call Facility
- Large Communal Area
Folio: 15833 A one bedroom ground floor apartment with its own small private patio to front. Set in the Orchard Lea retirement village for the over 55’s which enjoys 20 scenic acres including the Rivers private hospital and specialist nursing centre and communal area. Orchard Lea is in a semi-rural setting on the outskirts of Sawbridgeworth with shops for your day to day needs, restaurants, public houses, local GP surgery, public library and mainline railway station serving London Liverpool Street and Cambridge.
The properties at Orchard Lea benefit from a monthly service charge which takes away all the worries of heating and lighting costs in your home plus external maintenance including window cleaning, garden, building insurance, water rates and telephone rental. One meal per day is provided for each resident in the restaurant, if required. The emergency call facility operates 24 hours a day and there is a daily good neighbour check made.
Rooms
Front Door
Solid wooden panelled door leading to:
Large Carpeted Entrance Hall
With an airing cupboard with a lagged copper cylinder and shelving.
Sitting Room
15' 0" x 11' 2" (4.57m x 3.40m) with a double glazed window to front, sliding double glazed patio doors to front, t.v. aerial point, fitted carpet, telephone point, thermostat control to wall.
Kitchen
10' 6" x 8' 0" (3.20m x 2.44m) comprising a stainless steel single bowl, single drainer sink with hot and cold taps and cupboard under, further range of matching base and eye level units, four-ring ceramic electric hob, extractor hood, oven and grill, recess and plumbing for washer/dryer, positioning for fridge, double glazed window to side, coving to ceiling.
Bedroom
11' 2" x 9' 10" (3.40m x 3.00m) with a double glazed window to side, built-in wardrobe, thermostat control to wall, fitted carpet.
Shower Room
Comprising a tiled shower cubicle, cistern enclosed flush w.c., wash hand basin set into unit with cupboard beneath, opaque double glazed window to side, tiled wall, extractor fan, fitted carpet, heated towel rail, electric shaver socket to wall.
Outside
There are large sunny communal gardens with pathways through to seating areas. There are beautifully landscaped, easterly facing and kept in good condition weekly by a gardener.
Lease
125 years from 1992.
Service Charge
For a one bedroom unit, single occupancy is £250.04 per week and double occupancy is £350.000 per week. This fee covers a daily three course luncheon, all heating and lighting, water rates, telephone rental, 24-hour aid call, buildings insurance, external maintenance, external window cleaning and gardening.
There is also a wide range of additional services available as and when you require including housekeeping, hairdressing and handyman services, prices of which depend on requirements.
Local Authority
East Herts District Council
Band ‘D’
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