Property description

Taking advantage of direct access to the communal gardens from its patio door, a ground floor 2 bedroom retirement apartment in an age exclusive complex within impressive landscaped level grounds.

Description
The property has the benefit of a South Easterly aspect from the sitting/dining room and kitchen, replacement mahogany effect double glazed windows incorporating trickle vents and security locks, and vistas from both bedrooms over the central gardens. The development was built in 1986 by Laing Homes Ltd with the age restriction that a purchaser must be at least 60 years old. Design features include light ash style internal doors, wardrobes in both bedrooms, electric/storage heating with an off peak facility, light and power switchplates at a user friendly height, and a reception hall independently accessing all the rooms except the kitchen. The entryphone system has been enhanced with emergency calling stations and pullcords also with a personal pendant.

Location
Set within lovely extensive gardens with associated residents parking, the apartment is in a complex of 48 apartments and maisonettes lying to the North Eastern side of Alton's historic town centre. The station has a direct line to Waterloo (minimum journey time 67 minutes) with other neighbourhood facilities including a Waitrose store, shops, the Alton House Hotel, Palace Cinema, Wilson Practice Health Centre and Anstey Road Pharmacy, the adjacent Brendoncare complex with its respite and long term care facilities, St Mary's RC Church, a vets and King's Pond. The High Street is within 0.5 mile where major shops such as M&S, Boots and Iceland will be found with Sainsbury's just beyond. The town also has weekly and specialist open air markets, interest societies, churches of several denominations, Alton College, a sports centre, a network of footpaths and, on the outskirts, 2 golf courses.

Communal Hall
Covered ramped entrance with courtesy light and letterboxes. Entryphone system. Single glazed door with matching side windows to communal hall. Push button lighting, storage heater, thermo plastic tiled floor, emergency pullcord/calling system. Illuminated display alcove. Communal cupboard housing electric meters. Light ash style finished personal front door with 2 spy glasses to:-

Reception Hall - 9' 5'' x 4' 2'' (2.87m x 1.27m) main area
Reverse L-shaped. Archway and display alcove. Entryphone with automatic door release, phone point (subject to connection). Electric fuseboxes. Built-in store/linen cupboard - electric bar heater. From hall, pair of glazed panelled doors opening to:-

Sitting/Dining Room - 18' 2'' x 10' 2'' (5.53m x 3.10m)
Featuring recessed sliding double glazed patio door to sun patio/communal rear gardens. Including illuminated display alcove with high level glass shelves. 2 double wall light points, storage heater, coved ceiling, tv aerial socket, emergency call unit/pullcord.

Kitchen - 8' 2'' x 7' 7'' (2.49m x 2.31m)
Rear garden aspect. Fitted to 3 sides with laminated worktops incorporating stainless steel single drainer sink with mixer and providing floor cupboards with top drawers, tiled splashbacks and matching wall cabinets with central shelf and Acorn cooker hood. Space for electric cooker, plumbing for washing machine, space for tall fridge/freezer. Heat detector, low level emergency button.

Bedroom One - 11' 8'' x 8' 5'' (3.55m x 2.56m) excluding recess
Front garden aspect. Storage heater, wall light point, emergency pullcord. Archway to:-

Dressing Recess - 6' 0'' x 4' 9'' (1.83m x 1.45m)
Including fitted double wardrobe and vanity wash basin with tiled splashback, mirror and concealed light. Wall light point.

Bedroom Two - 11' 1'' x 5' 9'' (3.38m x 1.75m)
Including door recess and fitted wardrobe. Front garden aspect. Wall light point, slimline heater.

Bathroom - 7' 10'' x 6' 9'' (2.39m x 2.06m)
Including built-in airing cupboard containing hot water cylinder, 2 immersion heaters, cold tank above. Suite of panelled bath with mixers/hand shower attachment, corner vanity wash basin with double cupboard and wc. Part tiled walls, slimline heater, automatic extractor fan, emergency pullcord.

Outside

Residents Car Park
In block pavioured central square at front of property. Also additional parking beyond covered walkway in corner of square.

Communal Gardens
Are colourfully landscaped, relatively level and face South Easterly to the rear including the sun patio adjoining the sitting/dining room. There are low height brick walls containing stocked flower beds and shrubberies, seating areas, tarmacadam style paths, external lighting and several mature trees. Bin store. Clothes drying area. There is a further impressive tree studded lawned communal garden to the far side of Adams House, which forms the Northerly side of the quadrangle. Adjacent locked gate leading to Wilson Practice Health Centre and pharmacy. We gather all the grounds are maintained by the management company.

Communal Facilities
There is a residents lounge and an Estate Manager allocated to the development.

NB
1. Photographs shown may include the communal grounds.2. We gather the property is a leasehold tenure with a lease of 99 years of 29th August 1986. Peppercorn ground rent.3. We have been unable to confirm whether certain items included with this property are in full working order. Any purchaser must accept that the property is offered for sale on this basis.

Directions
From the Alton police station mini-roundabout at the Eastern end of Drayman's Way, the town's inner relief road, proceed away from the town on Normandy Street becoming Anstey Road. After passing the Wilson Practice Health Centre/Anstey Road Pharmacy on the right, turn next right into Adams Way. Turn first right into the parking quadrangle where the apartment is down to the left.


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