Property description

Enjoying a main and naturally green South Westerly aspect over sweeping gardens opposite, an advantageously located 2 bedroom first floor Close Care retirement apartment in the prestigious Brendoncare Foundation scheme with the added benefit of its own sun balcony and a communal lift 2 doors away.

Description
Constructed in the late 1990s, the apartment is carefully designed to allow independent access to all the rooms except the kitchen from the wide reception hall. The South Westerly aspect is enjoyed from the sitting/dining room and both bedrooms whilst the kitchen and bathroom have windows to the quadrangle elevation. The double glazing has night ventilators and security locks, whilst heating is provided by an electrically sourced system. Mary Rose Mews is an architect designed complex of 46 age exclusive apartments served by 2 lifts and set in the delightful broad level grounds of the Brendoncare care centre.

Location
Situated on the Easterly side of Alton's historic town centre, Mary Rose Mews has a Waitrose store, the station (Waterloo line), bus services, Anstey Park, St Mary's RC Church, Alton Health Centre, a dental surgery and Anstey Road Pharmacy in the neighbourhood. The town affords a variety of individual and multiple shops, stores such as Boots, M&S and Sainsbury's, weekly and specialist open air market events, a library, further churches, restaurants, hotels and inns, cultural facilities and an interesting history with connections to the English Civil War, Jane Austen and hop growing.

Ground Floor

Colonnaded Loggia
Lift or integral stairs to:

First Floor

Upper Colonnade
Covered walkway with lighting. External electric meter box. Light oak style personal front door with spyglass and single glazed panel to:

Reception Hall - 8' 1'' x 7' 6'' (2.46m x 2.28m)
Coved ceiling, heating control, smoke detector. Recently installed replacement emergency call system. Electric consumer units. Ceiling hatch. Deep built-in airing cupboard - recessed hot water cylinder, immersion heater, Boost Control.

Sitting/Dining Room - 14' 0'' x 10' 4'' (4.26m x 3.15m)
South Westerly aspect over communal gardens and Adams Way to extensive tree studded gardens beyond. Coved ceiling, TV aerial and telephone sockets (subject to connection), heating control, smoke detector, emergency pullcord. French door with pair of side windows to:

Sun Balcony
Wooden balustrade overlooking gardens and enjoying South Westerly aspect.

Kitchen - 7' 8'' x 7' 1'' (2.34m x 2.16m)
Front aspect over central landscaped gardens. Approached from sitting room. Integrated with Neff stainless steel series of ceramic hob and electric oven (both installed since 2013) and fitted with white floor cupboards, drawers and matching wall cabinets, laminated worktops and inset stainless steel single drainer sink with tiled splashbacks. Plumbing for washing machine and space for tall fridge/freezer (please see NB). Fluorescent light, vinyl flooring, separately switched extractor fan.

Bedroom One - 13' 6'' x 10' 4'' (4.11m x 3.15m)
Main South Westerly aspect. Coved ceiling, lighting point, TV aerial and telephone sockets (subject to connection), heating control, emergency pullcord.

En-Suite and Independent Bathroom - 10' 3'' x 7' 1'' (3.12m x 2.16m)
Fitted with white suite and chrome finish fittings presenting panelled bath (new since 2013) with mixer taps, separate Mira Advance Thermostatic fitting, handrails and mosaic style tiled surrounds, oval wash basin with tiled splashback, and wc. Front window. Shaving light, vinyl flooring, emergency pullcord, heating control, electric white heated towel rail, extractor fan. Independent door to reception hall.

Bedroom Two - 9' 6'' x 7' 7'' (2.89m x 2.31m)
Main South Westerly aspect. Coved ceiling, heating control, emergency pullcord, TV aerial socket.

Outside

The Communal Gardens
are attractively landscaped and level. The main central area has lawns with a network of wide paved paths, well stocked flower borders, ornamental trees, posted footway lights and central circular sun terrace with seating areas and raised brick shrubberies. The encompassing gardens, which the three principal rooms of the flat overlook, present continuous lawns with further borders, ornamental trees and lower height beech hedges to the boundaries.

Car Park
Adjoins the main gardens and entrance with residents and visitors spaces.

Communal Facilities
24 hour emergency alarm system linked to the in-house nursing home - Communal gardens and grounds - Use of a communal room for gatherings - Extra services at an additional charge such as meals, laundry service, hairdressing, etc. - further details on request - Social events arranged

NB:
1. The property is a leasehold tenure on a 99 year lease from 25 March 1997.2. The Bosch Classixx VarioPerfect washing machine, Hotpoint RFAA52 fridge freezer and Bellavista Bathlift seat may be available as extras by negotiation if required.3. The condition of the heating system and/or other appliances is not known.

Directions
From the Palace Cinema/Alton Police Station mini-roundabout at the station end of Drayman's Way, Alton's inner relief road, proceed away from the town on Normandy Street passing the Alton House Hotel on the right. Do not deviate, the road changes its name to Anstey Road. After the Alton Health Centre and Anstey Road Pharmacy on the right, turn shortly right into Adams Way. Turn 1st left into the Brendoncare car park.

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