Property description

PROPERTY SUMMARY Town & Country Southern has pleasure in offering a rare opportunity to purchase a spacious ground floor garden flat located in the highly desirable Craneswater area of Southsea within a few hundred yards of Canoe Lake and the Victorian Seafront. Owned by the family for over 50 years, updating/modernisation is now required although it does benefit from gas fired central heating, double glazing throughout and a three camera cctv system. Once occupied by a well-known Portsmouth architect in the 1920's this imposing 1909 built detached house was converted into two flats in the early 1930's and still retains many original features including high ceilings and fireplaces. Occupying the whole of the ground floor the accommodation features; entrance porch, split level hallway, drawing room, fitted kitchen, two substantial bedrooms, shower room and three basement rooms potentially offering further accommodation subject to the usual planning consents. Outside, the flat enjoys a walled corner garden and a private southerly facing patio garden with white washed walls. There is no forward chain and viewing is strongly recommended. 

ENTRANCE Pillared entrance gate and tiled pathway leading to: 

ENCLOSED PORCH Double entrance doors and main front door to: 

L-SHAPED HALLWAY Radiator, two steps down to lower hallway with door leading to Basement. 

DRAWING ROOM 19' 4" into bay x 14' 1" (5.89m x 4.29m) Ornate fireplace with fitted gas fire (not tested), radiator, double glazed bay window. 

KITCHEN 9' 7" x 8' 11" increasing to 10'2" (2.92m x 2.72m) Inset one and a half bowl sink with mixer tap, base cupboards and drawers with matching wall cabinets, space for cooker, plumbing for washing machine, two aspect double glazed windows, double glazed door to rear garden. 

BEDROOM 1 17' 0" x 14' 1" plus bay (5.18m x 4.29m) Ornate fireplace with gas fire (not tested), two built in wardrobes either side of chimney breast one housing Vaillant gas boiler for central heating only, two radiators, double glazed bay window 

BEDROOM 2 17' 11" x 12' 1" narrowing to 11' (5.46m x 3.68m) Radiator, two double glazed windows to side aspect.  

SHOWER ROOM Suite comprising quadrant shower cubicle with twin sliding doors and Mira Combi Force 415 shower system, pedestal wash basin, low level w.c, chrome towel radiator, Britony ll T gas water heater, double glazed window to side aspect. 

BASEMENT Stairs leading from lower hallway to basement, doorways to three basement rooms. 

BASEMENT 1 19' 5" x 7' 10" (5.92m x 2.39m) Light and power, window.  

BASEMENT 2 19' 5" maximum x 6' 0" (5.92m x 1.83m) Light and power, window 

BASEMENT 3 13' 3" x 5' 7" (4.04m x 1.7m) Light and power, window 

OUTSIDE There are gardens to the front and side behind a walled boundary, pathway and side gate leading to an enclosed southerly paved courtyard rear garden with white washed walls, water tap and additional gate leading onto Whitwell Road. 

AGENTS NOTE: We understand there is currently no ground rent collected and no service charges as such, and that there has been a casual 'as and when' shared cost for any repairs required. One leasehold owns the other freehold and vice versa. This does produce an overlap of the freeholds which may cause problems for some lenders as these are not 'freehold flats' in the classic sense. Further legal advice should be obtained.