Property description

GUIDE PRICE £ 800,000+
***To be sold by auction by Countrywide Property Auctions at The Sandy Park Conference Centre at Auction on 30th April (unless sold prior)***. If you require a catalogue for this auction or legal information concerning this property, please contact the auctioneers, or visit their website.

LOCATION: The City of Exeter is located on the River Exe, some 13 miles from the sea at Exmouth and on the junction of the M5 with the A38 Devon Expressway. Business communications are therefore excellent with regular trains to London Paddington (c. 2hrs), M5 and M4 to central London and the A38 to Plymouth or A30 to Cornwall. The city also benefits from Exeter International Airport. Exeter is a commercially strong city supported by the modern Princesshay Shopping Centre and the University whilst also providing plenty of ancient charm. The subject property is situated on the northern side of Howell Road, overlooking Bury Meadow and almost directly opposite the junction with Elm Grove Road.

DESCRIPTION: The property comprises a substantial and largely detached building constructed around 1870 and forming one of a group of similar detached buildings overlooking Bury Meadow. The comparable properties have either been converted in to flats or are owner occupied in residential use. The subject property comprises numbers 17 and 18 and would originally have been constructed as a pair of semi detached houses. In more recent times the space between number 18 and the adjoining property has been built between to create an entrance way with ancillary accommodation at ground floor and offices above. The property sits on a plot of c. 0.3 acres/0.12 hectares and includes fifteen car parking spaces, two disabled spaces and cycle storage. Vehicle access to the rear of the property is from Howell Road and to the side of number 17. To the front are areas of garden laid mainly to lawn. The property is currently in use as offices and consulting rooms and is understood to have a D1 use (Non Residential Institutions). The premises are Grade II Listed and within the St David's Conservation Area. The property would no doubt lend itself to refurbishment for residential use subject to the usual requisite statutory planning consents and building regulations. Interested parties must satisfy themselves as to the current use and any alternative use for the property and should contact Exeter City Council on 01392 277888 or www.exeter.gov.uk.

ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor Number 17 - side entrance in to hallway with stairs to upper floors, lounge/meeting room, office. Continuing along the hallway in to number 18, interview room through to reception and front door of number 18 which provides a waiting room space alongside the reception. Shared male and female WC's, door to rear outside, separate single WC and two further interview rooms/offices formed within a single storey rear extension. The central hallway in number 18 also gives access to the photocopying room (with door to outside) which leads on to a second single storey rear extension providing office space and boiler room (formed across the boundary of 17 and 18) and back in to the staff rest room formed within number 17. Shower and WC. The ground floor of 17 and 18 are therefore interconnected.

First Floor Number 17 - staircase from ground floor to first floor landing with access to three good size rooms currently used as offices together with further storage space and a single WC. There is no through connection to number 18 which provides a similar layout to number 17 with three office rooms, single WC and a further office room created by the infill between number 18 and the adjoining property.

Second Floor There are staircases at each corner of this floor connecting all floors. Both 17 and 18 are interconnected at this level with two landings, six good sized individual offices and a male and female (shared) WC.

Outside Gardens areas to the front of each property with hedging whilst to the rear is a tarmac area providing car parking for c.17 vehicles.

TENURE Freehold

PLANNING Contact Exeter City Council on 01392 277888 or www.exeter.gov.uk

Auction Surveyor Andrew Jarrold BSc MRICS

EPC Energy Efficiency Rating - Non domestic E

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Fulfords Exeter Tel: 01392 252666

Disclaimer

Please note that any services, heating system or appliances have not been tested and no warranty can be given or implied as to their working order.