Forming part of the acclaimed Abbeyfield Integrated Care Development for the over 65s in Ilkley town centre, this ground floor purpose built apartment enjoys a very pleasant position within the development and includes a patio and an allocated parking space behind security gates.
Abbeyfield Court is a detached block of 13 purpose built apartments constructed in natural stonework which forms part of the pioneering integrated care development for the over 65's operated by the Ilkley Abbeyfield Society Ltd. The development is centred around the attractive old Victorian convalescent hospital in the centre of Ilkley within a Conservation Area. The vast majority of the apartments within the scheme are rented from the Abbeyfield but residents of Abbeyfield Court actually own their apartments whilst still being able to make use of the many benefits of the main centre.
Situated just off The Grove in Ilkley town centre fronting onto Riddings Road, Abbeyfield Court could hardly enjoy a more convenient location being within a short stroll of the high quality shops, restaurants, cafes and general amenities that this former spa town provides. Abbeyfield Court stands within its own communal grounds with a parking area to the rear secured by an electronic entrance gate. A pleasant stroll through the grounds of the main Abbeyfield complex leads down to The Grove and the Rotary bandstand opposite Betty's cafe. Indeed Ilkley is considered an ideal base for retirement in the heart of the splendid mid Wharfedale countryside, only some 6 miles from the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Leeds and Bradford city centres remain readily accessible with regular rail services from Ilkley station along with buses to surrounding towns. Ilkley provides an extensive range of social, cultural, recreational and sporting facilities and benefits from a recently constructed health centre and has a popular Clarke Foley Day Centre for senior citizens. There are churches of several denominations nearby and pleasant walks to be enjoyed through the town's parks, riverside gardens and the woodland, moorland and countryside that surround the town.
The apartments have all been specifically designed for the needs of the retired with many thoughtful and convenient features. The living room of Apartment 1 has French doors opening out onto a pleasant southerly facing patio. There is a smart modern kitchen and the main double bedroom is en-suite to a shower room specifically designed with the needs of the less able in mind. The second bedroom has also been designed with access of the main living space to be a multi functional room which, in addition to being a bedroom, may also easily be used as a dining room or study.
Gas central heating, double glazing.
| GROUND FLOOR |
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| Covered Entrance | with video entry phone to communal entrance doors to
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| Communal Entrance Vestibule | with lift to upper floor.
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| Communal Entrance Hall | with access to undercroft and rear parking area. Entrance door to Apartment 1.
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| Entrance Hall | with double glazed window to rear, coats hook, ceiling cornice, halogen downlighters to ceiling, radiator. Entry phone, useful store cupboard with fitted shelving.
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| Spacious Living Room | with double glazed windows to front and side and double glazed French doors leading out onto a southerly facing paved patio. Attractive marble interior fireplace with marble hearth, electric fire and a hardwood surround. Ceiling cornice, two radiators.
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| Bedroom One | with double glazed windows to rear and having a range of good quality furniture comprising fitted wardrobes with hanging rails and shelves and adjoining dressing table unit with drawers, mirror and cupboard. Bedside unit with drawers. Ceiling cornice, radiator. Sliding door to
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| Kitchen | Fitted with a modern range of floor and wall cupboards with drawers, pan drawers, laminated working surfaces and incorporating a one and a half bowl single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap. Ceramic wall tiling between working surfaces and wall units, wine rack, glazed display cabinet. Fitted appliances include a four ring gas hob with filter / extractor over and electric oven with grill, an integrated dishwasher and fridge. Halogen downlighters to ceiling, ceiling cornice, windows to front with fitted blinds, wall mounted gas central heating boiler, space for automatic washing machine.
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| Shower Room | with a good sized shower cubicle having a Grohe shower in a fully tiled surround with glazed screen, shower seat and grab handles, wall mounted wash basin, wc, electric shaver point, extractor fan, opaque glazed double glazed windows to rear, useful storage unit with cupboards and shelf, radiator, electric towel rail, fitted mirror, halogen downlighters to ceiling.
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| Bedroom Two / Dining Room | with double glazed window to side, ceiling cornice, radiator, double opening doors communicating with the living room.
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| OUTSIDE |
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| . | Immediately in front of the French doors leading from the sitting room there is a patio which overlooks the pleasant and neatly maintained communal grounds. To the northern side of the building electronic gates and a driveway provide access to the parking areas. The allocated parking space for Flat 1 is located adjacent to the northern gable wall. In an undercroft beneath part of the apartment block there is a room which houses a dryer for the use of residents. The electric and water meter cupboards are also located in the undercroft.
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| . | Leading off the communal entrance hall there is an internal bin store also housing the gas meters.
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| AGENTS NOTES |
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| Local Authority: | City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, City Hall, Bradford, BD1 1HY. Tel: 01274 432111. We are advised that the property is assessed to a council tax band of D.
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| Tenure: | Long leasehold. The property has the balance of a 125 year lease at a fixed ground rent of �50 per annum.
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| Service Charge: | The service charge for Apartment 1 is presently set (as of August 2014) at a sum of �1,450 per annum plus the ground rent of �50 per annum.
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| Occupancy Conditions: | A single occupant of an apartment must be aged 65 years or above. Where a couple occupy an apartment, one of the occupants must be aged 65 or over. The other occupant must be aged 60 or above. No sub-letting of the apartments is permitted.
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| Subsequent Sales of Apartments: | Upon re-sale, any price that is achieved for an apartment over and above the purchase price will be apportioned with 75% of the excess being retained by the leaseholder and 25% of the excess being re-paid to Abbeyfield Ilkley Society Ltd.
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| Interview: | The Abbeyfield Ilkley Society Ltd require any buyers to attend an informative interview.
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| . | IMB/sef/ILK140396/2.9.14
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