Property description

Immaculate 2 double bedroom, 2 bathroom ground floor apartment with garage refurbished to a high standard over the last 3 years. Perfect location 5 minutes walk from the beach. Well managed block.

This share of freehold ground floor apartment is immaculate. The current owners bought it 3 years ago and in that time, they have transformed it with an expenditure of c.£70k.

Moreover it is an excellently managed block with c. £40,000 in the reserve fund. An added plus, compared to many other local blocks, is that the block roof and the garage roof are both pitched. And the maintenance charge you pay includes water and sewerage costs.

The block is set back from West Cliff road and accessed by the drive past mature, immaculate gardens that create this peaceful, sylvan setting. The apartment’s patio is very private.

Beautiful apartment in a perfect location just 5 minutes walk to the beach.



Additional Information:



Annual Council Tax: Band D-£1948.24 payable

Connectivity: Current owners have Plusnet, but Virgin is to the block

TV: Virgin / Current owners use Freeview

Energy Performance Certificate(EPC) Rating: C(72)

Terms: Share of freehold with associated 999 year lease from 1986

Service Charge: £2,020 per annum (£1,010 every 6 months)

Service Included: Maintenance includes buildings insurance, communal cleaning, communal electricity and maintenance, lift maintenance, gardening. Plus individual flat water and sewerage costs are included

Reserve Fund: c.£40,000. The service charge adds to the reserve fund each year.

Ground Rent: £50 per year (Paid six monthly)

Parking: Garage plus visitor parking

Investor Information: Projected at £1300pcm

Viewings: With 24 hours notice

Room Descriptions:

Drive and Gardens

You turn into the drive of the block from West Cliff Road. The block is set back from the road up a tarmacked drive passed stunning communal gardens and lawns. To the side of the drive is a purpose built lockable bin store. All the shrubs and trees are mature and ensures the block is private and peaceful. The drive leads to the back of the block where there are a good number of visitor parking spaces. The drive is illuminated.

Garage

Brick built with a pitched roof and new Horman electric up and over door. Internal light. Storage in the rafters.

Entrance Hall to the flat

This is really in 2 parts. Immediately a reception area that would make an ideal work station with a tilt and turn double glazed window with Duo pleat perfect fit blind. Then to a cloakroom cupboard which is double doored-ideal for coat and shoe storage. It also has a thermostatically controlled radiator. This reception area with Amtico flooring leads to a carpeted hall with a thermostatically controlled radiator.

Living Room/Dining Area

Large room with double glazed sliding doors leading to the patio and at the other end 2 tilt and turn windows with Duo pleat perfect fit blinds. 2 x thermostatically controlled radiators. TV point. Fitted carpets. White voile to the patio doors.

Patio

South facing-ideal for summer afternoon and evening sun. Tiled floor. Motion sensor light. The most private in the block.

Bedroom 1

Carpeted, 6 door fitted wardrobes. 2 x tilt and turn double glazed windows with Duo pleat perfect fit blinds. TV point. Thermostatically controlled radiator.

En Suite

Large en suite fully tiled shower room with oversized shower cubicle with waterfall shower and body shower. Tilt and turn obscure double glazed window with Duo pleat perfect fit blind. Amtico flooring. Hib mirror fronted illuminated cabinet with heated pads, 2 shaving sockets and 2 usb sockets. Extra storage unit and vanity sink unit. Loo, heated towel ladder. Various Robert Welch accessories .

Bedroom 2

Fitted carpet, 2 x tilt and turn double glazed windows with Due pleat perfect fit blinds. Thermostatically controlled radiator.

Bathroom

Part-tiled, with both bath and quadrant shower cubicle with waterfall shower and body shower, vanity sink unit, loo, heated towel ladder. Hib mirror fronted illuminated cabinet with heated pad and shaver socket. Tilt and turn double glazed obscure window with Duo pleat perfect fit blind. Various Robert Welch accessories. Amtico flooring.

Kitchen

A good number of high and low level units and well planned work surfaces with a stainless steel sink and drainer. The cupboards which have lighting underneath the top units are in a dove grey gloss finish, the work surfaces are of grey concrete effect design with matching upstands. Tilt and turn double glazed window with Due pleat perfect fit blind, Karndean flooring. Neff eye level double oven, Neff hob with extractor hood and pewter toughened glass splashback. Bosch slimline dishwasher, Bosch washer/dryer. The kitchen houses the Glowworm Energy 30c combi boiler.

Area Description

This is just a brilliant location, set back from the road but across the road to the cliff top and no more than 5 minutes walk to the beach itself. And with its own garage plus visitor parking it really is a premier location. Of course you’ll want to see the air show from the beach or cliff top but If you’re feeling lazy, you’ll catch a lot of it just sitting on your patio.

Yes a private garage and visitor parking but will you ever need a car? A bus stop is right outside the drive to the block. From Poole Road there are buses every 3 minutes to Bournemouth and Poole. You can walk to Bournemouth town centre and to Westbourne. Or bus to Branksome Railway station(2 hours to London, direct route to Manchester) and to the Redlands Retail Park.

In a car you are within a mile of the Wessex Way and at least dual carriageway to the New Forest and the UK motorway network. Plus the newly refurbished Bournemouth International Airport is one of the fastest growing in the UK. And from Poole there are ferries to the Channel Islands and France.

For shopping, there is M&S Food in Westbourne. Just beyond that is Tesco and Lidl with a new Aldi soon to open at Redlands Retail Park, which has major stores such as John Lewis Home, Next Home, Home Bargains and Homebase. For fashion shopping the closeby top end of Bournemouth has Zara and Primark or catch a bus to the famous Castlepoint Shopping Centre for the likes of M&S, Asda, Sainsbury, and Next.

Sport is brilliantly catered for with tennis within walking distance in the Bournemouth Gardens. Again walk to the cliff top to the Argyll Gardens Bowling Club. The area is rich in golf courses-public courses in Bournemouth are at Meyrick Park and Queens Park or Parkstone Golf Club is in the top 100 courses in the UK. The popular Hallmark Health Club is within walking distance or Everlast is at Redlands Retail Park. You can walk along the beach or the prom all the way to the famous Sandbanks beaches, on the edge of Poole Harbour, the 2nd largest natural harbour in the world and haven to boats of all sizes as well as being a UK hub for windsurfing and kitesurfing. From Sandbanks, you can catch the chain ferry to the Purbeck Hills. There is a large cycling community and Dorset's Jurassic coast is a destination for walkers.

Eating out? Where do you start to describe? Westbourne is full of an eclectic mix of eateries and coffee shops as is Bournemouth. The local Daily Echo ran a recent article ‘Why Westbourne is foodie heaven’. Locally Westbourne is considered very much a village with lots of independent shops and the UK’s smallest cinema with just 19 seats. The pick of eateries are The Dancing Duck, Indi’s. Renoufs cheese and wine bar, the award winning Chez Fred fish ‘n chips and a real traditional pub-The Porterhouse.

And in Bournemouth there are the entertainment centres at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth International Centre and lots of cinemas and of course the famous nightlife.

Work? Maybe you are at LV or Vitality or Nationwide. In which case you can walk to work. The area has become a significant employer in the South of England. As well as the companies I have just mentioned, the headquarters of jp Morgan, rnli, Sunseeker Marine, Barclays International and Merlin Entertainments are all based locally.

Kingswood is just a great place to live.
Amenities

Immaculate 2 double bedroom, 2 bathroom ground floor apartment

840 sq ft apartment plus garage

5 minutes walk to the beach

Completely refurbished throughout

New kitchen with quality appliances plus 2 new bathrooms

New windows and doors

New boiler and radiators

South facing private patio

Excellently managed block

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