1 bedroom apartment for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Leasehold (109 years remaining)
- 2nd Floor Retirement Apartment with Lift Access
- Designed for Independent Living with Support Packages Available
- Open Plan Living Room with Kitchen
- Double Bedroom with Shower/Wet Room
- Under Floor Central Heating + u PVC Double Glazing
- Resident's Lounge, Courtyard Garden, Bistro and Salon
- Off Road Parking
- Care Packages Available to Suit Needs
- Tenure Leasehold, Council Tax Band A, EPC Rate C
- A Local Occupancy Restriction Applies
Woodlands also boasts: a Resident's Lounge, a Restaurant and a Hair Salon. and is less than half a mile from Penrith town centre allowing easy access for the shops and facilities.
Location - From the centre of Penrith, head South on King Street, which becomes Victoria Road and the Bridge Lane, Woodlands is on the right and there is a shared car park.
Amenities - Penrith is a popular market town, having excellent transport links through the M6, A66, A6 and the main West coast railway line. There is a population of around 17,000 people and facilities include: infant, junior and secondary schools. There are 5 supermarkets and a good range of locally owned and national high street shops. Leisure facilities include: a leisure centre with; swimming pool, climbing wall, indoor bowling, badminton courts and a fitness centre as well as; golf, rugby and cricket clubs. There is also a 3 screen cinema and Penrith Playhouse. Penrith is known as the Gateway to the North Lakes and is conveniently situated for Ullswater and access to the fells, benefiting from the superb outdoor recreation opportunities.
Services - Mains water, drainage and electricity are connected to the property. Heating is underfloor and telephone is connected subject to BT. regulations.
We understand that as of 1st April 2024 the monthly charges are as follows:
The Monthly Service Charge is:
£331.70 per calendar month
This covers communal cleaning and maintenance, external window cleaning, water and sewerage, buildings insurance and estate management. It includes the costs of heating for the apartment and heating lighting and water for the communal areas. The Service Charge is payable in advance for the month ahead.
The monthly Wellbeing Charge is:
£311.77 per calendar month
This includes 24 hour staffing on site, help in an emergency and the co-ordination of an activities and events programme.
Wellbeing is payable in advance for the month ahead.
Further Care Packages are available, which are tailored to suit individual needs and are charged accordingly. For further information, please contact, MHA on[use Contact Agent Button]
Tenure - The vendor informs us that the property is leasehold, being a 125 year lease from 1st September 2008. The current ground rent is £668.41 per annum
Council tax band is band A.
On the re-sale of the property the owner will be required to contribute to a contingency fund. The fund covers spending for the repair or renewal of communal areas, roofs, lifts etc. The contribution is 1% of the "open market value" at the point of sale/transfer of ownership, for each year or part year of ownership.
MHA administration fees will be payable by the buyer as follows:
Approval of Deed of Covenant: £90 plus VAT
Notice of Assignment fee: £90 plus VAT
Land Registry Certificate fee: £90 no VAT
Local Occupancy - We are informed by MHA that there is a local occupancy restriction that requires residents:
1.to have either lived or worked in the Eden area for at least three years prior to the date of moving in,
OR
2.to have established links with the Eden area by reason of birth or long term family links with the area,
OR
3.to have a need because of age or disability to live near to those (not necessarily family) who have lived in the Eden area for at least three years.
Furthermore, MHA (Woodlands) rules require residents to be 60 years of age or over OR 55 if with a disability and also have a family member within the Eden area.
If you require further clarification please contact:
Catriona Stewart (MHA Housing Manager)
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Viewing - STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT WITH WILKES-GREEN + HILL
Accommodation -
Entrance - Through a communal hallway with an entry phone system and broad door with peep hole opens to the;
Hall - Having built in coat cupboard, an emergency pull cord alarm and doors off to the bedroom, wet room and;
Open Plan Living Room - 3.25m x 5.64m (10'8 x 18'6) - The kitchen area is fitted with a range of oak fronted units and a granite effect work surface incorporating a stainless steel single drainer sink and mixer tap and tiled splashback. There is a built in electric oven and ceramic hob with cooker hood, an integral fridge freezer and washing machine.
There are uPVC double glazed windows to two sides, a TV/satellite point, a telephone point and entry phone.
Bedroom One - 3.38m x 4.17m (11'1 x 13'8) - A uPVC double glazed window overlooks a courtyard garden and there is an emergency pull cord alarm, an entry phone, a TV and telephone point. A door opens to the;
Shower /Wet Room - '2.13m x 4.11m ('7 x 13'6) - Fitted with a toilet, a wash basin having a single piece moulded flooring and a no step shower tray with tiling around and a mains fed shower. There is a shaver socket/light, an extractor fan, an emergency pull cord alarm and a further door to the hall.
There is a shared residents lounge in which there are many activities, as well as indoor and outdoor seating in the courtyard garden and tea and coffee facilities.
There is off road parking to the front of the block.
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