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Map1 bedroom retirement property
Retirement
Chain-free
Retirement property
1 bed
1 bath
489 sq ft / 46 sq m
EPC rating: B
Key information
Tenure: Ask agent
Ground rent: £0 per annum | review period: unconfirmed
Council tax, if payable: Band B
Broadband: Super-fast 80Mbps *
Mobile signal:
EEO2ThreeVodafone
Features and description
- One bedroom
- Retirement flat
- Over 60's
- Communal gardens
- Emergency pull system
- Lift to all floors
- Chain free
- Walk to town
- Council tax band b £1609
- EPC RATING C
CHAIN FREE: Superbly located within easy reach of the popular Crouch Street shopping parade and Colchester's busy city centre is this spacious, recently decorated, one-bedroom, retirement residence. This second floor flat has lovely views including the communal gardens. It provides over 60s accommodation in a development originally built by McCarthy Stone. There are lifts to all floors, a communal lounge, guest suite, laundry facilities, and a house manager.
The lounge and bedroom have a Fisher radiator in each room - these are individually controlled by their own thermostats. They are very efficient as they have an inbuilt convecting chamber with a fire clay core with heating elements. Also, there is a electric Fischer boiler which does not require annual servicing and because of it's minimal size - leaves ample room to store other objects.The whole system has a 10year Manufacturers warranty in place.
Located just outside the centre of Colchester is the popular and modern development of Balkerne Heights granting easy access to restaurants, bars, the vast amounts of shops and the city streets are often lined with stalls on market days. For your entertainment, there is the cinema, Mercury Theatre, Arts Centre, and the historic Castle and its parklands, which often hosts many fetes and concerts. In just under one kilometre from the property is North Station with its direct railway links to Ipswich, Norwich and London Liverpool Street.
ENTRANCE HALLWAY - 7'9'' x 6'10'' (2.4m x 2.1m)
Security entrance phone, airing cupboard with light.
LOUNGE/DINER - 19'2'' x 10'7'' (5.8m x 3.2m)
Electric fire with limestone surround and hearth, television and telephone points, window to front, French doors into:
KITCHEN - 7'7'' x 7' (2.3m x 2.1m)
A range of cupboards and drawers under a rolled edge worktop with coloured splashbacks and wall mounted units above. Space for fridge and freezer, stainless steel sink with drainer, four ringed hob with extractor above, built in oven. Spotlights, window to front.
BEDROOM - 1 - 13'9'' x 9'4'' (4.2m x 2.8m)
Built in double wardrobe wtih mirror fronted concertina doors, heater, television and telephone points, window to front.
BATHROOM - 6'10'' x 5'7'' (2.1m x 1.7m)
Low level WC, hand wash basin with cupboard under, panelled bath with shower above. Fully tiled, heater, extractor.
OUTSIDE -
Outside there are communal gardens.
AGENTS NOTE -
Local Authority - Colchester City Council.
Broadband Availability - Ultrafast Broadband available with speeds of up to 900 Mbps (details obtained from Ofcom Mobile and Broadband Checker) - August 2024.
Mobile Coverage - It is understood that the best available mobile service in the area is provided by EE, Three, O2 & Vodafone (details obtained from Ofcom Mobile and Broadband Checker) - August 2024.
Utilities - Mains Electric / Mains Water /Mains Sewerage.
Construction Type - We understand the property to be of Traditional Construction of brick.
Flood Risk - Data Taken from Gov.UK Flood Map - checked August 2024 - The property is at very low risk of flooding.
Planning Applications in the Immediate Locality - Checked August 2024 - We are not aware of any planning applications in the immediate locality.
MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS - Please be advised that all purchasers will need to adhere to currents laws of money laundering and therefore will need to provide Boydens Estate Agents photographic identification and proof of residency identification before any transaction is started to comply with the legislation.
The lounge and bedroom have a Fisher radiator in each room - these are individually controlled by their own thermostats. They are very efficient as they have an inbuilt convecting chamber with a fire clay core with heating elements. Also, there is a electric Fischer boiler which does not require annual servicing and because of it's minimal size - leaves ample room to store other objects.The whole system has a 10year Manufacturers warranty in place.
Located just outside the centre of Colchester is the popular and modern development of Balkerne Heights granting easy access to restaurants, bars, the vast amounts of shops and the city streets are often lined with stalls on market days. For your entertainment, there is the cinema, Mercury Theatre, Arts Centre, and the historic Castle and its parklands, which often hosts many fetes and concerts. In just under one kilometre from the property is North Station with its direct railway links to Ipswich, Norwich and London Liverpool Street.
ENTRANCE HALLWAY - 7'9'' x 6'10'' (2.4m x 2.1m)
Security entrance phone, airing cupboard with light.
LOUNGE/DINER - 19'2'' x 10'7'' (5.8m x 3.2m)
Electric fire with limestone surround and hearth, television and telephone points, window to front, French doors into:
KITCHEN - 7'7'' x 7' (2.3m x 2.1m)
A range of cupboards and drawers under a rolled edge worktop with coloured splashbacks and wall mounted units above. Space for fridge and freezer, stainless steel sink with drainer, four ringed hob with extractor above, built in oven. Spotlights, window to front.
BEDROOM - 1 - 13'9'' x 9'4'' (4.2m x 2.8m)
Built in double wardrobe wtih mirror fronted concertina doors, heater, television and telephone points, window to front.
BATHROOM - 6'10'' x 5'7'' (2.1m x 1.7m)
Low level WC, hand wash basin with cupboard under, panelled bath with shower above. Fully tiled, heater, extractor.
OUTSIDE -
Outside there are communal gardens.
AGENTS NOTE -
Local Authority - Colchester City Council.
Broadband Availability - Ultrafast Broadband available with speeds of up to 900 Mbps (details obtained from Ofcom Mobile and Broadband Checker) - August 2024.
Mobile Coverage - It is understood that the best available mobile service in the area is provided by EE, Three, O2 & Vodafone (details obtained from Ofcom Mobile and Broadband Checker) - August 2024.
Utilities - Mains Electric / Mains Water /Mains Sewerage.
Construction Type - We understand the property to be of Traditional Construction of brick.
Flood Risk - Data Taken from Gov.UK Flood Map - checked August 2024 - The property is at very low risk of flooding.
Planning Applications in the Immediate Locality - Checked August 2024 - We are not aware of any planning applications in the immediate locality.
MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS - Please be advised that all purchasers will need to adhere to currents laws of money laundering and therefore will need to provide Boydens Estate Agents photographic identification and proof of residency identification before any transaction is started to comply with the legislation.
About this agent
Boydens is a family-owned, independent Estate Agency tracing its routes back to the 1960’s and operating across North Essex and South Suffolk. We are experts in Residential Sales and Lettings services alongside our Block Management, Land, Commercial and Holiday Lettings services. We are active members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA).