2 bedroom flat for sale

'Flat 7 Oborne House' is spacious two bedroom first floor flat forming part of a handsome, period building in a top residential address, a short walk to the town centre and the mainline railway station to London Waterloo. The property was converted in 2023 and retains character features including period sash windows and good ceiling heights. The flat is tastefully finished with contemporary kitchen and bathroom and is heated via Dimplex electric night storage heaters. It comes with one allocated parking space and the use of a communal garden area. The spacious accommodation enjoys excellent levels of natural light from a sunny southerly aspect at the front. It comprises ground floor communal entrance front door, communal hall and stairwell, entrance reception hall with utility cupboard and airing cupboard, sitting room / dining room, kitchen, two generous double bedrooms and a family bathroom. There are excellent dog walks from nearby the front door at Purleigh, The Water Meadows and the Sherborne Castles - ideal as you do not need to put the children or the dogs in the car! It is only a very short, level walk to the sought-after, historic town centre of Sherborne with its superb boutique high street with cafes, restaurants, Waitrose store and independent shops plus the breath-taking Abbey, Almshouses and Sherborne's world-famous private schools. It is also only a short walk to the mainline railway station making London Waterloo in just over two hours. This property is ideal for aspiring couples or first time buyers making the most of the decreasing mortgage rates available at the moment looking for somewhere pleasant to settle in this exceptional town. It also may appeal to mature downsizing buyers, pied-a-terre or holiday let/rental markets from cash buyers cashing out of the South East or linked with the local private schools. THIS LOVELY FLAT MUST BE VIEWED INTERNALLY TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED.

Communal front door and entrance hall. Communal stairs rise to the first floor. Private front door leads to ENTRANCE RECEPTION HALL: 20’3 maximum x 3’4 maximum. A useful greeting area providing a heart to the home, excellent ceiling heights. Double doors lead to airing cupboard housing Gledhill unvented hot water cylinder and immersion heater with expansion tank. Double doors lead to utility cupboard providing space and plumbing for washing machine. Doors lead off the entrance hall to the main rooms.

SITTING ROOM / DINING ROOM: 17’2 maximum x 14’ maximum. A generous main reception room enjoying a light dual aspect with two period sash windows to the front enjoying a sunny south-easterly aspect, pleasant outlooks across charming period properties to hills and countryside beyond. TV point, telephone point, Dimplex electric heater. Entrance leads to

KITCHEN AREA: 7’8 maximum x 6’11 maximum. A range of fitted contemporary kitchen units comprising marble effect laminated worksurfaces, decorative tiled surrounds, inset composite sink bowl and drainer unit, mixer tap over, inset electric hob with stainless steel electric oven under. A range of drawers and cupboards under, integrated dishwasher, integrated fridge and freezer. A range of matching wall mounted cupboards, concealed wall mounted cooker hood extractor fan, timber effect flooring. Sash window to the side enjoys views across neighbouring properties to hills and countryside beyond.

BEDROOM ONE: 12’5 maximum x 10’7 maximum. A generous double bedroom, excellent ceiling heights, two period style windows to the front, glazed double period French doors to the front enjoying a sunny south-easterly aspect. Dimplex electric heater. Double doors lead to fitted wardrobe cupboard space.

BEDROOM TWO: 14’4 maximum x 7’1 maximum. A second double bedroom, period style sash window to the front enjoying a sunny south easterly aspect.

FAMILY BATHROOM: 7’1 maximum x 6’ maximum. A modern white suite comprising low level WC, wash basin over storage cupboard, p-shaped panel bath with glazed shower screen over, wall mounted mains shower over, tiled walls, timber effect flooring, chrome heated towel rail, extractor fan.

OUTSIDE:
This property comes with one allocated parking space at the side plus the use of a communal garden area. There is a communal bicycle / bin store at the rear.