Property description
CHAIN-FREE SALE Positioned on the ground floor and only a short distance from both the entrance and the communal facilities. The accommodation consists of sitting/dining room with patterned glass doors into a kitchen as well as door providing access onto communal gardens, a double bedroom with mirrored built-in wardrobes and a refitted shower room. This favoured development was constructed in 1999 by well regarded developers McCarthy & Stone and is conveniently set within 250 yards of the High Street. A condition of purchase being that residents are over the age of 60 years or in the event of a couple, one must be over the age of 60 years and the other over 55 years.
Description
Positioned on the ground floor and only a short distance from both the entrance and the communal facilities. The accommodation consists of sitting/dining room with patterned glass doors into a kitchen as well as door providing access onto communal gardens, a double bedroom with mirrored built-in wardrobes and a refitted shower room. This favoured development was constructed in 1999 by well regarded developers McCarthy & Stone and is conveniently set within 250 yards of the High Street. A condition of purchase being that residents are over the age of 60 years or in the event of a couple, one must be over the age of 60 years and the other over 55 years.
Communal Facilities
Communal facilities for this development of 72 flats include a lift, residents lounge, laundry, a twin bedded guest room, and a number of alternative external doors allowing shorter access to the adjoining roads of Ackender Road and Rack Close Road leading in turn to the High Street and Westbrooke public gardens. In addition, there is a video door entry system linked to residents TV, a resident House Manager, a 24-hour emergency Careline system, a security alarm and refuse area.
Location
Set within level landscaped communal gardens, Willow Court is a 2/3 storey development fronting Ackender and Rack Close Roads, which are access-only roads lying on the western side of Alton's historic town centre. There are individual and multiple shops, M&S, Sainsbury's, Boots and Iceland stores, a library, hotels and restaurants, a museum and gallery, and a variety of associations. Alton also has Westbrooke Gardens reached via a residents gate onto Rack Close Road with its bowls club and seasonal programme of events, weekly street and farmers market events, a train station (Waterloo line) with a Waitrose store adjoining, a sports centre and 2 outlying golf courses.
Communal Hall
Via glazed double main doors with entryphone system and CCTV to vestibule. Leading into hall with reception/seating area and adjoining residents lounge. Panelled personal front door with spyglass to:
Hallway
Providing independent access to all rooms except the kitchen, wall mounted pull cord speaker system, cupboard housing electricity meter fuseboard and providing storage and housing hot water cylinder, door into:
Lounge Diner
An L-shaped room providing areas for sitting and dining. Wall mounted electric storage heater, coving, uPVC double glazed window with trickle vent and door onto communal gardens with outlook onto Rack Close Road beyond. Pair of glazed doors into
Kitchen
A fully fitted kitchen consisting of base and wall units, drawers and rolltop work surfaces with tiled splashbacks behind, stainless steel sink with drainer and a similar outlook as to the sitting/dining room via uPVC double glazed window, waste level integrated Electrolux electric oven, matching Electrolux 4-ring electric hob with extractor above, dedicated spaces for freestanding fridge and freezer, vinyl flooring, Dimplex wall convector heater.
Double Bedroom
With outlook over gardens and with mirrored folding double wardrobe with shelving and hanging rail. uPVC double glazed window, TV and telephone points, coved ceiling, wall mounted electric storage heater.
Shower Room
Originally a bathroom but refitted to include a walk-in double shower as well as a wash hand basin with vanity unit below and mirror and shaving light above. Low level w/c, heated towel rail and dimplex wall mounted heater, extractor fan, fully tiled walls, new carpet.
Outside
Residents Car Park
Tarmacadam style finish with neighbouring floodlighting and series of standard lamps.
Communal Landscaped Gardens
Including well maintained level lawns with colourful shrubberies. There are also stocked and shingled borders with flowers and shrubs, ornamental trees, posted lights and tarmacadam style paths. A seating area and water feature adjoining the main communal hall within the well tended landscaping scheme. With access from the sitting room you can enjoy independent access on to the gardens adjoining Rack Close Road where there is also a gate on to the pavement.
NB:
Please note that photographs shown may include views over the communal gardens and scenes within the neighbouring roads.
Directions
From the M&S Simply Food store at the south western end of High Street, Alton, proceed away from the town on Butts Road. Turn 1st right, before the BP Garage onto Ackender Road. Willow Court archway and car park is shortly on the right. Then proceed to the main communal entrance door where access is via the entryphone system.
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