Property description
A luxurious and triple aspected penthouse apartment offering 1 double bedroom accommodation with a balcony, gas radiator heating system, allocated car space and a communal lift in the Silk Court/Millway development adjacent to Alton Station - High Street within 0.7 mile.
Description
£127,000 (50% shared ownership £63,500). This third floor apartment was built in 2004 by well known Hampshire developers, Linden Homes Southern Limited to a high specification. Characteristics include ash theme internal doors with brass finished handles, smooth finished ceilings, uPVC double glazing incorporating night ventilators, white sanitaryware, and light and power switchplates at a user friendly height. Heating is via a gas system with the majority of the radiators fitted with individual thermostatic controls. The lounge area and bedroom enjoy a South Easterly aspect over the Wey Stream and business park towards the South Downs.
Location
The Lamports is located alongside the Wey stream between Alton Station (commuter rail service to Waterloo - minimum journey time 67 minutes, and the Watercress Steam Railway) and a contemporary business park. A further attraction is the Waitrose store beside the station whilst the neighbourhood also has a network of footpaths, King's Pond, local shops, an Aldi and Wickes, St Mary's RC Church, Alton House Hotel, a health centre, dentists and the Palace Cinema. Alton, a former market town renowned for its connections with Jane Austen, the English Civil War and hops, has individual and multiple shops including Boots, Iceland, M&S and Sainsbury's, regular open air and specialist market events, restaurants and inns, a library, fitness clubs, museum and gallery, interest societies and an FE College. There are also schools including the Alton Convent, a sports centre and 2 golf courses on the outskirts.
Ground Floor
Communal Hall
Entered via glazed main door with entryphone system. Lift and stairs leading to:-
Third Floor
Communal Galleried Landing
Front aspect. Carpeted with slimline heaters, front windows + Velux. Part glazed self closing door to entrance vestibule - front aspect.
Personal Reception Hall
Entered via maple style front door with brass furniture, letterbox, spy glass, dual locks and security bolts. Entryphone system with automatic door release. Radiator, thermostat, coat hooks, smoke detector. Deep built-in full height store cupboard. Electric meter and consumer unit. Built-in airing cupboard housing Range Tribune Duplex hot water system, immersion heater. Hatch to loft - main floored central area 18' 2'' x 6' 0'' (5.53m x 1.83m) - light.
Living Room - 17' 10'' x 10' 2'' (5.43m x 3.10m)
Reducing to 9' 8\" (2.94m) at kitchen end. Triple aspect. Coved ceiling. Dedicated lounge area:- Radiator, multi-media sockets including satellite and telephone (subject to tariff/connection). Kitchen area:- presenting maple effect units with brushed chrome finished handles, laminated worktops, inset stainless steel sink, white tiled splashbacks and good range of floor cupboards with top drawers, single breakfast bar and tall wall cabinets with matching larder. Electric cooker panel, plumbing for washing machine, spaces for fridge and stacked freezer (optional space for tall fridge/freezer). Vinyl flooring. Wall hung Potterton Promax HE gas boiler, digital programmer. From lounge area, pair of French doors to:-
Sun Balcony
Overlooking the Wey Stream and business park to distant countryside beyond. Outside light.
Double Bedroom - 11' 4'' x 10' 4'' (3.45m x 3.15m)
Reducing to 8' 7\" (2.61m) at wardrobe end. Rear streamside aspect. Coved ceiling. TV aerial socket. Angled entry door.
Bathroom - 6' 9'' x 5' 6'' (2.06m x 1.68m) overall
Featuring front window. Presenting white suite with chrome finished fittings to panelled bath with separate Aqualisa Vitalise shower fitting, glazed screen and white fully tiled surrounds, pedestal wash basin with tiled splashback/sill, and WC. Radiator, vinyl floor, extractor fan + isolator, angled entry door.
Outside
Car Space
Approached by long tarmacadam style driveway skirting the front of the block being located to the far side and visible from the apartment. Numbered 122.
Communal Gardens
Are principally laid to lawn studded by several young trees and shrubberies alongside public footpath, beyond which is the tree bordered Wey stream.
Tenure & Shared Ownership
We gather that the tenure is leasehold on a 99 year lease from about 2004. Maintenance charge as at January 2015 £60.69 per calendar month. Monthly rent on 50% shared ownership basis also as at January 2015 £159.70 per calendar month.
Directions
From the Alton Police Station mini-roundabout at the eastern end of Drayman's Way/Orchard Lane, Alton's inner relief road, proceed towards Alton Station on Normandy Street away from the town. After the Alton House Hotel and St Mary's RC Church, turn right into Papermill Lane (B3004) towards Kingsley. After the railway bridge, turn 1st left into The Lamports. The apartment is in the third/last block.
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