Monday 6 April 2009

Property for sale: Flat 4, Montague Gardens, Moorlands Road


Budleigh Salterton agents Palmers Whitton and Laing are offering what they describe as a particularly spacious ground floor flat in Montague Gardens, Moorlands Road. The property has a large private and sunny terrace and benefits from most attractive communal gardens.

Montague Gardens is approached from Moorlands Road via a tarmacadam driveway leading to a visitor's parking area and flanked by lawns fringed by hedgerow. The flat has a shared outer hall. A reception hall gives access to all rooms, including Georgian paned glazed doors to the sitting room and dining room, and there is also a cloakroom with a white suite and ceramic tiled floor. The sitting room, measuring 22'10" x 11'5" (6.96m x 3.48m) has a UPVC double glazed window to the front aspect with a pleasant outlook and distant rural views and a further UPVC double glazed window to the rear with a delightful outlook across the private terrace to the communal grounds. There is a marble plinth for an electric fire.

There is a similarly pleasant view from the dining room, which measures 11'10" x 10'8" (3.61m x 3.25m).

The kitchen has a range of fitted units in white with curved edge worktops comprising an inset one and a half bowl stainless steel sink by Franke with mixer tap, cupboard and plumbed in Hoover washing machine beneath; adjoining worktops to either side with drawers and cupboards beneath incorporating inset Proline ceramic hob, plumbed Bosch dishwasher and towel rack. There is a Hotpoint eye level electric fan oven and Panasonic combination microwave with cupboards above and beneath; a recess with high level shelving housing Hoover refrigerator/freezer; a tall shelved larder cupboard; a generous range of matching eye level cupboards incorporating a Tricity extractor hood above the hob, three lights beneath and one concealing the Glow-worm gas fired condensing boiler supplying central heating and hot water which was installed in March 2007.

All three bedrooms have an attractive outlook over the grounds.

The bathroom has a white suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap, hand shower and thermostatically controlled shower unit above with glass shower screen; there is a partially recessed counter-top wash basin with mixer tap, pop-up waste, cupboard beneath and two deep eye level cupboards above flanking a central mirror; a close coupled WC. The walls are fully tiled with additional eye level shelved cupboard. There is a ceramic tiled floor and a tall towel radiator.

The garage, which measures 17'2" x 8'6" (5.23m x 2.59m) is situated in a block of 4 with up-and-over door, striplight, double power point and shelving.

Lawns fringed by flower beds adjoin the front of the apartment and a gate on the right hand side leads to a paved terrace with rotary clothes line which is shared with the first floor flat. This terrace provides access to a further terrace running full width across the rear of the apartment measuring approximately 60' x 11' (18.29m x 3.35m). This is bordered by an attractive stone retaining wall surmounted by deep flower beds with a fine variety of mature shrubs and flowering plants. The terrace has a sunny southerly aspect and a very fine outlook over the extensive communal grounds which are beautifully maintained and a most impressive feature of the development. Adjoining the terrace is a water tap and a loggia providing a sheltered covered sitting area with paved floor, access from the dining room and a built-in storage cupboard.

There are a total of eight properties in Montague Gardens, each one owning two shares in Montague Gardens Management Company (Exmouth) Ltd in which the Freehold of the entire development is vested. This flat is sold with a 999 year lease and no ground rent is payable. The maintenance charge is currently £85 per month. The maintenance of the building within which Flats 4 and 5 are located is apportioned equally between the two properties. Council Tax Band - E

Offers in the region of £295,000 are invited.

For further details see http://www.palmerswhittonandlaing-search.com/

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