1 bed Flat For Sale £117,500
Watkins Court, Old Mill Close, Hereford, HR4

'A second floor retirement apartment located just to the west of the city centre in a purpose built complex with a range of shared amenities including a residents' lounge, lift, landscaped gardens and communal parking'
LOCATION
Watkins Court is a community of retirement properties, set within landscaped gardens, just off Friar Street, immediately to the west of central Hereford. Hereford offers a range of shopping, leisure and recreational facilities together with educational establishments and both bus and railway stations.
DESCRIPTION
51 Watkins Court is a second floor apartment which is double glazed and has the benefit of an electric heating system. The accommodation includes a reception hall, boiler room, living/dining room, fitted kitchen, double bedroom and shower room.

There is an emergency alarm pull cord system and for convenience power points are raised and light points are lowered. The development is age restricted and community facilities include a residents lounge off which there is a kitchen facility, scheme manager, care line call system with emergency access available 24 hours a day (365 days a year), laundry room, parking and gardens together with guest/visitor twin bedroom suite facility.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR:

Landing
With hallway and a door to THE SELF CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION OF APARTMENT 51 WHICH INCLUDES:
Entrance Hall 2.72m (8'11) x 1.24m (4'1)
With access hatch to loft space, emergency alarm pull cord, coving to ceiling and with doors to the living room, bedroom, shower room and BOILER CUPBOARD (5' x 2'9) with a Gledhill Pulsa Coil hot water boiler and slatted shelving.
The Living Room 5.36m (17'7) x 3.18m (10'5)
With a double glazed window overlooking the landscaped garden, coving to ceiling, feature fire surround and hearth with electric fire, emergency alarm pull cord, telephone point, double television aerial point, raised power points and lowered light switches. Night storage heater and a pair of glazed doors open to:
The Kitchen 2.21m (7'3) x 2.13m (7')
With a double glazed window, coved ceiling, fitted with single drainer sink unit, fitted base cupboard and drawer units with roll edged working surfaces over, built-in fridge and freezer units, tiled surrounds and matching eye level cabinets. Built-in electric oven, four ring electric hob with cooker hood over and wall mounted electric heater.
The Double Bedroom 3.78m (12'5) x 2.59m (8'6)
With a double glazed window overlooking the landscaped communal gardens, coved ceiling, night storage heater and a pair of folding mirror fronted doors open to the RECESSED WARDROBE AREA which is provided with hanging rails and storage shelving. Further built-in double wardrobe and matching drawer units comprising two chest of drawers and two bedside drawer units. Emergency alarm pull cord, telephone point, television point, raised power points and lowered light switches.
The Shower Room 2.13m (7') x 1.68m (5'6)
With part tiled walls and part shower boarded walls to the shower cubicle which has sliding doors and thermostatically controlled shower. Low level wc, vanity wash basin with built-in cupboards below and mirror above with vanity light and shaver point over. Coved ceiling, extractor unit and wall mounted electric heater. Wall mounted electric towel rail.
OUTSIDE:

Communal Gardens & Parking
The development has the benefit of landscaped communal gardens and there are also communal car parking facilities.
Maintenance/Service Charge & Ground Rent
The agents understand that the current ground rent is £182.50 payable every six months and that the service charge is £1,262.76 payable every six months (to be confirmed) which is charged in respect of costs incurred with respect to the scheme manager, water rates, buildings insurance, maintenance of the structure and common areas, heating, lighting and cleaning of common areas, lift maintenance, the alarm call system and funding for future expenditure. The purchaser is advised to confirm these charges.
TENURE
The property is understood to be held on a 125 year lease which commenced in 2003 (to be confirmed).
AGENTS NOTE
Watkins Court is designed to be used by people of retirement age with individual apartments designed for their convenience and occupation is limited to those who meet the requirement of 60 years of age or over (subject to confirmation).
SERVICES
It is understood that mains electricity, water and drainage services are connected to the property. Confirmation in respect of mains service supplies should be obtained by the prospective purchaser. None of the electrical goods or other fittings has been tested and they are sold without warranty or undertaking that they are installed to current standards.
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VIEWING
Strictly by appointment through the agents, telephone Hereford[use Contact Agent Button].
DIRECTIONAL NOTE
The best vehicular route is to proceed from King Street in central Hereford, into St Nicholas Street. Pass over the traffic lights at Barton Road and turn immediately right just beyond St Nicholas Church into Friar Street. Continue along Friar Street and enter Old Mill Close on the left. Watkins Court will be identified immediately on the right hand side.
12th April 2023
ID36143
Disclaimer
Watkins Thomas Ltd. Registered in Cardiff, No: 8037310. These particulars are used on the strict understanding that all negotiations are conducted through WATKINS THOMAS LTD. MISREPRESENTATION ACT - 1967 WATKINS THOMAS LTD, for itself and for the Vendors of this property whose agent it is give notice that: 1. These particulars do not constitute, nor constitute any part of an offer or contract. 2. All statements contained in these particulars as to this property are made without responsibility on the part of WATKINS THOMAS LTD or the Vendor. 3. None of the statements contained in these particulars as to this property are to be relied on as statements or representations of fact. 4. Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. 5. The Vendor does not make or give, and neither WATKINS THOMAS LTD nor any person in its employment has authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property.