A superb, light and airy first floor apartment in this historic, Grade II Listed building with blue plaque and features including large reception rooms, high ceilings and allocated parking, centrally positioned on the Georgian High Street, only a short walk to the peaceful Grove Gardens.
Description: The solid front entrance door with security button opens to the communal hall with turning stairs leading to the first floor where there is a useful utility store cupboard and front door to the apartment’s Entrance Hall with coat hooks and shelf above.
The Cloakroom has a WC and wash hand basin.
Double doors open directly into the Kitchen/Dining room which is the main hub of the apartment with feature high ceilings and a Dining Area with space for a table. Fitted with modern, cream coloured kitchen cabinets with oak worktops and matching eye-level wall cupboards, integrated fridge and freezer, electric oven and gas hob with extractor hood above, integrated dishwasher, integrated washer/dryer and gas central heating boiler.
From the kitchen there is a passage leading to the main Living Room which is a charming, light, south facing room with high ceilings and a very pleasant view over the car park to the rear, down Ashley Lane with glimpses of the Isle of Wight.
There are two bedrooms, the Master bedroom is a good size double room of slightly irregular shape with a sash window overlooking Ashley Lane and a trap to the roof space with a pull down ladder offering storage area.
Bedroom Two would make a comfortable double bedroom and could accommodate a home office, it also has a sash window with a lovely view of Ashley Lane.
The Bathroom is fitted with a panelled bath with mixer shower above, WC, wash hand basin and ladder style heated towel rail.
Outside: There is an allocated car parking space, a visitor’s parking space and residents’ refuse area with timber bicycle shed which is for the use of flat 1.
Tax band D £1,626.23 (payable 2018/2019)
Services: All mains services available
Energy Performance Rating: D – full EPC available at our office
Maintenance Charge: Currently £1,900 per annum
Lease details: 125 years from 2000. Both short term lets and holiday lets are permitted.
Lymington offers an extensive range of shops from large household names such as M&S Simply Food and WH Smiths to independent boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants, pubs and tea rooms. There are also a variety of hair salons and beauticians to choose from. Saturdays provide a vibrant atmosphere throughout the town as the market attracts many locals and visitors from throughout the forest and beyond. Lymington is the ideal location for those who enjoy water sports with two marinas and sailing clubs holding access to the Solent and a short drive away from beaches.
Lymington was named by the Daily Telegraph as the eighth best coastal town in Britain 2014. “You’ve got the New Forest, unspoilt coastline, it’s a sailing hub and you can still get to London easily,’’ A pretty Georgian coastal town, Lymington benefits from good schools, boutique shops and Saturday street market.
Being so close to the New Forest it also offers the perfect location for those who enjoy horse riding, walking and cycling. The town offers a nine-hole golf course, rowing club, community centre, library, small cinema, bowls club and tennis club. Lymington Recreation Centre offers an indoor 25m swimming pool and many fitness classes, whilst during the summer months there is an outdoor seawater baths next to the River with a hundred years of heritage. There is also a Cricket Club, Football and Rugby Clubs, Skateboard Park and children’s play areas.
From a more practical view Lymington also offers churches of all faiths, infant, junior and secondary schools all within walking distance of the town.
