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A UNIQUE LARGER STYLE GROUND FLOOR PARKLEYS APARTMENT - the only ground floor version in this sought after development Grade II Listed by English Heritage as the first pioneering Span development by groundbreaking architect Eric Lyons.

The apartment is an end of terrace with its entrance serving only 3 apartments - one on each floor, - each with their own individual drying rooms opposite their entrance doors.

The apartment has an extra room more than standard Parkleys apartments which can be a 2nd reception or 3rd bedroom. This room along with the main lounge/dining room over 16 ft x 12 ft and the main bedroom all enjoy a Westerly aspect, with morning light to the other side of the apartment in the kitchen/breakfast room, which has an additional diner recess with two bench seats.

OFFERED WITH THE ADVANTAGES ON VACANT POSSESSION & NO ONWARD CHAIN.

Long lease of over 950 years plus a SHARE OF FREEHOLD

The apartment also shares a particularly generous and enclosed communal garden area to the rear.

The property requires some cosmetic updating but has a gas central heating system with an efficient Worcester Greenstar condensing boiler.

Located in Richmond Conservation Area No. 67 yet close to bus services to central Richmond and Kingston and all the facilities and shops on Ham Parade. It is only moments from the open spaces of picturesque Ham Common with its traditional village pond and cricket club and is also within reach of Richmond Park.

COMMUNAL ENTRANCE:
With flagged forecourt and door to...
PRIVATE DRYING ROOM
With traditional pulley wooden clothes maiden.

Entrance door into .
HALL:
With radiator and reeded glass door through into .

LOUNGE/ DINING ROOM : Abt. 16 ft 2 ins x 12 ft 5 ins (4.94m x 3.79m)
Room width secondary glazed windows to front aspect, fitted gas fire, radiator, wall lights, door and bifolding doors through to

RECEPTION 2 / BEDROOM 3 Abt. 12 ft 5 ins x 10ft (3.79 x 3.06m)
Room width secondary glazed windows to front aspect, radiator.

KITCHEN/BREAKFAST: Abt. 8 ft 10 ins x 8 ft 4 ins (2.68 m x 2.55m)
Windows to rear aspect overlooking the gardens, units fitted at eye and base level with worktops and splashbacks, inset sink, spaces for cooker , fridge, freezer, dishwasher and washing machine, arch through into ...
DINER RECESS:
Secondary glazed window to rear garden aspect, fitted diner table with bench seat to each side, wall light.

Reeded glass door from reception room into
INNER LOBBY: Door to store cupboard, door t0 additional shallow store cupboard.

BEDROOM ONE: Abt. 12 ft 5 ins x 11 ft 11 ins (3.79m max x 3.62m)
Secondary glazed windows to front aspect, two radiators.

BEDROOM TWO: Abt. 10 ft x 7 ft (3.05m x 2.13m)
Secondary glazed windows to rear garden aspect, radiator, fitted shelving.

BATHROOM:
Frosted window, wash hand basin with drawers under, WC, tiled floor, heated towel rail, walk in shower with screen.

COMMUNAL GARDEN AREA:
To the immediate rear of the flat.

Parkleys is Grade II listed by English Heritage for its architectural interest as the first major Span development by ground breaking architect Eric Lyons - President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 1975-1977). Together with his co-founder Geoffrey Townsend, their far sighted goal was to create affordable, well-designed homes in landscape settings, which would foster a village community atmosphere. Lyons had worked under Walter Gropius (founder of the Bauhaus) and became noted for progressive developments with signature attention to landscape and community, mixing a blend of modernism and more traditional elements like tile hanging and stock brick. Parkleys was built in 1955-6 but even as recently as 2005, Span received a special Housing Design Award given to schemes that meet the current Sustainable Communities Plan.

For further reading, potential purchasers are directed to Eric Lyons and Span by Barbara Simms, RIBA Books 2006

MAINTENANCE (Service Charge):
£600 per quarter includes block building insurance, communal lighting and cleaning, repairs and maintenance to
exterior parts, gardening and external window cleaning.

LEASE: Freehold held in common by the residents with a Lease of 999 years from 1982.

REF 2238
These particulars are provided as a general outline only for the guidance of intending buyers and do not constitute, or form any part of, an offer or contract.
All descriptions, measurements, implications as to usage, references explicit or implied as to condition and permissions for use and occupation, are given in good faith, but prospective buyers must not rely on them as statements or representations of fact and must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. Stated dimensions should not be relied upon for fitting floor coverings, appliances or furniture. None of the services, fittings, appliances, or heating or hot water installations (if any), have been inspected or tested by Mervyn Smith & Co and no warranty can be given as to their working condition. As a guide to prospective buyers, we have been advised by the vendor regarding the service charge but we have not inspected any accounts and we do not know their terms and conditions. Prospective buyers and their legal advisers will have to establish the exact outgoings and obligations prior to any legal commitment to purchase.