All Saints Road, Sidmouth, Devon

Accommodation

The apartment is approached via a communal entrance hall which has a security entry system and there are spacious communal landings offering lovely views over the communal grounds. There is a house manager's office and lift to all the upper floors. Powys House also benefits from having a stunning residents lounge, along with a laundry, greenhouse and there are guest suites. Internally, the apartment has a large open living dining room which has sliding patio doors to the balcony enjoying an attractive sunny aspect overlooking the communal conservatory and gardens. The kitchen is fitted with matching wall and base units and roll top work surfaces over. There are two bedrooms, a cloakroom/WC and fitted bathroom with tiled surround bath, low level WC and pedestal wash basin. There is also a garage en bloc.

Maintenance

There is a service charge for each apartment at Powys House, which is payable annually and covers the following items: the House Manager's salary, the maintenance, repair and re-decoration of building structures and communal area facilities, maintenance of the laundry and its equipment and the two guest suites (which are available at a nominal cost for the use of the residents' visitors), all external window cleaning, gardening, the cost of the water, gas and electricity for the communal areas (where applicable), buildings insurance plus contents insurance for the common areas, furnishing and equipment. The management charge for administration purposes is levied by the Housing Association or their agent in line with the housing corporation guidelines.

Material Information

Leasehold - 999 years from 1982. The current annual service charge is £4,466.93 for the apartment. East Devon District Council Tax Band D. The property has mains electric, no mains gas, mains water and mains drainage. Brick construction. Ultrafast broadbands is available with speeds of up to 1000mbps. EE, Three, Vodafone and O2 mobile networks are all available. A resident must be 55 years of age or over. Pets are not permitted, no can you holiday let the properties. The lease contains specific arrangements for the re-sale of apartments. Re-sales are conducted on the seller's behalf by the freeholder, Retirement Properties Ltd. The arrangements for the fees and costs which apply to this process have been amended by voluntary agreement with the Competition and Markets Authority. The sellers will be responsible for the fees to the estate agent, solicitor and any other costs such as the EPC, and in addition a fee calculated at 4% of the lower of the sale price or the sellers (truncated)