The Redwing, 780 Newmarket Road

Entrance hall, living room/kitchen, double bedroom, bathroom, allocated off-street parking space, bicycle store, communal gardens, EPC rating C


The property:

This well-presented, chain-free and smart one bedroom ground floor apartment, in a block of just four apartments, was built in 2008. It forms part of a small block of four apartments off Newmarket Road with quick access to Cambridge city centre, Newmarket Road retail parks and supermarkets. First-time buyers will pay zero stamp duty. For investors, the monthly rental is expected to be around £1200. It has just been redecorated and has new carpets installed throughout. The kitchen and bathroom have hard flooring. The entrance hall has useful space for additional shelving or small furniture. The living room has two sets of windows to the front and one to the side giving a significant sense of space and light. The kitchen has a range of fitted floor and wall cupboards, a Bosch electric fan oven, four-ring electric hob and extractor hood, space and plumbing for washer-dryer, dishwasher and fridge-freezer. The double bedroom is bright and has space for bedroom furniture. The bathroom, with heated towel rail, is fully tiled around the bath, which includes a shower attachment over the bath and shower screen. There is a mirror above the wash basin and a window, with a useful ledge for storage, above the toilet.


Outside:

There are communal gardens and a private parking area where there is one allocated space for the property and a covered bicycle store.


Location:

Redwings development is situated off Newmarket Road close to the retail parks, Tesco and Aldi supermarkets, fitness studios, convenience and takeaway food stores, pharmacies and a BP service station with M&S Simply Food store. Access to the A14 linking with M11 motorway is less than 2 miles. Cambridge City Centre is about 2.5 miles, Cambridge North Railway Station 1.7 miles and the Science and Business Parks on Milton Road are 2.2 miles.


General:

Electric wall heaters and water boiler
Mains Water and sewerage
EPC rating C
Council Tax Band B
Annual service charge: £1515.54 for 2024/25
Ground rent: £150 per year
Lease: 133 years remaining (150 years from 01/03/2008)

Broadband - Standard, Superfast and Ultrafast fibre available according to Ofcom Checker (checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage) as of 11.02.2025. Please check for your own requirements.

Mobile signal/coverage - Three, 02 and Vodafone voice calls and data are available. EE has "limited" availability indoors according to Ofcom Checker (checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage) as of 11.02.2025. Please check for your own requirements.

The area around The Redwing, 780 Newmarket Road, CB5 8RT is labelled as having a very low risk of flooding from rivers and the sea and a very low risk of surface water flooding (check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk) as of 11.02.2025. Please check for your own requirements.