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Retirement
Leasehold
£80,000
1 bed flat for sale
Somers Brook Court, Newport PO301 bed
1 bath
1 reception
Key Information
Tenure:
Leasehold (115 years)
Service charge:
£8,463 per year
Council tax band:
C
Ground rent:
£435
Ground rent date of next review:
Local area information
Property location
Nearby amenities
- Newport Church of England Aided Primary School 0.1 miles
- Carisbrooke College 0.2 miles
- East Cowes Floating Bridge 3.9 miles
- West Cowes Floating Bridge 4 miles
These distances are calculated in a straight line. The actual route and distance may vary.
Read our area guide for Isle of Wight to find out more about the local area.
Features and description
- Leasehold
- Purpose built retirement apartment in the very popular Somers Brook Court
- Competitively priced - One bedded Retirement Living plus apartment.
- Motivated to sell - The seller will consider sensible offers.
- Bespoke Care Packages - Available from our cqc registered care team.
- House Manager & 24 Hour Careline.
- Homeowners Lounge & Guest Suite.
- One hours domestic assistance per week - included in your service charge.
- Car Parking Permit Scheme check availability with the House Manager.
- Camera Door Entry System.
- Landscaped gardens.
A very well presented one bedroom retirement apartment in a popular development. Featuring a Juliet Balcony which overlooks the downs.
Care & Support
The personal care services available at development name can help you do more of the things you love and enjoy peace of mind when you need a helping hand. You'll get to know the dedicated cqc registered care and support team who are onsite each day, led by our wonderful Estates Manager. They can assist with anything from changing your bed and doing your laundry, to escorting you to appointments and helping you get washed and dressed ready for the day. What's more, the services are flexible, so you can tailor your care package to suit your needs - just speak with the Estates Manager who will be happy to help organise a care package ready for when you move in.
Moving Made Easy
Moving is a huge step, but don’t let that hold you back. We have a range of services to help your move go smoothly, including:
• free Entitlements Advice to help you find out what benefits you may be entitled to that can assist with service charges or living costs.
• Part Exchange service to help you move without the hassle of having to sell your own home.
• Removal Services that can help you declutter and move you in to your new home.
• Conveyancing specialists who are experienced with sales and purchases of McCarthy Stone retirement properties.
For more information speak with our Property Consultant today.
Entrance Hall
Front entrance door with spy-hole, security intercom system that provides both a visual (via the home-owners TV) and verbal link to the main development entrance door. Emergency pull cord, walk-in boiler cupboard with light and shelving housing the Gledhill boiler supplying domestic hot water, and the ‘Vent Axia’ heat exchange unit providing an economic heat recovery system utilising the hot air generated within the property, filtering and recirculating this back into the principle rooms.
Living Room - With Juliette Balcony.
A good sized bright room with power points, telephone point, TV point. A feature glazed panelled door leads to the kitchen. Benefitting from a glazed door giving access to the Juliet balcony which provides a beautiful view over the downs.
Kitchen
With an electrically operated glazed window. There is an excellent range of ‘Maple effect’ fronted fitted wall and base units with contrasting laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel inset sink unit. Integrated appliances include; a four-ringed ceramic hob with a stainless-steel chimney extractor hood over, concealed fridge and freezer. There is a high-level single oven. Extensively tiled splash-backs, fully tiled floor, ceiling spot light fitting.
Bedroom
A well-proportioned double bedroom. Triple-glazed picture window, built-in wardrobe with hanging rail, shelving and mirror-fronted sliding doors.
Bathroom
Modern white suite comprising of a close-coupled WC, vanity wash-hand basin with cupboard unit below and worktop over with mirror, strip light and shaver point, panelled bath and a separate walk-in level access shower with a thermostatically controlled shower on an adjustable slide. Fully tiled walls and wet room styled vinyl flooring, electric heated towel rail, emergency pull cord and ceiling spot light.
Somers Brook Court
Constructed in early 2014 by award-winning retirement home specialists McCarthy and Stone, Somers Brook Court is a ‘Retirement Living Plus’ development providing a lifestyle living opportunity for the over 70’s and designed for independent living with the peace-of-mind provided by the day-to-day support of our excellent Estate Manager and Staff who oversee the smooth running of the development. The property enjoys excellent communal facilities including a homeowner’s lounge, restaurant with a fantastic, varied daily table-service lunch, laundry, scooter store and landscaped gardens. Homeowners also benefit from an hour of domestic assistance each week and there are extensive domestic and care packages available to suit individual needs and budgets. All apartments are equipped with a 24-hour emergency call facility and sophisticated intercom system providing both a visual and verbal link to the main development entrance. There is also the excellent guest suite widely used by visiting family and friends for which a small charge of £25 per night applies.
It’s so easy to make new friends and to lead a busy and fulfilled life at Somers Brook Court; there are always plenty of regular activities to choose from including; exercise classes, coffee mornings, film nights, monthly bingo, beetle drive and cheese and wine evenings, a memory group, and numerous guest speakers. Whilst there is something for everyone there is certainly no obligation to participate and home owners can ‘dip in and out’ of activities as they wish. Somers Brook Court is within 850 metres of the High Street of this, the historic capital Town of the Island, and as such is very conveniently placed for day to day amenities. In addition, a Sainsbury’s supermarket is just a few minutes walking distance.
Service Charge
What your service charge pays for:
• Estate Manager who ensures the development runs smoothly
• cqc Registered care staff on-site 24/7 for your peace of mind
• 1 hour cleaning / domestic assistance per week, per apartment
• 24hr emergency call system
• Monitored fire alarms and door camera entry security systems
• Maintaining lifts
• Heating and lighting in communal areas
• The running costs of the onsite restaurant
• Cleaning of communal areas daily
• Cleaning of windows
• Maintenance of the landscaped gardens and grounds
• Repairs & maintenance to the interior communal areas
• Contingency fund including internal and external redecoration of communal areas
• Buildings insurance, water and sewerage rates
The service charge does not cover external costs such as your Council Tax, electricity or TV. Find out more about service charges please contact your Property Consultant or Estate Manager.
Service Charge: £8.462.52 per annum (up to financial year end 31/03/24).
Ask about our free entitlements service to find out what benefits you may be entitled to to support you with service charges and living costs.
(Often offset by Government Entitlements e.g. Attendance Allowance £3,500-£5,200pa).
Leasehold
Ground Rent: £435.00 per annum
Ground Rent review date: January 2028
Lease 125 Years from January 2013
Additional Information & Services
• Superfast Fibre Broadband available
• Mains water and electricity
• Electric room heating
• Mains drainage
Care & Support
The personal care services available at development name can help you do more of the things you love and enjoy peace of mind when you need a helping hand. You'll get to know the dedicated cqc registered care and support team who are onsite each day, led by our wonderful Estates Manager. They can assist with anything from changing your bed and doing your laundry, to escorting you to appointments and helping you get washed and dressed ready for the day. What's more, the services are flexible, so you can tailor your care package to suit your needs - just speak with the Estates Manager who will be happy to help organise a care package ready for when you move in.
Moving Made Easy
Moving is a huge step, but don’t let that hold you back. We have a range of services to help your move go smoothly, including:
• free Entitlements Advice to help you find out what benefits you may be entitled to that can assist with service charges or living costs.
• Part Exchange service to help you move without the hassle of having to sell your own home.
• Removal Services that can help you declutter and move you in to your new home.
• Conveyancing specialists who are experienced with sales and purchases of McCarthy Stone retirement properties.
For more information speak with our Property Consultant today.
Entrance Hall
Front entrance door with spy-hole, security intercom system that provides both a visual (via the home-owners TV) and verbal link to the main development entrance door. Emergency pull cord, walk-in boiler cupboard with light and shelving housing the Gledhill boiler supplying domestic hot water, and the ‘Vent Axia’ heat exchange unit providing an economic heat recovery system utilising the hot air generated within the property, filtering and recirculating this back into the principle rooms.
Living Room - With Juliette Balcony.
A good sized bright room with power points, telephone point, TV point. A feature glazed panelled door leads to the kitchen. Benefitting from a glazed door giving access to the Juliet balcony which provides a beautiful view over the downs.
Kitchen
With an electrically operated glazed window. There is an excellent range of ‘Maple effect’ fronted fitted wall and base units with contrasting laminate worktops incorporating a stainless steel inset sink unit. Integrated appliances include; a four-ringed ceramic hob with a stainless-steel chimney extractor hood over, concealed fridge and freezer. There is a high-level single oven. Extensively tiled splash-backs, fully tiled floor, ceiling spot light fitting.
Bedroom
A well-proportioned double bedroom. Triple-glazed picture window, built-in wardrobe with hanging rail, shelving and mirror-fronted sliding doors.
Bathroom
Modern white suite comprising of a close-coupled WC, vanity wash-hand basin with cupboard unit below and worktop over with mirror, strip light and shaver point, panelled bath and a separate walk-in level access shower with a thermostatically controlled shower on an adjustable slide. Fully tiled walls and wet room styled vinyl flooring, electric heated towel rail, emergency pull cord and ceiling spot light.
Somers Brook Court
Constructed in early 2014 by award-winning retirement home specialists McCarthy and Stone, Somers Brook Court is a ‘Retirement Living Plus’ development providing a lifestyle living opportunity for the over 70’s and designed for independent living with the peace-of-mind provided by the day-to-day support of our excellent Estate Manager and Staff who oversee the smooth running of the development. The property enjoys excellent communal facilities including a homeowner’s lounge, restaurant with a fantastic, varied daily table-service lunch, laundry, scooter store and landscaped gardens. Homeowners also benefit from an hour of domestic assistance each week and there are extensive domestic and care packages available to suit individual needs and budgets. All apartments are equipped with a 24-hour emergency call facility and sophisticated intercom system providing both a visual and verbal link to the main development entrance. There is also the excellent guest suite widely used by visiting family and friends for which a small charge of £25 per night applies.
It’s so easy to make new friends and to lead a busy and fulfilled life at Somers Brook Court; there are always plenty of regular activities to choose from including; exercise classes, coffee mornings, film nights, monthly bingo, beetle drive and cheese and wine evenings, a memory group, and numerous guest speakers. Whilst there is something for everyone there is certainly no obligation to participate and home owners can ‘dip in and out’ of activities as they wish. Somers Brook Court is within 850 metres of the High Street of this, the historic capital Town of the Island, and as such is very conveniently placed for day to day amenities. In addition, a Sainsbury’s supermarket is just a few minutes walking distance.
Service Charge
What your service charge pays for:
• Estate Manager who ensures the development runs smoothly
• cqc Registered care staff on-site 24/7 for your peace of mind
• 1 hour cleaning / domestic assistance per week, per apartment
• 24hr emergency call system
• Monitored fire alarms and door camera entry security systems
• Maintaining lifts
• Heating and lighting in communal areas
• The running costs of the onsite restaurant
• Cleaning of communal areas daily
• Cleaning of windows
• Maintenance of the landscaped gardens and grounds
• Repairs & maintenance to the interior communal areas
• Contingency fund including internal and external redecoration of communal areas
• Buildings insurance, water and sewerage rates
The service charge does not cover external costs such as your Council Tax, electricity or TV. Find out more about service charges please contact your Property Consultant or Estate Manager.
Service Charge: £8.462.52 per annum (up to financial year end 31/03/24).
Ask about our free entitlements service to find out what benefits you may be entitled to to support you with service charges and living costs.
(Often offset by Government Entitlements e.g. Attendance Allowance £3,500-£5,200pa).
Leasehold
Ground Rent: £435.00 per annum
Ground Rent review date: January 2028
Lease 125 Years from January 2013
Additional Information & Services
• Superfast Fibre Broadband available
• Mains water and electricity
• Electric room heating
• Mains drainage
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