Grace Lodge, Bristol
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Key Features:
- One bedroom, second floor retirement apartment
- Lovely views over the communal gardens
- Fully fitted kitchen with integrated appliances
- Lodge Manager available 5 days a week
- Owners’ lounge & Kitchen with regular social events
- 24 hour Careline system for safety and security
- Owners’ private car park
- Great location close to the town centre & excellent transport links
Description:
Churchill Sales & Lettings are delighted to be marketing this lovely one bedroom second floor apartment overlooking the communal gardens. The property offers deceptively spacious accommodation throughout and is presented in good decorative order.
The Lounge offers ample space for living and dining room furniture. The Kitchen, which is accessed via the Lounge, offers a range of eye and base level units with working surfaces over and tiled splashbacks. There is a built in waist height oven, 4 ring electric hob with extractor hood over, a fridge and a freezer. A window lets in light and ventilation.
The Bedroom is a generous double room with a useful built in mirrored wardrobe and plenty of space for additional bedroom furniture if required.
The Shower Room offers a large shower cubicle with handrail, heated towel rail, a WC and wash hand basin with vanity unit beneath. Perfectly complementing this wonderful apartment is a useful storage cupboard located in the hallway.
Situated in the market town of Thornbury just 12 miles North of Bristol, Grace Lodge is a delightful development of 36 one and two bedroom apartments. Grace Lodge is named after W.G Grace, the outstanding cricketer and Doctor, who played cricket for Thornbury. The Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) has awarded Grace Lodge the Bronze award for best retirement housing schemes for 2019
Grace Lodge is ideally located for all Thornbury has to offer. It is next to Turnberries Community Centre which has a wide variety of classes and clubs. The doctor’s surgery is just across the street on St Marys Road and the main high street and shopping centre are a short walk away. The town has a thriving high street and hosts a farmers market twice a month.
Buses to Bristol and other surrounding towns and villages can be caught from Rock Street. Thornbury is well connected by road with the M5 approximately 6 miles away as is the M48 which connects Thornbury to Wales. The closest train station is Bristol Parkway which has fast services to London Paddington. Bristol Parkway station is a 20 minute taxi ride away.
Grace Lodge’s Manager is on hand throughout the day to support the owners and keep the development in perfect shape. They arrange many regular events in the Owners’ Lounge from coffee mornings to games afternoons.
A Guest Suite is available for your friends and family to stay in. In addition, you are entitled to use of the Guest Suites at all Churchill Retirement Living developments across the country. Prices are available from the Lodge Manager.
Grace Lodge has been designed with safety and security at the forefront. The apartment has an emergency Careline system installed, monitored by the onsite Lodge Manager during the day and 24 hours, 365 days a year by the Careline team. A Careline integrated intruder alarm, secure video entry system and sophisticated fire and smoke detection systems throughout both the apartment and communal areas provide unrivalled peace of mind.
Grace Lodge is managed by the award winning Churchill Estates Management, working closely with Churchill Retirement Living and Churchill Sales & Letting to maintain the highest standards of maintenance and service for every lodge and owner.
Grace Lodge requires at least one apartment resident to be over the age of 60 with any second resident over the age of 55.
Service Charge (Year Ending 31st May 2023) £2,884.16 per annum.
Ground Rent: £691.21 per annum. To be reviewed March 2029
Council Tax: Band C
125 year Lease commencing 2015
Please check regarding Pets with Churchill Estates Management.
Service charges include: Careline system, buildings insurance, water and sewerage rates, Air Source Heating, communal cleaning, utilities and maintenance, garden maintenance, lift maintenance & Lodge Manager
A 1% contribution of the final selling price to the contingency fund is payable by the Seller upon completion of the sale of the property.