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See how verdicts work3-bedroom flat · YO21 1BW
For saleReduced £9.9k (−5%) on 26 OctListed 392 days
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About
Comprehensively refurbished and upgraded in 2021, this second floor apartment now looks and feels like a brand new building when you are inside it.
One of two flats in the building sharing a communal stairwell, they lie in the heart of the town, convenient for pubs, shops and restaurants, lying within yards of the harbour.
From the alleyway running off Baxtergate, a door opens onto a communal stairwell with staircase rises up to the second floor where an entrance door opens into Apartment 2.
The entrance door opens into a wide, central hallway with a lantern rooflight and doors off to ...
The spacious main living room has two windows to the front and a wide archway opening into the kitchen at the rear and a recessed cupboard offers storage.
The kitchen has a window to the rear and is fitted with a modern grey coloured suite of cabinets with a composite sink, an integral electric oven and hob with cookerhood over and concealed fridge freezer and dishwasher.
The Worcester combi gas central heating boiler is also concealed amongst the units. The master bedroom is a spacious double room and lies to the rear. A recessed cupboard offers additional storage.
The second bedroom is a smaller double bedroom with a window to the front. The third bedroom is an L-shaped single room with 2 windows to the front of the building.
The room could equally make a small study or simply offer storage.
The bathroom is fitted with a modern white suite including a panel bath with central taps, a separate oversized shower, a basin set in a vanity unit and a WC with concealed cistern.
Communal Basement Both the shop and the two residential apartments in the building have access via some double doors on the side of the building down to a communal basement storage area covering the whole of the footprint of the building.
This area houses the electricity meters and switchgear too. GENERAL REMARKS & STIPULATIONS Viewing: Viewings by appointment.
All interested parties should discuss any specific issues that might affect their interest, with the agent's office prior to travelling or making an appointment to view this property.
Directions: Baxtergate is the main retail shopping street in Whitby town centre, running west from the swing bridge over the harbour.
No 12-13 is Costa Coffee at ground floor level and the access to the flats lies from a separate door from the alleyway on the east (left) side of the shop. See also location plan.
Property Contents: These are available by additional negotiation on top of the price of the apartment.
Services: The property is connected to mains water, gas and electricity supplies, and to mains sewerage.
The flat has its own gas central heating system with a combi boiler in a cupboard within the kitchen area and radiators around the flat.
Local Taxation: The apartment is business rated as a commercial holiday let with a rateable value of £2,100 per annum. This would mean rates payable of approx. £1,048 for 2025/6 before reliefs.
North Yorkshire Council. Tel . Tenure: Leasehold with remainder of 250 year initial term from November 2017. Post Code: YO21 1BW What3Words: mimes.sing.doubt
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