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Under offerReduced £15k (−15%) on 20 MayListed 431 days
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About
Haig Court is located on the corner of Union Lane and Chesterton High Street about 1.5 miles from the city centre.
There are local shops and other excellent facilities close by as well as a regular bus service which stops just a few yards away.
Riverside walks and Stourbridge Common are nearby and Cambridge North Rail Station is readily accessible.
Haig Court was constructed by McCarthy & Stone Developments Ltd and is a scheme of 45 properties arranged on three floors serviced by a lift.
Facilities include a communal residents lounge, communal laundry, attractive and neat communal gardens, communal parking area and a guest suite for visitors.
There is also a house manager on site and a 24 hour emergency care line system. No. 17 is situated on the ground floor, close to the entrance.
It faces onto Union Lane and a door from living room opens out to its own small enclosed courtyard garden.
Communal Reception Hall with entry phone system, access to the manager's office, communal lounge, laundry room and stairs and lifts to the upper floors.
The Apartment (Ground floor) Entrance hall with coving, emergency intercom/ entry phone and store/airing cupboard with insulated hot water tank.
Living Room 5.35 m x 3.12 m (17'7" x 10'3") with coving, double glazed door to enclosed patio, feature fireplace with electric fire, electric storage heater, TV aerial point, glazed double doors to kitchen.
Kitchen 2.71 m x 1.74 m (8'11" x 5'9") with work surfaces with cupboards and drawers below, inset sink unit, fridge and freezer, fitted electric oven with cupboards above & below, ceramic hob with cooker hood above, tiled surrounds, wall cupboards, wall mounted convector heater, coving and vinyl flooring.
Bedroom 4.70 m x 2.67 m (15'5" x 8'9") with built in double wardrobe cupboard with bi-fold mirror doors, electric storage heater and coving.
Shower Room Refitted with wide shower cubicle, hand basin with cupboard below, wc, fully tiled walls, extractor fan, coving and heated towel rail.
Note Facilities within the scheme include a communal lounge on the ground floor, laundry and guest suite. Outside Own small enclosed patio area off the living room.
Attractive and well kept communal gardens with lawn, trees, shrubs, flowers and seating. Large Communal Parking area with vehicular access from Union Lane.
Tenure Leasehold for a term of 125 years from 1s October 1999 Maintenance charges £1,565.81 per half year Ground rent £344.47 per half year Council Tax Band C
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