2 bed cottage for sale

Steep Turnpike, Matlock DE4

Standing attached to a Victorian apartment block around ½ a mile from Matlock’s town centre shops and facilities, a character mews style cottage well suited to the first time buyer or single occupant. The individual leasehold property has undergone an extensive programme of upgrading and refurbishment, the well presented accommodation briefly comprising sitting room, breakfast kitchen, inner hall, bathroom, bedroom, enclosed hall with stairs rising to loft bedroom 2. There are communal grounds, usually unrestricted parking is available on streets nearby, and the amenities of the town are all close at hand.

Good road communications lead further afield to neighbouring centres of employment to include Bakewell, Chesterfield and Alfreton, with the cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham all within daily commuting distance. The delights of the Derbyshire Dales and Peak District countryside are on the doorstep.
Accommodation

A uPVC double glazed door opens to an entrance lobby with storage cupboard and an open door way to the…

Sitting room – 4.49m x 4m (14’ 9” x 13’ 2”) a comfortable room with a pleasant outlook across the gardens and beyond the town to hills which rise above Masson. A door leads off to the…

Fitted kitchen – 4m x 2.14m (13’ 2” x 7’) with space for a small dining table, and being fitted with a range of modern cupboards, drawers and work surfaces, together with a 1 ½ bowl stainless steel sink unit, 4-ring gas hob with steel and glass extractor canopy above, under counter electric oven, and plumbing for an automatic washing machine.

Off the sitting room, a door leads through an inner hall to the bathroom and ground floor bedroom.

Bathroom – 2.46m x 1.94m (8’ 1” x 6’ 4”) fitted with a white suite to include bath, pedestal wash hand basin and WC. There is a dual head mixer shower above the bath and chromed ladder radiator.

Bedroom 1 – 5.76m x 2.33m (18’ 11” x 7’ 8”) maximum, the measurements including an entrance lobby from the side of the building which offers opportunity to enclose to create a second entrance or storage. There is access from the inner lobby and two uPVC double glazed windows to the side.

From the inner hall, a door opens to a stair hall which offers useful storage and from here stairs rise to…

Bedroom 2 – 5.62m x 3.83m (18’ 5” x 12’ 7”) a good sized bedroom with pitched roof with feature beams, access to eaves storage and two roof lights.
Outside

There is the benefit of a useful store which also houses the gas fired combination boiler which serves the central heating and hot water system. Surrounding communal grounds are shared with the neighbouring apartments.

Tenure – Leasehold – around 160 years remaining. Ground rent is £20 every 6 months, service charge is around £120 per year. It is our understanding; the lease prevents the property to be used for holiday let purposes.

Services – All mains services are available to the property, which enjoys the benefit of gas fired central heating and uPVC double glazing. No specific test has been made on the services or their distribution.

EPC rating – Current 54E / Potential 85B

council tax – Band A

fixtures & fittings – Only the fixtures and fittings mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. Certain other items may be taken at valuation if required. No specific test has been made on any appliance either included or available by negotiation.

Directions – From Matlock Crown Square, take Causeway Lane before turning left a the mini-roundabout onto Steep Turnpike. Rise to the top of the hill and just before reaching the junction with Chesterfield Road Bellevue Apartments can be found on the left hand side, take the path to the right hand (top) side of the building and no. 53 can be found at the rear to the end of the drive. It is recommended on viewing that visitors park on Chesterfield Road or Lilybank Close and walk to the property.

Viewing – Strictly by prior arrangement with the Matlock office .

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