Guide Price £1,950,000 Subject to Contract

3 Bedrooms
1 Receptions

A truly stunning boutique-style first floor apartment, within this exclusive gated development by Messrs. Octagon Developments built circa 1988 within award winning Japanese gardens of 9 acres in total. This beautiful apartment has been tastefully remodelled throughout to the minute detail and benefits from a wealth of bespoke joinery to all areas with a private balcony overlooking the communal garden and is now being offered for sale in immaculate order, ideal as a pied-a-terre or as an optioning downsizing home.

Location

Warren Road, a tree lined through road, lies equidistant between Kingston and Wimbledon town centres. Both have excellent shopping facilities, from department stores housing concessions found in famous West End Streets and specialised boutiques to a wide range of restaurants meeting the palates from across the world. The A3 trunk road offers fast access to central London and both Gatwick and Heathrow airports via the M25 motorway. The nearest train stations at Norbiton and New Malden are within walking distance, and the 57 bus route runs along nearby Coombe Lane West to Wimbledon from which there are frequent services to London Waterloo with its underground links throughout the city.

The immediate area offers a wide range of recreational facilities including five golf courses, tennis and squash clubs and many leisure centres. The 2,360 acres of Richmond Park, an area of outstanding beauty, are easily accessed from Ladderstile Gate (pedestrian/cycle entrance only), and provide a picturesque setting in which to picnic, go horse riding, jogging or just take a leisurely walk. Theatres at Wimbledon and Richmond are also popular alternatives to the West End. There are numerous excellent local schools for all ages, private, state, and a variety of international educational establishments many within walking distance.

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The Property

The accommodation is approached through the wrought iron gates off Warren Road and the apartment is found within what is referred to as the East Lawns Block, immediately to the right of the independent gates off the main entrance into the estate. The entrance to the apartment is approached across the landscaped cobbled courtyard where there are ample visitors parking spaces.

Entrance Hall: This lovely L-shaped hall benefits from Oak wood-strip flooring with bespoke built-in shelving and base cupboards to one wall with recessed spotlights, new skirting boards, architraves and internal doors and ironmongery and an encased radiator, which applies to the whole apartment. There is also a built-in cloaks cupboard which houses the water softener unit.

Drawing/Dining Room: Approached from the hall via two smaller width doors that fold against the entry doorway into this lovely L-shaped almost triple reception room with a stone fireplace surround with black Granite slips and base and a gas coal effect burner. The window facing the gardens and stream is flanked by an array of bespoke built shelving with base cupboards with ceiling spotlights directed in some areas against the wall for paintings. French doors with an electric shutter lead to a private balcony which has slate tiles with a water tap, double power point and a glass balustrade

Kitchen/Breakfast Room: A stunning shaker style hand painted range of built-in wall and base units with ample drawers, and glazed display cabinets with a corner seated dining area with storage below the cushioned seating area. The stainless-steel range of NEFF appliances comprise of a microwave oven, fan assisted oven, proving drawer, integrated dishwasher, fridge and freezer, 5-ring gas hob in a recessed area cooking area with a glass surround and extractor fan. There is also a kick plate heater below the sink unit which has a double bowl stainless steel sink with a chrome mixer tap with a retractable spray attachment and Quooker hot and cold filter tap recessed in a black Granite surface with a black Granite upstand. The corner cupboard is also home to the gas fired boiler. The kitchen window also has a security roller shutter that folds into a purposeful box similar to the one for the French Doors to the lounge.

Laundry Room: This extremely beneficial area for the apartment offers a double built-in cupboard offering ample linen space. Then there is the butlers ceramic sink with chrome mixer taps set within a black Granite surface with shelving above and ‘Creel clothes horse’. In addition to the base cupboards, there is space for an additional base fridge or freezer, wine cooler and for a stack-able washing machine and tumble dryer with wood-strip flooring. There is another internal door leading to a built-in cupboard housing the hot water cylinder and useful for a vacuum cleaner and brooms.

Principal Bedroom: A stunning designed bedroom with recessed spotlights with a wide opening that leads into the dressing area benefitting from floor to ceiling built- in wardrobes with a bench seat with storage below, recessed spotlights with a wall mounted heater which also serves as a walled mirror.

En suite Bathroom: As with the whole apartment, this has been totally transformed with an extensive range of custom built-in base units and drawers below the black Granite surface with an inset oval wash hand basin with chrome taps and a black Granite upstand with a large wall mirror and two wall lights. The recessed glass shelves have a personal commissioned hand painted Muriel with the low-level WC with a concealed cistern and a non slip ceramic tiled floor. There is also a deep enclosure with open plan glass shelving suitable for towels. The tiled floor with underfloor heating blends into the wet shower area with a mosaic tiled surround with shower controls at the point of entry with a glazed screen and Granite seat to one end.

Bedroom Two: With leafy views, this spacious large double bedroom benefits from a complete wall of floor to ceiling built in wardrobes with one section being extra deep where the original units to be. In addition to the ceiling spotlights, there are two side light points and has truly cosy feel.

Bedroom Three/Study: This has been sophistically designed by Neville Johnson to maximise the storage areas with a wide range of floor to ceiling bookshelves and base cupboards to two walls including a custom designed desk with base drawers and filing drawers. This lovely room which could be used as a third bedroom if the desk was removed also enjoys garden views and the West Lawn Apartments.

Family Shower Room: A stunning shower room with a fully tiled enclosed shower with a folding glazed door with a black Granite seat behind to one wall with a rain shower head and hand shower attachment. There is also a low-level WC with a concealed cistern, a wide porcelain sink with a chrome mixer tap on a vanity cupboard below with recessed shelving and a chrome ladder rack heated towel rail and no clip tiled floor, recessed spot lights and shavers socket.

Basement: The lift from the shared landing leads down to the basement area where there is a secure lock up store, and a secure glazed door that leads the basement car park with a gated vehicle exit to the communal central road. The two parking spaces found immediately close to the door and exit offers ample space for further free-standing units for extra storage for the gold clubs and sports equipment and other car accessories. One cannot enter the main building without the master key.

Terms

Tenure Leasehold with Share of Freehold (999 years from 1997)

Guide Price £1,950,000 STC (to include fitted carpets)

Service Charge Approximately £10,690 payable half yearly

Local Authority Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Council Tax Banding H £4,748.64 pa (2024-25)

EPC Rating C (78)