2 bed flat for sale

Parkleys, Richmond TW10

Classic mid century first floor Grade 11 listed ‘Span’ apartment with lovely open views in a delightful Conservation Area setting. Authentic features including 2 original book shelf units, teak drainer and kitchen cupboards.

The property is approached via a courtyard garden and stairs up to the 1st floor landing, where there are doors off to a drying room shared with the other 3 flats on this floor and also a private drying cupboard near the flat entrance. This also currently houses the washing machine and an efficient Vaillant ecoTEC condensing combi boiler providing central heating and hot water in the flat. The entrance hall to the flat has an original wall bookshelf as featured in the original 1950s brochure for the Span properties. The Parkleys flats originally had one such shelf which is in the reception room of this flat, but the current owners have also acquired another which is in the hall and which will be left for the new owners.

There is natural Jute floor covering to the hall, reception, inner lobby and main bedroom. The charming kitchen has the original teak wooden drainer and Leisure sink unit with matching period cupboards and drawers under and other matching fitted cupboards in the kitchen. A dishwasher is included and the gas cooker can be left or removed to suit the new owner. There is space for an upright fridge freezer and for a small table and chairs. There’s also a radiator and a glass panel between the kitchen and the lounge which makes for a bright and sunny feel throughout the main living area. The reception and main bedroom both have room width windows with lovely front views across to Spencer Court and its front courtyard garden and rear lawns. Both rooms retain their cheerful original window boxes.

The original reeded glass door from the lounge into the inner lobby has also been updated with safety glass but retains the original frame and style. The lobby has storage cupboards and doors to the bedrooms and bathroom. Bedroom 1 has double doors to inbuilt wardrobe cupboards and Bedroom 2 enjoys a bright double aspect with windows to rear and side. It currently accommodates bunk beds for 2 children. The bathroom has a corner shower.

Outside there are extensive well tended communal gardens and a gate out to Ham Farm Road which leads left out to Ham Common or right to Ham Common Woods up to Richmond Park.

Maintenance: £720 per quarter to include building insurance, communal lighting and cleaning, general maintenance and repairs, gardening and external window cleaning.

Tenure: Freehold held in common by the residents with a Lease of 999 years from 1982.

Council tax band : D (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)

parking: There are no parking restrictions or permits required in Parkleys. There are off street parking bays for residents including some close to this apartment. We also have another client selling a garage near this apartment if you wish to acquire one.

Asbestos management policy: Many properties built in the UK up to the 1990s may contain some elements of asbestos. These have been assessed at this development with an asbestos management policy in place. We can email this document to any interested parties.

Conservation area & listing: Parkleys is a London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Conservation Area ( No.67). It is Grade II listed by English Heritage as the first major ‘Span’ development by ground-breaking architect Eric Lyons, President of riba (Royal Institute of British Architects) 1975-1977. He worked under Walter Gropius (founder of the Bauhaus) and became noted for progressive developments with signature attention to landscape and community, blending modernism with more traditional building elements like tile hanging and stock brick. Beginning with Parkleys in 1955-6, his practice gained many awards and as recently as 2005, Span received a special Housing Design Award for schemes meeting the Sustainable Communities Plan. For further reading see ‘Eric Lyons and Span’ by Barbara Simms, riba Books 2006.

These particulars are provided as a general outline only for the guidance of intending buyers and do not constitute, or form any part of, an offer or contract. All descriptions, measurements, implications as to usage, references explicit or implied as to condition and permissions for use and occupation, are given in good faith, but prospective buyers must not rely on them as statements or representations of fact and must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. Stated dimensions should not be relied upon for fitting floor coverings, appliances or furniture. None of the services, fittings, appliances, or heating or hot water installations (if any), have been inspected or tested by Mervyn Smith & Co and no warranty can be given as to their working condition. We have been advised regarding the service charge but we have not inspected any accounts and we do not know their terms and conditions. Prospective buyers and their legal advisers will have to establish the exact outgoings and obligations prior to any legal commitment to purchase.

Hall

Entrance door, Jute natural floor covering, door into reception room.

Reception Room (4.95m x 3.76m)

Radiator, Jute natural floor covering, room width windows to front with window boxes, open front views across to Spenser Court with front courtyard garden and rear lawns.

Kitchen (2.72m x 2.49m)

Radiator, original teak drainer and Leisure sink unit with cupboards under, other matching original cupboards at eye and base level, gas cooker, dishwasher, space for upright fridge/freezer, windows to entrance side.

Inner Lobby

Reeded glass door with replacement safety glass in original surround, shallow store cupboard, deep eye level store cupboard, doors to bedrooms and bathroom.

Bedroom 1 (3.81m x 3.66m)

Radiator, Jute natural floor covering, room width windows to front with window boxes, double doors to inbuilt wardrobe cupboard, folding doors to additional wardrobe cupboard.

Bedroom 2 (3.00m x 2.21m)

Double aspect room with windows to the entrance side and to the courtyard garden, radiator, Jute natural floor covering.

Bathroom

Walk in shower enclosure, wash hand basin, WC, tall medicine cupboard with mirror doors, part tiled walls, wall spotlights, frosted window.

Private Exterior Cupboard.

Door off the main landing, meters, currently housing washing machine, wall mounted Vaillant ecoTEC condensing combi boiler.

Communal Garden

Extensive communal garden areas.