Victoria Institute
Sansome Walk, Worcester
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- No upward chain
- Buy to Let investment
- Ideal first-time purchase
- Grade II listed
- Stunning building
- City Centre location
- Secure allocated parking
- Remote controlled gate
- Lift
- Easy access to the M5
Guide price
861 sq. ft.
Tenant Info01905 734 734
Please quote reference number AHA210207
About the property
A stunning apartment within an imposing building in Worcester City Centre.
- No upward chain
- Buy to Let investment
- Ideal first-time purchase
- Grade II listed
- Stunning building
- City Centre location
- Secure allocated parking
- Remote controlled gate
- Lift
- Easy access to the M5
Property Snapshot
This fabulous apartment with an open-plan layout and mezzanine floor would make a great buy to let investment.
The Victoria Institute was first conceived as a combined museum, library and school of art and science to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and still functions as a museum. The rear section was added in the early twentieth century as a Secondary School for Girls. This magnificent building received Grade II listing in 1971 and was converted to apartments in 2000. Each apartment was individually designed to make use of the original building.
Retaining many original fixtures and fittings from the original conversion, many buyers will wish to update the kitchen and bathroom, giving an opportunity to put their own mark on the property and make it even more spectacular.
While it would make a fantastic first home, the City Centre location and the magnificent surrounds of the original building make it ideal as a second home or buy to let investment. With the popularity of city breaks there is a need for short term accommodation and this apartment would make a spectacular Airbnb.
The building is entered via the convenient side door on Taylors Lane next to the secure parking or via the magnificent main entrance on Sansome Walk. There is a choice of stairs or a lift to convey you to the first floor where the apartment is located.
As soon as you enter the apartment, there is a sense of scale, thanks to the unusually high ceilings and the huge windows making the space bright and airy. The spacious living area has stylish up-lighting to the wall.
The fitted kitchen is nicely secluded around the corner giving the benefit of open plan living without the sense of living in the kitchen that many modern properties suffer from. The kitchen has a range of wall and base units with worksurfaces over incorporating a stainless-steel sink with mixer tap and drainer. There is also an integrated oven and hob with stainless steel extractor above and a washing machine.
The ground floor is completed by a bathroom with modern white suite including a low-level WC, was wash hand basin with mixer tap and a bath with a shower. There is tiling to the walls, splashbacks and flooring.
The bedroom is located on a mezzanine level and like the kitchen it manages to combine the open-plan layout with privacy from the living area.
Outside
There is an allocated parking space within a secure car park accessed via a remote-controlled gate.
Services
We have been advised by the vendor that the property has mains gas, mains electricity, mains water and broadband.
Agents Notes
The property is leasehold with a 150 year term from the 1st May 2001
Service Charge
£184 per calendar month.
Ground Rent
£260 per annum.
Tenant information
Permitted payments (inc vat)
- Rent
- Holding deposit equivalent to one weeks rent
- Security deposit equivelent to 5 weeks rent (6 if annual rent is £50,000+)
- Utilities
Default charges
- Replacement keys and other security devices - charged at cost of replacement(s)
- Rent arrears - 3% above the Bank of England base rate
Other possible charges
- Novation of contract (where a tenancy is ended in place of another one following a change of tenant) - £50
- Variation of contract (for example, change of rent date) - £50
- Change of sharer - £50 per tenant
- Surrender of tenancy - tenant liable to pay the rent for the whole period (within reason) as well as landlord costs of re-letting the property as detailed on our landlord fee schedule
Company Lets (Non Housing Act Tenancies)
- £250 per application to include referencing and legal paperwork
- Security deposit equivalent to 6 weeks rent
- Default charges, pet charges and other possible charges as listed above may apply
Tenant protection
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