Flat 2/45, Homeroyal House, Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 1TP
Offers Over £185,000 | Retirement
Ref: E480378
Description
This is a particularly bright second floor "retirement" flat in ever popular Marchmont. It comprises hall, a very spacious and attractive living come dining room, double and single bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes, a good-sized kitchen and shower room. Homeroyal House is a retirement housing complex built in 1987 and run by FirstPort. It provides lifts to all floors in the building, a large residents' lounge with roof terrace, a communal laundry and accommodation available for guests to book. A resident management staff member works office hours. The audio-controlled door entry system provides security and an alarm call service is available in every flat. A number of resident led activities take place on a regular basis. Local amenities are easily accessible. Local shops include fishmongers, bakers and greengrocers, and there are coffee shops pretty much just across the road or round the corner. A Sainsbury's Local and a Scotmid are close by too and, when more major stocking up is needed, the Morningside Waitrose and Sainsbury's and Aldi at Cameron Toll are only a short drive away. Walks around and across The Meadows are just a short walk away and there is easy access to the cinema (the Dominion in Morningside or the Cameo in Tollcross), the theatre (the Festival Theatre, just down from the Bridges) while there are regular concerts at The Queens Hall in Newington. The area is well served by buses. The stops for the Lothian No 9 are very close meaning that it is very easy to get to and from the City Centre, but there is also private off street parking for those with cars. The property is in good decorative order throughout. The main apartments have pleasant emulsion finishes to the walls, covings and textured ceilings. Heating is provided by an electric fire in the living room and electric panel heaters in the bedrooms. Double glazing helps keep the flat quiet and warm and the hot water comes from an electric heater. All curtains and blinds and the cooker and fridge freezer are included in the price. Other items of furniture can remain in the property as the buyer wishes. Viewing is most certainly recommended. Note: The title deeds make it clear that the property is "sheltered accommodation". Buyers must be of a minimum age of 60 and "be capable of leading an independent life."
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Hall / Landing
This T-shaped reception area enjoys borrowed light from the lounge and the bedrooms (all of which have doors with patterned glass inserts to allow this to happen) and makes a most welcoming reception area. There are not two but three cupboards that together provide excellent storage. The first is to the left of the entrance door and has a hanging rail, convenient for coats, and an upper-level shelf, the second is straight ahead, is big enough to walk into and has extensive fitted shelving, while the third is beside the shower-room and houses the boiler and electric meters. -
Lounge
( 4.27 m X 3.58 m / 14'0" X 11'9" )No viewer will fail to be impressed by this lovely living and dining room. The most has been made of its corner setting within the building to provide a triple window that provides an abundance of natural light and there is a further picture window that looks down into and along Roseneath Street. A window seat allows its occupant or occupants (there’s plenty of room for more than one person) an excellent view of the busy stage that is Marchmont down below. There is plenty of space for soft furniture when in the main area of the room and the window also serves as a natural location for a dining table and chairs. The windows have tiled sills for open display space. There are three wall-mounted light fittings for the evenings. -
Kitchen
( 3.23 m X 1.55 m / 10'7" X 5'1" )Modernisation is likely to be on a buyer’s to-do list, but their designer will have plenty of space to work with and, in the meantime, everything is perfectly serviceable. The convenient situation off the lounge means that there isn’t too far to go carrying hot food – or to bring the empty plates back to the sink. And doing those dishes may be made less of a chore by the fact that the sink is set beneath a picture window that offers a view over the rooftops in the direction of the Edinburgh University campus. There is good worktop space with storage below and a wall-mounted double cupboard over and there are also wall shelves. The window means that the room is pleasantly bright through the day, but there is also a wall-mounted striplight, as well as a pendant light fitting. Slate floor tiles allow any spillages to be easily dealt with an attractive wall tiles provide a nice colour contrast. The cook’s industry should keep things cosy but a wall heater will give additional warmth if required. -
Bedroom 1
( 3.99 m X 2.51 m / 13'1" X 8'3" )This is a very pleasant double room. The picture window again looks out towards the university campus and provides excellent natural light. For later in the day and to help with bedtime reading, there are two candelabra-style wall-mounted light fittings. A fitted wardrobe has twin bi-fold doors and with its hanging rail and two shelves provides very good clothes and other storage. The window’s deep sill gives additional open storage or display space. -
Bedroom 2
( 2.67 m X 2.46 m / 8'9" X 8'1" )The visiting adult child doesn’t need to bring their own folding or inflatable bedspace and worry about being in the way for the morning cup of tea while taking up some of the lounge floor. This good-sized single room will do very nicely instead. Its window again makes the room nice and bright during the day, has a tiled sill and offers an attractive view down Roseneath Street and beyond. The room also comes with a fitted wardrobe, once more with twin bi-fold doors and ample storage and there is another wall-mounted candelabra-style light fitting. -
Shower Room
The large walk-in corner shower is very easy to get in and out of, and its sliding doors keep the water where it is supposed to be, without being difficult to manoeuvre. The modern close-couple WC with push-button flush and the wash-hand basin are both in white. The latter has a swan-neck mixer tap and is set in a vanity unit with double shelved cupboard. A wall-mounted four-way light fitting provides plenty of artificial illumination (who needs a window?) and the wall and floor tiling contributes to the bright fresh but still very comfortable feel. A low-level tiled shelf provides further open storage. A wall heater can keep things nice and warm and there is an extractor fan deals with the post-shower condensation.
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