Badsworth Gardens, Newbury, RG14

17 Badsworth Garden is a well presented and designed two bedroom ground floor apartment located on a purpose built development for the over 55s. Management services are provided by Cognatum Estates, a not-for-profit organisation and one of the UK's leading companies in retirement housing. Badsworth Gardens and Copperbeech Place are situated in a well-established residential area on the south-western approach to the town, and with extensive woodland screening on the fringes of the estate a sense of peaceful seclusion is created. The redbrick cottages and apartments, with conservatories and balconies, surround an attractive garden square. The estate is within easy reach of the centre of Newbury, which has all the amenities one would expect in a bustling English market town: major stores such as Waitrose and John Lewis, interesting independent shops and numerous restaurants, cafés and pubs. An open-air market is held twice weekly. There are two respected local theatres, the Corn Exchange and the award-winning, professional repertory theatre the Watermill, as well as several golf courses, health clubs, and a cricket club. The town is also home to one of England's major racecourses. Highclere Castle, better known as 'Downton Abbey' since the eponymous TV series, is only 4 miles away, and both the Kennet and Avon canal and the River Kennet pass through Newbury offering beautiful riverside walks. Cognatum Estates maintains, repairs and insures all the buildings, arranges the window cleaning and refuse collection and tends to the gardens and grounds thereby freeing owners and residents from these responsibilities. There is a personal alarm system in each property and the estate managers are available to provide support and a helping hand when needed.  The cost of providing these services is shared equally between all properties. There are no restrictions on owning a property except that one resident must be over 55 years of age. 999 year lease (from 1984). No ground rent. Please Note: Upon resale of the property, Cognatum Estates management company charge 1% of sale price plus VAT for the leasehold pack, payable by the vendor. For viewings please contact the Estate Manager 01635 524246 / 07384 112481