Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90

PROPERTY IN BRIEF Ginger are delighted to offer this spacious first floor, two bedroom apartment in the heart of Shirley. The property is just a handful of years old, and is conveniently placed for local amenities, superb transport links, and Shirley park just around the corner. You are greeted by a welcoming communal hallway with secure intercom door system. The apartment delivers excellent accommodation boasting a large lounge dining kitchen area with fitted appliances within the kitchen and French patio doors leading out to the private balcony. The two double bedrooms are nice sizes, as well as the generous family bathroom and a useful corner storage cupboard within the hallway. Outside, the property benefits from secure gated parking where this apartment has one allocated space as well as a private balcony. APPROACH The apartment is located on the Stratford Road set back along a service road to the front, and gated access into the rear parking area, this property has one allocated parking space in the secure parking area. The location is really convenient for the heart of Shirley, being in reach of the local shops, amenities, as well as Shirley Park for walking the dog and outdoor fresh air. COMMUNAL AREA The development is protected by communal door access system, which you can control from your hallway. The communal areas a well maintained with stairs leading up to the apartment. LIVING ACCOMMODATION Welcome inside this first floor apartment. The hallway is neutrally presented with hard-wearing vinyl flooring which flows around the hallway and leads you into the kitchen area. The hallway gives access to all of the rooms, as well as providing a handy and generous corner storage cupboard, which is home to the combination boiler, as well as the electric consuming unit and Internet facility. There is also the water meter here too. The hallway has the control panel for the communal door access, as well as central heating and lighting. There’s also the perfect space to hang coats and kick off your shoes. The key feature to this apartment is the lounge dining kitchen area with French patio doors leading out to the balcony. This is a great social space whether for the family to a enjoy night in front of the television, or particularly when entertaining and having friends and family around. to relax and dine in this spacious area. The kitchen is located on your left as you walk in, providing a good compliment of contrasting wall and base units with plenty of work surface preparation space, a number of integral appliances include a dishwasher, washing machine and in integral single oven, electric four-ring hob and extractor. There’s also built-in fridge and freezer, as well as a microwave oven. The kitchen is denoted by floor tiles and separated with the vinyl flooring into the living area. There is a dedicated area for a breakfast/dining table to take care of meal times and separate the kitchen zone from the living area. The lounge is a great space and would easily accommodate larger sofas, media centre and chairs. For your media centre, there is excellent connectivity points, offering both satellite, TV and radio points, plug sockets, USB and ethernet connections. This is repeated in the main bedroom. Leading off from the living area are the French doors stepping out to the private balcony area, which is the perfect space to sit out with a nice gin and tonic after a hard day at work. BEDROOMS AND BATHROOM Bedroom number one is a great size, and as you will see from the photos currently has a super king size bed and yet still has plenty of space to move around. The bedroom has a large double glazed window to the rear elevation and with a modern radiator set underneath with thermostat control. This bedroom provides excellent floor space for your bed, side tables and the perfect wall for a freestanding wardrobe or you may choose to have some fitted. A handy features is the power point by the side of the bed with USB for charging your phone. Whilst on the opposite wall there are numerous power points and media connectivity, for the all-important large TV on the wall for a late night movie. Bedroom number two is also a good size bedroom, having a window to the rear elevation and radiator underneath. This room will also accommodate a double size bed, as well as providing space around for additional furniture. The room is neutrally presented with contrasting carpet and ceiling light. The main bathroom is a great size, offering super-stylish tiling with a ripple effect tiles around the bath area, to break things up, as well as floor tiles for ease of cleaning. The bathroom has bath with a mains shower over having both trench and handheld attachments, as well as a WC with dual flush control and a wall-mounted floating vanity unit with large wash basin and chrome mixer tap. There’s also a lit vanity mirror over, and a perfect shelf for your toiletries and diffuser. The bathroom has ceiling spotlighting, extractor and a large ladder radiator for towels. GATED PARKING The development offers secure gated parking to the rear with one allocated space. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are advised this property is Leasehold, please seek confirmation from your legal representative. We are advised the service charge is approx £1300 pa with 997 years on lease remaining. One allocated parking space Annual ellectricity £600 Gas £400pa Water £400pa Councilt TAx £1700 Figures provided by owner as approximates. We are advised the council tax band C is payable to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The EPC rating is included in the listing. Please request the report from the agent if needed. Ginger have not checked appliances nor have we seen sight of any building regulations or planning permissions. You should take guidance from your legal representative before purchasing any property. Room sizes and property layout are presented in good faith as a guide only. Although we have taken every step to ensure the plans are as accurate as possible, you must rely on your own measurements or those of your surveyor. Not every room is accounted for when giving the total floor space. Dimensions are generally taken at the widest points. All information we provide is in good faith and as a general guide to the property. Subjective comments in these descriptions imply the opinion of the selling agent at the time these details were prepared. However, the opinions of a purchaser may differ. Details have been verified by the sellers.