650,000 Penthouse Apartment, 30 Ocean House, Sea Road, Carlyon Bay, Cornwall LEASEHOLD An extremely impressive, spacious and virtually new, 2 bedroomed penthouse apartment for the over 55 s, situated on one of the best private coastal roads in the county, enjoying panoramic sea and coastal views over the whole of St Austell Bay, just a short walk from several beaches and a prestigious 18-hole coastal golf course.
2 SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION Communal entrance and guests lounge. Internal hall with stairs and lifts to all floors. Third Floor and The Penthouse Apartment: entrance hall, sitting room/dining room/kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite shower/wet room, guest bedroom, bathroom, full width 30 7 balcony providing a large, covered sitting area overlooking St Austell Bay and the surrounding coastline. Outside: two owned parking spaces with further visitors parking on site, beautifully stocked, well landscaped surrounding communal gardens. Communal, Mediterranean style roof sun terrace with superb sea views, equipped with tables, chairs and sun loungers. DESCRIPTION An impeccably presented third floor, two bedroomed penthouse apartment with a quality high end finish, one of only 32 luxury, age exclusive apartments for the over 55 s built and completed by McCarthy & Stone in 2017. One of only four penthouse apartments, this property holds an unrivalled elevated position which provides panoramic views stretching from Black Head to the west, across to Gribben Headland in the east, encompassing miles of open sea in St Austell Bay. This is a magical panorama on which to watch the seasons change. The apartments are accessed from a communal hallway with residents/guests lounge which is stylishly equipped and provides access to the inner hallways where there are communal stairs and lifts to all floors. The penthouse is situated on the third floor where the lifts and stairs culminate in a further carpeted communal hall with sitting area and a door into the main entrance hall of the apartment. All the mains rooms in the apartment are facing the sea and coastal views, enjoying panoramic vistas. There is a 30 7 sitting room/dining room/kitchen with triple
3 glazed doors opening onto a full width covered balcony. The kitchen area is to the rear of this room, luxuriously finished in taupe/grey quality kitchen cabinets with an excellent and extensive range of integrated appliances together with a small utility cupboard/area off. The master bedroom also has a door out onto the balcony and comprises a large double bedroom with dressing area and double wardrobe leading through to a beautifully appointed en-suite shower/wet room with complementary tiling, a large shower/wet room area with glazed screen and separate white wc and wash hand basin. There is a second double bedroom with a door onto the balcony and a family bathroom with a luxury fitted white suite and complementary tiling. Off the hall is a large storage cupboard housing the Ventaxia heat exchange unit and boiler feeding underfloor heating throughout the apartment. The apartments are situated in two impressive and distinctive architecturally designed buildings which are centrally joined by communal areas, situated with a broad frontage to Sea Road amidst beautifully landscaped and well stocked communal gardens with parking areas to the rear. Apartment 30 enjoys two designated parking spaces with further visitors parking on site. The penthouse apartment features underfloor heating throughout with stylish walnut style contemporary internal doors and triple/double glazed doors and windows overlooking the bay and opening onto a full width balcony, with stanchionless glazed safety panels, providing stunning, panoramic views. The kitchen and sanitaryware are all of an excellent quality with complementary tiling and carefully designed lighting option with the overall atmosphere for the entire development, which finished construction in 2017, being distinctly high end and luxurious.
4 LOCATION A superb penthouse apartment, situated on Sea Road which is one of the premier residential roads within this area running parallel to the coast. Within a short walk of the apartment is a championship 18-hole golf course and Carlyon Bay beach. To the south is Charlestown which is a picturesque harbour with local inns, wine bar, restaurants and a hotel. The harbour is home to several tall ships, has a beach to one side of the harbour and has been used as a filming location in many feature films, TV series (most recently Poldark) and TV adverts. Carlyon Bay beach, below the property, is a beautiful sandy beach with excellent bathing. A pedestrian gate from the grounds provides access to Beach Road and a short walk away are two restaurants. A short drive away is a Tesco supermarket on the outskirts of St Austell town. The town provides a wide range of leisure, commercial and retail facilities including a large leisure centre, a variety of sports clubs, out of town trading estates and supermarkets and a mainline station providing a direct link to London Paddington with approximate travel of 4½ hours. By road there are excellent links via the A38 and A30, out of county, both remain largely dual carriageway all the way to Exeter where they join the M5 to Bristol and A303 to London. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES (all floor plans and dimensions are approximate) Communal entrance doors to guests lounge/hall area with doors through to the stairs and lifts. Front door:- ENTRANCE HALL (L-SHAPED). Recessed mat well, inset ceiling downlighters, large builtin storage cupboard housing a wall mounted passive air venting system and a boiler to provide the underfloor heating throughout the apartment. Wall mounted electric meter and programming controls with plenty of storage room. Doors off to:- SITTING / DINING ROOM / KITCHEN 32 overall x 11 in the sitting room area, narrowing to 10 8 in the kitchen area. SITTING ROOM. Large triple glazed sliding door and adjacent window providing panoramic sea and coastal views and opening onto a large tiled balcony. Multiple TV/satellite aerial
5 points, inset ceiling downlighters, wall mounted thermostatic control for the underfloor heating. KITCHEN. The kitchen is well fitted with a modern range of luxury units comprising a comprehensive range of base level cupboards and drawers with further matching wall cupboards and full height unit. Surrounding honed granite worktop surfaces with complementary tiled wall surrounds and pelmet lighting to the worktops. LED kick space lighting, large central island unit with cupboards and drawers on one side, attractive granite worktop surfaces. An excellent range of integrated appliances include a four ring electric ceramic hob and overhead Neff filter hood suspended from the ceiling and a breakfast bar on one side, a Neff microwave oven, a double oven/grill, dishwasher, fridge, separate freezer and a wine cooling fridge. Attractive wood effect flooring, inset ceiling downlighters, passive air venting system, 1½ bowl stainless steel sink unit with chromium mixer tap and flexible rinsing hose. Utility recess with further cupboards and granite worktop to match the kitchen, wood effect flooring, inset ceiling downlighters, passive air vent, room for further appliances.
6 BEDROOM 1 20 4 overall, 10 2 in the bedroom area, narrowing to 5 8 in the dressing area. Large tripled glazed sliding patio door and adjacent window providing stunning views out over the sea and the Gribbin Headland and opening out onto a wide ceramic tile covered balcony overlooking the sea. Inset ceiling downlighters and passive air vent. In the dressing area there is a large double wardrobe with sliding mirror fronted doors, thermostatic control for the underfloor heating. Door to:- EN-SUITE SHOWER / WET ROOM. A beautifully appointed room with a large wet room area with fixed glazed screen to one side, attractive stone effect tiled walling with fitted shower, chromium fitments and a tiled floor with stainless steel floor drain. White ceramic wash hand basin in a vanity surround with cupboards beneath, low level wc with concealed cistern, wall mounted flush plate, toiletry shelving, large built-in wall mounted mirror, ceramic tiled floor, complementary ceramic tiled walls, electric wall mounted chromium ladder
7 radiator/towel rail, built-in shelved toiletry/towel cupboard, inset ceiling downlighters and passive air vent. BEDROOM 2 12 2 x 9 5 inc. the wardrobes. A lovely room with virtually all the front wall being a double glazed door flanked by full height windows on either side providing panoramic sea and coastal views and opening onto the large covered balcony. Large double built-in wardrobe with sliding mirror fronted doors, ceiling mounted passive air vent, wall mounted thermostatic control for the underfloor heating. BATHROOM. White suite comprising a panel enclosed bath with toiletry shelf at one end, glazed shower screen to one side with fitted shower and separate hot and cold taps. Attractive stone finish tiled wall surrounds. White wash hand basin set in a vanity surround with cabinets beneath, low level wc with stainless steel wall mounted flush plate and toiletry shelf above, ceramic tiled floor, complementary ceramic tiled walls, passive air vent, inset ceiling downlighters. BALCONY. A superb feature of the property comprising a large, covered area, the full width of the apartment 30 7 wide x 11 4 at its widest, narrowing down to 4 4 at its most narrow, following the contour of the front of the building. This area has ceramic tiled flooring, outside lighting with ample space for tables and chairs and fixed stanchionless glazed safety panels allowing fantastic sea and coastal views from all the main rooms in the apartment, either sitting down or standing up. The balcony provides panoramic views from Black Head all the way across St Austell Bay and out to the Gribben Headland on the other side, encompassing miles of open sea.
8 OUTSIDE The penthouse apartment s outside space comprises a large covered balcony extending to the full width of the apartment offering panoramic sea and coastal views together with a large covered sitting out area ideal for alfresco dining etc. Surrounding the apartments are beautifully well kept landscaped and well stocked communal gardens and the penthouse apartment has two designated parking spaces with further visitors parking available on site. There is a communal area on the third floor providing a Mediterranean style roof sun terrace with superb sea views, equipped with tables, chairs and sun loungers. GENERAL INFORMATION VIEWING Strictly by prior appointment through: Lillicrap Chilcott, Landrian House, 59-60 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2PE. Telephone: (01872) 273473. E-mail: sales@lillicrapchilcott.com. POST CODE PL25 3FX. SERVICES Mains electric, gas, water and drainage. www.mycounciltax.org.uk. For Council Tax see DIRECTIONS From St Austell follow the bypass (A390) out towards Lostwithiel and at Holmbush go past the entrance to Tesco s at a set of traffic lights and at the next set of traffic lights get into the right hand feeder lane and turn right in front of PD Plant Hire. Proceed under a railway bridge to a mini roundabout at which turn left onto Crinnis Road, go past Charlestown primary school on your left and take the first turning right onto Sea Road. Just before the Carlyon Bay Hotel on the right, Ocean House will be found on the left hand side. TENURE Leasehold 999 year Lease that commenced 1 st January 2017. Ground rent 493.48 per annum. Service/maintenance charges 2628.80 which covers the buildings insurance, water rates, building and lift maintenance, cleaning of communal areas and gardening. AGENT S NOTE The above particulars have been prepared as a general guide only for prospective buyers. Whilst we have endeavoured to provide a fair and reasonable description of the property, no specific survey or detailed inspection has been carried out in relation to the property, the services, the appliances and any fixtures and fittings or equipment. All buyers should rely on their own surveys and investigations in connection with any purchase of the property. All measurements, floor plans, dimensions, acreages and distances are approximate only and should not be relied upon for accuracy. OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm. Saturday - 9.00am to 1.00pm. NB: A number of staff are available for viewing appointments all day Saturday and all day Sunday.
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