Situated on the sought after St Johns Development, this very stylish Two Bedroom Flat offers modern and contemporary living along with excellent access to Chelmsford City Centre, lots of local amenities, and transport links.
St Johns is a quiet and well-kept residential development built within the St Johns Hospital Conservation area off Wood Street, the town centre just over a mile away - an easy walk.
The property itself features a bright open-plan Living, Dining and Kitchen Area - the kitchen fully fitted with all the appliances built in or integrated within the contrasting grey and ??? kitchen units.
The Main Bedroom is generously sized and benefits from its own Ensuite Shower Room in addition to the main Bathroom too, and the second bedroom is also a 'double' in size and equally at home as a Home Office.
Additional features include full Gas Central Heating via radiators, upvc double glazed windows, a secure Entry System, Allocated Parking, and full access to the attractive communal grounds.
St Johns is well located near local shops (a large Tesco Supermarket is literally just a 4 minute walk away), excellent schools, and parks, and with Chelmsford Mainline Railway Station just a short distance away, offering direct trains to London Liverpool Street in 38 minutes.
This property is perfect for First Time Buyers or Investors seeking a low-maintenance home in a popular and convenient location.
All in all a very well-presented and 'move-in-ready' flat, so an early viewing is highly recommended.
NOTE: The Freeholder is Chelmer Housing Partnership (CHP). CHP will pay up to £400 (excluding VAT) towards your legal fees, where the buyer is purchasing more than a 10% a higher share, than is currently being sold - 25% currently being sold and buyers can buy the flat outright too, for £280,000.
CHP will pay this £400 (excluding VAT) to the buyer on day of completion, subject to the sale completing within 6 months from date of allocation of property.
SHARED OWNERSHIP
Shared ownership is a government scheme that lets you buy part of a home (usually 25-75%) and rent the rest from the development's owner - often a housing association as it's designed to help people get on the property ladder without needing a huge mortgage or deposit.
How it works: You're both an owner and a tenant - you own your share but rent the part you don't own. (The scheme is aimed at people who can't afford to buy a whole property outright).
You start by buying a chunk of the property's value (like 25% or 50%) and pay rent on whatever's left. Over time, you can buy more shares - called "staircasing" - until you own the whole place.
Shared Ownership is mainly for first-time buyers who don't already own property, and you'll need to meet certain income requirements to qualify.
With this particular flat, the full price is £280,000. 25% of that (the share price) is £70,000. So that's the part you 'own' and buy.
You then pay a subsided monthly rent on the other 75%. This is £396.68 per month.
SERVICE CHARGE
There is a Monthly Service Charge of £209.68
(Service charges typically cover the cost of maintaining and managing the communal areas and services within the building.
This can include things like building insurance, repairs, maintenance, cleaning of shared spaces and communal grounds and any lifts. Essentially, it's a contribution towards the upkeep and operation of the building as a whole, rather than just the individual flat.
PETS ALLOWED
Some developments of flats don't allow pets. This one does.
Council Tax
Chelmsford Council, Band C
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
Chelmsford has a long and interesting history starting in the pre-historic period (widespread 8,000 BC flint tools evidence), although it was the Roman period when the first proper roots were laid down in AD61, as it was a fortified staging post on the London (30 miles) to Colchester (22 miles) Road - the modern A12, situated at the meeting of the rivers Can and Chelmer where they were crossed by the old Roman Road.
It developed further as a medieval market town when in 1199 King John granted a Royal Charter for Chelmsford to hold a market (still here 800+ years later), eventually becoming the County Town and centre of local administration in 1218 and a City in 2012.
Industry has always flourished here as in the early days, materials were bought in by water from the sea at Heybridge along the ‘Navigation', the Canalisation of the rivers Chelmer and Blackwater in 1797 - now a largely unspoilt part of rural Essex with a footpath along its full length and beautifully maintained. Summer sees many a narrowboat, river craft or canoe cruising along it, with Papermill Lock a lovely place to visit halfway along the Canal.
The main part of Chelmsford is the merging of 21 parishes (Moulsham, Springfield and the surrounding villages like Danbury and Writtle, etc) to form one continuous developed area.
Utility |
Supply Type |
Electric |
Mains Supply |
Gas |
Mains Supply |
Water |
Mains Supply |
Sewerage |
Mains Supply |
Broadband |
Unknown |
Telephone |
Unknown |
Other Items |
Description |
Heating |
Gas Central Heating |
Garden/Outside Space |
No |
Parking |
Yes |
Garage |
No |
Broadband Coverage |
Highest Available Download Speed |
Highest Available Upload Speed |
Standard |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Superfast |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Ultrafast |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Mobile Coverage |
Indoor Voice |
Indoor Data |
Outdoor Voice |
Outdoor Data |
EE |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Three |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
O2 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Vodafone |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Broadband and Mobile coverage information supplied by Ofcom.