Brooklands House, Eccleshall Road, Stafford, ST16

Brooklands House is a modern and beautifully maintained community for independent retirement living. Homeowners can live a lifestyle unique to themselves, a range of excellent communal facilities are available alongside activities and groups and you can choose to be as social and as engaged as you wish. The community is exclusively for over 65's.

The accommodation of the apartment consists of an entrance hall, a living/dining room with uPVC double doors leading onto the walk-on balcony. Off the living room is a contemporary fitted kitchen. From the hallway you will find a double bedroom with fitted wardrobes and the shower room with level, anti-slip flooring. A further storage/utility cupboard keeps those extra things hidden away.

Stafford is a wonderful and ever popular market town in Staffordshire, Brooklands House adjoins Doxey Marshes which is a stunning attraction, a wetland oasis spanning 121 hectares of walking trails, bird watching sites and grazing animals.

Accommodation

Entrance Hallway

Composite entrance door. Access onto the living/dining room, double bedroom, shower room and utility/storage room.

Utility/Store Room

1.93m x 2.09m (6' 4" x 6' 10") Space for washing machine and tumble dryer with expansive storage space.

Living through Dining Room

6.87m x 3.44m (22' 6" x 11' 3") The well appointed living/dining room provides space for lounge furniture alongside space for you dining/breakfast table. The breakfast table is well positioned to adjoin the uPVC double glazed double doors that lead onto the walk on balcony. Electric fireplace. Kitchen off.

Kitchen

2.4m (maximum) x 3.16m (maximum) (7' 10" x 10' 4") The modern kitchen provides a range of wall, drawer and base units with a preparation surface incorporating a stainless steel sink with chrome mixer tap. The kitchen incorporates an abundance of integrated appliances including; electric hob and oven, extraction hood, microwave oven, slimline dishwasher, fridge and freezer.

Double Bedroom

The well sized double bedroom provides plentiful natural light with the uPVC double glazed windows. Fitted wardrobe.

Shower Room

1.93m x 2.55m (6' 4" x 8' 4") The generous and practical wet room has level anti-slip flooring and complimentary contemporary tiling to all walls. The suite comprises of a walk-in shower area, an inset WC, and a pedestal wash basin with chrome mixer tap. Chrome ladder style heated towel rail.

Exterior

The beautifully landscaped and maintained gardens provide both leisurely exercise and relaxation, you can enjoy the gardens and flora without the concerns of having responsibility of the upkeep. Parking is provided with home owner on site parking.

Understanding the charges

Service and Well-being Charge Benefits

All homeowners living at Brooklands House, Stafford contribute to a Service and Well-being Charge. The high level of support and services on offer to enhance quality and enjoyment of life are what make Adlington different. These charges are to provide services such as;

* The provision of a daily restaurant service which enables homeowners to enjoy a delicious freshly prepared meal at exceptionally good value
* Communal cleaning and maintenance
* Grounds and garden maintenance
* External window cleaning
* Water usage, buildings insurance and estate management
* 24-hour support every day, 365 days a year, in case of any emergency, working in tandem with a discreet emergency call system installed in each apartment

Service and Well-being Charges at Brooklands House

1 bed – £164.88
2 bed – £164.88
3 bed – £164.88
The Service and Well-being Charge is reviewed annually. It is important to point out that payment of the service charge has to continue even if the apartment is vacant, as it is apportioned between all homeowners in order to maintain the high standard of service.

Ground Rent

Adlington communities provide extensive communal facilities, such as the lounge, restaurant and commercial kitchen, coffee lounge and hairdressing salon, staff rooms, management offices and the mobility scooter store, as well as landscaped gardens and grounds. It is these facilities along with the 24-hour on-site support which makes your new home likely to be suitable for your whole life, without the need to move to a care home. This is a major benefit to well-being, peace of mind and independence and, if it avoids care home fees, also has considerable financial advantages.

Annual Ground Rent charges 2024:

1 bedroom – £722.02

The Ground Rent is due annually from 1st January and will be reviewed every year in line with the Retail Price Index (with a minimum increase of 1% and a maximum of 4%).

Building Reserve Fund

While the day-to-day maintenance of the buildings and facilities is covered by the Service and Well-being Charge, which is kept as low as possible to leave homeowners with maximum disposable income, major capital costs and refurbishment are not included.

It is important that maintenance is kept to the highest standards for all to enjoy, and to cover any major works, a fee of 0.5% of your sale price for each year, or part-year, of ownership will be levied when you sell on your apartment. A contribution to the Building Reserve Fund is also collected through the Service and Well-being Charge.

The Building Reserve Fund will build up over time so that money is available to pay for capital costs as they occur e.g replacement lifts, restaurant kitchen equipment, the building’s roof and car park etc. This means that the development is always kept up to the same standard as when you purchased your apartment.