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Richmond Lodge, 1 St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, PL4 6HN

Key features

  • To be offered on Tuesday 16 April
  • Investment let at £165,000
  • p.a. (It is anticipated for rent to increase in the 2024/25 academic year between £173,000 p.a. to £182,00 p.a. please refer to tenancy schedule)
  • An attractive 13.2%
  • GIY on guide (anticipated to improve for 2024/25 academic year)
  • Historically 100% occupancy rate
  • Potential for SDLT savings (incoming purchaser needs to do their own due diligence)
  • Comprises of 3 x flats and 4 x studios
  • Total of 27 Letting rooms
  • All rooms are double beds with en-suite bathrooms

Description

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Auction Sale - 16/04/2024

Of Interest to Investors

Prime student investment located an approx. 50 metres from Plymouth University, fully let for 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic year.

Investment let at £160,000 p.a. (It is anticipated for rent to increase in the 2024/25 academic year between £173,000 p.a. to £182,00 p.a.)


Description

Renovated in 2011 the property comprises of a 3 storey end of terrace Victorian building. Internally the building has been developed to provide 3 flats and 4 studio apartments.

Developed to a high specification in 2011 all the studio rooms benefit from a double bed with storage, en-suite bathroom, micro kitchen, double wardrobe, chair and study desk, together with a generous supply of well-placed double power points, high speed fixed internet sockets and Wi-Fi together with TV points.

The three cluster flat rooms benefit from a double bed with storage, en-suite bathroom, double wardrobe, chair and study desk, together with a generous supply of well-placed double power points. In addition to this there are communal lounge/kitchen areas.



Location

Road access to the city is provided by the A38 dual carriageway, which lies approximately 3 miles to the north of the city centre and connects with the M5 motorway at Exeter approximately 45 miles distant.


The property is situated in a prime student accommodation area to the north of the retail centre of Plymouth and 50 meters north of Plymouth University campus, ½ mile from the shopping district of Mutley Plain and ¼ mile from the main city centre.


Plymouth’s railway station is an approx. 0.3 miles west of the of the property with the town’s main bus station ½ mile in south west of the building.


Transport

Plymouth Railway Station - National Rail services


Tenancy

Let on AST's agreements on a mixture of 43/50 weeks


Accommodation

There is a total of 27 letting rooms throughout the property.

The accommodation is broken down as follows:

  • Flat 3 a 7 Bedroom cluster flat (rooms 13.6 sq m – 24 sq m)
  • Flat 6 a 8 Bedroom cluster flat (rooms 12 sq m – 24 sq m)
  • Flat 7 a 8 Bedroom cluster flat (rooms 11 sq m – 18 sq m)
  • Studio Flats 4 x Studio flats (size 17 sq m – 23 sq m)

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Richmond Lodge, 1 St Lawrence Road, Plymouth, PL4 6HN

Approximate location

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Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Plymouth Station0.3 miles
  • Devonport Station1.5 miles
  • Dockyard Station1.8 miles
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