Ralph Swingler Place, Letchworth Garden City

This spacious modern cottage, designed for a very comfortable retirement, is set in a well-managed complex with shared use of an indoor swimming pool • Private and communal gardens • Allocated parking and a tandem garage • convenient location with easy access to the town centre

The Property - This exceptional modern cottage forms part of an outstanding complex designed for independent, active living in retirement. The complex is owned by RSP Estates Ltd, a company wholly owned by the residents; the owner of each property automatically becomes a shareholder in the company, which in turn employs the management company to care for the estate. Estate staff are on site for 5 hours each working weekday, managing the estate and caring for the grounds and communal indoor swimming pool. There is an optional 'lifeline' telephone service and occupation is limited to those over 55.

All properties on the complex are of a high standard and No 12 is no exception. It has flexible accommodation with three reception rooms, kitchen and laundry/WC on the ground floor, which benefits from underfloor heating. There are two large double bedrooms, a shower room with generously proportioned walk in shower, and a study area to the landing on the first floor. Accessed from the landing, the partly boarded loft with ladder, offers useful additional storage.

The house is double-glazed and the central heating is supplied by a gas fired boiler.

The Outside - The apartments and houses of Ralph Swingler Place are set in grounds of over 2 acres, which include beautifully maintained communal gardens. No 12 also has a private garden, the front garden being fronted by a hedge and holly trees and laid to a well-stocked shrub bed with a paved path to the front door. The rear garden extends some 12' (3.7m) from the rear of the garden room, but appears much larger as it opens to the communal gardens. It is laid to lawn with paved patio and herbaceous border with ornamental shrubs and rose bushes.

The residents have exclusive use of a heated indoor swimming pool.

The property has an allocated parking space and a tandem length garage en bloc. Visitors' parking is available within the complex.

The Location - Ralph Swingler Place is conveniently located at the eastern end of Sollershott East on the favoured south side of the town. It is just half a mile from the town centre and within three-quarters of a mile of the mainline railway station. Letchworth Garden City is on the Cambridge to London mainline with services running regularly throughout the day. The fastest service to London King's Cross takes just 29 minutes with Cambridge 27 minutes away in the other direction. Junction 9 on the A1(M) is only 2.2 miles away by car.

Designed in the early 20th Century to combine the benefits of town and country, Letchworth Garden City was the world’s first example of this concept and succeeds to this day in achieving its aim. The town provides excellent schools, shops, leisure facilities and green open spaces. There is a doctors' surgery at the end of the road.

Tenure - LEASEHOLD - SHARE OF FREEHOLD: 990 year term with 973 years remaining. Each property owns a share in the company which owns the Freehold. Current Service Charge: £5,160 pa - this includes all exterior painting and gardening as well as building maintenance, insurance , swimming pool upkeep.

Services - Mains water, sewerage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.

Broadband Speed - A choice of providers with claimed download speeds of up to 42 Mbps.

Mobile Signal - Most providers claim up to 5G coverage.

Construction - Modern insulated cavity and timber frame construction, roughcast rendered externally, under a pitched tiled roof.

Conservation Area - The property is located within the Letchworth Conservation Area.

The Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - To maintain the integrity of the Garden City concept and design, properties are subject to the additional planning requirements of the Heritage Foundation.

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