Surrey Road, WESTBOURNE, BH4

**STUNNING HOME**

This is no ordinary apartment!

A top-floor apartment in one of Bournemouth's finest 1930s mansion blocks — spacious in a way that genuinely surprises people when they walk in, south-facing, flooded with light, and with something almost no other property at this price can offer: a private gate, at the back of the building, that opens directly into Bournemouth Gardens.

From that gate, you can walk to the town centre in under a mile barely crossing a road. The same walk in that and several other directions reaches the beach. On the way, there's a stream, there are squirrels and birds, there are circular routes that take you down through the chines to the sand. Westbourne — with its independent cafés, restaurants and boutique shops — is a short stroll in the other direction.

Inside, the apartment is generous by any standard, and exceptional for its price. The sitting room is over 20 feet long. The kitchen and dining room — open plan, with an island — opens onto a balcony overlooking Bournemouth Gardens and the Bourne Stream. The principal bedroom is particularly large, with a bay window and its own en-suite. Bedroom two has its own en-suite too. The third bedroom is currently fitted as a dual home office for two people working from home simultaneously — genuinely useful, and genuinely rare.

The building has a lift. The lease is 999 years from 1968. There is a share of the freehold.

The history of the building is visible in the layout — the back door, the servant's staircase, the bones of how people lived here nearly a century ago.

Parking is on-street. In practice, the current owners have almost always found a space outside or within two minutes' walk. But the truth is that once you live here, you walk almost everywhere.

Tenure - Share of Freehold

Length of Lease - 999 years from 25th March 1968

Service Charge - £3,861.76 per annum

Management Agent - Foxes

Pet Policy - Noted in the 'General Regulations' set by the Management Company.   It reads as follows:-

“Domestic Animals - No dog, cat bird or any other animal shall be allowed to reside in any flat without the previous written consent of the managing agents or management committee. Such consent may only be granted on the following conditions:

a) The consent may be withdrawn at the discretion of the management committee on any reasonable complaint of disturbance or annoyance from other residents.

b) When passing over any part of the communal areas, including the grounds, the animal shall be carried or controlled on a lead.”

Parking - On street parking

Utilities - Mains Gas, electricity and water

Drainage - Mains drainage

Broadband - Refer to Ofcom website

Mobile Signal - Refer to Ofcom website

Council Tax - Band D

EPC Rating - D