Birches Nook, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43

This two-bedroom first floor flat offers well-proportioned accommodation, with access via stairs from a communal lobby and hallway, and is situated in a small development just off the A695 in Stocksfield, close to a local church and within a few hundred yards of a convenience store and a farm shop in this popular Tyne Valley village.

Unlike some of the other flats in the development, which are under shared ownership arrangements, this property has a 100% sole-ownership leasehold title, with the lease term having been extended in 2020 to run until the end of 2175. There is a 'peppercorn' annual ground rent and a monthly service charge of £167.73, covering garden/communal maintenance, window cleaning, buildings insurance and a reserve fund to cover other occasional maintenance.

The ground floor lobby has a locked post-box and there is an entry intercom system for access into the communal hallway and stairs leading up to the first floor landing. Entering the flat, there is an L-shaped hall with a storage cupboard (housing the hot water cylinder) and access along to the living room at the far end, which has a Velux window to the front and another window to the side. The adjacent kitchen - fitted in 2022 - has contemporary grey units and wood-effect worktops and has an electric oven and hob with extractor over. There are two bedrooms to the front - a double bedroom and a single - both with Velux windows, while the bathroom has a bath with mains-fed power shower over, wash basin and W.C. in vanity unit and a stylish circular mirror with a light.

The window are all double glazed and the gas central heating has a Baxi system boiler, which was fitted in 2022, with Hive heating controls.

There are communal grounds and gardens within the development, and an allocated parking space in the car, close to the bin store towards the entrance.

Ford Rise is situated within Birches Nook in Stocksfield, which is a popular semi-rural village in the Tyne Valley area of Northumberland, along the A695, within 10 miles of Hexham (to the west) and 16 miles of Newcastle city centre (to the east). The main road provides an excellent link to the surrounding areas and has regular buses, while there is also a train station less than a mile away, serving stations along the Newcastle to Carlisle line.

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