47-55 Smithdown Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 3EL
- PROPERTY TYPE
Block of Apartments
- BEDROOMS
65
- SIZE
12,378 sq ft
1,150 sq m
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Freehold
Key features
- Purpose built student accommodation
- Approximately 0.30 Acre (0.122 Hectare)
- 65 Bedrooms - Part 5 storey and part 3 storey building
- Last in use as a holiday accommodation / short-term lets (we understand without PP)
- Understood to be interest from Serco to take a lease
- Development and Alternative Use Potential STPP
- Strategic location opposite the site of former Smithdown Lane Police Station (now demolished) - part of the planned development of the Knowledge Quarter area in Paddington Village
- Best offers target date Friday 11th December 2026 (unless sale agreed prior)
Description
Description
Please note: The target date for Interested parties to submit their offer is no later than 17:00 on Friday 11th December 2026.
Note the client will consider offers prior to to this date and reserve the right to draw matters to a conclusion at an earlier point in the marketing process.
The property comprises a part three storey, part five storey, student block that was granted planning permission in 2016, and we understand was constructed in 2017. The building is of cavity brick construction set underneath a pitched, tiled roof with Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. The windows are aluminium framed and double glazed. There is a carpark to the rear, accessed via a lane that leads to the side of the adjacent block of flats from Smithdown Lane. This consists of a cellular paving grid that comprises gravel and a mesh netting, with approximately 16 parking spaces.
In total, there are sixty five bedrooms, across nine cluster pods. Each bedroom benefits from an en-suite shower room and there is a communal kitchen / dining room to each pod. With the exception of the fourth floor, all of the floors are divided into two pods that are referred to as 1' and 2'.
The property most recently was used as holiday accommodation / short-term lets, being advertised on Booking.com and Air BnB. We cannot find any specific planning consent for this use and we understand in the past there has been interest in other types of HMO use from the local Council in 2021 and more recently from Serco. These most recent discussions were prior to the Receivers appointment and we cannot disclose the terms and interested parties should rely on their own enquiries.
Location
The property is located in a strategic location, within the Knowledge Quarter directly opposite a site earmarked for future development within the Paddington Village renergation area. Very close by is the University of Liverpool Campus, Royal Liverpool University Hospital is within 500m, a modern multi-storey car park is within 100m and access to various bus and train routes and the city centre are within walking distance. The location is convenient for students, city centre workers and visitors alike.
Accommodation
Refer to sales brochue.
Tenure
Freehold.
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