Gardens View, Bournemouth, BH1

Overview

The owner has sought planning permission to formalise the use as a Larger HMO, this is currently still in the process of being granted. Consisting of 9 rooms. Full details of the proposed layout, including the accommodation schedule and floor plans. The property is being brought to market on a dual basis: available for purchase as-is, or subject to the successful grant of planning permission.

Dining Room

The dining room sits at the front of the ground floor and is full of character with its lovely high ceilings. A large bay window with white shutters brings in plenty of natural light, there is also a brick feature wall as well as a fireplace and the room is finished with wood-effect flooring. There is space for several dining tables, making it ideal for serving guest breakfasts.

Owner's Accommodation

The rear of the ground floor is set aside as the owner's accommodation. The living room is finished with soft grey décor, carpeting and shutters, with a skylight  adding extra light. There are two bedrooms: a double with mirrored sliding wardrobes, and a single. A modern shower room with stone-effect tiling, a walk-in shower, a combined vanity unit and WC, a skylight and a black heated towel rail serves this part of the house.

Kitchen

The kitchen has recently been refitted with navy handleless base units, white wall units and grey stone-effect worktops. There is space for a dishwasher and a wine cooler set into the breakfast bar. A separate cupboard houses a stacked washing machine and tumble dryer, and a rear lobby with a roof lantern and French doors leads outside.

Guest Bedrooms

The first floor has four guest bedrooms and the second floor a further three.  The rooms are finished in neutral tones with grey carpeting, and many have white shutters. Several rooms have en suite shower rooms, while others have their own vanity basin. The owners advise that all rooms have been replastered and some have been soundproofed.

Shower Rooms

The en suites and shower room are tiled in neutral tones and include quadrant or sliding-door shower enclosures, basins and WCs. One has white and grey metro tiling, an illuminated mirror and a chrome heated towel rail. Together with the shower room in the owner's accommodation, the house has seven bathrooms in total.

External Grounds

To the front, a tarmac forecourt provides off-road parking for three vehicles. To the rear of the property, steps lead up to a raised decked sun terrace, providing an ideal space for outdoor relaxation. There is also a timber workshop and a separate timber storage shed, both benefiting from power and lighting. The storage shed also houses a chest freezer. Solar panels are fitted to the rear roof slope and the flat roofs have been replaced. 

Location

Gardens View is located in Bournemouth, close to Knyveton Gardens with its bowling green and tennis courts, between the town centre and Boscombe. Everyday shopping is close at hand along Holdenhurst Road in the Lansdowne, which has a Tesco Express, and the Asda superstore sits between the Lansdowne and the station. The award-winning beaches at East Cliff are under a mile away, and Bournemouth town centre, with its shops, restaurants, the Pavilion Theatre and the Lower Gardens, is within walking distance. For schools, Livingstone Academy Bournemouth on Madeira Road takes pupils from 4 to 19, and at its most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2024, Ofsted judged the school to be Good. Bournemouth University campus is also nearby.

Planning

The owner has sought planning permission to formalise the use as a Larger HMO (sui generis) consisting of 9 rooms. Full details of the proposed layout, and floor plans, are provided in this advert.