Trafalgar Court, Southcote Road, Reading, Apartment

FOR SALE BY ONLINE PUBLIC AUCTION! Date to be confirmed (unless sold beforehand).

First floor flat – vacant, no onward chain

Well placed for access to Reading town centre, Reading West railway station, a good range of shops and M4 (Junctions 11 or 12).

FOR SALE BY ONLINE PUBLIC AUCTION! Date to be confirmed (unless sold beforehand).

First floor flat – vacant, no onward chain

Well placed for access to Reading town centre, Reading West railway station, a good range of shops and M4 (Junctions 11 or 12).

DESCRIPTION/LOCATION: Trafalgar Court is a generally well presented development approached from Southcote Road between the A4 Bath Road and the Tilehurst Road with the A329 Oxford Road a little further. The property has been Let until recently but is now available with vacant possession.

There are regular nearby bus services into Reading town centre – about 1.5 miles. The Oxford Road offers an excellent range of local shopping facilities including supermarkets and also Reading West railway station with services between Reading town centre and Newbury. The M4 can be accessed at Junction 11 via the A33 Basingstoke Road or Junction 12, A4 Bath Road.

Very competitively priced.

Bedroom 1: 12’ x 9’ front aspect

Bedroom 2: 9’4 x 7’ front aspect

Bathroom: Panelled bath with shower attachment, wash hand basin, low level WC

Entrance Hall: airing cupboard

Sitting Room: 15’6 x 12’6 with full height picture window

Kitchen: 9’ x 8’1 with stainless steel sink unit adjoning worktop with cupboard and drawers below, space for fridge/freezer, electric over and 4 ring hob, cupboard housing electric meters and recently replaced consumer unit.

Outside:

Car Parking: There appears to be plenty of unallocated parking

Gardens: There are areas of lawn to the front and rear.

Bin Store:

Drying Area:

Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected.

Council Tax: Band B

Lease: The property is held on a long lease with approximately 113 years unexpired.

Ground Rent: £150 per annum (paid in 2 x £75 installments)

Service Charge: For the current year £1,450 paid in 10 equal instalments between April – January inclusive

Local Authority: Reading Borough Council

Viewing: By appointment with the Owner’s Sole Agents and Auctioneers, Martin & Pole, Wokingham.

The Solicitors: LGP Solicitors, Lacemaker House, 5-7 Chapel Street, Marlow SL7 3HN. Contact: Alex Land.

THE CONDITIONS OF SALE: are included in the Legal and Information Pack available from the Auctioneers prior to the Auction Sale and online at www.martinpole.co.uk. A copy of the Conditions of Sale will be attached to these Particulars to form part of the Contract.

* Property Auctioneers are required by the ASA to explain to prospective buyers the definitions of Price Guide and Reserve. The Reserve is the minimum price set by the seller at which the auctioneer can sell the property. The reserve can be set and agreed at any point up to the start of the auction or indeed can be changed during the auction. The reserve can be lower than the guide price, the same as the guide price or up to 10% above the guide price. In accordance with ASA guidelines the guide price can be changed at any time up to and including the day of the auction sale. If the guide price is changed we will endeavour to advertise the new guide price at the earliest opportunity.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Identification of the Buyer: To accord with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 as amended:

For online auctions: To register no less than 24 hours before the start of the auction on the AMS platform (accessed via our website) which requires proof of ID to accord with the above regulations. The registered bidder, if successful, is the Buyer. If it is intended there should be two or more parties or a company bidding, the regulations apply to all parties including company directors.

For Public Auctions: The same regulations apply, with registration no less than one hour before the start of the sale.

Buyer’s Fee: A charge of £900 (inc VAT), payable only by the successful Buyer, will be due to the Auctioneers Martin & Pole. An appropriate VAT receipted invoice will be issued.

Signing the Memorandum, Payment of the Deposit and Buyer’s Fee

The Auctioneer is authorised to sign the Memorandum/Contract on behalf of the Buyer. The successful bidder at an online auction is liable to pay the deposit and the Buyer’s Fee of £900 inc vat at the conclusion of the sale or for a sale by public auction, on the fall of the hammer. The deposit and Buyer’s Fee should be paid directly into the allocated Martin and Pole Client B account.

Property Details: We have endeavoured diligently to ensure the details of this property are accurate. We have not tested the services, appliances, or fittings (if any) referred to in the details. We recommend that each of the statements is verified and the condition of the property and of the services, appliances, and fittings (if any) is investigated by you or your advisers before you finalise your offer to purchase, bid for the property or enter into a contractual commitment.

Stipulations: The property is sold with all faults and defects whether of condition or otherwise and neither the Seller nor the Agents of the Seller are responsible for any faults or defects or for any statements contained in the Particulars of the property prepared by the Agents. The Buyer hereby acknowledges that he has not entered into this Contract in reliance on any of the said statements and they have satisfied themselves as to the correctness of each of the said statements by said Agents in relation to or in connection with the property.