• Type: Apartment
• Year built: 1985
• Tenure: Leasehold
• Ground rent: £100 pa
• Service charge: £2,160.88 p.a. to December 2021
• Lease length: 99 years from March 1985
• Agent/Manager: Grange Management
• Age qualification: Over 60
• Contact: Scheme Manager
• Telephone: 07807 965063

Development

Lake House : Altogether there are 27 retirement apartments with the ground floor properties having direct access to the gardens and many of the upper floors having balconies.

There is a visiting manager 3 times/week, an emergency alarm service, communal lounge and laundry, guest facilities and attractive gardens. There is limited parking to the rear of the development.

Local shops are close by and a good local bus service runs past Lake House into the City Centre.

Further Information

There is an health centre in Grove Road and there are several places of worship nearby including the Anglican Church which is just across the road from Lake House and the Roman Catholic Church just a little further afield. A local bus service runs past Lake House into the City Centre.

Southampton is famous for its parks and gardens: Hoglands Park, close to the shopping centre has three cricket pitches, and from the bottom of Western Esplanade in Mayflower Park you can see the ships in Southampton Water, home of the Atlantic liners. Nearby are several places of interest including the Bird Gardens at Ower, Netley Abbey, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, and of course the New Forest. Good sporting facilities are avialable in the area with cricket, bowls, golf, and fishing.There are superb yachting facilities at Hamble, Hythe and Lymington.

Situation

Lake House is situated off Paynes Road in an attractive setting overlooking Freemantle Park to the rear and the upper reaches of Southampton Water to the front. It is just a short distance to the local shops in Shirley Street and has easy access to the city centre.

Town

Southampton : The city has many beautiful parks and gardens, a flourishing theatre, excellent shops and numerous places of interest to visit. Today there are several museums in the city and many fine buildings. There are regular ferries to The Isle of Wight.

HISTORY

Originally the site of the Roman port of Clauesentum it was from Southampton that the Pilgrim Fathers set sail in 1620. Its deep water port ensured its place in maritime history with HenryV assembling his army here before invading France. The Maritime museum is housed in a 14th Century warehouse.

Facilities : These include a visiting manager 3 times/week, an emergency alarm service, communal lounge, laundry, guest facilities and attractive gardens. There is limited parking to the rear of the development.

Communications

Southampton has a central position on the UK‘s south coast and sits just below the Junction of the M3 with the M27 running west and east to Portsmouth about twenty miles away. Winchester is about 13 miles to the north. The city has been a major port for many years and is the country‘s principal cruise port. Southampton airport is within four miles.

Directions

From the M271 and the A33 continue into Southampton via Mountbatten Way and after passing Millbrook Station on your right and Waterhouse Lane on your left bear left signposted Shirley into Paynes Lane and Lake House will be found in a short distance on your left.

General Information

Lake House has been designed to provide independent living with the assistance of a scheme manager to take care of day-to-day management issues at the development. The service costs cover the management service and each resident contributes quarterly, assessed according to the size of the individual apartment. Information on service costs can be provided by Grange Management. For further information please contact Grange Management Tel: 01483 411770.