2 Bed Terraced House, Motivated Seller, Penrith, CA11 0PJ £345,000

Accommodation(with approximate dimensions)  

Entrance Porch  

Ground Floor  

Lounge 15' 2" x 8' 7" (4.62m x 2.62m)  

Kitching/Dining Room 15' 8" x 8' 11" (4.78m x 2.72m)  

First Floor  

Bedroom 1 11' 9" x 8' 7" (3.58m x 2.62m)  

Bedroom 2 11' 4" x 8' 9" (3.45m x 2.67m)  

Shower Room  

Outside  

Patio  

Parking There is an allocated parking space opposite The Old Cop Shop. 

Property Information  

Services The property has electric heating and is connected to mains electricity and water with shared private drainage to a recently installed new fully compliant Sewage Treatment Plant. 

Tenure Freehold. There is also an area of flying freehold whereby part of the shower room extends over a neighbouring property in which the adjacent apartment owns and is responsible for the roof over.  

Business Rates The Old Cop Shop has a rateable value of £2,400 with the amount payable to Cumberland Council for 2023/24 being £1,197.60. Small business rate relief may be available.  

Energy Performance Certificate The full Energy Performance Certificate is available on our website and also at any of our offices. 

Viewings Strictly by appointment with Hackney & Leigh Ambleside Office.  

Note The Vendor tells us...

"We are aware that the property lies within a nationally designated flood risk zone that has been in place for many years. This means that it may not be easy to obtain insurance for flood risk, or that it will be expensive. Despite the 2015 flood, the national flood rating for Grisedale Bridge has actually been reduced from Significant down to Moderate. That may assist future owners in obtaining insurance for flood risk.

We can confirm that the property was affected briefly during Storm Desmond of December 2015. Until that storm, there are no records of the property being flooded since it was built in approximately 1860. Storm Desmond led to unprecedented amounts of rainfall due to very rare atmospheric conditions.

The impact of Storm Desmond saw the level of Lake Ullswater rise well beyond anything that had ever been experienced, with a water level about 3 metres above normal. The rising water table associated with the massive rise in Lake Ullswater led to water reaching ankle depth in the ground floor. Although the cottage is about 50 metres from the nearby river, that is well channelled and did not cause the water ingress to the cottage.

After the flooding, the vendors took advantage of several Grants that were available. The vendors decided to invest and upgrade the flood resilience of the property whilst carrying out the repairs. Improvements at this cottage included replacing the wooden floor in the kitchen and hallway with a solid concrete floor (it also has a layer of insulation beneath it), replacing ground floor plaster with water resistant materials to a height of 600mm and installing a sump pump under the kitchen floor that automatically operates if water is detected flowing into the tank. This has so far not been triggered into working"
 

Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AML) Please note that when an offer is accepted on a property, we must follow government legislation and carry out identification checks on all buyers under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AML). We use a specialist third-party company to carry out these checks at a charge of £42.67 (inc. VAT) per individual or £36.19 (incl. vat) per individual, if more than one person is involved in the purchase (provided all individuals pay in one transaction). The charge is non-refundable, and you will be unable to proceed with the purchase of the property until these checks have been completed. In the event the property is being purchased in the name of a company, the charge will be £120 (incl. vat).
 

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