PROPERTY SUMMARY An impressive townhouse, which was built approximately 23 years ago by the Berkerley Group as part of the Gunwharf Quays development. The internal accommodation is arranged over three floors and comprises: hallway, 17' kitchen / breakfast room, cloakroom and garage on the ground floor, with the sitting room and bedroom with en-suite bathroom on the first floor, with three further bedrooms, (one with an en-suite shower room) and a family bathroom on the top floor. Having off road parking to the front for two cars, an enclosed low maintenance garden with rear pedestrian access, double glazing, gas fired central heating and being within close proximity of the harbour and commutable rail links from Portsmouth Harbour station to London Waterloo at approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes. Gunwharf Quays occupies 33 acres including 90 designer shopping outlets, 30 bars and restaurants, a Vue cinema, bowling complex, Apex Art Gallery, The Spinnaker Tower, a 125 bedroom hotel and 310 homes. Perseus Terrace and Minerva Crescent are the only townhouses within the development of which there are only 17 in total. Situated at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour, between Old Portsmouth and Portsmouth historic Dockyard. The land is steeped in history and this site is recorded to have been used to defend Portsmouth as far back as 1526. Access to the residential area is via a gated entrance with CCTV coverage providing reassurance to the local residents.
ENTRANCE Lowered kerb leading to hardstanding to front of garage, covered porch, external lighting, louvre doored bin store, main front door with spy-hole leading to:
HALLWAY Wood laminate flooring, wired-in smoke detector, ceiling spotlights, radiator, power points, door to garage, stairs rising to first floor with double doored louvre understairs storage cupboard, alarm panel.
CLOAKROOM Close coupled w.c., with twin flush, tongue and groove panelling to half wall level, vanity unit with wash hand basin, mixer tap and cupboards under, double glazed frosted window to front aspect, high level electric consumer box, extractor fan, matching wood laminate flooring.
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM 17' 1" x 14' 11" maximum, decreasing to 12'10" (5.21m x 4.55m) Dining area; matching wood laminate flooring, power points, contemporary style tall radiator, twin double glazed doors leading to rear garden, ceiling spotlights. Kitchen; Comprehensive range of light grey fitted wall units and dark blue floor units with composite work surface, incorporating inset sink unit with mixer tap, Brita filter tap and drainer to one side, range of integrated appliances including dishwasher, tall fridge/freezer with matching doors, chrome fronted power points, inset Neff induction hob with extractor hood, fan and light over, eye-level Neff double oven with tilt and hide door, integrated bin drawer, matching wood laminate flooring, double glazed window to rear aspect overlooking garden with blinds, ceiling spotlights, one wall mounted unit housing boiler supplying domestic hot water and central heating (not tested), part-glazed panelled door leading to hallway.
UTILITY ROOM 9' 0" x 5' 9" (2.74m x 1.75m) Work surface, single drainer sink unit with mixer tap and cupboard space under, washing machine point, power points, ceramic tiled surrounds, range of wall units, open shelving, matching flooring, door to:
GARAGE 13' 11" x 9' 2" (4.24m x 2.79m) Remote control up and over door, fluorescent tube lighting, power points.
FIRST FLOOR Landing with balustrade, built-in storage cupboard, staircase rising to top floor, radiator, power points.
SITTING ROOM 17' 2" x 15' 0" (5.23m x 4.57m) Twin double glazed doors leading to false balcony overlooking garden, central chimney breast with surround fireplace, coal effect gas fire with granite hearth, dimmer switches, controls for central heating, two radiators, power points, glazed panelled door to landing.
BEDROOM 2 15' 2" to front of built-in wardrobes x 11' 4" decreasing to 7'7" at narrowest point (4.62m x 3.45m) Floor to ceiling mirror doored built-in wardrobes with hanging space and shelving, double glazed window to front aspect with radiator under, power points, double glazed doors leading to false balcony, door to:
EN-SUITE BATHROOM White suite comprising; double ended panelled bath with wall mounted taps and shelf to one end, vanity unit with wash hand basin, mixer tap and shelving under, tiled surrounds, mirror fronted medicine cabinet over, close coupled w.c., with dual flush, shower cubicle with drench style hood and separate shower attachment, panelled door, tiled flooring, chrome heated towel rail, ceiling spotlights.
TOP FLOOR Landing with balustrade, access to loft space, built-in airing cupboard with large hot water cylinder and shelving.
BEDROOM 4 10' 5" x 6' 0" to front of built-in mirror doored wardrobe (7'11" max)(3.18m x 1.83m) Range of floor to ceiling sliding mirror doored wardrobes to one wall with hanging space and shelving, double glazed window to rear aspect with views towards the Cathedral spire, power points, radiator.
BEDROOM 3 14' 4" x 8' 11" (4.37m x 2.72m) Double glazed window to rear aspect overlooking garden towards the Cathedral spire, built-in mirror doored double wardrobe to one with hanging space and shelving, radiator, power points.
FAMILY BATHROOM White suite comprising; panelled bath with shower screen over, telephone style mixer tap and shower attachment, close coupled w.c., with dual flush, wash hand basin with mixer tap, drawers under and mirror over, heated towel rail, ceramic tiled flooring, ceiling spotlights, extractor fan, medicine cabinet.
BEDROOM 1 17' 2" maximum x 11' 0" (5.23m x 3.35m) Large floor to ceiling built-in mirror doored wardrobe to one wall with hanging space and shelving, twin double glazed windows to front aspect with partial views towards the harbour, double radiator, power points, door to:
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM Fully ceramic tiled 1½ size shower cubicle with drench style hood and separate shower attachment, close coupled w.c., with dual flush, wash hand basin with mixer tap and cupboards under, tall cabinet, large mirror, extractor fan, ceiling spotlights, chrome heated towel rail.
OUTSIDE To the rear is a low maintenance enclosed garden with fence panelling to either side and high brick retaining wall to the rear with gateway leading onto Millennium Walk, the garden has two feature areas, one being a large patio with flagstone style flooring, the other with low maintenance artificial grass with flowering shrub borders and a shingled area to one end, range of shrubs and plants.
AGENTS NOTES Photographs taken pre-tenancy
Council Tax Band G - Portsmouth City Council
Broadband – ASDL/FTTC Fibre Checker (openreach.com)
Flood Risk – Refer to - (GOV.UK (check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk)
COSTS If an application for a tenancy is successful, below is an example of the amounts required are shown below:
Holding Fee (1 weeks rent): £646.15 (will be returned on completion of acceptable referencing)
One Month's rent in advance: £2,800.00
Deposit (equivalent to 5 weeks rent): £3,230.77
(Please note the above move in figures are for guidance purposes only).
TENANCY TERMS AND CONDITIONS – TENANTS Revised 28th February 2024
Approved Tenant Charges
The only payments you can expect in connection with a tenancy are:
a) the rent
b) a refundable tenancy deposit capped at no more than five weeks' rent. This will be held in a Deposit Scheme as security for the performance of all obligations in connection with the tenancy for example in the case of any damage at the end of the tenancy or a charge to an independent company providing a deposit alternative service, if offered.
c) A refundable holding deposit (to reserve a property) capped at no more than one week's rent. Example - equivalent to One Weeks Rent – i.e. £1,000.00 pcm rent equates to £230.76 holding deposit).
We can retain this holding deposit if you:
• Provide false or misleading information which reasonably affects our decision to let the property to you (i.e. calls into question your suitability as a tenant, this can include your behaviour in providing the false or misleading information).
• Fail a right to rent check
• Withdraw from the proposed agreement (decide not to let) or
• Fail to take reasonable steps to enter an agreement (i.e. responding to reasonable requests for information required to progress the agreement) when the landlord and / or agent has done so.
Where we wish to retain the holding deposit, we will set out in writing the reason for this within 7 days of deciding not to enter the agreement or the 'deadline for agreement'. The 'deadline for agreement' for both parties is usually 15 days after a holding deposit has been received by a landlord or agent (unless otherwise agreed in writing).
d) Payments to change the tenancy when requested by the tenant (e.g. a change of sharer or permission to keep pets at the property) capped at £60.00 inc. VAT.
e) Payments associated with early termination of the tenancy, when requested by the tenant and agreed by the landlord. This would not exceed the financial loss that a landlord will suffer in permitting , or reasonable cost that have been incurred by the agent in arranging for, the tenant t leave early.
f) Payments in respects of utilities, communication services, TV licence and council tax
g) A default fee for late payment of rent and replacement of lost key/security device.
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