Property Details: - Type: Flat - Bedrooms: 3 - Bathrooms: 1
Agent: Mervyn Smith - Surrey Phone: 020 8115 2161
<p><strong>Mid-century architecture. Three bedrooms. Two reception rooms. No onward chain. Set within the iconic Parkleys development, this spacious mid-century ground-floor apartment offers over 950 sq ft of accommodation and is one of the largest designs within the development.</strong></p><p>Boasting three bedrooms, two generous reception rooms and one bathroom, the property is offered with a share of freehold and no onward chain, making it an appealing opportunity for buyers seeking both character and potential.</p><p><strong>Space that is increasingly difficult to find.</strong></p><p>The main reception room extends to approximately 16 ft and benefits from a broad run of windows providing excellent natural light.</p><p>A feature fireplace provides a strong focal point, while the proportions allow plenty of room for a full sitting-room arrangement without compromising the sense of space.</p><p>Alongside it is a separate dining room extending to more than 14 ft, giving the apartment two genuinely useful reception rooms and a level of flexibility increasingly difficult to find in modern apartment design.</p><p><strong>Let there be light.</strong></p><p>The fitted kitchen is finished with cream cabinetry and grey worktops and benefits from a distinctive vaulted ceiling.</p><p>A run of windows brings excellent natural light into the room, while integrated appliances include a gas hob and washing machine, with generous worktop and storage space for everyday use.</p><p><strong>Three bedrooms. Multiple ways to use them.</strong></p><p>The accommodation includes three bedrooms, providing useful flexibility for family life, guests or working from home.</p><p>The principal bedroom is well proportioned and includes fitted wardrobe storage.</p><p>The second bedroom is also a generous double, while the third offers the flexibility to work as a bedroom, study or occasional guest room.</p><p><strong>Extra Storage for modern living and Gas for modern heating.</strong></p><p>A private store room is included with the property, providing valuable additional storage beyond the main accommodation. The apartment has been upgraded to heat using gas.</p><p>Residents also benefit from off-street parking bays throughout Parkleys, including spaces close to Brooke Court.</p><p>A garage is available by separate negotiation.</p><p><strong>Ham Common starts almost at the front door.</strong></p><p>The location is one of the great strengths of Parkleys.</p><p>Ham Common is moments away, with its traditional village pond, pub and cricket square, while walks through Ham Common Woods lead directly towards Richmond Park.</p><p>That gives residents access to some of south-west London’s finest green space without sacrificing proximity to Richmond, Kingston and the Thames.</p><p>Ham Parade is approximately 0.13 miles away, bringing useful everyday shops and local bus connections within a very short walk.</p><p><strong>The Schools are worth studying.</strong></p><p>The surrounding area is particularly well served for education.</p><p>The Tiffin Girls’ School is approximately 0.41 miles away and rated Outstanding. Meadlands Primary School is approximately 0.48 miles away, while Outstanding-rated Fern Hill Primary School is around 0.54 miles away.</p><p>Grey Court School is approximately 0.62 miles away and rated Outstanding, while The German School is approximately 0.94 miles away.</p><p>School places remain subject to individual admissions criteria.</p><p><strong>Fast enough for more than emails.</strong></p><p>Address-level data indicates ultrafast broadband availability of up to 1,000 Mbps.</p><p>That is more than enough for serious home working, simultaneous video calls, streaming and multiple connected devices without broadband becoming the weakest link in the house.</p><p><strong>Long lease. Shared freehold.</strong></p><p>The freehold is held in common by the residents, with the apartment held on a long lease running until December 2981.</p><p>Maintenance is currently stated at approximately £780 per quarter and includes building insurance, communal lighting and cleaning, general exterior maintenance and repairs, gardening and external window cleaning.</p><p><strong>Chain free. Pain free.</strong></p><p>The property is offered with no onward chain.</p><p>That removes the seller’s onward purchase from the transaction, reducing one of the most common causes of delay and uncertainty.</p><p>For anyone coordinating a mortgage, existing sale or rental notice period, fewer moving parts can make a meaningful difference.</p><p><strong>A Parkleys original</strong></p><p>Parkleys is not simply a development. It is an important piece of British post-war residential design.</p><p>Created in the mid-1950s by architect Eric Lyons and developer Geoffrey Townsend, it became the first major Span development and helped establish the design principles that would later define Span housing across Britain.</p><p>The estate was conceived around light, landscape and community. Its low-rise buildings were carefully positioned around mature trees, planting and shared green spaces, creating a setting where architecture and landscape were designed together rather than treated separately.</p><p>The development comprises 169 flats within 15 blocks, together with a small number of maisonettes above shops, with the individual courts named after poets.</p><p>Brooke Court itself was Grade II listed in 1998, alongside a number of neighbouring Parkleys buildings, and the wider development subsequently became a Conservation Area.</p><p>Eric Lyons went on to become one of the most influential figures in British residential architecture and later served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.</p><p>For buyers who appreciate mid-century architecture, Parkleys offers something genuinely distinctive: an original Eric Lyons home within the development that helped establish the Span movement.</p><p><strong>Designed around the landscape, not dropped onto it</strong></p><p>One of Parkleys’ most enduring qualities is the relationship between the buildings and their surroundings.</p><p>Large communal gardens, mature trees and carefully considered planting soften the architecture and create open views between the buildings.</p><p>The result is a development that feels unusually green and spacious for its location, with the landscape forming part of everyday life rather than simply surrounding the buildings.</p><p>That combination of architecture, greenery and community remains central to Parkleys’ appeal more than 70 years after it was created.</p>
