Phoenix Square, Burton Street, Leicester

Property Details: - Type: Apartment - Bedrooms: 2 - Bathrooms: 2

Agent: James Sellicks - Leicester Phone: 0116 448 9216

A fantastic and spacious apartment located on the fifth floor of this popular, stylish and environmentally sustainable building, boasting two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony and secure undercroft parking.<br/><br/><b>Location</b> - Phoenix Square is perfectly positioned in the heart of Leicester's vibrant cultural quarter, with Curve Theatre, the professional quarters, trendy bars and restaurants, fantastic shopping facilities and the mainline railway station just a few minutes’ walk away, with access to London St Pancras in just over one hour.<br/><br/><b>The Building</b> - Phoenix Square is a truly unique building with three entrances and two lifts, fusing together an independent arts cinema (recently refurbished and now having four screens), individually designed homes, office studios, creative workspaces and a new terrace café (not late night opening). The apartments were designed by award-winning Architects Marsh Grochowski and built with energy efficient solar hot water systems.<br/><br/><b>Accommodation</b> - The building is entered via two communal entrance halls, (both accessible via key fob) each housing mailboxes, stairs and lifts to other floors. A private hallway with engineered oak flooring and inset ceiling spotlights leads into the apartment and houses a camera intercom system, an airing cupboard providing storage space and an automatic washing machine. <br/><br/>The open plan sitting/dining room/kitchen boasts an excellent range of high specification eye and base level units and drawers, ample preparation surfaces, a stainless steel one and a half bowl sink and drainer unit with mixer tap over, integrated appliances including a fridge, freezer, CDA dishwasher, CDA black and stainless steel oven and microwave and an electric hob with concealed extractor unit above, engineered oak flooring throughout and a double glazed sliding door leading onto the south-facing balcony affording 180 degree city views. The balcony is one of the highest and largest in the building and has no balcony above it.<br/><br/>The master bedroom has a double glazed window to the rear elevation overlooking the former Leicester Mercury Building and an en-suite shower room providing a corner shower cubicle, a Duravit wall hung wash hand basin with mixer tap, a large mirror and electric shaver point, an enclosed WC with shelf and cupboard over, inset ceiling spotlights, chrome heated towel rail and tiled flooring. <br/><br/>Double bedroom two has a double-glazed south-facing window overlooking the former Leicester Mercury Building. The main bathroom has a three-piece suite comprising a panelled bath with tiled shower above and glass shower screen, a wall hung Duravit wash hand basin with mixer tap, large mirror and electric shaver point, an enclosed WC with shelf and cupboard over, inset ceiling spotlights, chrome heated towel rail and tiled flooring.<br/><br/><b>Parking</b> - The property benefits from one allocated, secure, undercroft parking space.<br/><br/><b>Lease Details</b> - Please be advised that whilst we make every effort to ensure that these lease details are correct, these are subject to change, must not be relied upon and MUST be verified by any potential Purchaser's Solicitor. <br/><br/>Tenure: Leasehold.<br/>Lease Term: 150 years from 2009.<br/>Ground Rent: £150 per annum.<br/>Service Charge: £4,600 per annum including parking & buildings insurance.<br/><br/><b>Other Information</b> - Local Authority: Leicester City Council, Tax Band: C <br/>Cladding: Remediation works completed 2025. External Wall System (EWS1) certificate awarded Grade at A1. <br/>Please Note : A new thermal water store was fitted in 2024 worth in excess of £3,000.<br/>Listed Status: None. Conservation Area: None.<br/>Services: All mains services connected, heating provided by a ground source heat pump.<br/>Broadband delivered to the property: Fibre - Average Speed 74Mbs on BT<br/>Construction: Believed to be standard. <br/>Wayleaves, Rights of Way & Covenants: None out of the ordinary for an apartment block.<br/>Flooding issues in the last 5 years : None our Clients are aware of.<br/>Accessibility: The building has two lifts. There is an accessible bathroom and shower with step free access in the basement<br/>Planning : Re-cladding of building (completed).<br/><br/>