This spacious apartment positioned on the fifth floor of the popular "Carrington" development is located for lifestyle and convenience. You are only minutes away from the vibrant cafés, restaurant and retail precincts of Kingston and Manuka. In addition, you are a short walk to the edge of Lake Burley Griffin where you can enjoy the walking, cycling, and running tracks around the Lake.
Have the best of both worlds by strolling to the myriad of options around the old-world charm of the Kingston shops with its cafes, restaurants and well-equipped Supabarn supermarket or take advantage of the ever-expanding options offered by the Kingston Foreshore developments. On Sundays stroll to the Old Bus Depot Markets and enjoy the handcrafted goods and food stuff available from local suppliers.
Offering a light filled home with an open plan living and dining area. Overlooking this generous area is the renovated kitchen with electric cook top and oven, dishwasher, and pantry. To compliment this space is the large glass sliding door with access onto the wrap around balcony from which you can enjoy the views towards the Manuka Oval and Parliament House.
The main bedroom features two built-in robes and renovated ensuite with a vanity, shower over the bath and toilet. The second bedroom with built in robe is adjacent to another renovated ensuite with vanity, toilet, and shower over the bath.
Some additional features of this unique apartment include being freshly painted, a dedicated laundry room with clothes dryer, wall mounted reverse cycle air conditioner and an allocated basement single car space with an adjacent storage cage.
The Carrington development features a tennis court, visitor parking and a roof top residents' Common Room with stunning views to Manuka Oval, the Lake and Parliament House.
The suburb of Kingston is the oldest suburb in Canberra. The suburb is named after Charles Cameron Kingston, the former Premier of South Australia and minister in the first Australian Commonwealth Government. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Barton, Fyshwick, Griffith and Manuka. Kingston is situated about 4 km from the centre of Canberra and Kingston's streets are named after Australia's early European explorers.
Features:
• Light filled and spacious fifth floor apartment
• Open plan lounge and dining area with access onto wrap around balcony
• Renovated kitchen with electric cook top and oven, dishwasher, and plenty of storage cupboards
• Built in robes to both bedrooms
• Renovated ensuite bathrooms to each of the bedrooms
• Laundry room with clothes dryer and hot water service
• Coat and storage cupboard and a linen press in the hall
• Wall mounted reverse cycle air conditioner
• Freshly painted
• Outstanding views towards Manuka Oval and Parliament House
• Residents' roof top Common Room with large balcony and views towards the Lake and surrounds
• Single allocated car space with adjacent storage cage
• Residents' tennis court
• Easy access to the Kingston shopping precinct, Kingston Foreshore and Sunday Old Bus Depot markets
• Close to Telopea Park and Lake Burley Griffin for walking, cycling, and running tracks
• NBN connectivity – fibre to the building
Statistics (all measures/figures are approximate):
Block 12 Section 25
Land value $15,000,000 (entire block)
Block size 4,681 sqm (entire block)
Rates $758.46 per quarter
Land tax $926.39 per quarter (if purchased as an investment property)
Body corporate levies: $1,095.81 per quarter
Living area: 90 sqm
Balcony: 11 sqm
EER 4
Rental appraisal: $580 - $600 per week unfurnished
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