Room in a Shared House, Bells Court, CB3

One first floor room, the Ready Room, is available in a circa 1775 grade II listed semi-detached house from 31-Aug-22 or, potentially, sooner.

Located 150 metres from Magdalene College Porters Lodge on Castle Hill opposite the Castle Mound. 

Modernised in 2006 with:
    • gas fired central heating
    • A limestone floor on "The Bridge" (the ground floor room)
    • fitted kitchen

And partially again in 2018:
    • The limestone floor in the kitchen was replaced with a porcelain floor (for easier cleaning)
    • The old combination boiler was replaced with new Worcester combination boiler
    • The kitchen and the Captain's Cabin were redecorated
    • A fridge freezer was added to the existing fridge in the kitchen in July 2018
    • In July 2018 a new hand basin was installed in the bathroom with slightly improved plumbing. 

Since 2018
    • The Compass Platform was redecorated in September 2019  
    • Shutters were installed in the Captain's Cabin in March 2020.  
    • A new oven was added in May 2020
    • New chairs for the desks in the Ready Room and Captain's Cabin were added in June 2020, and two more of the same bodacious chairs for the desks on the Bridge and the Compass Platform in November 2020.
     • In May 2021 the bathroom was improved by new tiling around the hand basin and toilet and in July and August 2021 the interior apart from the Compass Platform were redecorated, as was the yard, and the front door re-hung.
     • In March 2022 the lower stairs were repaired and in May 2022 re-recarpeted. A new bannister rope was hung 16-Jun-22 2022 and the tumble drier animal flap (very important!) was re-affixed to the drier vent hole. 
     • In June 2022 A new toilet pan was installed and guide wires were affixed to the yard walls for the four climbing roses recently planted.

PLEASE NOTE THAT RENT IS PARTLY DUE IN ADVANCE

Rent is paid five months in advance (though there is no deposit) with the first five months due to complete the contract and then recurring payments monthly thereafter commencing from the middle of month two with no payments, therefore, at the back end of the term of the contract. For payment 10-12 months in advance there will be a 3% discount.

Please Note This Is A Room In A Shared Accommodation.
  
The property is shared with three other tenants (one University of Cambridge gentleman postgraduate, one Anglia Ruskin university lady undergraduate and one twenty something working gentleman). 

Owing to the elegant sufficiency of space in the house and in particular the presence of just one bathroom, in other words for the benefit of the other inhabitants, the room is not offered to couples. 

• The Ready Room 2.5 x 3.8 metres (9.5 square metres) has a carpeted floor with a desk, a built in wardrobe and a 120 cm x 200 cm Japanese style (just mean it is low) double bed.

- No smokers
- No pets
- Students accepted
- Twelve months minimum tenancy
- Rent is payable five months in advance
- No deposit

The rent includes all the bills. Were these amortised between a putative four inhabitants and charged separately they would amount to £36 per month (council tax), £28 per month (electricity), £28 per month (gas), £13 per month (internet), £15 per month (water and sewage) so for comparison with equivalent properties where all bills are not included you could allow for £120 per month saved.