Residential and Student Accommodation in Fitzhugh Southampton U.K.
You will find Fitzhugh just north of Southampton City centre, bordering on Bedford Place and the Polygon. In essence it consists of the two main roads; Cromwell Road and Milton Road plus the roads a joining them consisting of : Holt Road, Fitzhugh Place (a cul-de-sac from Cromwell Road), Berkeley Road, Berkeley Close and Burton road.
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The houses are mainly 3 bedroom Victorian Terraces. The odd exception being by courtesy of Adolf, or developer.
In the main, the original terraces are intact, with enough original features to identify their Victorian legacy, offering a bit of solid character to the place. Inevitably some properties are split into apartments or flats, but most properties, if not used as a private residence by the owner, are shared houses used by those being educated. These are largely true to their original layout inside, with the properties offering a fair side garden, for plants, sheds and barbeques etc.
Practically the area offers a well serviced and extremely convenient location for the would be resident be they single professional, family or student.
The City centre, The main University campus / campuses, Railway and coach stations are all in walking or cycling distance, with the common also near by, for those in need of open spaces. A convenience for any local Resident o
On the property ladder the area lies lies somewhere above the economy of St Mary's and St Deny's but has not quite the affluence of the properties you might find bordering the Common, which leaves it in the middle ground of the " Yet to be affluent". Attractive to small families and the young professional and of course parents looking to buy Student accommodation for their offspring
The presence of three major teaching establishments in Southampton of course creates a huge market for student accommodation for College and University, of which Fitzhugh has its share, but perhaps not quite the density of say the Polygon Enough of a permanent residential community existing to provide a stable and reliable social environment encompassing all generations from Toddler to Grandparent.
Bedford place, found at the east end of Fitzhugh provides a remarkable and interesting local shopping area. The Co-op provides all the general necessities of life. You will also find a comprehensive selection of Takeaways as well as Fashion boutiques, Art shops, Hair dressers, Pubs, Restaurants and many more catering for Student and "Ladies who lunch" alike.
It survives as one of the original local shopping streets of Southampton, with shops such as W.J. French & Sons ( Shoes) boasting a history that stretches back two centuries and pre-dates the present Victorian houses themselves.
These houses would not be my first choice for an investment property not being designed with modern building standards in mind and have already gone through several eras of modernisation. In their time gas has given way way to electricity, kitchen ranges given way to modern cookers and outdoor privies and coal sheds given way to modern bathrooms, but they do offer a lot of scope as private or family accommodation.
The location is convenient to all the facilities of the city, without quite the noise and bustle of living on a major road.
Being near the Docks I suppose some might want to venture on the idea of accommodation on the water. Southampton water itself is probably a little busy for this and alas the Southampton canal was filled in many years ago, so Narrowboats and Canal barges are not really an option. The River Hamble is probably the best option , with even the odd Narrowboat being seen, though it did not get here by means of an inland waterway.
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