Riverside rooms with views

SET in Waterside House at The Wharf in Pangbourne, this lift-served upper-floor apartment looks straight out to the River Thames from its private balcony.

The building itself is a small, well-kept development of nine apartments with allocated parking plus visitors’ bays for friends.

The communal entrance is smart, with stairs and a lift, and the position at the end of a private road keeps things quiet.

Inside, the plan makes sense for real life. The living/dining room runs to roughly 22’5” by 12’0” (6.82m x 3.67m), providing a generous zone for a sofa, dining table and that reading chair by the French doors.

Those doors open to the balcony — the feel-good moment that sells the home to anyone who values light, air and a view that changes with the weather. The kitchen is fully fitted and has an internal door to the second double bedroom — a useful quirk if you like the idea of a semi-open cook-and-chat flow when guests are staying, or if you fancy bedroom two as a study that keeps you close to the kettle.

Bedroom sizes are a comfortable 11’11” x 11’10” (3.62m x 3.60m) for the main room, complete with fitted wardrobes and 11’11” x 8’10” (3.62m x 2.69m) for the second.

A recently refitted bathroom keeps things crisp with a bath and overhead shower.

In all, you’re looking at about 769 sq ft (71.4 sq m), which, paired with the outlook, feels bigger in the best possible way.

Each owner holds an equal share of the freehold and the flat has a 125-year lease from 1995, leaving around 96 years unexpired.

The 2024/25 service charge is £2,671 and covers maintenance of internal and external common parts (including the lift), gardening, decorating, cleaning and building insurance.

This stretch of river is forever bound up with The Wind in the Willows and you can see why. Pangbourne Meadow, Whitchurch toll bridge and the sweep of the Thames towards Goring are all on your doorstep. There are good places to eat and linger, the Elephant hotel among them, and the wider area offers walks over the Berkshire Downlands and into the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty when you need big skies and green horizons.

It has a private riverside garden with benches at the front of the building for those “let’s just sit a minute” moments, a few minutes’ stroll to the High Street for the butcher, the specialist cheese shop, the Co-Op and WHSmith with a post office and the mainline station close enough to make commuting feel civilised.

Trains run to Reading in about eight minutes and on to Paddington in as little as 25, with the Elizabeth line connections from Reading shaving faff off the London end.

l 5 Waterside House has a guide price of £360,000, with a share of the freehold. For more information and to arrange a viewing, call Warmingham and Co on (01491) 874144.