A pretty home with additional lodge accommodation enjoying uninterrupted rolling countryside views.
Description
A pretty home with additional lodge accommodation enjoying uninterrupted rolling countryside views.
1 Duiletter, the lovely property is set on a concrete base and is a sectional concrete constructed home with timber and metal cladding and all under a box profile sheet roof.
The property and its accommodation are light, bright and laid out across two easily managed levels.
1 Duiletter is a comfortable semi-detached house with the added attraction of a flexible detached lodge house of timber clad construction located within its grounds, we know from its history, that it is capable of generating secondary income as a self-catered holiday home, it also lends itself suitable for overspill guest and or for multi-generational living.
From our experience this type of sectional construction can prove problematic while obtaining mortgage/lending finance.
Ground Floor
Outer canopy porch, outer front door to welcoming entrance hallway, cloaks area. Formal sitting room cum dining area, log burning stove, twin leaf doors to rear gardens with decking area. Pantry, family shower room with overhead shower, kitchen with Rayburn, door to conservatory, with door to gardens, under stair store cupboard.
First Floor
Staircase to first floor landing, bedroom 1 with window to front gardens, bedroom 2 with window to side and rear gardens, bedroom 3, currently set up as a home office with window to rear gardens, twin leaf doors to linen cupboard.
Lodge
Ground Floor
Outer front door to formal sitting cum kitchen and dining area, windows to front and side gardens, rear hall with ample fitted storage space, family bathroom with separate shower enclosure, bedroom 1 with ample fitted wardrobe space, door onto raised timber decking and greater gardens.
Outbuildings
Good sized new greenhouse, 2 x timber general purpose sheds, 1 x generous open fronted log store with corrugated sheet roof.
Gardens
Via a steel swing gate to a sweeping gravel driveway offering ample vehicular hard standing and parking. The front gardens are low maintenance by design and are accessed via a personal timber gate, a gravel pathway leads to the property front door and is flanked with a level lawn area, all of which is further bounded by pretty beds and bushes, a post and wire fence at the front, and a close board fence at the side. The rear gardens are accessed via the side of the property, at the immediate rear of the property there is a timber decking area which is ideal for alfresco sitting and dining. A lawn area spans from the rear of the house to the extreme rear boundary. A variety of colourful beds, bushes and flowers are planted to ensure year-round interest and colour. Two raised vegetable beds next to the greenhouse. There is a further raised timber decking area located at the side of the lodge and from its slightly elevated position, there are sublime views across the countryside. The gardens are broadly bounded by a close board and post and wire fencing. A further personal timber gate at the extreme rear boundary provides access into the forestry woodlands immediately to the rear of the property. Parking, with space for a motorhome and 2 x cars.
Situation
The setting of 1 Duiletter is idyllic with stunning views, in a location of great natural scenic beauty. The house is set within very pretty gardens in the heart of Glendaruel. The house views out over the flat fertile farmlands of Glendaruel and the craggy heather covered moorlands and mountains which surround it.
The Cowal Peninsula area is famous for its stunning natural scenic beauty with high-sided glens and deep and narrow sea lochs which provide a boating route through from the Clyde estuary to Arran, Loch Fyne and the fishing village of Tarbert and onwards through the Crinan Canal to the Western Isles.
Colintraive (10 miles to the south) has a hotel with a friendly bar and an enviable reputation for pub and restaurant cuisine, everyday provisions shop, post office, heritage centre, community garden and an all-weather bowling green. From Colintraive there is a short and regular 5-minute Calmac ferry crossing to the neighbouring Island of Bute. The main town on Bute is Rothesay where there are local shops, a supermarket and a further ferry to the Clyde coast. The other main centre in the area is Dunoon which provides further shops, supermarket and services, in addition to two competing ferry services across the Clyde. Excellent local medical services are delivered from Tighnabruaich.
There is a local primary school at Glendaruel and secondary schooling is available at Dunoon Grammar, which has an excellent reputation. A school bus runs from Colintraive to Dunoon Grammar in the morning and afternoon to transport students to and from school. It is possible for some of the students to board at the school.
The area offers much in the way of relaxing outdoor pursuits, including yachting and boating, golf, fishing, hill walking and country walks in an area rich in history. The Cowal Way stretches from Portavadie on Loch Fyne and travels for some miles to Arrochar through some of the most dramatic and picturesque sea and landscapes on the west coast.
A scenic 9-hole golf course is at Kames, with further courses on the Island of Bute and at Dunoon. Sea, river and loch fishing are also available in the area as are a number of shoots run either commercially or by syndicates. Some of the local estates allow stalking by arrangement.
Local bus services run to Tighnabruaich, Rothesay and Dunoon.
The Braehead retail village to the west of Glasgow is only 68 miles (albeit including a short ferry crossing over the Clyde) and has Marks & Spencer and Sainsburys anchor stores, a range of High Street multiples, plus an IKEA superstore. Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Morrisons each have large outlets in Greenock, circa 10 minutes (in normal driving conditions) from the ferry terminals.
The city of Glasgow is 50 miles by ferry and provides extensive retail, commercial, cultural, higher educational and leisure services.
Services
Water is by mains supply, drainage is by a shared septic tank, electric immersion heater, Heating and hot water is supplied by 1 x log burning stove in the lounge, together with the Rayburn stove in the kitchen delivering heat throughout this warm home, double glazing.
Lodge
We have been advised by the clients that the lodge has a large multi fuel stove and immersion heater, 2 x storage heaters heaters which can be reinstated.
Travel Directions
From Glasgow city centre leave in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Continue for 21 miles to arrive at Port Glasgow. Keep going straight (parallel to the shoreline) through the adjoining towns of Greenock and Gourock on the A770 for 8 miles to reach the Western Ferry terminal at McInroys Point (this is the second of the two ferry terminals and provides a more frequent service). Take the ferry to Hunters Quay, Dunoon. Leaving the terminal turn right onto the A815. At the T junction adjacent to the marina in Sandbank turn right. After approx 1.5 miles turn left on to the B836. Travel for 11 miles then turn right onto the A886 following signs Strachur. Continue on the A886 for about 3 miles to find 1 Duiletter on the right hand side.
Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8RT
Tel: 01546 602 127.
Council Tax
1 Duiletter Band is C and the amount of council tax payable for 2022/2023 is £1252.23 excluding sewage.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Robb Residential, telephone 0141 225 3880.
Possession
Vacant possession will be given on completion.
Offers
Offers are to be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the selling agents Robb Residential, 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NE. A closing date for offers will probably be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order to be kept fully informed of any closing date that may be fixed.
Fixtures and fittings
All items normally known as tenants fixtures and fittings, including garden ornaments and statuary, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items, including furniture may be available to a purchaser in addition, by separate negotiation.
Photographs and particulars taken in October 2022.
