A pretty detached upside-down house with spectacular waterscape views across Loch Fyne and direct access to Inverneill Burn.
Whitehouse Cottage is an upside-down house, and it provides light and bright easily managed accommodation laid out across two levels. From its immediate coastal situation, front facing rooms of Whitehouse Cottage all benefit from quite wonderful waterscape views. The house is of white painted render finish, and all neatly presented under a dark grey west highland slate roof.
The house is well set up for principal family living. The Lochgilphead to Tarbert strip is also a well-known west of Scotland holiday and short break destination and so the house offers good scope as a second or holiday home or as an income producing investment proposition.
Outer storm door to welcoming entrance vestibule/cloaks, inner front door to entrance hallway, under stair store cupboard housing the hot water tank, formal sitting room with windows to garden and burn views, warming multi fuel stove, kitchen with window to gardens and burn views. Family bathroom with overhead shower, bedroom 1 with windows to gardens and burn, bedroom 2 with window to gardens, under stair store cupboard.
Staircase to first floor, sitting room with access to eaves, 1 x Velux window and window and door onto good sized balcony offering spectacular waterscape views across Loch Fyne Sea Loch. Family bathroom with overhead shower, 1 x Velux windows, narrow hallway store, bedroom 3 (master) with fitted store cupboards, window overlooking rolling coastal countryside views.
Outbuildings
Attached one and a half sized garage with up and over shutter
door, personal door access, fluorescent lighting, utility area with sink and plumbing for a washing machine.
Gardens
Via stone piers to private gravel and tarmac driveway with ample vehicular hard standing, parking and access to attached garage. Gravel paths wrap around the property which is flanked with a two level lawn areas and drying area. There are beautifully maintained colourful flower beds and bushes which are contained by timber kerbed edging. A personal gate provides access down to the embankment as well as riverside access to Inverneil Burn and the Loch beyond. Whitehouse Cottage enjoys ownership to the extent of its boundaries of the adjacent bank as well as the solum of Inverneill Burn. The gardens are very well maintained and bound by an exposed stone wall. There is an additional area of parking due East of the property which is laid to tarmac and bound by an exposed stone wall and traditional square grid fencing. From all aspects of the gardens there are quite spectacular and lovely views across the Inverneill Burn as well as across Loch Fyne Sea Loch
Services
Mains water supply, oil fired central heating, supported by warming multi fuel burning stove, drainage is by private septic tank, double glazed.
Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.
Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
Tel: 01546 602127.
Council Tax
Whitehouse Cottage is in Band D and the amount of council tax payable for 2023/2024 is £1,711.67 including water charges.
EPC Rating
F
Situation
Whitehouse Cottage is situated in a coastal position within the ribbon settlement of Inverneill about 5.3 miles to the south of Lochgilphead and on the edge of Loch Fyne.
Ardrishaig village is about 3.2 miles to the north of Whitehouse Cottage where there are a range of local shops which cater for everyday requirements and a primary school. There is a regular bus service to Glasgow, Campbeltown as well as local bus routes.
Lochgilphead offers supermarkets, independent shops and professional services. There are two nurseries, a new primary/high school in Lochgilphead, and tertiary education is available through Argyll College. There is a new hospital and integrated health centre. A golf course, bowling green, swimming pool and sports centre are also located in Lochgilphead.
The Crinan Canal is nearby, with Crinan harbour and its sheltered yacht mooring within an 11.5 miles distance providing ready access to the Hebrides and some of the most beautiful scenery in the Scottish West Highlands. The area offers much in the way of outdoor pursuits, including water sports such as sailing and canoeing, on- and off-road cycle routes and walks. Sea, river and loch fishing are also available.
Travel Directions
From Lochgilphead travel south on the A83 (signposted for Campbeltown). Travel for 4.3 miles to reach Inverneill. Once in the ribbon settlement of Inverneill, Whitehouse Cottage is on the right-hand side upon crossing the Inverneill Burn.
