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Perth about 3 miles. Edinburgh about 40 miles

Offers over £525,000

Overview

A charming family house set around a small courtyard on the banks of the River Tay, in a highly accessible, but private position

About 0.95 acres (0.38 ha)

* The accommodation comprises:

Sitting Room. Family Room. Kitchen/Breakfast Room with cabinet-made units. Study/Bedroom 4. Principal Bedroom with En Suite Shower and Dressing Room. 2 Further Bedrooms. Bathroom. Further Shower Room. Utility Room.

* Useful large Garage/Workshop with loft over.

* Oil fired central heating.

* Pretty and extensive garden with mature trees, lawns and shrubs.

* Impressive frontage onto River Tay.

General

Dalcairn is a most attractive and highly accessible property lying at Grange of Elcho, within a short distance of the county town of Perth. Rising from the banks of the River Tay, the property enjoys seclusion and privacy with magnificent views to Kinnoull Hill and the surrounding countryside of Perth.

Perth itself with its excellent amenities and facilities lies only three miles away. There is an excellent range of shops and restaurants, theatre, cinema as well as a mainline railway station in the town.

For the sporting enthusiast there is an excellent swimming pool complex, ice rink, sports centre and three golf courses. Nearby there are well respected schools including, Craigclowan Preparatory School, Kilgraston, Strathallan, Glenalmond and Morrisons Academy and Dundee High School.

Access to the south is excellent. Edinburgh can be reached in under an hour.

DESCRIPTION

Dalcairn is a spacious bungalow set around a sheltered courtyard and in a private setting, but with the benefit of neighbours. The house itself has a lovely Mediterranean feel with its courtyard from which the generous accommodation leads. In the recent past Dalcairn has been the subject of a considerable programme of refurbishment. This has included the installation of a superb high quality kitchen with cabinet-made units, the re-fitting of bathrooms and redecoration by interior designers to the very highest standards. Good quality wallpapers, high quality curtains and excellent fittings have been installed. The house itself stands in a pretty and sheltered garden of considerable scale, offering great colour and seclusion.

The accommodation is built of stone and partly block under a tiled roof.

Accommodation

The accommodation around a courtyard comprises:

Hall

With radiator.

 

Sitting Room

Wood burning stove on tiled hearth with wooden mantel, cornice, three radiators, two wall lights, central light.

Bathroom

With Whirlpool bath, pedestal wash hand basin, bidet, WC, radiator, partly tiled walls, tiled floor, halogen downlighters.

Study/Bedroom 4

With radiator, cornice, fuse boxes.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

With Britannia electric stove with ovens, ceramic hob, extractor and light over, partly tiled walls. A Chalon kitchen with double Belfast sink with waste disposal, polished granite worktops with integral drainer, cabinet-made units with corner cupboards, cupboards, shelves and drawers, integral dish washer, free standing island unit with drawers and pan store, dresser hiding freezer, microwave and fridge, cabinet-made dresser with display shelves, drawers and cupboards, tiled floor and halogen downlighters, cornice.

 

Family Room

With fitted cupboards and linen cupboard, radiator, window seat, halogen downlighters.

Bedroom 2

With radiator, cornice, shelved and hanging cupboards.

The bedroom corridor with radiator continues to:

Bedroom 3

With shelved and hanging cupboard, radiator.

Pantry

With stainless steel sink with geyser, shelves, access to loft and fuses.

Utility Room

With stainless steel sink and drainer with cupboards under and cupboards over, plumbing for washing machine, radiator, access to loft and garden door.

Shower Room

With Mira shower in tiled and glass cabinet, wash hand basin with mirror and light over, WC, chrome heated towel rail.

Master Bedroom

With cornice, downlighters, two radiators, glazed door to courtyard, access to loft.

En Suite Shower Room

With tiled walls, shower with large rose, tiled walls, glass fronted medicine cabinet, wash hand basin, WC, chrome heated towel rail.

Dressing Room

With cornice, two radiators.

Garage/Workshop

With a Ferroli oil fired boiler, hot water cylinder, garden WC, wine racking, loft over.

There is a 600 gallon oil tank.

 

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The gardens and grounds at Dalcairn are a particular feature of the property. The courtyard is a lovely private area with its stone paved area, flower beds and incorporating apple trees with climbing roses, clematis and honeysuckle. There is access to the courtyard from the hall, master bedroom and of course the principal entrance.

There is a generous parking area lying to the east of the house, gravelled and edged with herbaceous and shrub plants, including flowering hydrangeas. This leads on to a lawned area, leading down to the River Tay. The urns and pots are a particular feature of the garden. The west garden lies close to the house and affords considerable privacy, planted with herbaceous shrubs, this is a mass of colour in the early spring and

throughout the summer. Specimen trees including, Cedar, Ash, Lime, Acers and Horse Chestnut afford great character to the property. There is a paved seating area close to the house, where there are plum and apples trees and this leads behind to a further raised woodland area.

Additional Information

SERVICES

Water Mains

Drainage Mains

Electricity Mains

Central Heating and Hot Water Oil Fired

COUNCIL TAX

Dalcairn falls under Council Tax Band G.

DIRECTIONS

From Perth take the Edinburgh road from the town centre leading to the M90 interchange. Shortly before this turn left onto a minor public road signed to Rhynd and Grange of Elcho. Motor along this road for approximately one mile, turning left signed to Grange of Elcho and continue along this road, which winds down to the River Tay itself. Dalcairn is to be found at the foot of the hill on the left just above the banks of the River Tay.

SOLICITORS

Campbell Smith WS

33 York Place

Edinburgh

EH1 3HS

Tel: 0131 556 3737

Fax: 0131 556 4114

VIEWING

Viewing is by prior appointment only through the selling agents – CKD Galbraith. The person who may accompany you however, may not be an employee of CKD Galbraith.

Selling Agents / Local CKD Galbraith Office

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice.

2) Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances.

3) These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995.

4) Closing Date

A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties.

5) Offers

Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, through a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, Lynedoch House, Barossa Place, Perth PH1 5EP.

6) Third Party Rights and Servitudes

The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof.

The road leading from the public road is owned by Scottish Water. The owner of Dalcairn has an unrestricted right of access to the property.