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Fort Augustus about 1.25 miles. Inverness about 34 miles.

Offers over £325,000

Overview

About 2.25 acres (0.9 ha).

A comfortable family home in a beautiful location and with stunning views up Loch Ness.

The accommodation over two floors comprises:

Ground floor: Sitting Room. Dining Room. Study. Family Kitchen. Utility Room. Boot Room. Cloakroom. Boiler Room.

First floor: Four Bedrooms, one en suite. Family Bathroom.

– Double garage.

– Secluded setting.

– Delightful grounds comprising gardens and woodland.

– Grounds extending to approx. 2. 25 acres

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General

Ard Aluinn lies in a beautiful location on the edge of Glen Tarff, with stunning views up Loch Ness and over Fort Augustus and its abbey to the forests behind. Formerly the factor's house for Culachy Estate, Ard Aluinn was sold from the estate about 20 years ago and today is a delightful family home, set on a sheltered, elevated site, positioned to take advantage of its outstanding setting. Originally a traditional two-up-two-down house, Ard Aluinn was extended about ten years ago to create a spacious home retaining much of its character and providing well-laid out accommodation. The generous grounds at Ard Aluinn surround the house and contribute greatly to the amenity of the property with their terraced lawns, sheltered sitting areas and mature trees. Behind the house the land rises gently to a fringe of native woodlands and from here there is access to Culachy Falls and the Corrieyairack Pass, a road built by General Wade through the Monadhliath Mountains to Kingussie.

The village of Fort Augustus reached prominence in the 18th century as a military settlement, however today it is popular for its proximity to Loch Ness and its traditional centre built around along the 5 locks which form part of the Caledonian Canal. The village provides a number of shops, hotels and restaurants, primary and secondary schooling , while Inverness, about an hour's drive away, has all the facilities of a modern city including its airport with regular flights to the South. With its many attractions Fort Augustus is a well-known tourist destination however, just a short distance away, the beautiful countryside remains unspoilt and tranquil, providing a haven for wildlife and excellent sporting and leisure opportunities. As well as the traditional rural sports of fishing, shooting and stalking, golf and sailing there are numerous way-marked walks and cycle trails and the Nevis Range Ski Centre near Fort William offers year round activities.

DESCRIPTION

From the single track public road, a tarmacadam driveway sweeps round to a parking area at the side of the house.

Accommodation

A door at the back of the house opens to:

Back Hall

2.1m x 1.1m

With tiled floor, coat hooks and doors to:

Cloakroom

2.4m x 1.1m

With WC, wash-hand basin with tiled splashback, mirror and tiled floor.

Utility Room

2.4m x 2.1m

With fitted floor and wall units, single bowl stainless steel sink with drainer, plumbing for washing machine, extractor fan, partly tiled walls, tiled floor and door to:

Boot Room

2.4m x 2.4m

Formerly used as a dark room. With fitted worktops, deep sink, partly tiled walls and extractor fan.

 

Kitchen

5.9m x 6.0m

A double aspect room with double oven, oil fired Aga, fitted floor and wall units, one-and-a-half bowl stainless steel sink with drainer, plumbing for dishwasher, electric hob, extractor hood, partly tiled walls and door to:

 

Dining Room

4.5m x 3.4m

With fitted cupboard below window, fitted bookcase with cupboard below, TV point, telephone point and door to:

 

Drawing Room

8.2m including bay window x 5.2m

A triple aspect room with sliding doors to front terrace, partly timber-lined vaulted ceiling, open fire with slate surround and hearth, timber mantelshelf, fitted bookshelves below window, TV point and telephone point.

Returning to the dining room, a further door leads to the front hall, with cornicing and doors off to:

Front Porch

1.6m x 1.0m

With timber lined walls and ceiling, wall-mounted fuse box and electricity meter and double doors to garden.

Study

5.0m x 4.0m

With wood burning stove on a tiled hearth and recessed in an exposed stone wall, cornicing and fitted bookcase.

Store Room

2.8m x 1.3m

With fitted cupboards and open square arch leading to:

Boiler Room

1.0m x 3.0m

With oil fired boiler and shelving.

From the front hall stairs lead to the first floor landing with coombed ceiling, Velux window, fitted cupboards, access to roof space and doors off to:

Bedroom 1

4.5m x 3.7m

With partly coombed ceiling, fitted cupboards, cupboard housing hot water cylinder and telephone point.

Bedroom 2

5.1m x 3.1m

With partly coombed ceiling and telephone point.

From the first floor landing an open square arch leads to a corridor with access to roof space and doors off to:

Bathroom

2.2m x 1.9m

With bath, wash-hand basin, WC, mirror, extractor fan and partly tiled walls.

Bedroom 3

3.6m x 3.1m

With fitted cupboard.

Bedroom 4

5.7m x 2.8m maximum

A double aspect room with fitted cupboards and door to:

En-Suite Shower Room

2.8m x 1.5m maximum

With corner shower cubicle with mains power shower, wash-hand basin with tiled splashback, WC, wall mounted fan heater, heated towel rail and extractor fan.

OUTBUILDINGS

Garage

6.0m x 6.0m

Double garage of timber construction with two up and over doors, concrete floor, power, light, door to garden, storage space in the rafters and shelving.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The grounds at Ard Aluinn, which extend to approximately two and a quarter acres, are fringed by native woodlands and surrounded by deer fencing. Around the house are lawns with plantings of rhododendrons, pieris and specimen trees, while at the front of the house a flagstone sitting area leads to a lawn partly enclosed by a dry stone dyke. To the west of the house is the former kitchen garden and to the rear the land rises gently to the boundary fence.

Additional Information

 

SERVICES

Water Private

Electricity Mains

Drainage Private

Heating Oil fired

Water heating Aga

Internet Broadband available

Fully double glazed

 

COUNCIL TAX

Ard Aluinn falls under Council Tax Band F.

DIRECTIONS

From Inverness take the A82 to Fort William. In Fort Augustus continue through the village, staying on the A82. About 1 mile after leaving the village, turn left, signposted to Ardachy. Ard Aluinn is the first turn on the right.

 

MOVEABLES

All fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings are included in the sale. Further items may be available by separate negotiation.

SOLICITORS

Macandrew & Jenkins W.S. LLP.

5 Drummond Street

Inverness

IV1 1QD

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

* 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.

* 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 the services and appliances.

* 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.

* 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.

* OFFERS

Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, thought a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, Reay House, 17 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness, IV2 3HF.

* 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.