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Muir of Ord about 2 miles. Inverness about 10 miles.

SOLD

Overview

A most desirable 11 acre (4.5 Ha) owner occupied, working croft with attractive house and buildings.

* Accommodation over two floor comprises:

Ground Floor: Utility Area. Shower Room. Kitchen/Living Room. Sitting Room. Office. Workshop.

First Floor: 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom. Dressing Room.

* Idyllic rural setting

* Productive grass fields.

* Useful buildings.

* Accessible yet private.

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General

Lochan a Mhoid is a most desirable owner occupied, registered working croft, although the house and immediate garden ground have been de-crofted. The property lies in the heart of the Black Isle, only some twelve miles from Inverness. With easy access to Inverness, Muir of Ord and Beauly, the croft extends in all to some 11 acres (4.50 ha). It includes an attractive house, useful fields, established shelterbelts and a lovely pond, together with good outbuildings.

Muir of Ord offers a variety of shops and services, together with a primary school. Secondary education is available in Dingwall or Inverness, the Highland capital, which offers all the facilities of a modern, vibrant city. The airport, which lies 7 miles to the east offers regular flights to the south and parts of Europe.

There are a great variety of rural pursuits available nearby, from lovely walks and horse riding opportunities, to fishing, cycling, bird and dolphin watching, and golf amidst this unspoilt countryside.

Lochan a Mhoid is approached off a shared tarmac drive by a hard track which leads to a sizeable parking area to the side of the house.

Accommodation

THE HOUSE

Lochan a Mhoid is of traditional stone construction, harled and under a slate roof. The former byre is contiguous and of stone construction with a corrugated iron roof and now comprises the workshop and office for the vendor’s weaving business. A pathway slopes down with stone steps leading to the front door opening to:

Utility Area

5.58m x 3.32m

Double aspect with double Belfast sink, plumbing for washing machine, exposed stone wall, stairs to first floor and door to:

Shower Room

1.89m x 3.14m maximum

With shower, wash hand basin, WC and extractor fan.

Returning to utility room, a glazed door leads to:

 

Kitchen/Living Room

6.93m x 4.08m

With double Belfast sink, Camray Quartet oil fired boiler which services the hot water and central heating, and solid fuel Rayburn for water heating and 1 radiator, glazed door to front garden and door to:

 

Sitting Room

3.97m x 4.25m

Double aspect with an open stone fireplace with timber mantelpiece over, and telephone point.

Returning to the living room/kitchen, steps rise to the:

Office

3.76m x 3.06m

With window overlooking the garden, computer point (broadband) and mezzanine store over with velux window. Door to:

Workshop

6.18m x 3.76

Double aspect with open beamed ceiling, velux windows and glazed door to front garden, recesses for storage and displays.

Returning to the utility area, a timber staircase leads to the first floor landing with two hatches to the eaves and doors off to:

Bathroom

4.23m x 2.23m

Double aspect with two velux windows, cast iron bath, wash hand basin, WC.

Returning to the landing, an open archway opens to:

Dressing Room

3.6m x 3.86m

Coombed with a hatch to the roof space, velux window and doors to:

Bedroom 1

3.92m x 3.92m

Coombed with open beams to eaves.

Bedroom 2

3.76m x 3.96m

Coombed with cast iron fireplace (disused).

Garden

To the front of the house is a small enclosed garden with a lawn interspersed with a variety of shrubs, plants and colourful roses.

Situated adjacent to the farm buildings is a fenced vegetable garden with a number of productive raised beds.

THE LAND.

There are five fields in all and whilst they are currently all in permanent pasture, crops, including turnips and potatoes have been grown in the past.

The fields are all generally well fenced and gated, fields 2 and 4 have natural water from a burn and the other fields have troughs in place which are hand filled with the exception of field 3 and 5 which are fed from rain water from the roof of the shed.

The land is IACS registered and attracts Single Farm Payment but the vendor will retain this entitlement.

Woodland

There are three small shelter belts extending in all to some 0.42 acres which were established under the Crofting Agricultural Grant Scheme, there is also in place a Land Management contract menu. The vendor has created a buffer zone and entered into a Rush Pasture Management Zone, this entitles the occupier to a payment of £54 per annum and the purchaser will be expected to continue this scheme for two more years, further details are available on request.

Pond

The croft includes a most attractive fenced pond surrounded by a variety of self regenerating and planted native species trees and shrubs complete with an island with nesting box, water lilies and irises. This is fed by a spring, which could serve the water supply to the house; as it does for a number of other local properties downhill.

THE BUILDINGS

The buildings are situated to the side of the house and comprise:

The Summerhouse/ Cabin

With windows to full width of the south facing wall, T & G lined and insulated, with sink, built in bed, 2 further windows and a vegetable garden. A truly charming and useful building.

The Dutch Barn

10.23m x 9m

Of concrete block, timber and corrugated iron construction, with a hay loft over part, being a workshop and implement shed and store.

Livestock Yard

7.46m x 5.77m

Of concrete block and corrugated iron construction, with concrete floor, stalls and a loft over part.

There is also a useful livestock shelter in field 2.

Additional Information

 

SERVICES

Electricity - Mains

Water - Mains

Drainage - Private

Heating - Oil fired/ solid fuel.

 

COUNCIL TAX

The house falls into band B.

DIRECTIONS

From Inverness take the A 9 north and go to the Tore roundabout. Take the A832 to Muir of Ord and proceed for 5 miles to the crossroads just before Muir of Ord. Turn right at the crossroads signed Culbokie, proceed for 0.5 miles and turn right along the track with signs to Homestead and Hand Woven Wall Hangings and baskets. Proceed along this road, bearing right, for 0.4 miles.

MOVEABLES AND LIVESTOCK

Fitted carpets and light fittings will be included in the sale. The vendor runs a small herd of Aberdeen Angus X suckler cows and these may be available for purchase by separate negotiation. Also available by separate negotiation is a Massey Ferguson 135 tractor together with other agricultural equipment.

VIEWING

Viewing is by prior appointment only through the Selling Agents, CKD Galbraith, Reay House, 17 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness IV2 3HF. Telephone (01463) 224343. The person who may accompany you may however 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 the 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, Reay House, 17 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness, IV2 3HF.

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.