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Dingwall about 5 miles. Inverness about 17 miles.

Offers over £395,000

Overview

A sympathetically modernised traditional house on the edge of an attractive and historic Highland village.

About 1 acre (0.4 ha)

* The accommodation over two floors comprises:

Ground Floor: Drawing Room. Sitting Room. Dining Kitchen. Utility Room. Pantry. Cloakroom.

First Floor: Master Bedroom with Dressing Room and en suite Bathroom. 2 further Bedrooms. Study/4th Bedroom. Shower Room.

* Garage and Workshop.

* Well-maintained, colourful grounds.

General

Ulva House lies on the edge of Strathpeffer, a village in the heart of Ross-shire in the north of Scotland. The village was once a fashionable spa resort where Victorian tourists would come to take the sulphurous waters and stay at one of the many luxury hotels. Today, Strathpeffer is still a popular tourist destination, visitors attracted by the unspoilt Victorian architecture, recently restored Spa Pavilion, now disused, the delightful Victorian railway station and beautiful countryside. The village has a thriving centre with useful shops, a newly built primary school and community centre, 18 hole golf course and doctors' surgery. There are a number of cafes and restaurants in the village and the magnificent Pavilion now plays host to both theatre and the arts. The nearby market town of Dingwall has further shops and amenities as well as a railway station and secondary school in recently opened new premises, while Inverness has all the facilities of a modern city including its airport with regular flights to the south and parts of Europe.

Strathpeffer is a popular base for walkers and cyclists with a number of way marked walks and cycle trails directly from the village. The beautiful and unspoilt surrounding countryside offers opportunity for a wide range of rural sport and recreation, while the West Coast, famous for its stunning coastline, is about an hour's drive away.

DESCRIPTION

Ulva House dates from the late 1800's and was formerly the station master's house until the closure of the village railway. The current owners acquired the house in 2000 and since then have considerably upgraded and improved the property and in 2007 completed a two storey extension. This building work has been carried out to the highest specification with many of the exterior features echoing the existing house and has created comfortable, bright and spacious accommodation, including the magnificent dining kitchen with French windows to a decked sitting area, and on the first floor the master bedroom with its dressing room and beautifully appointed en suite bathroom.

Ulva House is of stone and slate construction with the extension being of timber frame and block construction, harled, under a slate roof. From the main public road, wrought iron gates open to a drive leading to a parking area at the back of the house. From here steps lead to a gravel path and steps to the stable style door opening to:

Accommodation

Back Hall

3.1m x 1.2m

With timber floor, mat well and doors off to:

Cloakroom

1.5m x 1.2m

With WC, wash hand basin, tiled splashback and extractor fan.

Utility Room

3m x 1.6m

With fitted floor units with timber worktop, single bowl sink with drainer, plumbing for washing machine, partly tiled walls, coat hooks, oil fired boiler and extractor fan.

Dining Kitchen

6.7m x 4.5m

A double aspect room with fitted floor units, 1½ bowl sink with drainer, integral induction hob, extractor hood, integral double oven with grill, integral dish washer, central island, French windows to decked verandah and doors off to:

Pantry

1.7m x 1.5m

With timber floor and shelving.

 

Sitting Room

5.3m x 4.4m

A double aspect room with timber floor, open fire with cast iron grate and surround, slate hearth, carved timber mantelpiece, fitted book shelves, shelving below window, TV point, understair cupboard and door to front hall with timber floor and partly glazed double doors to porch and door to:

 

Drawing Room

4.5m x 4.3m

A double aspect room with cornicing, open fire with marble surround, hearth and mantelpiece, display alcove with cupboard below.

Returning to the front hall, stairs lead to the first floor landing with Velux window, access to roof space and doors off to:

 

Bedroom 1

4.5m x 3.6m

Partly coombed with fitted wardrobes running the length of one wall.

Shower Room

2.8m x 1.9m max

Partly coombed with corner shower cubicle, wash hand basin, shaver light, WC, tiled walls and tiled floor.

 

Bedroom 2

4.5m x 3.2m

Partly coombed with fitted cupboard.

Study

2.6m x 2m max

Partly coombed, access to roof space and telephone point.

Master Bedroom

4.5m x 4.1m

A double aspect room, partly combed with fitted wardrobe, telephone point, TV point and door to:

Dressing Room

2.5m x 1.4m

Partly combed with Velux window, hanging rail and door to:

En Suite Bathroom

4m x 2.5m

Partly coombed with corner shower cubicle with mains power shower, bath, wash hand basin, WC, fitted cupboards, shaver socket, tiled floor, partly tiled walls and heated ladder towel rail.

OUTBUILDINGS

Garage

6.1m x 3.6m

Of timber construction. With wooden double doors, power, light and door to:

Workshop

6m x 4.2m

Of timber construction. With fitted work benches and cupboards, shelving, power, light, wall mounted fuse box, side door to garden and front door to parking area.

Garden Shed

5.1m x 2.8m

Of timber construction. With partly glazed double doors, shelving and storage space in rafters.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The grounds at Ulva House are well established and extend to approximately 1 acre and are surrounded by post and wire and wooden fencing. To the front of the house are colourful, raised beds and gates opening to the pavement. To the side and rear of the house are terraced lawns interspersed with trees and shrubs with further mixed beds bordering the lawn and the gravelled parking area. An area of raised decking to the rear of the house provides a sheltered sitting area.

Additional Information

SERVICES

Electricity - mains

Water - mains

Drainage - private

Heating - oil fired

Internet - broadband

Oil fired central heating

Double glazing

Sky TV

 

COUNCIL TAX

Ulva House falls into band E.

 

DIRECTIONS

From Dingwall take the A834 to Strathpeffer. Just after entering the village turn left, signposted to the Victorian Station. Turn first left again and the gateway to Ulva House is straight ahead.

MOVEABLES

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

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.