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2 bedroom semi-detached house
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
Seaview East is a delightful and typical West highland style end terraced coastal cottage type property. The house is finished in exposed natural stone to front and rear elevations and painted harling to the side elevation, porch and conservatory. The whole is under a slated roof. The house is set amid level mature and easily tended gardens within which there is good space for alfresco dining, sundowners and positions from which to enjoy the most scenic views to the Kilbrannan Sound and the hight tops of the adjacent island of Arran.
Internally the house is presented in lovely condition with new carpeting and deluxe range kitchen and bathroom ware, throughout the entire house has been freshly decorated in a broadly neutral and fresh palette of décor and with its idyllic scenic location Seaview East lends itself perfect for either principal private residence, holiday home or income producing self-catering investment property.
Ground Floor
Entrance porch, half glazed and with Terra Cotta tiled floor, glazed front door to entrance reception hall, cloakroom/wc, comfortable sitting room with white painted wood panel to fireplace wall, warming log burner on a raised tile hearth and exposed firebrick slips and timber mantle, hot tank store, under stairs stores, nicely fitted and well equipped kitchen with split level equipment, bright conservatory with glass roof and door to rear gardens.
First Floor
Staircase to upper hallway, with electrical switchgear cupboard and access hatch to attic space, bathroom with instant shower and wet wall finish and glass shower screen, bedroom 1 with fitted wardrobe, dual aspect bedroom 2.
Outbuildings
Timber garden shed and garden equipment store, concrete floor, twin leaf and single personal doors. Outside larder and log store.
Gardens
New twin leaf galvanised steel gates and front fence, personal gate and privet hedge to front boundary, gravel terrace and vehicle hardstand, lawn to the side bounded by lap larch fencing and bushes, gravel pathway leading to rear gardens which are to lawn bounded by post and rylock wire stockproof fencing.
Situation
Seaview East is situated in the delightful little coastal ribbon settlement of Skipness at the top of the famous Mull of Kintyre just to the south of the west coast fishing harbour town of Tarbert.
The house is situated immediately on the foreshore with only the minor single-track road to the front and with consequently everchanging and sometimes dramatic views across the Kilbrannan Sound to the Islands of Arran and Bute.
Tarbert town centre is about 12.5 miles to the north and the A83 makes it easily accessible by car.
Tarbert is a pleasant west coast small fishing and yachting harbour town with local shops and services easily catering for everyday needs and requirements. There are a number of friendly harbour pubs and restaurants. Tarbert is also renowned for hosting the annual Scottish Series Yachting Event, and for its seafood and folk festivals. The acclaimed Seafood Cabin at Skipness Castle is within walking distance.
Everyday shopping is available in the town where there is a well-stocked Co-op midi market, fuller weekly shopping is available at Lochgilphead and Campbeltown. Groceries & barista-style coffee are available in the newly opened Skipness Village Store, just a few metres from the property.
Leisure facilities are diverse. Lochgilphead has a local swimming pool and sports centre. A thriving marina is in the sheltered inner part of Tarbert harbour and scenic inshore sailing is available in surrounding sea lochs and the Kyles of Bute. The Crinan canal that connects Loch Fyne at Ardrishaig with Loch Crinan to Mull and on to the Hebrides are always active with craft moving back and forth.
As with most parts of Scotland one is never too far from a golf course and there are challenging courses at both Lochgilphead and Tarbert. Machrahanish links golf course offers one of the top golfing destinations in the UK and attracts international golfers.
Productive sea fishing from shore and boat can be had on the loch and there are trout and salmon opportunities by permit in surrounding rivers and hill lochs.
The countryside is a delight in which to walk or cycle and there is no shortage of scenic routes and places of archaeological and historical interest to visit. The Kintyre Way is a waymarked footpath through the Kintyre peninsula, it passes in front of the property, It runs between Machrihanish near the southern end of the peninsula's west coast, and Tarbert at the northern end of Kintyre where the peninsula is linked to Knapdale, via Campbeltown. The way is 161 kilometres long and is fully waymarked. Additionally, there are distance markers at 1 mile intervals along the route. The route is primarily intended for walkers, but most sections can also be cycled.
The beaches and coastal waters offers multiple water leisure facilities with both surfing and inshore sea kayaking proving very popular. Dolphins are often seen from the property and otters can also be spotted nearby.
Description
Seaview East is a delightful and typical West highland style end terraced coastal cottage type property. The house is finished in exposed natural stone to front and rear elevations and painted harling to the side elevation, porch and conservatory. The whole is under a slated roof. The house is set amid level mature and easily tended gardens within which there is good space for alfresco dining, sundowners and positions from which to enjoy the most scenic views to the Kilbrannan Sound and the hight tops of the adjacent island of Arran.
Internally the house is presented in lovely condition with new carpeting and deluxe range kitchen and bathroom ware, throughout the entire house has been freshly decorated in a broadly neutral and fresh palette of décor and with its idyllic scenic location Seaview East lends itself perfect for either principal private residence, holiday home or income producing self-catering investment property.
Services
Water is by local estate managed private supply, drainage is by local estate manage private septic tank. Electric heating (new system 2021) supported by log burner, double glazing.
Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.
Directions
From Glasgow city centre travel in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Leave the motorway at J30 following signs for Erskine Bridge. Proceed over bridge turning left on to the A82. Remain on the A82 for 25 miles going up Loch Lomond side. Bear left at Tarbet on to the A83. Remain on the A83 for 61 miles passing through Inveraray, Furnace, Minard, Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig before arriving in Tarbert. At Tarbert continue south on the A83 for a further 5 miles, pass the Caledonian Macbrayne ferry terminal for Islay. After the terminal proceed for a further half mile then turn left onto the B8001 following signs Skipness & Carradale. Continue on the B8001 to reach the small ferry terminal at Cloanaig. Follow signs for Skipness and after 2.1 miles to Skipness, Seaview East is on the left-hand side.
An alternative scenic route to Glasgow is by ferry from Tarbert to Portavadie and then by A8000 to Dunoon and a further ferry from Dunoon to Gourock.
Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8RT
Tel: 01546-602127.
Council Tax
Seaview East is in Band C and the amount of council tax payable for 2023/2024 is £1314.84 excluding water and sewerage charges.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Robb Residential telephone[use Contact Agent Button].
Possession
Vacant possession will be given on completion.
Offers
Offers are to be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the selling agents Robb Residential, 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NE. A closing date for offers will probably be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order to be kept fully informed of any closing date that may be fixed.
Fixtures and fittings
All items normally known as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, including garden ornaments and statuary, are specifically excluded from the sale. However, certain items, including furniture may be available to a purchaser in addition, by separate negotiation.
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Overseas Purchasers
Any offer by a purchaser(s) who is resident out with the United Kingdom must be accompanied by a guarantee from a bank that is acceptable to the seller."
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