5 bedroom farm house for sale

Rooms

Lot 1
Nether Rusko Farmhouse Nether Rusko Farmhouse consists of a substantial double storey farmhouse with attached stores and generous garden/amenity ground. Whilst currently uninhabitable and in need of complete renovation, this is a well-proportioned farmhouse with good-sized rooms, and the potential to become a very attractive country residence. The extent of Lot 1 is shown coloured red on the attached plan. The accommodation within the farmhouse is described below.

Porch 1.54m x 1.77m (5' 1" x 5' 10")
With door to front hall.

Front Hall 4.26m x 2.08m (14' 0" x 6' 10")
With electricity meter and control board, stairs to first floor landing/hall, door to cupboard and doors off to inner hall, living room and sitting room.

Inner Hall 2.39m x 1.05m (7' 10" x 3' 5")
With doors to living room, store room and to rear hall.

Living Room 5.87m x 4.57m (19' 3" x 15' 0")
With tiled fireplace and hearth.

Sitting room 3.85m x 3.77m (12' 8" x 12' 4")
With tiled fireplace and hearth, and two built in cupboards.

Rear Hall 3.66m x 1.11m (12' 0" x 3' 8")
With doors off to store room and kitchen, and rear door to yard outside.

Store Room 4.93m x 1.94m (16' 2" x 6' 4")
With blocked off former fireplace, wall cupboards and shelving.

Kitchen 4.60m x 3.95m (15' 1" x 13' 0")
With built in cupboards, former sink unit, and adjoining disused stairway, which previously provided access to first floor inner/rear hall. The cooker/stove within the kitchen is not in working order, and no warranty is given as to its safety or fitness for purpose, or that it is capable of restoration.

First Floor Hall 3.99m x 1.15m (13' 1" x 3' 9")

Bedroom 1 5.93m x 3.99m (19' 5" x 13' 1")
With blocked-off former fireplace with wooden mantelpiece.

Bedroom 2 4.65m x 1.90m (15' 3" x 6' 3")

Bedroom 3 3.89m x 3.72m (12' 9" x 12' 2")
With fireplace with wood surround.

Bedroom 4 2.81m x 2.06m (9' 3" x 6' 9")

First Floor Inner Hall 3.36m x 1.12m (11' 0" x 3' 8")

Bathroom 4.22m x 2.21m (13' 10" x 7' 3")
With bath, WC, washbasin, built-in wardrobe and cupboard for water tank.

Bedroom 5 4.16m x 2.11m (13' 8" x 6' 11")
With blocked off former fireplace.

Outbuilding
Outside, attached to the west end of the farmhouse, there is a derelict traditional stone outbuilding with partially collapsed slated roofs, comprising:- (a) internal passage, with doors to Storage Rooms 1 and 2. (b) Storage Room 1 (3.47 m approx. m x 2.14 m approx.) (c) Storage Room 2 (3.56 m approx. m x 4.67 m approx.) with stone sconces. (a) Storage Room 3 (3.11 m approx. m x 2.67 m approx.) with brick platform and cauldron. (b) Storage Room 4 (2.78 m approx. m x 2.73 m approx.) There is former loft/attic accommodation above Storage Rooms 1 and 2.

Lot 2
Nether Rusko Farm Steading Nether Rusko Farm Steading includes an attractive range of traditional buildings, set in a quadrangle around a yard, together with an adjacent hayshed, with access from the public road. A pre-application enquiry has recently been submitted to Dumfries & Galloway Council relating to the potential conversion of the buildings to residential use. Three or four units were envisaged. The Council's advisory report (May 2024) states that on the basis of information submitted and considered within the report, officers would support the proposal subject to the proposal addressing identified key issues and information requirements. The buildings retain much of their original character and, if converted, their location would make for an ideal country retreat. The extent of Lot 2 is shown coloured blue on the attached plan. The buildings included in Lot 2 (with approximate external dimensions) are described in more detail below.

Building 1 28.10m x 6.15m (92' 2" x 20' 2")
1. Traditional building, formerly a mill, of mainly stone construction under an asbestos sheeted roof, incorporating:- a) former cart shed, open fronted, with earth floor, and loft above. b) former barn, with mainly flagged/concrete floor, with steps up to loft over (a) c) loft with wooden floor. Pointing to the building's history, the watercourse associated to the former mill, and the remains of the original mill wheel and wheel pit, are still visible at the west side wall of the building. The watercourse is believed to flow into a channel running underneath this building.

Building 2 12.50m x 6.75m (41' 0" x 22' 2")
Traditional building, originally over two floors, of mainly stone construction under a slated roof, with mainly earth floor. Within part of the building, there are wooden stalls, with troughs and hecks, with loft above.

Building 3 15.75m x 7.15m (51' 8" x 23' 5")
Traditional building of mainly stone construction under a slated roof. A former byre, with a mainly cobbled floor, and with wooden stalls, feeding troughs and central waste channels within. Attached to building 4 below, with a doorway between.

Building 4 17.60m x 8.65m (57' 9" x 28' 5")
Traditional building (attached to Building 3), of mainly stone construction under a partly collapsed slate roof, and incorporating: - (a) store with wooden internal division (b) former byre with wooden stalls, with wooden partition and door to (c) below (c) former byre with collapsed roof

Building 5 12.80m x 10.90m (42' 0" x 35' 9")
Hayshed of mainly corrugated metal construction, with wooden frame and hardcore/earth floor.

Planning
In early 2024, a pre-application enquiry was submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council relative to conversion of the steading buildings to residential units, with 3 to 4 residential units envisaged. Dumfries and Galloway Council's subsequent advisory report, issued May 2024, states that on the basis of information submitted and considered within its report, officers would support the proposal subject to the proposal addressing identified key issues and information requirements. A copy of the Council's advisory report can be made available to interested parties.

Extent
The Property extends to around 0.49 hectare, and is outlined in red for on the attached plan, which is based on ordnance survey data, and is for reference and general identification purposes only. The purchaser will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the extent of the Property.

Guide Price
Lot 1 - Offers in the region of £245,000. Lot 2 - Offers in the region of £170,000. The Whole - Offers in the region of £415,000.

Access
Access is via the adjacent unclassified public road.

Services
There is mains electricity to the farmhouse. The farmhouse was last inhabited many years ago and we are informed that the private water supply to the house has been disconnected, albeit that there is still water to an outside tap near to the outbuilding included in Lot 1. That supply has not been tested and its source is unknown. No warranty is given as to the quality, quantity or safety of any water from such supply, and the Vendor does not warrant that any existing supply system will meet current regulations or that it is functional or fit for purpose. It is for the purchaser to satisfy themselves as to all such matters and to carry out their own tests and investigations into these matters, and to meet the whole costs of any subsequent work or treatment. In respect of Lot 1/the Whole, The Vendor will cooperate with the purchaser in all reasonable ways to allow the purchaser (at the purchaser's expense) to use the existing water source, or to create new a new borehole source on/fr

Matters of Title
The Property is sold subject to all rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations and servitudes and easements, quasi easements, and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether or not, referred to in these particulars. Any purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such restrictions and are advised to contact the Vendor's solicitors for details.

Anti Money Laundering Regulation
The Money-Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds for (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 require us to conduct due diligence not only on our client but also any purchasers. Once an offer has been accepted, the prospective purchaser will need to provide, as a minimum, proof of identity and residence, and proof of funds for the purchase, before the transaction can proceed.

Health and Safety
Please be aware of the potential hazards of buildings in need of renovation, and we request that you take as much care as possible when viewing the Property for your own personal safety.

Disclaimer
These particulars were prepared on 5 July 2024, and have been carefully compiled and are believed to be correct. Photographs were taken in April 2024. Any error or omission however shall not annul the sale nor in any event give grounds for action at law. Where dimensions are shown, these are approximate only.

Offers
Offers for the Property should be submitted in Scottish legal form G M Thomson and Company, 35 Buccleuch St, Dumfries DG1 2AB. Those parties wishing to be informed of a closing date for offers should notify the Selling Agents of their interest as soon as possible, to ensure that they are contacted. The Vendor and sole Selling Agents reserve the right to alter or divide the Property, or withdraw or exclude any of the Property at any time. The Vendors and the Selling Agents do however reserve the right to sell privately without setting any closing date, and do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any offer. The successful purchaser will be asked to provide proof of identity to the Selling Agents, for which a photographic driving licence and utility bill or bank statement showing home address would be sufficient.

Closing Date
It is possible that a closing date may be set for the receipt of offers and all interested parties are urged to indicate their interest to the selling agent via a solicitor, so that they may be informed should a closing date be set. It should however be pointed out to that the Seller reserves the right to sell the Property without the setting of a closing date.

Viewing
Accompanied viewings by appointment only, through the sole selling agent.