4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 2 reception rooms. 4 bedrooms
- Master suite over 2 floors
- Large integral garage/workshop
- Mature garden
- In the heart of a very community minded village
The area is renowned for its diverse range of outdoor pursuits and activities. There is excellent fishing available on the region’s numerous rivers and lochs, as well as good sea fishing off the coast. Shooting is available on various estates. Equestrian pursuits are well catered for with many stables offering both livery and schooling, as well as a number of Pony Clubs holding gymkhanas and events throughout the year. For golfers, there are several excellent courses available nearby, including the championship course at Southerness. Mountain bike enthusiasts are well catered for by the region’s Seven Stanes forests, the nearest of which is Ae Forest. Hill walking and hiking is available all over the area on numerous paths and hills. Birdwatchers can be entertained endlessly at the nature reserves at Mersehead and Caerlaverock run by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, where, amongst other species, Ospreys can be seen.
Communications to the area are good. The M74 is around 45 minutes’ drive away, giving easy access to the central belt of Scotland to the north, and the M6 leading to the south. There are both domestic and international flights available from Prestwick, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, all reachable in under two hours.
DESCRIPTION
Houstons Piece is a charming detached one and a half storey house which was designed and built by an architect as his own home. The generous accommodation includes a large multi-aspect sitting room, a well-appointed dining kitchen, and a dining room for more formal occasions. The master bedroom unusually set over two floors with a generous dressing room and en suite bathroom accessed via recessed staircase. Three additional bedrooms and a bathroom complete the accommodation on the first floor.
The living accommodation is supported by spacious utility room, which leads to a double garage/workshop which houses the boiler and some further fitted cupboards.
Houstons Piece is an ideal property for a growing family, or a spacious home for a couple with ample space for entertaining family and friends in a wonderful village with stunning rural surrounds.
ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: Entrance Porch. Hallway. Sitting Room. Dining Room. Kitchen. Utility Room. WC. Master Bedroom.
First Floor: Master Dressing Room and Ensuite Bathroom accessed by stairs from Master Bedroom. Three Bedrooms and Bathroom accessed from the main staircase.
GARDEN
The site is approximately one third of an acre in total, which forms an established garden wrapping around the house. A tarmac driveway leads to a large parking area to one side, adjacent to the garage with ample parking for a number of vehicles. The garden is laid mainly to lawn with herbaceous borders as well as mature trees, shrubs and hedging. A wheelchair friendly access leads to the front door. A small patio is formed to the far side of the house leading from the flagstone path which follows around the building to the
EPC Rating = D
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