Detached house for sale in Glenmore House, Acharacle, Highland PH36

Offers over £600,000

A beautifully presented two storey house set within large manicured gardens with outstanding coastal and countryside views.

Fort William 42 miles (includes a ferry), Inverness Airport 129 miles, Glasgow Airport 124 miles (includes a ferry) (all distances are approximate)

• Highly desirable rural location on the Ardnamurchan peninsula
• Traditional detached Victorian farmhouse with four-bedrooms
• Coastal setting with sea views of Loch Sunart
• Extensive grounds extending to approximately 0.857
acres with fruit bearing apples, plums and pear trees
• Opportunity to provide a family home or continue as a proven five star self catering holiday let business

Location

Glenmore House is located on the on the B8007 centrally positioned between the villages of Kilchoan and Salen. The area is famous for its rich wildlife including otters and eagles, and remnants of the ancient Atlantic oakwood, as well as stunning shell sand beaches, rocky shores and coves.

Within a ten mile radius the property benefits from having the village of Salen, east of the property, which has a village shop providing grocer, café and Deli, while to the west the village of Kilchoan the most westerly village in mainland Britain has both a village shop and post office, coffee shop, with lunch and evening meals available at the three aa rosette restaurant in Mingary Castle. To the north of the property is the village of Acharacle; Acharacle offers a range of local amenities including a village store with small post office, tearoom, doctor’s surgery, mechanic, hotel and church.

Education is provided by the local primary school in Acharacle, with the closest secondary being approximately eighteen miles away in the village of Strontian. Situated on the eastern end of Loch Sunart, Strontian is also host to a variety of recreational opportunities including a community theatre and library, canoe adventure centre and hotels and a petrol station.

The quality of sailing along the coastline of the West of Scotland is world renowned, to the south is the Argyll coastline, and north and west out to the Inner and Outer Hebrides. The waters of Loch Sunart now form part of a Marine Protected Area to protect the loch and promote sustainable use of the waters.

Accomodation

Glenmore House is a large welcoming family home extending to approximately 221.4 m2 renovated to an extremely high standard over two levels. The accommodation includes a spacious entrance vestibule with stairs to the split level first floor which provides four bedrooms, two of which feature ensuite shower rooms, and a family bathroom including a Jacuzzi style bath, while on the ground floor there is a living room, a bright and spacious country kitchen/diner fully equipped and can easily seat 8, utility room which in turn gives access to a WC, and a sunroom. There is also a separate more formal dining room for which to entertain family and friends. A plant room houses the modern hot water and underfloor heating systems, along with the main water filters and uv treatment filter.

Outside

The house is situated within a large, secluded garden and orchard with fine sea views. It is south facing with mature grounds extending to approximately 0.347 Ha (0.857 acres). The garden is bordered by a mature Beech hedge, creating a safe environment for children to play and explore, with the majority of the grounds laid to lawn with carpets of spring daffodils. The area adjacent to the house has a mature orchard bearing a variety of apples, plums and pears. The ground slopes away to the front, opening the vista to offer far reaching coastal views.

Doors open from the sunroom to an area of patio, located to the front, with a second patio area located to the rear, creating a sheltered courtyard, where a picnic table and stone built barbeque offer alfresco dining.

The birdlife at Glenmore House is rich and diverse attracting Siskins, Bullfinches and Collar Doves in the Spring and a host of migrants including Fieldfares and Redwings in the Autumn, and the sunroom is one of the most comfortable observation hides to enjoy it from! Birdlife during the day and Pine Martens and Badgers at night.

Depending on the season you can sit amongst clouds of fruit blossom or delight in harvesting the apples, plums and pears.

A woodstore is located to the rear and an enclosure protects the air source heat pump.

For further information please download the brochure or contact a member of our agency team.

Viewing

Strictly by prior agreement with the selling agents who should be contacted in advance to advise on access arrangements.

Financial guarantee/anti-money laundering regulations

Any offer by prospective purchaser(s), regardless of where they are ordinarily resident and regardless whether on a cash or subject to loan finance basis, must be accompanied by a financial reference from a bank/funding source that is acceptable to the sellers. Prospective purchasers will also be required to produce identification sufficient to satisfy anti money laundering regulations and checks against the intended purchaser or nominee together with other documentation that may be required, from time to time, in order to support any conditional offers submitted to the seller. Bidwells llp accepts no liability of any type arising from your delay or other lack of co-operation in this regard. Failure to provide the requisite aml documentation with offers may result in them not being considered at the closing date or being superseded by an offer which is. Settlement may also be delayed or aborted due to non-compliance with requests for information or failure to deliver adequate information within the requisite timeframes. We may hold your name on our database unless you instruct us otherwise.

Closing date

A closing date may be fixed, and prospective purchasers are advised to formally register their interest through their solicitors with the selling agents. Prospective purchasers should be aware that unless their interest in the property is formally noted, no guarantee can be given that confirmation of a closing date will be provided, consequently the property may be sold without prior notice. For the avoidance of doubt, noting interest only entitles prospective purchasers to notification of a closing date being set and not that other potentially competing pre-emptive offers have been received. The sellers are entitled to accept any offer at any time.