Terraced house for sale in Auchencairn, Castle Douglas DG7

Long Cottage sits off Shore Road on the outskirts of Auchencairn close to the highly acclaimed Balcary Bay Country House Hotel, sheltered from Auchencairn Bay, ideally suited as a holiday bolt-hole in a much sought after Solway coastal location. The cottage is a short walk down to a secluded beach with views across to uninhabited Heston
Island.
Auchencairn itself is a delightful Galloway village close to Auchencairn Bay, an inlet of the Solway Firth, located approximately 10 miles east of Kirkcudbright and 7 miles west of Dalbeattie. The village itself has a range of local facilities including primary school, garage, Post Office, church, an award winning community garden and bowling green and
sits very close to the Balcary Bay Country House Hotel. There is a renowned coastal cliff walk nearby which includes a circular walk to a lochan and views across to the Lake District.

Nearby Castle Douglas is a thriving Galloway market town lying approximately 18 miles southwest of Dumfries and enjoying an enviable range of shops and other facilities in a town now promoted and known as the “Food Town”
.
The southwest of Scotland is a genuinely rural area with its gentle rolling landscape, mild climate and dramatic coastline. The area has a good range of sport and outdoor activities with core path walking routes and cycle routes on the door step with opportunities to take shooting in the area, fishing on the nearby rivers and of course golf. The Solway is also a popular yachting destination enjoying excellent facilities at Kirkcudbright and nearby Kippford.

Accommodation
Single glazed entrance door leading to:-

dining kitchen (4.27m x 3.32m)
Single glazed windows to front facing southeast with wide wooden shelves. Newlec extractor fan. Stripped wooden floor. Fitted base unit with dark granite effect formica work surface. Stainless steel sink with single drainer and stainless steel splash back. Slot-in Zanussi electric cooker with stainless steel splash back. Wall mounted electric
switchgear. Plumbing for automatic washing machine. Rointe Kyros programmable electric radiator. Access hatch to loft. Heat alarm. Archway leading to:

Open plan living room/dining room (5.07m x 4.87m)
Dual aspect. Southeast facing uPVC double glazed window to front with wide wooden window shelf. Southwest facing large single glazed window with wide painted wooden window shelf. Stripped wooden floor. Wood panelled ceiling. Smoke alarm. Cast iron multi fuel stove set on slabbed hearth with metal backing plate. Rointe Kyros
programmable electric radiator. TV point. Telephone/internet point. Heat alarm. Staircase leading to first floor level with painted wooden ranch style balustrade. Understairs storage area.

First floor
Carpeted staircase to first floor landing.

Landing
Smoke alarm. Part coombed ceiling with velux roof light.

Double bedroom 1 (3.86m narrowing to 2.63m x 3.39m)
Coombed ceilings. Velux roof light facing southwest with integrated blind to side. Rointe Kyros programmable electric radiator.

Upper rear hall
Leading to other 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Coombed ceiling. Velux roof light to side facing northeast.

Double bedroom 2 (3.51m narrowing to 2.67m x 3.01m)
Access hatch. Part coombed ceiling with large velux roof light to side facing southwest with fitted blind. Rointe Kyros programmable electric radiator. Smoke alarm.

Double bedroom 3 (3.28m x 2.62m widening to 3.26m)
Part coombed ceiling. Large Velux roof light to side facing southwest with fitted blind. Rointe Kyros programmable electric radiator.

Bathroom (2.06m x 1.82m)
Velux roof light to side facing northeast. Mainly tiled. Modern suite of WC, wash hand basin and bath. Shaver point. Shower curtain and rail. Mira Zest instant electric shower. Rointe Kyros electric heated towel rail.

Gardens
The property is located on the corner and beyond the quiet, single track lane to the side, there is a raised area of exclusive garden ground laid mainly to grass with a gravelled patio area for outside dining with wooden steps and wooden fence surround. Open views across farmland. Large Asgard steel bike storage shed/ garden store. A gravelled area immediately outside the front door offers further seating with views down towards the Bay

burdens
Rateable value for this property is £2,800.

Energy performance rating
The Energy Efficiency Rating for this property is a Band F

services
The agents assume that the subjects are served by mains water, mains electricity and private septic tank drainage but no guarantee can be given at this stage