Lot 2a:
Milton of Fintray East Steading.
Part of a traditional stone farm steading with planning permission for conversion to one semi-detached house.
CLOSING DATE SET FOR 12 NOON ON WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2009
 

House C: On 1 level, gross area about 181m² 
Living room, kitchen, dining area, 
4 bedrooms, bathroom, shower room 
 
Lot 2a: East Steading 
(about 0.48 acres) 
The eastern part of the steading closest to the farmhouse, with planning approval for House C, described above. This part of the steading currently includes farm offices as follows:  
 
Office 1 (S) 6.6m x 4.3m door through to 
Office 2 3.8m x 4.3m 
Kitchen 3.3m x 4.1m 
Toilets 2.3m x 2.2m 
Office 3 3.25m x 3.6m 
Office 4 3.57m x 3.25m 
Office 5 3.57m x 3.24m 
Office 6 5.05m x 4.32m 
 
 
 

 

 
Situation
Milton of Fintray Farm is situated just west of the village of Hatton of Fintray, adjacent to the River Don, 8 miles northwest of Aberdeen city centre and 3 miles from Aberdeen Airport. 
 
The closest settlement is Hatton of Fintray, which has a post office, hotel and church.  
 
The towns of Dyce and Inverurie are equidistant from Milton of Fintray (4 miles) in opposite directions. Both towns provide a good range of services and facilities including supermarkets, sports facilities, banks, GP surgery, a range of shops and professional services including solicitors and accountants. Both towns also have railway stations with frequent services on the Aberdeen to Inverness line. 
 
Aberdeen Airport has rapidly expanded in recent years and, in addition to frequent daily flights to London and other UK cities, there are daily flights to Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and a range of other European destinations. The airport is just 3 miles from Milton of Fintray but is screened from view and sound by a low range of hills. 
 
Aberdeen is Scotland's third city and is world-renowned as the oil capital of Europe. It is the base for several multi-national oil companies and much of the industry connected with the extraction of North Sea oil. 
 
As a result, the city has a cosmopolitan population and provides the breadth of retail, leisure, culture, education and professional services required to satisfy this sophisticated range of tastes. This includes two well-respected universities and several private schools. 
 
The county of Aberdeenshire is renowned for its agricultural productivity and as the origin county of the famous Aberdeen Angus black cattle. The area is therefore particularly well-served by agricultural merchants, contractors and suppliers. Milton of Fintray is well-placed for access to the Auction Mart serving the whole of the northeast of Scotland, which is at Thainstone near Inverurie (4 miles). 
 
Beyond agriculture, the area is well-known for the quality of its outdoor pursuits including golf, fishing, field sports, walking and mountaineering. 
 
The nearest golf course is one mile away at Kintore, whilst the well-regarded links courses of Royal Aberdeen and Balgownie are 6 miles away on the North Sea coast. The recently approved and somewhat controversial Donald Trump golf resort will be 12 miles from Milton of Fintray at Newburgh. 
 
There is fishing of all types available in the area ranging from deep water and coastal sea fishing to salmon fishing on the Rivers Don and Dee, and trout fishing on a variety of local rivers and still waters. 
 
There are some excellent pheasant and partridge shoots in the area offering walked-up days for let and, with the Grampian Mountains being about 20 miles to the west, there is red deer stalking and grouse shooting available to let on a number of estates. 
 
For those with other interests, the contrasting landscape of Aberdeenshire from high mountains to sandy beaches provides for all manner of leisure activities. Bennachie to the west of Inverurie is a prominent and popular hill with walkers.