BALNOE - CLOSING DATE SET – Friday, 7th JULY 2023 at 12 Noon

Balnoe is an attractive off-grid stone-built and part-weather boarded cottage with light-filled flexible accommodation over two floors. The property offers opportunities to continue its use as self-catering holiday accommodation, the perfect bolthole/second home or to use it as a stunning family home. Sensitively modernised to combine the amenities of modern living, it features exposed beams, wooden flooring and the original inglenook fireplace providing ideal family and entertaining space maximising the wonderful countryside views. The predominantly open plan ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming triple aspect vaulted porch/ sunroom with bespoke window seating, sitting room with original inglenook fireplace with woodburning stove open to a generous kitchen with a range of wall and base units, wooden worktops, double butler sink, modern integrated appliances, LPG gas range cooker and an adjoining fitted utility room with useful cloakroom and a door to the garden. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a bedroom wing providing a front aspect principal bedroom with feature fireplace and modern en suite shower room.

Stairs rise from the sitting room to the vaulted first floor which provides a spacious double bedroom with built-in storage and en suite shower room, one further double bedroom and a modern family bathroom, skylights throughout flood the area with natural light.

Outside

Occupying a sizeable plot, the property is approached down a private track through a five-bar gate over a driveway providing private parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to a detached shed and woodstore. The enclosed garden surrounding the property offers split-level expanses of lawn and features a sheltered stone-built seating area, the whole enjoying uninterrupted views over Felagie Burn and surrounding rolling countryside.

Situation

Located at the heart of the Cairngorm National Park, the parish of Braemar and Craithie is one of the largest, highest and most remote in Scotland, with Craithie Kirk being the regular place of worship of the Royal Family when they are in residence at Balmoral Castle. Braemar village, home to the Highland Games, offers a range of day-to-day amenities including a village store with a Post Office, a small supermarket, independent shopping, numerous hotels and eateries and a golf course. The magnificent boutique Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar is a Victorian coaching inn that has been imaginatively restored to bring together Scottish heritage, craftsmanship and culture with world-class contemporary art and a strong sense of community.

Ballater offers a wide range of coffee shops, restaurants and specialist stores, many bearing the Royal Warrant, the Royal Family being behind the development of many of Ballater’s top retail and dining attractions including the renowned Rothesay Rooms restaurant, The Carriage Restaurant in the refurbished Station and the Highgrove Shop, The Fife Arms also offers a fabulous fish shop celebrating the heritage and traditions of fishing in Scotland, the Fish Shop was created to enjoy freshly caught fish and ethically sourced seafood from Scotland and the British Isles.

Nearby Aboyne is an attractive small Victorian town in Royal Deeside with a good selection of day-to-day amenities. The area is renowned for its wide range of leisure pursuits: in addition to golf, horse riding, hunting and fishing on Clunie Water and along the River Dee, the area is renowned for its hill walking, mountain biking and winter sports all available within the Cairngorms National Park at both Glenshee and Aviemore.

Directions

From Old Military Road (A93) take the signpost to Aberarder (A93) turning away from the River Dee. On turning to Aberarder, turn immediately left and after 0.9 mile Balnoe can be found ahead.

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