3 Bedroom Cottage Sold in Lybster, KW3
| Reference | 28821 |
| Address |
Lhaid Cottage, Occumster, Lybster, Highland (Map Location) |
| Beds | 3 |
| Baths | 1 |
| Type | Cottage |
| Tenure | Freehold |
A recently modernised cottage and smallholding of 37 acres, with lovely views in Scotland. Highlands property near main road and village. Vacant possession.
Description
A great opportunity to purchase space and tranquility in a beautiful part of Scotland, Caithness. Land of Big Skies, where in the night sky you can almost reach up and touch the stars.
Lhaid cottage offers extensive modern accommodation and loads of space outside. It offers rural peace and quiet, but is only a mile and a half from the main A9 road which runs up the North East coast of Scotland. It’s only about 3 miles from Lybster village which has a general store and other facilities, including golf club. The town of Wick is 12 miles and Thurso 15 miles.
The property is set well back from the road, with views over the valley - a place that has seen human settlement from Neolithic times. Just up the road are the famous Grey Cairns of Caimster, built about 5000 years ago.
Lhaid cottage is of considerably more recent construction than the Cairns! In fact, the former owner, a retiree who had to leave for health reasons, invested a lot of money on the property in recent years. The large extension to the right was completed only in 2012. The property now offers varied and spacious accommodation.
Access to the property is along a shared drive. It is to be noted that as the property has a long road frontage, there is always the option of making a new private driveway if the new owner so wishes.
To the front of the house is a walled garden with a range of shrubs and other plants. Going into the house, there is an entrance hall. To the left from this is a lounge of 16’ 01” x 12’ 05” (4.91m x 3.79m), with Multi fuel stove with back boiler set into ornate stone fireplace with Caithness flag hearth and wooden mantle with built in shelving. A large window gives great views over open landscape.
Spacious accommodation
From the lounge into the kitchen diner, which at 19’ 01” x 9’ 01” (5.83m x 2.79m) offers a modern attractive kitchen and a separate dining area at the end of the room. There is a ceramic sink with mixer tap, an integrated fridge/freezer., built in 4 ring gas cooker with extractor fan above, run by bottled LPG gas. The floor is laminate.
From the kitchen diner, there’s a very handy vestibule which is used as a utility - great place to store coats, boots and the like. From this room there is access to the conservatory. This was built in the summer of 2007 and is a premium Everest product, complete with blinds. When the sun is out, it’s a really warm place to sit - in fact the thermometer has touched about 40° at times! It’s a lovely place to sit and read the newspaper.
Going back to the entrance hallway, a double bedroom 11’ 05” x 10’ 01” (3.49m x 3.07m) is to the right, and a single bedroom 7’ 11” x 10’ 07” (3.23m x 2.42m) beside the bathroom. The bathroom offers a useful walk-in shower enclosure, plus bathroom suite.
This part of the property, which was the original house, is heated by a central heating system powered by the solid fuel burner in the lounge. The recently built part has electric radiators. All windows are double glazed.
A corridor leads to the recently tilt part of the property. There’s a hallway, useful for shelving and display, from which there’s an attractive staircase leading up to a large room 22’ 10” x 15’ 00” (6.96m x 4.58m). This was used by the previous owner as a study day room, but could be used as a large bedroom, lounge, or would be ideal as an office to those working from home. It has an alcove with window bench, with lovely views over the countryside.
Underneath this large room, is a spacious double garage. There’s a connecting door between the garage and the hallway. The double doors are electric operated, and there are Upvc windows to front, side and a Upvc half glazed door to rear. is a rear external door. There is ample space for the parking of 2 cars and installation of workbenches and the like.
The land: nature at your doorstep
The house is set towards the rear of a large square block approximately 37 acres. The ground to the front rear and side of the property is laid to lawn, with the rest of the land being heather.
The previous owner has left the land pretty much undisturbed, but there is the option for new owners to follow the example of neighbouring properties and dig drainage ditches to make the land suitable for grazing.
There’s an attractive burn running across the property near the road, full of trout and visited by the occasional heron. In fact, landscape is full of interesting wildlife, with birds of prey and dear that can be seen ambling across the house lawns from time to time.
Potential building plot
As Lhaid cottage has a long road frontage, there is the potential to designate a small area of land as a building plot, subject to planning. This has been done by a neighbouring property. Value of a plot of about 1000 m² is likely to be from £25,000 to £30,000.
In summary, Lhaid cottage offers modern and spacious accommodation. A lot of money has been spent in recent years on the place. It now has a contemporary kitchen, recently built quality conservatory and a nearly brand-new extension. Yes, it could do with some redecoration in the original part of the property and probably new carpets, but such work would be minor and the house is in a ready to move in condition.
With its considerable acreage and long road frontage, the property is waiting for someone with imagination to create an attractive smallholding. And there’s the added bonus of the potential building plot by the road, which could provide useful funds for example, a new private driveway, or other enhancements to the property.
With a sale price of £128,000, this property offers great value for money and there is now a great opportunity for somebody to realise the full potential of this property.
There is no chain on this property sale as the previous owner, a retired gentleman, has already moved out and the house is vacant.