Hillside House

CLOSING DATE SET FOR THURSDAY, 24 March 2022 AT 12 NOON.

SITUATION
Hillside House is a magnificent family home set in a wonderful rural setting near the popular Speyside village of Dufftown. Dufftown has a good range of day to day amenities including a well-regarded primary school, high school nearby in Aberlour, library, a village hall for community events, Churches, convenience stores and various hotels, pubs and coffee shops. With easy access to Speyside, Cairngorms and Moray coastline, the area has a rich and diverse range of services and amenities and is becoming a haven for arts, cultural and social events with many new independent shops in the area.

Elgin (about 18.5 miles) is the principal town in the county and has a wide range of amenities including various major supermarkets, a good selection of independent shops, various sporting and recreational facilities and a train station providing direct links to Aberdeen and Inverness. Aberdeen and Inverness provide all of the facilities expected from modern and prosperous cities, with an excellent selection of shopping, retail parks and associated services, rail links and airports.

Moray is famed for its breath-taking scenery with heather clad hills, fertile farmland, long sandy beaches and offers wonderful leisure and recreational opportunities throughout the county. There are many golf courses accessible within a short drive of the property (including a very pretty course at Dufftown), whilst the region also offers superb Salmon and Trout fishing including the highly acclaimed Rivers Deveron and Spey nearby. A popular tourist area and at the heart of whisky country, local attractions include the world famous ‘Whisky Trail’.

DESCRIPTION
Hillside House is an exceptional detached house located in a stunning elevated position near Dufftown and enjoying a magnificent outlook over Glenfiddich and the surrounding countryside. Completed to a very high standard in 2010, the house is constructed of rendered block under a pitched slate roof and has been designed in the style of a traditional C shaped steading, providing very well appointed and spacious accommodation over two storeys. Accessed through a vestibule / boot room, the principle room in the house is a magnificent 17m long open plan kitchen / dining / living room. This impressive room has picture windows on both gable ends, a high quality kitchen with a range of integral appliances, a central island unit, a cassette style wood burning stove and in-built log storage and a pair of French doors to the garden as well as bi-fold doors leading to the central courtyard. The views across the valley from this room are stunning. A hallway / passage with stairs to the first floor leads to a spacious utility room, a shower room and an impressive family bathroom. There are three double bedrooms, each with built in storage whilst a master suite located at the end of the eastern wing includes a dressing room, bathroom and a sitting room with a spiral staircase to a mezzanine level bedroom above and French doors to the courtyard. On the first floor is a gallery level study area and a games room which would also lend itself to use as a fifth bedroom.

The house has a wonderfully bright and airy feel with large picture windows, French doors and Velux sky lights flooding the interior with natural light. The property appears to be in excellent condition and has under floor heating (ground floor) from a ground source heat pump supplemented by a roof mounted 4kW solar panel (photo voltaic) array.

GARDEN AND GROUNDS
Outside, the grounds extend to about 2.2 acres or thereby and include a landscaped garden with various mature trees, a greenhouse and raised vegetable beds. Ample parking is provided on a gravelled driveway whilst there is also a very useful timber built outbuilding with a garage, WC and a music room (which offers great flexibility of use).






Marketed by: Galbraith, Elgin