Mill of Old Mains

HOME REPORT VALUE £610,000

A stunning detached 5 bedroom converted former watermill with stabling and 4 acres located in the Cairngorms National Park.

Alford 12 miles, Aboyne 16 miles, Ballater 17 miles, Aberdeen 36 miles

Storm porch | Reception hall | Sitting/dining room | Family room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Utility room | Family bathroom | Principal
bedroom with en suite shower room | 4 Further bedrooms | Garden | Garage | Stabling with 4 loose boxes and tack room with sink | Paddock | EPC Rating D

The property
Mill of Old Mains is stunning stone-built former mill featuring an original external mill wheel and offers more than 2,800 sq. ft. of light filled flexible accommodation arranged in an L-shaped configuration over two floors. The property offers the prospective purchaser the opportunity to use as a quality holiday home or to use it as a stunning family home.

The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with a large family bathroom and comprises an extensive triple aspect sitting/dining room with fireplace with woodburning stove and a large rear aspect bay window incorporating patio doors to the rear terrace, a generous inter-connecting family room with open fireplace and a large kitchen/breakfast room with an adjoining fitted utility room with a door to the integral garage. The kitchen offers a range of wall and base units including a large central island with breakfast bar, modern integrated appliances and a breakfast area with space for a good-sized table for more informal meals and a door to the rear porch.

Stairs rise from the reception hall to the first floor landing, leading to a large principal bedroom with modern en suite shower room, an additional double bedroom with a large bay window incorporating French doors to a private balcony and three further well-proportioned double bedrooms, all with useful built-in storage.

General
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire Council -
Services:
Electricity: Mains
Water: Private
Drainage: Private – Septic Tank
Heating: Oil Fired

Council Tax: Band G

Wayleaves and easements: the property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not.

The mall village of Glenkindie has a good range of day-to-day amenities including a village store, Post Office and hotel serving formal and informal meals. The towns of Alford and Aboyne offer more extensive amenities, the latter an attractive small Victorian town in Royal Deeside providing a supermarket, primary and secondary schooling, health centre, cottage hospital and an excellent community centre providing theatre/cinema and full size swimming pool. Slightly further afield, Ballater lies in close proximity to the Royal Family’s Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle, and offers a wide range of coffee shops, restaurants, specialist and stores, many bearing the Royal Warrant of the Queen and Prince of Wales. The general area is renowned for its wide range of leisure pursuits: in addition to golf, hill walking, horse riding, hunting and fishing along the River Dee, the Old Deeside Railway track provides an excellent cycling or walking route towards Aberdeen and winter sports are available within the Cairngorms National Park at both Glenshee and Aviemore.

The area enjoys good communication links: Insch station provides regular services to Aberdeen, where the mainline railway runs frequent daily express services to London as well as regular services to other parts of the country and an overnight sleeper service to London, and Aberdeen International Airport has daily flights to London and operates routes to many other destinations including Amsterdam and Paris.

The area offers a good range of state schooling including Towie Primary School and Alford Academy.

The property is approached over a block-paved driveway providing private parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the integral garage. The garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to lawn and features a babbling stream with footbridge over and a large rear porch and terrace area. The house enjoys stunning views over the surrounding hills and the property’s 4 acres of pastureland. A side driveway leads through twin wooden gates to an L-shaped stable block with four loose boxes, a tack room with sink and hardstanding.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Perth