4 bed detached house for sale

Castle Street, Findochty AB56

Findochty is a picturesque village in Moray, one of the sunniest and driest counties in Scotland. The area offers a wide range of excellent places to stay, eat, and shop. It is renowned for its breathtaking scenery, long sandy beaches, and abundant wildlife, along with leisure and recreational opportunities, including golf and angling. Findochty is on a bus route, providing easy access to the nearby town of Buckie and the larger town of Elgin. Both towns offer major supermarkets, a variety of independent shops, and a broad selection of sporting and recreational facilities. The cities of Aberdeen and Inverness are also within an commuting distance.

This home is ideally located close to the local primary school and all village amenities. The property retains beautiful traditional features, including some original doors with decorative facings, window panels, deep skirtings, decorative coving, and picture rails. The wooden staircase features traditional spindles and newel posts.
The ground floor comprises a lounge, sitting room, dining kitchen, ground-floor bedroom with ensuite shower room, and a bathroom. On the mezzanine floor there is a study, while the first floor offers three double bedrooms. All fitted carpets, floor coverings, window blinds, and light fittings are included in the sale price.
The property is entered via a traditional wooden door with stained-glass side panels into the hall, which provides access to the lounge, sitting room, ground-floor bedroom, staircase, and rear hall. There are built-in storage cupboards within the hall.

The lounge is a double room that retains many traditional features, with windows overlooking the front of the property. Its focal point is a beautiful wooden fire surround with a tiled hearth housing a gas fire, and alongside the fireplace is an alcove with a shelved cupboard. The lounge has a second glazed door which opens into the rear hall.

The sitting room is also dual aspect, with windows to the front and side. It retains traditional charm, with the focal point being a tiled fireplace topped with an electric fire. This room also features a shelved cupboard.

The large ground-floor bedroom is dual-aspect, with windows to the front and rear, and benefits from an en-suite wet room. The en-suite is fitted with a WC, hand basin, and mains shower, and has frosted windows overlooking the rear garden.

A glazed door next to the staircase opens to the rear hall, which leads to the exterior uPVC door to the garden, the bathroom, a large utility cupboard, the lounge, and the dining kitchen.

The dining kitchen is a bright dual-aspect room with direct access to the integral garage. It is fitted with base and wall-mounted units with contrasting worktop and a large breakfast bar. The electric oven and washing machine will remain. A large cupboard with power and lighting, currently used as a utility space, houses a fridge freezer and tumble dryer, both of which will remain. Windows overlook both the rear and side gardens.

The bathroom is fitted with a white three-piece suite comprising WC, hand basin, and bath, and has a frosted window overlooking the rear garden.

The traditional carpeted staircase has a half landing and a window over the rear garden. It leads to mezzanine level, where the study is located, and then continues to the first-floor landing, which accesses all three bedrooms and the loft. The study is currently used as a storage room and has a window to the rear as well as a roof window to the side, along with built-in storage cupboards.

All three double bedrooms on the first-floor have built-in storage and fitted carpet. Bedroom 4 is a dual-aspect room and retains a wooden fire surround with a tiled hearth. The loft is accessed from the first-floor landing via a fixed wooden ladder.

Outside

The property benefits from an integral garage with power and light. An outbuilding in the garden houses the boiler. The garden can be accessed from the street via a wooden gate at the side of the property. The large rear garden is mainly laid to lawn with a large patio. A central path leads through mature trees and planting to a large secluded section of garden. There is also an outside tap.

Lounge 6.00m x 4.50m Study 2.90m x 2.45m
Sitting Room 4.50m x 3.20m Bedroom 2 4.20m x 3.00m
gf Bedroom 4.90m x 3.30m Bedroom 3 3.65m x 3.00m
Ensuite 3.20m x 1.80m Bedroom 4 4.20m x 2.70m
Dining Kitchen 5.00m x 3.90m
Bathroom 2.15m x 2.00m