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Detached House
5 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
4 Reception Rooms
Property Description
Victorian stone Detached House that has been comprehensively upgraded to create an absolutely stunning home overlooking the waters of Tannoch Loch of which owners of the house become shareholders of Tannoch Loch Limited and upon which residents have a right to use unpowered boats on the loch – rowing boats, canoes and kayaks are popular. A truly wonderful setting to match the quality, and design, of our client’s significant refurbishment of the house over recent years.
Purchased in 2016 little has been untouched with the subjects fully rewired, replumbed, new central heating, installation in many areas of quality double glazed sash and casement windows(to augment windows previously replaced), a superb kitchen (by the award-winning J S Geddes of Kilmarnock), contemporary sanitaryware, and most significantly - extensions to the south gable (to create the superb open plan kitchen/dining/living room) and to the front elevation where a very contemporary “frameless” aluminium framed bay window makes a striking design feature and from which a glorious view over the Loch is afforded. Externally, huge work was put into the total landscaping of the gardens, the enclosed rear garden has a great facility of a developed former double garage which is now the property’s games room/gym plus garden/bike store.
In all the subjects provide five bedrooms, three to four public rooms, kitchen, utility room, bathroom, ensuite shower room, and WC, extending in total to some 186 sq m (2005 sq ft) with the games room/store some 38 sq m (412 sq ft).
Ground Floor
Entrance vestibule; reception hall; lounge with its superb window and the cosy luxury of a wood burning stove; family room (multi use room currently utilised as a home office and gaming room for kids); the heart of the house being the open-plan living room (bi-fold doors to front sun terrace)/dining room/kitchen (the design incorporating a centre island with worktops and upstands in Silestone and with high-end integrated Siemens appliances that include: induction hob with centre extractor, oven, combination microwave/oven, warming drawer, two freezers, larder fridge, Quooker tap. The dishwasher is by Bosch; utility room with back door and a useful drying nook with radiator (washing machine by Zanussi); WC.
First Floor
Four double bedrooms; 5th single bedroom (used as a study); ensuite shower room to bedroom 1; four-piece family bathroom.
Games Room/Gym/Store
The former double garage has been developed to create a games room and gym with patio doors to the garden and with a rubberized floor covering. Handy mezzanine storage area. Attached, with own door, is an excellent storage area for 6+ bikes and currently kitted out with extensive racking for storage of other family outdoor equipment. The building has been faced in stone, to match the house, to its presenting south and west elevations.
Services
The mains gas central heating system has a high-efficiency Worcester Greenstar Highflow 550 CDi condensing combination boiler. The house is fully alarmed. All windows are double glazed and in white framed uPVC with many renewed by our clients with traditional sash and casement units. The feature “framless” bay in the lounge is in a anthracite coloured powder coated aluminium with renewed Velux roof lights in the utility room, stairwell, and ensuite shower room.
Gardens
The front garden provides extensive gravel drive and parking that is well screened by mature hedging and planting. A front, stone flagged, sun terrace runs across the house and provides a perfect spot from which to enjoy the view of Tannoch Loch. The front lawn has a sunken trampoline at the foot of the plot.
The rear garden is protected by gates/fences, to either side of the house, and has artificial grass laid to provide a year-long area for kids to play upon. Chunky wooden sleepers define raised edges and beds with boundaries all well-defined. As well as the games room and store there is a garden shed.
Tannoch Loch Limited
The properties that surround Tannoch Loch are all owners/shareholders of Tannoch Loch Limited. The homeowners have exclusive fishing rights and, paddle boarding is a popular with residents.
Situation
The property is in the Tannoch district of Milngavie. Apart from being one of the most admired corners of the town it is also one of the most highly regarded districts in Greater Glasgow. Situated just to the north of the village centre the excellent shops and amenities to be found there are but a few minutes’ walk away. Here you will also find Milngavie’s railway station with its regular services to the West End, City Centre, and a service to Edinburgh Waverley. School catchment is for Milngavie Primary, by the village centre, with just around the corner, on Mugdock road, the preparatory school for The Glasgow Academy. Secondary catchment is for the high-performing Douglas Academy. Beyond Tannoch Loch is a great walk around the reservoirs of Mugdock and Craigmaddie across the road from which are the expanses of Drumclog Moor which lead both to Allander Park and to Mugdock Country Park. On Strathblane Road are the excellent facilities of the Nuffield Health and Wellbeing leisure club.
This is an outstanding property in an outstanding location. The considerable investment and improvements undertaken by our clients are clear to see and will ensure futureproof living for the next owner for many years to come.
Sat NAV ref: G62 8AY
TENURE : FREEHOLD
EPC : BAND D
COUNCIL TAX : BAND G
More Details
Situation: Private Garden
Council Tax Band: G
Tenure: Freehold
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