House for sale in Loch Na Leoba Road, Newtonmore - 4 bedrooms

A spacious and well-designed family home with flexible accommodation set in a peaceful rural setting on the edge of a popular Highland village

A spacious and well-designed family home with flexible accommodation set in a peaceful rural setting on the edge of a popular Highland village

15 Loch na Leoba Road is a spacious family home set on the edge of the Highland village of Newtonmore in a small four house development.

All of the houses have spacious gardens and no further development will take place in this area. The development has wonderful views to the north, the west and the south and has very easy access into the centre of town.

The present layout of the house has a wonderful sitting room on the first floor with access to a balustraded balcony through french windows and a master bedroom suite with separate dressing room and en-suite bathroom, 2 further bedrooms with large built-in wardrobes and a family bathroom. The master bedroom having access to the balcony also.

On the ground floor there is a wing of the house which could easily be adapted for independent use as a granny flat or teenager's apartment. This comprises at present of a sitting room, which is currently used as an office, a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a large hallway which could easily be adapted to take a kitchen.

The property is approached by a semi-circular gravel drive with plenty of parking to the front and has a glazed door leading into an outer hallway and then into the inner reception hall.

A glazed door from the hallway leads to a wonderful family kitchen which has a dining area and french windows leading onto a patio which is suitable for outdoor entertaining. The hand-built Drumoak kitchen is made of pippy oak and has an integrated fridge, dishwasher, stainless steel sink and Rangemaster classic 110 cooker with gas and electric hobs and twin electric ovens.

Off the kitchen is a rear porch with an area for coats and boots and a utility/boiler room which is plumbed for washing machine and tumble drier. Throughout the hallways and the kitchen and utility room is an attractive tiled floor.

From both the hallway and the kitchen is a central dining room which could be used for a variety of uses and which leads onto the rear garden through french windows.

From the reception hall an elegant split staircase leads to a spacious first floor landing and gives access to the accommodation on the first floor. The triple aspect sitting room has wonderful views in all directions.

The property has extensive under floor heating courtesy of an oil-fired boiler and the first floor is heated by radiators. The property is fully double glazed and exceptionally well insulated making it an economical house to run particularly in the winter months.


Outbuildings
To the east of the property is a large double garage of harled exterior under a slate roof and with electric roller doors. The first floor area has been floored and there are side and velux windows to the attic space. The property has water and electricity so a small flat could be built above the garage subject to the necessary planning consents. Telephone cable is also present.

Garden and Grounds
The front garden is laid out in lawns which are bordered by a beech hedge. There are specimen hardwoods and conifers and two mature aspens on the front lawn. The drive and house have herbaceous borders. To the east is a small orchard which extends into rough woodland. To the rear of the house is a further lawn with a patio area for outside entertaining.