Flat for sale in Gray's Loan, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH10

Gray’s Loan is an elegant and enviable b-Listed privately accessed ground floor flat within a detached stone-built residence in a sought-after city centre setting. The property offers charming internal accommodation with various character features including coved ceilings and sash and casement windows. There is also an exciting opportunity to add further value, with excellent potential for cosmetic updating.

The welcoming entrance hallway with its handy built-in storage cupboard opens into the spacious dual aspect sitting room with views to both the east and west. This high-ceilinged space is accordingly filled with natural light, with decorative cornice, a ceiling rose and a feature fireplace. Adjacent is the galley kitchen, which features a large dual-pane window and a range of wooden wall and base cabinetry and worksurfaces, with various appliances and space for dining beside the window.

There are two well-proportioned and airy bedrooms, with the principal overlooking the garden and enjoying the use of an en suite shower room and the second dual-aspect bedroom benefitting from sole use of the further family bathroom.<br /><br />A wooden gated driveway enclosed via original curved stone walls opens to a private brick-laid drive beside the home, offering valuable city centre off-road parking for two vehicles. It also comes with the benefit of an electric car charging point.

The peaceful garden provides a versatile outdoor space comprising level lawn with stone steps, various shrubs and herbaceous borders, a pond and a garden shed. A paved pathway with a natural stone archway above offers private access to the apartments entrance door alongside.<br /><br />The popular residential district of Merchiston with its fine tree-lined roads enjoys easy access to the wide range of amenities of Morningside and Bruntsfield, including shops, Post Offices, eateries and supermarkets such as Waitrose and Marks & Spencer. Napier and Edinburgh Universities as well as state and private schooling.

There are a selection of outdoor amenities such as Craiglockhart Leisure and Tennis Centre, golf courses and Blackford pond and hill, Braid hills and the Hermitage of Braids.

The retail and commercial city centre in Princes Street, George Street and Lothian Road, along with Haymarket Train Station and the tram link are also close at hand via easy bus access. Convenient road connections further afield are available via the M8 and M9 and ring road access to the international airport.

Local Authority: City of Edinburgh
Services: Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage.
Council Tax: Band F
Tenure: Freehold