Holmes Cottage, Galston Road, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA1
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- PROPERTY TYPE
Detached
- BEDROOMS
3
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
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Freehold
Key features
- 2 reception rooms, 3 bedrooms, conservatory, kitchen, bathroom, shower room, utility room and office.
- Excellent hard standing and storage area.
- Large general purpose shed.
- Easy access to road links.
- Extensive garden grounds with grazing paddock.
Description
Galston has both primary and secondary schooling and a popular leisure centre. Private schooling is available at Wellington in Ayr and Belmont, Newton Mearns (14 miles). Kilmarnock is 3 miles distant and has a wider range of amenities including restaurants, theatre, hospital, cinema and sports complex.
Ayrshire is renowned for its many golf courses including the world famous courses at Turnberry, Prestwick and Troon. The privately owned Loudon Gowf Club is about 7 miles distant at Newmilns. There are excellent yachting facilities at the marinas at Troon, Ardrossan, Largs and Inverkip and there are also many opportunities for game sports in the region with some of south west Scotland’s best salmon and trout fishing available in the area’s lochs and rivers.
Built of stone under a pitched slate roof with a single storey extension to the rear, Holmes Cottage is a well-appointed house offering excellent family accommodation over one and a half storeys with a large, well screened garden with ample parking. There is an excellent secure compound with modern portal frame shed ideal for operating a commercial business or workshop.
The delightful family home retains many original period fixtures including deep skirting, attractive architrave, panelled doors, cornicing and ceiling roses. The welcoming hallway provides access to a beautifully presented sitting room with attractive cast iron fireplace, gas fire set in a wooden surround and tiled hearth overlooking the front grazing paddock. There is a large downstairs bedroom also overlooking the front driveway and paddock. The kitchen has been fitted with a range of floor and wall mounted units, a central island/breakfast bar with cabinets and wine storage below, a striking red New World dual fuel range style cooker, American style fridge/freezer and dishwasher also in red. The kitchen opens to a most attractive south facing conservatory with wall mounted electric fire and doors to the patio. The living room has laminate flooring, wood burning stove, tiled hearth and dual aspect windows. From the living room there is a shower room and utility room with 2 washing machines, a drier and fridge and a most useful home office. An impressive wooden staircase rises from the hall to the first floor with two generously proportioned bedrooms with large storage cupboards and the family bathroom fitted with bath, shower over and screen, w.c. and wash hand basin set in vanity unit. Adjoining the house to the rear, is a woodstore of tin and brick construction (About 4.55m x 3.91m)
GARDEN (AND GROUNDS)
Attractive conifers line the sweep of the tarmacadam drive to the gravel shipped parking area to the front of the house with parking for several cars. There are two small fenced paddocks to the front and side of the house. The drive to the yard continues past the cottage to a large area of hard standing/vehicular parking.
General Purpose Shed (About 11.83m x 10m)
Steel clad portal frame, tin clad and roof, block walls, concrete floor and lockable shutter doors with water, power and light.
Office (About 5.9m x 5.9m)
Brick with corrugated roof.
Redundant Tin Shed (About 3.65m x 3m)
FLOOD RISK
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DIRECTIONS
From Glasgow take the M77 towards Kilmarnock. At Junction 6 (signposted Galston A77) slip left. Follow signs for Galston then turn left on to the A719. Drive through Waterside and Moscow then turn right at the Galston roundabout heading for Kilmarnock. Holmes Cottage is on the right after about 1 mile.
From Ayr take the A77 north towards Kilmarnock. At the Bellfield roundabout take the third exit signed Hurlford/Galston. Drive through Hurlford and Holmes Cottage is on the left hand side of the road after about 1.5 miles.
POST CODE
KA1 5JD
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SOLICITORS
Dales Solicitors, 18 Wallace Street, Galston, East Ayrshire, KA4 8HP
LOCAL AUTHORITY
East Ayrshire Council, Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock, KA3 7BU,
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FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
No items are included unless specifically mentioned in these particulars. Please note the curtains and light fitting in the sitting room are excluded from the sale.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Appropriate caution should be exercised at all times during inspection particularly in reference to any livestock present and working machinery and equipment on the property.
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.
ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) REGULATIONS
Please note that under the 2017 AML regulations we are legally required to carry out money laundering checks against purchasers. Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to identify the purchaser for Anti-Money Laundering purposes. Our service provider ‘First AML’ will contact
the purchaser to gather the required identification documents. An information sheet is available from the selling agent on request. We are not able to enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified.
Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.
EPC Rating = D
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Particulars- COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
- Band: E
- PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
- Yes
- GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
- Yes
- ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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Holmes Cottage, Galston Road, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA1
NEAREST STATIONS
Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Kilmarnock Station3.2 miles
- Kilmaurs Station5.0 miles
About the agent
Providing outstanding local knowledge, an international client base and 14 offices across Scotland and Northern England, Galbraith is uniquely placed to handle the sale, purchase and letting of residential property throughout Scotland & Northern England. Whether a castle or cottage, townhouse or rural property, sporting estate, farm, land or development, we specialise in top quality residential property.
Galbraith operates with over 200 staff in Aberdeen. Ayr, Blagdon, Castle D
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