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Cairnton is undoubtedly one of the best known
fishing estates on the Dee and one of the finest
estates in Scotland. The legendary Arthur Wood,
a passionate and pioneering salmon fisherman is
credited with developing the greased fishing
line whilst tenanting Cairnton from the Burnett
family of Crathes from 1918 until his death in
1934.
During his tenancy he built the main house in
1921 and added two exquisite lunch huts and a
rod room which are still in use today.
A salmon river at the foot of the garden is a
rarity in itself, but the added benefit of
history sets Cairnton apart from any other
salmon fishing estate. Cairnton House comprises
nine bedrooms and five bathrooms and comes with
a four bedroom
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Keepers Cottage and three bedroom Farmhouse. The
estate totals approximately 69 acres with 1.9
miles fishing on the River Dee with 29 named
pools.
The asking price for Cairnton Estate is £2.6M
and is being sold by Mark Mitchell who can be
contacted on
Tel. 01738 621121
mark.mitchell@bellingram.co.uk
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The media is full of HIPs (Home Information
Packs) that are to be introduced south of the
border in June 2007. The Scottish equivalent is
PIPs (Purchasers Information Packs) and these
are scheduled for introduction early in 2008.
The packs are designed to provide purchasers
with more up front information to assist them in
the selection of their future home. It will be a
statutory obligation for a seller to commission
a survey (but no valuation) and a completed
questionnaire before the property is placed on
the market. The Scottish system will be a much
simplified version of the English version and so
those buying north of the border have something
to be thankful for! The arguments abound as to
whether this will help the process of buying and
selling houses. It seems sensible for relevant
information to be available for purchasers, but
will the seller’s survey be acceptable to a
discerning buyer or indeed their mortgage
providers?
Many see the scheme as an additional hurdle that
will do nothing to help the housing market. It
will add expense for the purchasers who will
have to find £500 - £1,000, often up front. The
fact is that the scheme will be introduced and
if you are contemplating a move, the advice is
to start before the scheme commences in 2008 to
save expense. In any event advice from an estate
agent who is RICS qualified or a member of the
National Association of Estate Agents is
paramount.
There is an old army saying “order, counter
order, disorder!” This applies to Gordon Brown
and his handling of the SIPPS initiative. Self
Invested Pension Plans were introduced to
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ease the strain of the pensions industry and
widen the scope of investment portfolios.
Initially residential property was to be
included and suddenly it was withdrawn last
autumn. Now a counter order has been issued
whereby syndicates may hold a residential
portfolio providing the overall investment
exceeds £1m and is spread over at least three
properties. No single asset may be worth more
than 40% of the total value of pension assets.
This will add an extra dimension to the housing
market and it is anticipated that the scheme
will prove attractive to investors.
The market is forecast to increase by some 4%
this year and so far during 2006 there have been
a good number of purchasers actively seeking
property. There are a good variety of houses and
estates coming to the market. Bell Ingram has
received a pleasing number of instructions in
the £1m plus bracket as well as the traditional
smaller rural properties with 5 – 10 acres of
land that remain perennial favourites.
The Bell Ingram Agency department has expanded
to meet this demand for property with the office
in Inverness where the market continues to
thrive as well as our Head Office in Perth.
Martin Long TD MNAEA
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