Overview
- Excellent family living space
- Within a few minutes walk to the shore
- Private garden grounds set away from the road
- The property benefits from a full fibre (FTTP) high speed broadband provision suitable for home working or business use.
- Two substantial stone-built sheds, polytunnel and hooped raised beds on the croft with vehicular access directly from the road via a gateway and area of hard standing.
Ger-Y-Mor, (Gaelic for ‘Sparkling View’) 8 Ardnastruban is a very well presented four bedroom bungalow on the Island of North Uist. It is set in good sized garden grounds and is surrounded by croft land. The property has been well-maintained and is tastefully decorated throughout. It is fully double glazed and has oil fired central heating.
A paved path leads to steps to a covered porch from where part glazed hardwood door leads to the hallway which has two built-in storage cupboards.
The lounge sits to the left of the hall and has a large picture window enjoying lovely views over the garden to the sea. The lounge has wood flooring and a central feature of a modern fireplace with slate heart and surround and wooden mantle, housing an Esse multi fuel glazed stove.
The kitchen also sits to the left of the hall and has dual aspect windows. It has a good range of white gloss modern floor and wall units with granite effect work surface with an inset five-ring gas hob and electric oven and also a built-in washing machine, dishwasher and fridge freezer.
There is an airing cupboard which houses the hot water cylinder and two built-in double cupboards with louvre doors and plenty of space for a dining table. There is a Rayburn stove, oven and boiler which serves the centrally heated radiators throughout the house and provides constant hot water.
The bathroom lies off the hall and has a three-piece suite in white comprising WC, and wash hand basin and bath with mains shower over and wet wall panelling around.
Bedroom 1 has built-in double wardrobes with sliding doors and overlooks the back garden. It has an en-suite shower room with two-piece suite in white comprising WC and wash hand basin over a vanity unit. It has a fully tiled shower cubicle with mains shower.
Bedrooms 2 and 3 sit to the front of the property and enjoy far reaching water views. Bedroom 2 has a built-in double wardrobe.
Bedroom 4 is a single room and has a window overlooking the back garden.
The loft has a partially floored storage area with integrated ladder access via a hatch from the hall.
External
From the public road, a driveway leads to the property and has parking for several vehicles. The front garden is mainly laid to lawn and planted with ornamental bushes.
The rear garden has been beautifully landscaped with lovely cottage garden plants and palm trees. A pergola has climbing roses and honeysuckle and a path leads to a pretty garden seat. It has a lawned area which is fenced, has a wooden shed on concrete base and a cold frame.
Croft
8 Ardnastruban is a tenanted croft comprising a de-crofted house and garden measuring 0.12ha (0.3acres) and the tenancy of a registered croft extending to approx. 5.98ha (approx 14.75 acres), being approx. 6.10ha in total. The croft lies either side of the public road serving the Island of Grimsay and is divided into small paddocks providing some good permanent pasture and rough grazing for sheep and cattle. It stretches from the shoreline to the south of the public road up to the edge of Loch Ligary to the north. Approx 2ha has been fenced to accommodate a broadleaf woodland planting scheme, much of which has now matured and is accessible via cut paths. There are two concrete floored stone-built sheds, roofed with steel profile sheeting which provide general storage facilities for the croft, a polytunnel and hooped raised beds with vehicular access directly from the road via a gateway and area of hard standing.
The croft is subject to crofting legislation but is eligible to receive agricultural and crofting support from SGRPID.
There are also grazing rights for a small number of sheep and cattle on the Island of Grimsay Common Grazings.