INDEPENDENT ESTATE AGENTS OF ARGYLL AND THE WEST HIGHLANDS

ACHNACARRON BOATHOUSEKILCHRENAN, PA35 1HE

A FABULOUS ARCHITECT DESIGNED HOLIDAY RETREAT IN A SUPERBWATERSIDE LOCATION ENJOYING UNINTERRUPTED LOCH VIEWS

AND WITH EXCITING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

Hall : Sitting Room : Kitchen/Dining/Living Room : Utility Room3 Bedrooms (One En-Suite) : Shower Room : Store Room

Basement/Boat Store : Double Garage : Various Stores

Garden And Grounds Of About 5.5 Acres With Riparian Fishing Rights

Planning Permissions for Large Family Home, Extension And Additional Lodges

Offers In Excess Of £700,000

Kilchrenan is a tranquil small village on the north side of Loch Awe, reached via a six-mile long section of the B845 road throughGlen Nant from the A85 at Taynuilt. The village has a pub, primary school and church and there are also two excellent loch-side hotelsnearby which are noted for the quality of their cuisine. Loch Awe is Scotland’s longest fresh water loch and one of its most picturesquewith wooded shores and numerous small islands which can be explored by boat. It is also noted for the quality of its trout fishing. Theentire area is one of great natural beauty and provides almost unlimited scope for outdoor sporting and leisure pursuits. The nearbyvillage of Taynuilt offers a good range of amenities with the principal West Highland town of Oban providing a more comprehensiveselection of shops, leisure facilities and professional services.

Built on the site of a former hunting lodge on the western shore of Loch Awe, Achnacarron Boathouse is a fabulous, architectdesigned, holiday retreat with exciting development potential in a superb lochside location. Situated at the end of a mile long privatetrack, leading to the water’s edge, the Boathouse, which is currently successfully holiday let, has been completely renovated andmodernized and offers beautifully appointed accommodation designed to take advantage of the outstanding views. The most appealingcontemporary accommodation is light and airy with full double glazing and efficient Rointe electric heaters augmented by a logburning stove in the living area. The extensive basement acts as an excellent boat store and provides useful additional storage.Grounds extending to about 5.5 acres with Riparian fishing rights add to the appeal of this unique waterside property.

There are three extant planning permissions allowing for the further development of the property to create a unique lochside familyresidence, to alter and extend the existing Boathouse and/or to expand the commercial letting business with additional lodges.

DETAILS OF ACCOMMODATION

Entrance Hall with outer door, 2 Rointe heaters, walk in store/drying room, built in store cupboard, downlighters, Karndean flooring.

Kitchen/Dining/Living Room: 5.75m x 4.35m extensive windows to front and side, glazed door to loch facing balcony, fireplace withinset log burning stove, 2 Rointe heaters. Kitchen area with floor standing and wall mounted units and worktops, tiled splashbacks atwork areas, integrated dishwasher and fridge, Bosch oven and hob with extractor hood, 1½ bowl ceramic sink unit, downlighters,Karndean flooring.

Utility Room: 2.95m x 1.62m windows to rear and side, fitted with a range of floor standing and wall mounted units, 1½ bowl sinkunit, integrated freezer, plumbed for washing machine, Rointe heater, extract fan, downlighters, laminate flooring.

Bedroom 1: 4.1m x 2.83m window to side, fitted wardrobe, Rointe heater, downlighters, fitted carpet.

En Suite Shower Room: 2.08m x 1.65m frosted side window, quadrant shower cabinet, wc & whb, fully tiled walls and floor, WarmUp underfloor heating, Dimplex fan heater, shaver point, downlighters.

Bedroom 2: 4.35m x 1.8m window to side, built in doublewardrobe, Rointe heater, downlighters, fitted carpet.

Shower Room: 1.85m x 1.75m frosted side window, quadrantshower cabinet, wc & whb, tiled walls and floor, Dimplex fanheater, ladder heated towel rail, downlighters.

An open tread wooden stair with glass side panels, hand built bya local craftsman, rises to the upper floor accommodation.

Sitting Room: 5.2m x 2.9m (coombed) floor to ceiling lochfacing windows, 4 Velux windows, 2 Rointe heaters, tv aerialpoint, spotlight rail, fitted carpet.

Bedroom 3: 5.05m x 2.95m (coombed) 2 Velux windows toeach side, 2 Rointe heaters, fitted wardrobe, built-in shelvedstorage in coombs, spotlight rail, 2 wall lights, fitted carpet.

Basement/Boat Store: 10.0m x 4.3m with light and power,housing water tank, filters, etc and providing excellent additionalstorage.

GARDEN AND GROUNDS

Extending to about 5.5 acres overall, affording an excellentdegree of privacy and providing a delightful mature combinationof sweeping lawns, woodland areas with many specimen trees,abundant wildlife and extending to its own private shoreline withPier and Slipway. Private gated entrance and well made accesstrack.

OUTBUILDINGS

Double Garage. Large Log Store. Log Shed. Steel Storageunit. Ruins of the former winter boathouse.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Holiday Letting: The Boathouse is currently very successfully holiday let as a luxury self-catering cottage with a gross income ofabout £40,000 based on 6 months letting. www.unique-cottages.co.uk/cottages/west-coast/argyll-isles/aa4-achnacarron-boathouseand http://www.coolcottagesscotland.com/achnacarron-boathouse/.

Planning Permissions: There are currently three Planning Permissions relative to the Boathouse and grounds. 15/00614/PPP is fora large family home on the site of the former Lodge which was destroyed by fire in 1954. 11/0024/PP is for an extension andalterations to existing boathouse, held in perpetuity. 01-09-1089 is for 4 fishing lodges, held in perpetuity. It is understood that if thefishing lodge consent was to be rescinded then permission could be granted for a second boathouse built out on stilts over the loch atthe site of the former winter boathouse. Further information is available from the Selling Agents or at www.argyll-bute.gov.uk.

Services: Mains electricity. Private water supply. Drainage to septic tank. Security alarm system.

Rateable Value: £1000. EPC Rating: E.

Title Note: There is a Right of Preemption over the property in favour of a third party.

Entry: By mutual agreement.

Guide Price: Offers in excess of Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds (£700,000) are invited and should be submitted to the SellingAgents.

Viewing: Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.

IMPORTANT NOTICE : Although the sellers or lessors reserve the right to sell or lease their properties without further notice, it is possible that a closing date will beset and interested parties are advised to intimate their interest to Dawsons Estate Agents following inspection of the property. Sellers and lessors are not obliged to acceptthe highest or, indeed, any offer. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers or lessees in inspecting properties which have beensold, let or withdrawn. We would advise that availability of the property is checked before journeys are commenced. No warranty will be given by the sellers or lessorsin respect of services and any electrical, gas or oil-fired appliances, including any heating system. Dawsons Estate Agents for themselves and for the sellers or lessors ofthis property, whose agents they are, give notice that whilst the information contained in these particulars, including quantities, maps and plans, is believed to be correct,it is not guaranteed and intending purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of statements made. These particulars do not form part of any contract.

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