Property description

EMOVEUK.COM offer a rare opportunity to purchase a traditional Scottish cottage which has been sympathetically extended to provide a truly spacious family home. Built around 1830 on a large plot of land extending to approximately one third of an acre, it is full of charm and character, retaining many of it’s original features together with exposed timber flooring throughout, and whilst being very roomy and comfortable, still has a homely and distinctively cottage feel.

Greenvale Cottage is on the B822, just over half a mile from the centre of Fintry, and is part of the original Clachan of Fintry centred on the 17th century church, which is diagonally opposite the property. The location offers beautiful views in every direction with the Campsie Fells to the front looking south, and the Fintry Hills to the rear looking north. In addition, the Trossachs, Loch Lomond, Callander, Aberfoyle and numerous other places of interest and outstanding natural beauty are all within a pleasant and relaxing 30 minute drive.

The ground floor accommodation comprises a modern double glazed entrance porch/conservatory, an entrance lobby, a large dining room, a spacious sitting room with french doors to the garden, a study/office, a very spacious master bedroom with en-suite toilet/shower room incorporating a large shower cubicle and power shower, a spacious, light and airy kitchen/diner incorporating the day to day back door plus a set of french doors to the garden. Beyond the kitchen/diner there is a utility area, a bathroom and a boiler/storage room containing wall mounted shelving and the oil fired central heating boiler, which was replaced relatively recently.

On the first floor there are two double bedrooms with coombed ceilings and dormer windows overlooking the rear garden and the Fintry Hills beyond, a toilet/shower room with a large shower cubicle, and a third room with reduced headroom beyond one of the bedrooms, which is currently used for storage but could easily be converted into an extra occasional bedroom or a playroom for small children.

Externally there is a front garden laid to lawn behind a grass verge and privet hedge, a gravelled driveway and parking area for at least 3 cars, plus a detached double garage. To the rear there is very large garden, extending to approximately a quarter of an acre in size, of which half is laid to easily maintained lawn. The remainder of the rear garden comprises gravelled areas, a large patio, areas of mature shrubbery, footpaths, flowerbeds; an attractive circular stone and gravel feature and a pond with water lilies and an ornamental fountain.

In addition, the rear garden contains two timber buildings, the first is a summer house positioned neatly in the corner of the garden to catch the morning to midday sun. The other is a larger west facing cabin with a large deck, which is currently set up to provide overnight accommodation for friends and relatives when the sleeping capacity of the main house has been exceeded. It has an electricity supply and two partitioned off areas to act as a toilet/shower room and a kitchen area, although the toilet and kitchen equipment has yet to be installed.

If required, this cabin could easily enable the purchaser to tap into the buoyant local holiday accommodation market for paying guests, once the installation of the kitchen and shower room equipment had been completed. Alternatively, it could easily be converted into an office, workshop, hobby room or gym, or just be somewhere just to relax and watch the sun go down behind the Trossachs.

The main house and all the external buildings are in excellent condition. The main roof on the house was completely re-slated, and the flat roofs on the kitchen, family bathroom and bedroom dormer were completely re-felted less than 5 years ago. The roofs on the summer house and the cabin have also been renewed within a similar period. Decoratively, everything is excellent condition, the décor being mainly white, as traditionally applied to most Scottish cottages.
 
Fintry is a vibrant, happy village within easy commuting distance of Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It has a friendly welcoming atmosphere, an excellent primary school, and falls within the catchment area of the very highly regarded Balfron High School. Fintry Community Council is very active and ensures that the village infrastructure is maintained to a high standard and renewed whenever necessary.

There are numerous village clubs, societies and organisations for both young and old. Fintry Sports Club has a fully equipped gym and sauna, a four rink Indoor bowling green, a professionally run bar that serves food all day, a shop that supplies newspapers, magazines and a range of basic groceries and is open from 8am to 11pm seven days a week. It also has two full sized squash courts, two rugby pitches and is the home of the very successful Strathendrick Rugby Club.

The 18th century Fintry Inn is the local hostelry serving drinks and meals, and Culcreuch Castle; the 14th century ancestral home of the Clan Galbraith is a major wedding venue, and provides luxury accommodation, bars meals, fine dining and much more. Numerous other pubs, hotels and restaurants are within easy reach.

Nearby Balfron, Killearn and Kippen provide a wide range of other shops, pubs, coffee shops, restaurants and other facilities to meet most day to day needs, and the City of Stirling is a pleasant 30 minute drive away.