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See how verdicts work2-bedroom bungalow · PA77 6UE
For saleListed 377 days
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Attractive traditional detached cottage Occupying a stunning position, located just a few minutes' walk from Balephuil beach, and enjoying breath-taking countryside and sea views, Bayview forms an attractive, traditional detached cottage, set in its own garden grounds.
In excellent order and well presented, the property benefits from double glazing, oil fired central heating, and provides good sized accommodation, conveniently arranged over one level, comprising a dual aspect lounge, kitchen, two double bedrooms, a modern shower room, and two hallways.
This bright, desirable, property would be ideally suited as a permanent home, idyllic holiday retreat, or as an investment opportunity in a buoyant self-catering market.
Indeed, Bayview is currently run as a successful holiday let, has a short term licence in place and is advertised on the following link: 70982 Located on the south west coast of Tiree, Balephuil Bay stretches for approximately a mile in length and is one of the island's most beautiful beaches.
The Isle of Tiree is the most westerly of the Inner Hebrides. Relatively small and very flat with only three small hills and no woodland, the island is approximately 12 miles long by 3 miles wide.
Known as the 'Sunshine Isle', Tiree benefits from the warm Gulf Stream and enjoys a mild climate with some of the highest levels of sunshine in the British Isles.
Famed for it's beautiful beaches, the island is host to the annual Tiree Wave Classic which attracts some of the worlds best surfers, and the ever-popular Tiree Music Festival, which attracts tourists in abundance.
There is both primary and secondary education on the Island, shops including two grocery stores, a bank, garage and veterinary surgery.
The journey from Oban takes around 3.5 hours by boat, with regular flights available from Glasgow and Connel airports taking approximately one hour.
Accommodation Hallway 1.9m x 0.9m With glazed UPVC entrance door. Laminate flooring. Doors to kitchen, shower room and second hallway. Kitchen 2.9m x 2.2m With windows to front and side.
Fitted with beech effect kitchen units, offset with black coloured laminate work surfaces. Stainless steel extractor chimney over. Stainless steel sink unit. Tiled splashback.
Plumbing for washing machine. Laminate flooring. Shower 1.9m x 1.7m With frosted windows to front and side. Fitted with white suite of WC, wash hand basin, and wet-walled shower cubicle.
Wet-walled splashback. Laminate flooring. Inner Hallway 3.1m x 1.1m Storage cupboard, housing electric meter. Laminate flooring. Hatch to loft. With doors to lounge and bedrooms.
Lounge 3.8m x 3.1m Slightly L-shaped, with windows to front and rear. Built-in storage cupboard. Fitted shelving. Laminate flooring. Bedroom 3.1m x 2.7m With window to rear. Laminate flooring.
Bedroom 3.9m x 3.0m With windows to front and rear. Built-in storage cupboard. Laminate flooring.
Garden Bayview benefits from enclosed garden grounds to the front and sides, equating to around 0.1 acres. The grounds are laid to lawn, offset with a pathway to the front, rear and side.
A stone outbuilding, historically the former family home prior to the current property being built, is included in the sale, and is now classed as a ruin.
However this structure offers scope for buyers seeking development opportunities, and subject to all the necessary consents, could provide additional accommodation.
A garden shed annexe offering potential for refurbishment or alternative use, is included in the sale.
Additional Location Highlights 12 minute drive to Crossapol Airport 20 minute drive to ferry terminal 2 minute walk to the award-winning Tiree Gin Distillery, which offers tours and visitor experiences What3Words - convey.hobble.finest Travel Directions From the pier, proceed along Pier Road for half a mile, turning left at the junction on to the B8065 road.
Continue on this road for about 4 miles, turning left at the junction on to the B8066 road. Stay on this road for about 2 miles, turning right at the road signposted for Balephuil.
Follow this road and turn right just before the cattle grid, Bayview is the second house on the right.
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