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About
Eilean Na Mara is a spacious detached bungalow which offers light and bright easily managed accommodation across the one level.
Externally, Eilean Na Mara is completed in a cream painted render with a smooth render relief and brick detailing at the porch, all neatly presented under a dark grey tiled roof.
Ground Floor Outer front door to entrance porch, inner front door to welcoming entrance hall, kitchen with informal breakfasting, pantry store, cupboard housing the hot water tank and electrical switch gear, window to gardens.
Formal dining room with sliding doors to gardens.
Jack and Jill door to light and bright spacious formal sitting room with electric fireplace, picture frame windows to gardens and beyond to partial water views.
Hall cupboard, family shower room, bedrooms 1 & 2 with double fitted wardrobes and cupboard with windows to gardens, family bathroom with heated towel rail, bedroom 3 with double fitted wardrobes, sliding doors to gardens, bedrooms 4 & 5 with fitted wardrobes and windows to gardens.
Outbuildings Detached double garage with manual up and over door. Greenhouse. Gardens Via a sweeping private tarmac driveway leading to ample vehicular hard standing and parking area.
The front gardens and driveway are planted with an assortment of colourful flower beds and bushes.
An area of lawn lies to the front of the property with raised beds, and a monobloc path leads to the front door and wraps around to side gardens.
Steps lead to an area of gravel which lends itself an idea space for alfresco sitting and dining, a paved path wraps around the rear of the property which is laid to paving with a further patio area for outdoor sitting.
A shallow stone wall borders the immediate rear gardens with an area of semi ancient woodland which falls away from the property down to Duncraggan Road.
From the rear gardens and through the semi ancient woodland there are partial water views.
Situation Eilean Na Mara is situated within walking distance to the very popular west of Scotland tourist town of Oban.
From its elevated position there are wonderful views across Oban Bay, the sound of Kerrera and onwards to the sheltered anchorage on the Isle of Kerrera.
Oban is the major market town for northwestern Argyll and has a thriving community and a busy harbour with an active fishing fleet and the Caledonian MacBrayne ferries terminal to Mull and the northern islands of the Inner Hebrides.
Oban has a full range of retail, education, professional and cultural/tourist facilities and has a regular rail and sea plane service to Glasgow. There is also an International Airport.
Glasgow has extensive retail centres and all of the cultural, leisure facilities, educational and professional services normally associated with a major international centre.
The west highlands and islands of Scotland offer some of the most spectacular scenery in the United Kingdom and as such it has always drawn people to the area for tourism, hill walking, mountaineering, water and field sports.
Oban is also ideally located for sailing being situated in arguably some of the most dramatic coastal sailing areas of western Europe.
Services Mains water supply, mains drainage, electric night storage heating, double glazed. Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.
Local Authorities Argyll & Bute Council Council Tax Eilean Na Mara is in Band F and the amount of council tax payable for 2026/2027 is £3840.15 including water and sewerage charges.
Travel Directions On entering Oban on the A85 from Crianlarich, at the round-a-bout take the first exit signposted for Campbeltown and Lochgilphead, Town Centre.
Continue along the A85 for 0.4 miles then turn left onto Stevenson Street, then immediate left onto Hill St, continue along Hill St which becomes Rockfield Road, proceed up Rockfield Road to meet Longsdale Road, turn left onto Laurel Road, before turning left into Laurel Crescent.
Upon arrival into Laurel Crescent, proceed through Laurel Crescent passing a home on your right hand side called ‘Lionel’ before turning left to find Eilean Na Mara down on your right hand side
Value & comps
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