Fornet Cottage, Greenock Road, Langbank, Port Glasgow, PA14 6XY
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1 Description
A picture-perfect detached cottage, extensively upgraded by the current owners to provide a pleasing selection of beautifully presented accommodation with wonderful and highly private garden grounds.
This is a former gate house to the Earl of Mar Estate which dates to 1845 and this sandstone property is especially charming with a modern and especially luxurious finish blending successfully with many period details always in vogue with a great variety of buyers.
The current owners have created a fine family home with the sizeable accommodation formed over one level. French doors lead to a sizeable, decked terrace which features a glass balustrade being one of the many highlights which showcase great attention to detail and quality craftsmanship throughout.
The property is accessed through original sone pillars with wrought iron gates into a recently laid block driveway and the accommodation is arranged is arranged on a pleasing single storey layout as follows: welcoming reception hall, front facing lounge / dining room with impressive box bay window with decorative panelling, feature fireplace with wood burner and bespoke fitted display / media wall providing additional storage. There is a refitted dining kitchen providing views over and access to the side garden which features an extensive range of wall and floor mounted units with Porcelanosa Krion worktop surfaces and splashbacks. The integrated appliances include a Bosch oven, microwave and dishwasher and Cooke and Lewis ceramic hob. The kitchen offers ample space for a table and chairs and is finished with a designer style radiator and Porcelanosa flooring. There are three generously sized bedrooms, all tastefully decorated, with the front facing principal bedroom especially impressive in both size and style with a stylish Porcelanosa en-suite bathroom with Krion bath and decorative wall and floor tilling. The final bedroom is currently utilised as a sitting room with the French doors leading to the aforementioned decked area. Fornet Cottage is completed by an exquisite Porcelanosa shower room.
The property benefits from a high specification finish with tasteful decoration throughout in neutral colour schemes with French oak flooring and replacement radiators, LPG heating, double glazing, and gas central heating.
The delightful setting ensures most substantial and well-cared for garden grounds. The scale of the gardens provides potential to extend further subject to any required planning regulations. The driveway provides ample off-street parking and further turning point. The mature gardens provide a calming and peaceful oasis yet are positioned perfectly for easy access to Langbank and Bishopton facilities. The gardens offer unrivalled privacy with ornate, well-tended lawns, flower beds and shrubbery all surrounded by woodland. There are additional sitting areas and playpark finished with bark, a selection of garden sheds (power and light) and external stores attached to the cottage.
There is an extensive selection of facilities within Langbank and Bishopton including train stations which provide high speed commuting to Glasgow and beyond, as does the M8 motorway. Fornet Cottage is approximately 4 miles from the Erskine Bridge which provides access to Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park and is a short distance from Glasgow International Airport also.
Legals
Selling Agents:
Rettie Newton Mearns
116 Ayr Road
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 6EG
General Remarks and Information
Viewing:
By appointment through Rettie Newton Mearns, 116 Ayr Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6EG. Tel: 01416391999
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Fixtures and Fittings:
Only items specifically mentioned in the particulars of sale are included in the sale price.
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Offers:
Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents Rettie & Co. A closing date by which offers must be submitted may be fixed later. Please note that interested parties are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order that they may be advised should a closing date be set. The seller reserves the right to accept any offer at any time.
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Servitude Rights, Burdens & Wayleaves:
The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes whether contained in the title deeds or informally constituted and whether or not referred to above.
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