* Freehold
* Stone cottage located in a stunning location close to Balmoral.
* Home Report Value £375, 000
* 1 Reception Room | 3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms
* Currently self - catering holiday accommodation
* Perfect bolthole/second home or stunning family home
* Sensitively modernised offering modern living
* Original inglenook fireplace with woodburning stove
* Views over Felagie Burn and surrounding countryside
* Garage | Generator Room | Woodstore
* Recently installed solar panels and storage in batteries
Balnoe - closing date set – Friday, 7th July 2023 at 12 Noon
Balnoe is an attractive off - grid stone - built and part - weather boarded cottage
with light - filled flexible accommodation over two floors. The property offers
opportunities to continue its use as self - catering holiday accommodation, the
perfect bolthole/second home or to use it as a stunning family home.
Sensitively modernised to combine the amenities of modern living, it features
exposed beams, wooden flooring and the original inglenook fireplace providing
ideal family and entertaining space maximising the wonderful countryside
views. The predominantly open plan ground floor accommodation flows from a
welcoming triple aspect vaulted porch/ sunroom with bespoke window seating,
sitting room with original inglenook fireplace with woodburning stove open to
a generous kitchen with a range of wall and base units, wooden worktops,
double butler sink, modern integrated appliances, lpg gas range cooker and an
adjoining fitted utility room with useful cloakroom and a door to the garden.
The ground floor accommodation is completed by a bedroom wing providing a
front aspect principal bedroom with feature fireplace and modern en suite
shower room.
Stairs rise from the sitting room to the vaulted first floor which provides a
spacious double bedroom with built - in storage and en suite shower room, one
further double bedroom and a modern family bathroom, skylights throughout
flood the area with natural light.

Occupying a sizeable plot, the
property is approached down a private track through a five - bar gate over a
driveway providing
private parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to a detached shed and
woodstore. The enclosed garden surrounding the property offers split - level
expanses of lawn and features a sheltered stone - built seating area, the whole
enjoying uninterrupted views over Felagie Burn and surrounding rolling
countryside.

Located at the heart of the Cairngorm National Park,
the parish of Braemar and Craithie is one of the largest, highest and most
remote in Scotland, with Craithie Kirk being the regular place of worship of
the Royal Family when they are in residence at Balmoral Castle.
Braemar village, home to the Highland Games, offers a range of day - to - day
amenities including a village store with a Post Office, a small supermarket,
independent shopping, numerous hotels and eateries and a golf course. The
magnificent boutique Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar is a Victorian coaching inn
that has been imaginatively restored to bring together Scottish heritage,
craftsmanship and culture with world - class contemporary art and a strong sense
of community.
Ballater offers a wide range of coffee shops, restaurants and specialist
stores, many bearing the Royal Warrant, the Royal Family being behind the
development of many of Ballater’s top retail and dining attractions including
the renowned Rothesay Rooms restaurant, The Carriage Restaurant in the
refurbished Station and the Highgrove Shop, The Fife Arms also offers a
fabulous fish shop celebrating the heritage and traditions of fishing in
Scotland, the Fish Shop was created to enjoy freshly caught fish and ethically
sourced seafood from Scotland and the British Isles.
Nearby Aboyne is an attractive small Victorian town in Royal Deeside with a
good selection of day - to - day amenities. The area is renowned for its wide
range of leisure pursuits: In addition to golf, horse riding, hunting and
fishing on Clunie Water and along the River Dee, the area is renowned for its
hill walking, mountain biking and winter sports all available within the
Cairngorms National Park at both Glenshee and Aviemore.

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