* Freehold
Offers Over £775, 000
**Description**
Extending to approximately 71. 68 Acres (29 Ha), Drumfours is relatively flat
and compact. The land is classified as Grade 3. 2 according to the James Hutton
Institute’s land classification for agriculture system. Grade 3. 2 land is
widely regarded as capable of producing good yields of a narrow range of
crops, principally cereals and grass, and/or moderate yields of a wider range
including potatoes, some vegetable crops (e. g. Field beans and summer
harvested brassicae) and oil - seed rape.
The Soil Survey of Scotland suggests the majority of the ground is comprised
of freely draining brown soils from the Tarves Association with areas of
Noncalcareous Gleys.
There is also a range of traditional agricultural buildings and a concrete
loading pad which feeds into the existing stock handling area.
While undoubtedly of arable quality, the ground has been managed via a series
of annual grazing lets for a number of years, resulting in the entire farm
being recorded as Permanent Grazings (pgrs) with the Scottish Government Rural
Payments and Inspections Directorate (sgrpid). This can be considered an
underutilisation given the farms' relative potential productive capacity and
past performance with a rotation that included potatoes, wheat, barley and
turnips. The decision to manage the land in this way is however quite
deliberate in light of the current proprietor’s desire to concentrate their
efforts on the diversification into the successful fencing and agricultural
supplies business.
Drumfours is accessed via a private track which leads directly to the public
highway (A980) and is of sufficient width and quality to facilitate larger
vehicles.
The farm ranges in altitude between approximately 198m and 215m above sea
level and is currently subdivided into roughly 6 enclosures, the majority of
which are well suited to modern mechanised farming practices, with four
smaller paddocks which would be useful for stock management.
Overall, Drumfours is a condensed and fertile holding with a yard that
provides the opportunity to start farming immediately, while simultaneously
representing some development potential subject to necessary consents. Well
suited to a new entrant or someone wishing to establish a small landholding.
**House**
Drumfours is a traditional one and a half storey stone and lime construction
farmhouse under a pitched timber framed slate covered roof and extends to
approximately 129m2. In its current configuration the ground floor provides a
utility, shower/WC, large open plan kitchen/living room, bedroom and second
reception room while the first floor includes two double bedrooms and a shared
family bathroom. Although decoratively dated, Drumfours is a still a
comfortable and well - proportioned house being fully double glazed and
benefitting from mains electricity and oil fired central heating, while water
and drainage are both private. Externally there is a modest enclosed garden
with a stone and lime outbuilding. To the north and north east there is a
small stand of mature mixed species trees which lead onto the private access,
beyond which sits the farmyard and adjacent livestock handling facilities.
**Rates**
Council Tax Band D
EPC Rating: E39 with potential to achieve B91
**Viewing**
Strictly by prior agreement with the selling agents who should be contacted in
advance to advise on access arrangements. For the personal safety of
interested parties, please be aware of potential hazards at the property as
the buildings and land may be in temporary use for livestock handling and the
movement of plant and machinery.
**Financial guarantee/anti - money laundering regulations**
Any offer by prospective purchaser(s), regardless of where they are ordinarily
resident and regardless whether on a cash or subject to loan finance basis,
must be accompanied by a financial reference from a bank/funding source that
is acceptable to the sellers. Prospective purchasers will also be required to
produce identification sufficient to satisfy anti money laundering regulations
and checks against the intended purchaser or nominee together with other
documentation that may be required, from time to time, in order to support any
conditional offers submitted to the seller. Bidwells llp accepts no liability
of any type arising from your delay or other lack of co - operation in this
regard. Failure to provide the requisite aml documentation with offers may
result in them not being considered at the closing date or being superseded by
an offer which is. Settlement may also be delayed or aborted due to non -
compliance with requests for information or failure to deliver adequate
information within the requisite timeframes We may hold your name on our
database unless you instruct us otherwise.
**Title**
Should there be any discrepancy between these particulars, stipulations,
special conditions of sale and missives of sale the last shall prevail.
Tenure: Absolute Ownership Interest (Freehold)
Further information can be found by downloading the sales brochure or by
contacting our Agency Team
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