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House For Sale £150,000
Birkie Knowe, Ae, Dumfries DG1


Description
** viewings commencing Thursday 29th July **
The property


Situated in the picturesque village of Ae less than 10 miles from Dumfries town centre, this beautifully-presented semi-detached house presents a spacious family home in a semi-rural setting. With living room, modern kitchen/dining room and utility room, and three bedrooms and bathroom, the property is ideally suited to young and/or growing families and must be viewed internally to fully appreciate the standard of accommodation on offer.

*nb - the home report access details are shown at the bottom of the page*
Accommodation


The accommodation is accessed into an entrance hall with built-in storage and stairs off to first floor level. The living room is of generous size and boasts a multi-fuel stove inset into the chimney breast. The modern kitchen/dining room is to the rear of the property and comprises a range of fitted base and wall units with integrated electric oven and gas hob with extractor over, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, ceramic sink and drainer unit and space for white goods. The utility room also comprises a range of fitted base units with stainless steel sink bowl and further space for white goods. Completing the ground floor accommodation is the family bathroom, consisting of a space bath with shower over, a free-standing wash hand basin and a toilet.

The first floor features all three bedrooms, all three of which benefit from built-in wardrobes. The property benefits from oil-fired central heating throughout and double-glazing.

Finishing outside, there are gardens to the front, side and rear. The front garden is partly laid to lawn with a substantial chipped gravel off-street parking area to the front and side of the property. The rear garden has a retained gravel patio area to the rear of the property, stepping up to a rear lawn with timber garden shed, all enclosed within garden boundary hedges. Bushes and shrubs create a very pleasant area for relaxing in.

Transport, schools & amenities

The nearest primary school is in the village of Ae itself, with others located nearby at Amisfield or Nethermill Primary. The nearest secondary school is Dumfries High School.

Main amenities can be found in Dumfries town centre (10 miles) which is attractive and reached within a 15 - 20 minute drive and offers a combination of good shopping facilities and historic buildings.

The town is also the home of a substantial college and university campus located within beautiful grounds overlooking the town and has three golf courses.

Other local amenities can be found in the nearby popular tourist town of Moffat (16 miles), which has a wide range of local shops, hotels, restaurants and a supermarket. There are also various sports clubs available in the town including a local golf club, rugby club and tennis club with fishing and countryside walks also available.

There are also various close transport links including Dumfries train station providing links to Carlisle and Glasgow. Major Bus links can be accessed from the Loreburn Centre, Whitesands or Burns Statue.

The area has excellent rail links with Edinburgh and Glasgow being served by the mainline railway station in Lockerbie, where London Euston can be reached in about 3.5 hours and Manchester in just 2 hours. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh can be reached by train from Lockerbie Station in under an hour. Easy access to the motorway can be found from the village itself providing easy access North on the M74 or South on the M6. The airports at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle are all roughly about 1.5 hours drive. Cairnryan in the west of Dumfries and Galloway has a ferry terminal to Northern Ireland and Belfast.

The area offers boundless opportunities for the outdoor sporting enthusiast with the ability to take shooting locally, a variety of fishing on the Rivers Nith, Annan or Border Esk, sailing on Castle Loch at Lochmaben with Annandale Sailing Club, and wildfowling on the Solway Firth. For golfing enthusiasts local golf courses include Lockerbie Golf Club situated on an elevated setting with stunning views over Annandale Valley, Powfoot, known as "one of golf’s best kept secrets", Lochmaben, Dumfries and Southerness on the Solway Coast. Lockerbie Ice Rink is a leading centre for curling in Scotland.

The surrounding area offers glorious countryside and historic ruins with easy access to a beautiful coast and a multitude of sporting and country pursuits including sailing, horse riding, mountain biking, fishing, golf and fine coastal and woodland walk.

Home report:

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