House For Sale £335,000
Raitts House is a unique and rare opportunity to the market. It is a charming stone-built double fronted family home offering flexible accommodation, with period features including
ornamental fascias and sash windows. While in need of some cosmetic modernisation the property offers the prospective purchaser an ideal opportunity to create a stunning family home or alternatively a luxury Highland getaway.
The ground floor accommodation features wooden flooring throughout and flows from a welcoming reception hall from where there is access to a drawing room with a cast iron open fireplace and a sitting room with a fireplace with woodburning stove, both west facing catching the evening sun and wonderful sunset views across the rspb reserve. The dining room with exposed wooden flooring and an open fireplace and the the generous kitchen with a range of wall and base units, wooden worktops and an Aga are both east facing and enjoy the morning sun. There is a separate fitted utility room with cloakroom and a door to the rear garden.
On the first floor there is a spacious front aspect principal bedroom with built-in storage, two further generous double bedrooms, both with built-in storage, a smaller bedroom, a family bathroom and a separate family shower room.<br /><br />Set on the western edge of the Cairngorms
National Park and to the north of the famed River Spey, the small village of Lynchat is home to Raitts Cave, an Iron Age underground chamber first excavated in 1835 from which the house is believed to take its name. The small town of Kingussie has a thriving community spirit and a good selection of local shops, restaurants, pubs and places of interest. Nearby Aviemore offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including independent shopping, supermarkets, hotels and restaurants. The surrounding countryside and proximity to Aviemore give easy access to a wide range of outdoor pursuits including golf at Spey
Valley Championship Golf Club, hill walking, skiing, cycling, mountain biking, horse riding and sailing on freshwater lochs, with fishing, shooting and stalking also readily available nearby.
Inverness, the main Highlands business and commercial centre, offers extensive shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities as well as excellent road and rail links to the south and beyond and an airport with regular flights to UK
and European destinations.<br /><br />The property, which sits in approximately 0.4 acres, is approached over a central gravelled pedestrian path to the front door and benefits from a rear tarmacadam driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the double garage. The garden is laid mainly to lawn interspersed with mature trees and features numerous seating areas and a wraparound terrace to the front and side aspects, all ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole enjoying far-reaching views over the countryside towards the Monadhliath Mountains.
ornamental fascias and sash windows. While in need of some cosmetic modernisation the property offers the prospective purchaser an ideal opportunity to create a stunning family home or alternatively a luxury Highland getaway.
The ground floor accommodation features wooden flooring throughout and flows from a welcoming reception hall from where there is access to a drawing room with a cast iron open fireplace and a sitting room with a fireplace with woodburning stove, both west facing catching the evening sun and wonderful sunset views across the rspb reserve. The dining room with exposed wooden flooring and an open fireplace and the the generous kitchen with a range of wall and base units, wooden worktops and an Aga are both east facing and enjoy the morning sun. There is a separate fitted utility room with cloakroom and a door to the rear garden.
On the first floor there is a spacious front aspect principal bedroom with built-in storage, two further generous double bedrooms, both with built-in storage, a smaller bedroom, a family bathroom and a separate family shower room.<br /><br />Set on the western edge of the Cairngorms
National Park and to the north of the famed River Spey, the small village of Lynchat is home to Raitts Cave, an Iron Age underground chamber first excavated in 1835 from which the house is believed to take its name. The small town of Kingussie has a thriving community spirit and a good selection of local shops, restaurants, pubs and places of interest. Nearby Aviemore offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including independent shopping, supermarkets, hotels and restaurants. The surrounding countryside and proximity to Aviemore give easy access to a wide range of outdoor pursuits including golf at Spey
Valley Championship Golf Club, hill walking, skiing, cycling, mountain biking, horse riding and sailing on freshwater lochs, with fishing, shooting and stalking also readily available nearby.
Inverness, the main Highlands business and commercial centre, offers extensive shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities as well as excellent road and rail links to the south and beyond and an airport with regular flights to UK
and European destinations.<br /><br />The property, which sits in approximately 0.4 acres, is approached over a central gravelled pedestrian path to the front door and benefits from a rear tarmacadam driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the double garage. The garden is laid mainly to lawn interspersed with mature trees and features numerous seating areas and a wraparound terrace to the front and side aspects, all ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole enjoying far-reaching views over the countryside towards the Monadhliath Mountains.
