Buchanan Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LX | Property for sale | Savills
252.32 sq m
Offers over £795,000(22,829,317 EGP)

Buchanan GardensSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LX

  • Recently sold

Key features

  • Sold in April 2024
  • Open plan kitchen and living space
  • Quiet location at end of private drive
  • Well placed for new Madras College
  • Integral garage and off street parking

Detached bungalow at end of private drive

About this property

  • Southway is a detached bungalow built of harled construction under a red tiled roof with uPVC soffit boards and double glazed windows. It has been remodelled, extended and upgraded to be step free and with specialist fixtures added to the principal bedroom for disabled use. These fixtures could easily be removed for non-disabled occupants.

    The accommodation comprises:

    Steps and ramp up to front door giving access to an entrance hall with coat cupboard off. A curtain divides off an inner hall with recessed bookshelves and a study off.

    The large kitchen has French doors to a decked patio outside. It has an island unit and fitted floor and wall cupboards with two Neff wall ovens, a hot plate, lower level Siemens halogen hob with extractor fan above, Bosch dishwasher, 1 ½ sink unit, Samsung fridge freezer.

    Utility room off with Worcester boiler, Samsung washing machine and Beko dryer. Door to garden.

    Living room / library with high level windows. Full wall fitted bookshelves. Glazed folding doors to kitchen.

    Double doors to principal bedroom set up for disabled use. Recessed shelves and fitted TV. French doors to decked patio outside. Study area with fitted desk and shelves. Walk in wardrobe with hanging rails and shelves. Sliding door to wheelchair-accessible bathroom with hoist over bath. Fitted cupboards, WC and washbasin.

    Bedroom corridor off kitchen with cupboard containing hot water cylinder. Two bedrooms, one with shower room with Mira electric shower and store room off with sink and fridge. Separate shower room.

    Garage

    From the principal bedroom is a corridor / ramp giving disabled access to a double garage with an up and over door and side door.

    Garden

    Southway, 64A Buchanan Gardens is set in a private garden enclosed by high wooden fences and hedges which extends to about 0.42 acres including its driveway.

    To the north of the house is a paved parking and turning area. In the corner next to the drive is a wooden shed / secondary garage. There is a drying green outside the utility room.

    To the south of the house is a decked patio with French doors giving wheelchair access into the house. There are rose beds opposite.

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Local information

  • Southway, 64A Buchanan Gardens is set in a private garden in a sought after residential area to the west of St Andrews. It is a quiet location set well back from the public road.
  • The house is about a mile from the centre of St Andrews which is renowned worldwide as the ‘Home of Golf'. There are seven golf courses under the management of the St Andrews Links Trust, including the Old Course, which played host to the 150th Open Championship last July. The property is well placed for The Duke's Golf Course which is just outside the town and for Craigton Park. There are many other golf courses in the area including the Fairmont at St Andrews Bay, Kingsbarns and Dumbarnie, along with traditional links courses at Elie and Crail.
  • St Andrews is also well known for its university which is one of the oldest in Britain, founded in 1413. The historic town has a good range of shops, hotels, restaurants and recreational and cultural facilities which include a cinema and The Byre Theatre. Beyond St Andrews is the East Neuk of Fife, with a spectacular coastline which boasts fishing villages built around picturesque harbours and sandy unspoilt beaches.
  • Access to St Andrews by rail, road and air is good. Leuchars railway station (6 miles) is on the main Aberdeen to London line and provides a fast link to Dundee and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport, with a wide range of domestic and international flights, is 50 miles away and Dundee Airport is 15 miles.

Additional information

  • Viewings
  • Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3738.
  • Solicitor:
  • Richard J Murray, Partner, Connell & Connell WS, 10 Dublin Street, Edinburgh EH1 3PR
  • Tel: 0131 556 2993
  • Email: rjm@connellws.co.uk
  • Services
  • Mains water, drainage, electricity and gas. Central heating from gas fired boiler.
  • Local Authority & tax band
  • Southway, 64A Buchanan Gardens is in Fife Council Tax Band G.
  • Access
  • Southway, 64A Buchanan Gardens shares ownership of the driveway past Dinmount, 64 Buchanan Gardens.
  • Fixtures & Fittings
  • The fixtures, fittings and furniture are available for inclusion in the sale.
  • Directions: From the centre of St Andrews drive west on Hepburn Gardens and take the right fork at the mini roundabout onto Buchanan Gardens. Southway, 64A Buchanan Gardens is on the left hand side opposite the David Russell Halls and the junction to Strathkinnes High Road. Drive through the gates into Dinmount, 64 Buchanan Gardens and follow the drive around to the left. A private, gravel driveway leads to a paved parking and turning area beside the house.
  • EPC Rating: B
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: G