Contemporary family home with separate apartment, less than a mile from Auchterarder
The Paddock is a bespoke family home situated within a rural yet accessible collection of houses to the south of Auchterarder. The access links here are excellent thanks to the A9 and the nearby Gleneagles railway station. The house which is 319sq m was built in 2015/16 and is of timber frame and breeze block construction. The accommodation offers appealing family living space, and has been finished to a high specification. The apartment above the triple garage was created in 2020 and offers desirable additional living space or a home office.
You access the property through electric hardwood gates onto the stone driveway. As you enter the house through the front door, glass double doors on the left open up into the superb kitchen / dining room. The room has windows to the south and east which provide views to the front of the house and towards the Ochil Hills beyond. There is a range of hand painted kitchen units with stone work surfaces including a breakfast island with integrated Neff induction hob and down draft cooker hood. Integral kitchen appliances include two ovens, a microwave/oven and a warming drawer which are all Neff appliances, there is also an integrated dishwasher and a boiling hot water tap. An American style fridge freezer set between store cupboards. The kitchen opens through to the adjacent family room which has large doors leading out to the rear garden patio. You enter the spacious formal sitting room through double glass doors, this room has effective wall panelling and has large doors which open into the rear garden. Across the hall from here is a ground floor bedroom which has a storage cupboard. The current owners use this room as a TV / games room. The utility / boot room is fitted with units, a belfast sink and appliances including integrated fridge freezer. There is useful seating and storage underneath the coat hooks and built in modular boot / shoe units. There is also a large cupboard. There is an adjacent fully tiled shower room with high specification sanitaryware and furniture. The ground floor benefits from underfloor heating and the majority of the ground floor is fitted with oak effect ceramic floor tiles.
The oak and glass staircase to the first floor leads up from the entrance hall. A galleried landing at the top offers a nice seating area and has four storage cupboards, two at each end. The principal bedroom has superb views to the east over the neighbouring farmland and towards the Ochils. It has a fully tiled en suite shower room with high specification sanitary ware and furniture. The bedroom also benefits from fitted wardrobes. There are three other double bedrooms, all with fitted wardrobes, and a fully tiled family bathroom with high specification sanitary ware and furniture.
To the side of the house there is a triple garage 104sq m. One of the car bays houses the biomass boiler and storage for the pellets. Above the garage, there is excellent self-contained accommodation which includes a kitchen / sitting room, bedroom and bathroom room. This can be great overflow living accommodation or even a home office.
Doors from the main house's sitting room and family room lead out into the rear garden. Here there is a raised timber decked area, as well as a flagstone patio area which is ideal for outdoor entertaining and barbeques. The gardens are fully enclosed with large lawned areas to the front and rear of the house. To the side there is also a wood chipped play area for children.
GENERAL REMARKS
Viewings
Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3738.
Services
Private water supply via shared borehole. Mains electricity. Drainage to septic tank. Central heating provided through biomass boiler.
Local Authority & tax band
Perth and Kinross council tax band G.
Fixtures & Fittings
Standard fixtures and fittings, including white goods, are included in the sale.
Planning
There is planning permission at Broadfold Farm to convert the existing steading into a dwelling house, and for the erection of 4 additional dwellings and a workshop. This will enhance the area further. More information can be found on the Perth & Kinross Council planning portal (Ref: 19/01186/FLL)
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The Paddock is an outstanding new home with a separate apartment above the garage, and appealing family accommodation, just a mile outside of Auchterarder
Harry Maitland