5 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Highly sought-after suburb, just over a mile from Edinburgh's City Centre
- Convenient access to the airport and excellent road links
- Five double bedrooms and generously sized reception rooms
- South-facing landscaped garden, with a lawn and patio area
- Substantial front driveway and garage
- Excellent schooling options including St. George’s, Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools, Fettes College, and The Edinburgh Academy
- EPC Rating = D
Description
85 Ravelston Dykes is a wonderful detached property nestled in the coveted residential area of Ravelston, north of Murrayfield, where it is close to some of Edinburgh's finest schooling. Set back from the road, the property enjoys ample private parking to the front, including an attached garage for added convenience.
On the ground floor, the house boasts extensive living space, including south facing family and dining rooms and conservatory. All of which enjoy direct access to the gardens.
The kitchen/breakfast room has been tastefully upgraded and now provides a generously sized space for entertaining and dining. Adjacent is a thoughtfully designed utility/washroom to cater to more practical necessities. The ground floor also encompasses a generously proportioned sitting room, with a built-in media wall featuring an electric fire. There is a versatile study that could also be used as a further bedroom. Completing this level is a modern WC and additional utility that interconnects with the kitchen utility and garage.
Upstairs there are four generously sized double bedrooms, with three featuring ample built-in storage options. The principal bedroom overlooks the rear garden and boasts a dressing room and stylish ensuite bath and shower room. Bedroom 3 also enjoys these far reaching views. Bedroom 2 has an ensuite shower room and bedroom 4 is serviced by a well-appointed family bathroom. Additionally, a spacious storage cupboard on this level offers plentiful space to stow away linen.
Externally, the house has a wonderful, landscaped south facing garden with extensive lawn and patio area. The garden is surrounded by a well tended hedge and mature trees ensuring good privacy and security.
Location
Ravelston is long established as one of the most desirable suburbs of Edinburgh and is situated just over a mile from the city centre, the area is convenient for access out of town to the airport and there are excellent road links and a regular bus service.
The area is particularly popular with families, with schools including St. George’s, Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools, Fettes College and The Edinburgh Academy all within easy reach.
Murrayfield Golf Course and Ravelston Golf Club are also within walking distance.
There are a number of other sporting and leisure facilities close by, including the Murrayfield Ice Rink and picturesque walks along the Water of Leith.
There is a good range of local shops in nearby Stockbridge and the Craigleith Retail Park is a short car journey.
Square Footage: 3,316 sq ft
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