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5 bedroom detached house for sale

Craigmillar Avenue, Milngavie
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Detached house
5 beds
2 baths
Added > 14 days

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TenureFreehold
Council taxBand H
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“Upper” Craigmillar Avenue is a highly exclusive private road widely recognised not only as Milngavie’s premier address but also as one of Central Scotland's.

Muskoka was built in 1933/1934 and has had only two owners. It was sixty-one years ago when it sold last. Set up on a fine, level, garden of some 0.45 acres it backs onto the woodland corridor leading to the Craigmaddie and Mugdock reservoirs giving the house an exceptional sense of privacy.
Conscientiously maintained over the decades the subjects extend to some 2832 sq ft, 263 sq m (net internal, excluding garages, external store, and loggia) and afford, principally, five bedrooms and four public rooms.

• An exceptional Detached Residence
• One of Central Scotland's foremost addresses
• Garden of just under ½ acre
• 5 double Bedrooms
• 3 fine formal Public Rooms
• Loggia
• Breakfast Room for informal dining
• Poggenpohl Kitchen, by Cameron interiors
• Ensuite Bathroom
• Shower Room plus WC compartment
• Cloakroom with WC compartment
• Butler’s Pantry and Larder
• Utility/Laundry
• Boiler room
• Storeroom
• Attached Single Garage plus detached Double Garage
• External tool shed
• Everest double glazing
• Gas central heating (maintenance contract)
• Monitored security system
• Accessible loft area
• Nearby Tannoch Loch and Milngavie Reservoirs
• Only 0.6 mile to village centre

Named after a lake in Ontario, Canada, Muskoka is a very special Detached Residence dating from the mid-1930s and of handsome Arts and Crafts architectural lines. It's brick walls, finished in white painted render, provide a striking facade under a Rosemary tiled roof. It is one of only sixteen exceptional properties fortunate to call “Upper Craigmillar” home. A private road, and a very exclusive address, it provides a most impressive approach for its residents with the road resurfaced in recent years and with attractive, traditionally styled, coach lamps installed along the broad grass verges. A very special location indeed.

This has been the happiest of homes for our clients over sixty years of ownership and will, undoubtedly, be for the next family. Much has been done to maintain, and improve, the house over the years, always conscious to retain, where possible, the character and features of the house.
The Poggenpoll kitchen, by Cameron Interiors, and all sanitaryware were renewed in 2016, all completed to a very high standard. In the 1990s the whole house was rewired, and Everest were commissioned to install the double-glazed windows - the quality such that they still look remarkably current. Older fireplaces were replaced (by George McAlpine & Sons of Glasgow) with more contemporary living flame “driftwood” gas fires (glass fronted, cassette style) framed in limestone, by Gazco (remote controlled). The mains gas central heating system has a Worcester Greenstar 40 CDi Classic regular boiler (2014) that is under a maintenance contract with British Gas. The security system is linked to a monitored control centre. Required heat and smoke detectors are in place.

Set proudly up on its level garden, which lies mainly to grass and is bounded by fine established hedges, it is orientated to the west, the rear elevation being east facing. As clients can see from the floor plans the accommodation is generous and in addition to those rooms within the house there is the loggia, an attached external store (garden tool shed), and a single garage (power, light, water). Separately there is a detached double garage with remote controlled garage door (power, light).

To summarise, the subjects can be detailed as follows.

Ground Floor

Entrance vestibule; reception hall; cloakroom with original fittings, separate WC compartment; sitting room with triple aspect and outside of this, a loggia; formal dining room; lounge with double aspect and gorgeous original bookcase cabinets retained; breakfast room with storeroom off; kitchen with cherrywood units and integrated appliances (Neff: induction hob, double oven and grill, dishwasher, fridge, microwave. Bosch: cooker hood); utility/laundry room with two original Belfast sinks and wooden draining board, laundry pulleys, plumbing for washing machine and external vent for tumble dryer; larder with shelving including chunky slate cold shelf; butler’s pantry; boiler room.

First Floor

Wide, return flight, staircase ascends past a tall half-landing window. This original staircase retains a rather timeless and unique handrail; upper hall with linen cupboard, wardrobe, and hatch to attic; bedroom 1 with double aspect (front and rear), (bedroom furniture including headboard and mirror are specifically excluded); fully tiled, luxury, ensuite bathroom with high-end Duravit suite and Grohe thermostatic shower (power pump) over the bath (deluge and hand shower heads). The bathroom is “Jack and Jill” to the hall; four further double bedrooms (Bedroom 5 used as a Home Office); shower room with two-piece suite including oversized “wet zone” shower enclosure with another Grohe thermostatic shower (again with power pump and deluge and hand shower heads); WC compartment, separate from the shower room.

Attic

The largely floored attic is insulated and accessed via an original loft ladder (works better than most modern ones). Good scope up here.

Situation

Craigmillar is in the very highly admired Tannoch district, named after the loch (a local beauty spot and known as the duck pond) around the corner. A cul-de-sac, Craigmillar Avenue is an extremely peaceful locale yet only some 0.6 mile to Milngavie’s pedestrianised village centre, the railway station, and nearer still to Milngavie Primary School. On nearby Mugdock Road is the preparatory school for Glasgow Academy. State secondary is Douglas Academy, ranked No.5 in Scotland for academic results. On the easterly outskirts of Milngavie is the Green Forest Nursery for Kelvinside Academy. In Bearsden is the Junior School for The High School of Glasgow, it's secondary at Anniesland.
Milngavie has excellent local services, a good range of shops, and is noted for being the start/finish of the world-famous West Highland Way. On Strathblane Road is the Nuffield Health Milngavie Fitness & Wellbeing Gym.
The aforementioned Mugdock and Craigmaddie reservoirs, along with adjacent Drumclog Moor and Mugdock Country Park, are great areas for walks, family exploring, exercise.
So much to commend about this fine family home and its very special situation.

A home for a lifetime.

Sat NAV ref: G62 8AX

EPC : BAND D
COUNCIL TAX : BAND H
TENURE : FREEHOLD




EPC Rating: D
Council Tax Band: H
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Rettie & Co - Bearsden
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Set in the heart of historic Bearsden, just six miles to the North West of Glasgow's city centre, our office boasts unrivalled local knowledge and connections. Since Rettie Bearsden was established in 2012, our team have built a reputation as the most innovative property experts in the region, offering the friendly, personal service for which Rettie is renowned. We are perfectly positioned to help with all your property requirements anywhere in Bearsden, Milngavie and the beautiful surrounding countryside. Our Bearsden Office provides exceptional service thanks to the knowledge and experience of its team members, who share over 130 years of industry expertise. The team have a strong reputation as one of the leading agencies in the Bearsden and Milngavie area. Their knowledge of the local housing market and the neighbourhood is unrivalled.
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