3 bedroom detached house for sale

Boom House is in a beautiful setting on the northeast side of Loch Ewe in the scattered crofting village of Mellon Charles. The nearby village of Aultbea lies on the west shore of the loch and has a good range of amenities including a village shop, doctor’s surgery, garage and hotel and bar. There is a primary school at Bualnaluib, 1.5 miles from Mellon Charles, and secondary schooling is in Gairloch about 15 miles away and for which there is a free bus service. Further shops and amenities are available in Poolewe, Gairloch, Ullapool and Dingwall, with Inverness some 78 miles distant having all the facilities of a major city, including its airport with regular flights to the south and Europe.

Boom House, designed by architect Robin Haddow, was completed in 2013 and has been under the same ownership since new. An energy efficient property with high levels of insulation, an air source heat pump, a mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system (MVHR), solar panels with a feed-in-tariff, and with an abundance of glazing maximising solar gain. Boom House has many contemporary design elements include larch cladding, steel roofing, a corner window and a mezzanine with glass balustrade mirroring the glass balustrade surrounding the external raised timber deck accessed by a glazed sliding door, ensuring uninterrupted views from the kitchen. The kitchen has integral appliances, a work island/breakfast bar and is open plan with the dining /sitting area with its vaulted ceiling, wood burning stove, and large windows which flood the space with costal light and take full advantage of the views over Loch Ewe and beyond. Loch Ewe has an interesting history, and the name ‘Boom House’ is a nod to the boom net which was run across the entrance of Loch Ewe in World War II to protect the naval fleet on the sea loch from German submarines.

EPC Rating = C