Property Details & Description

Accommodation Comprises

Ground Floor

Entrance Vestibule, Hallway, Sitting Room, Family Bathroom, Kitchen, Dining & Sitting Room, Utility & Laundry Room

Half Landing

Shower Room, WC

First Floor

Principal Bedroom, Bedroom Two, Bedroom Three, Storage Cupboards

Outdoor Space

Private Driveway to Front

South-facing Garden with Modern Office with heating & electricity

Wooden Deck with bespoke storage for bicycles etc

Back Gate Access

SITUATION:

Portobello is a highly desirable residential suburb approximately four miles east of Edinburgh city centre and within easy reach of the city’s business, financial and shopping districts. The property is located less than 10 minutes walk from Portobello’s bustling high street lined with cafes, restaurants and independent shops, butchers and fishmongers. Many of the town’s buildings and houses are Georgian or Victorian in style and form part of the Portobello Conservation Area. There is also a Morrisons and Aldi supermarket within walking distance as well as tennis courts, public library and a medical practice.

Facing the Firth of Forth, the two-mile sandy stretch of Portobello beach attracts many visitors who come here to swim and the Portobello Kayaking and Sailing Club is based here. The beach is backed by a pedestrainised promenade that is a popular walking spot and is lined with cafes such as the lovely Beach House Café. It is also home to the Portobello Swim Centre, a heritage-listed Victorian indoor swimming pool with Turkish Baths, hydrotherapy rooms, gym, and fitness studio that has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment.

There are also plenty of green spaces nearby such as the child-friendly Figgate Park with its mix of wild areas, flowing burn and large grassy expanses with picnic tables, children’s play area, and large pond with over-water wooden walkways. Less than two miles away is Holyrood Park, a 650-acre royal park, famous for its iconic Arthur’s Seat (the park’s highest point) and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Portobello falls within the catchment area for The Royal High Primary, St John’s RC Primary schools and Portobello Secondary School and there are plenty of private schooling options available in Edinburgh.

Right outside the property on the main road, there is a bus stop with frequent buses that run into Edinburgh city centre. The property is also convenient for access to the City Bypass, Edinburgh International Airport and the A1 to East Lothian and the A68 to the Borders.

ACCOMMODATION:

With a wealth of original and period features, this attractive sandstone property offers stylish accommodation over two floors with a neutral-toned sitting room with decorative cornicing, rose ceiling, bay windows and an original black cast-iron fireplace with living-flame gas fire. Also on the ground floor are a modern white-tiled family bathroom with fitted cabinets, a well-equipped utility and laundry room in the former kitchen and a stylish contemporary kitchen extension with on open-plan dining room and sitting room to the rear - an ideal space for family living. From the kitchen, there is access to the garden and the large insulated garden office with heating and electricity. On the half landing, under the ceiling cupola, is a modern-tiled shower room with WC that leads up to first floor to the principal, bedroom that benefits from a large built-in wardrobe and new carpeting, a second double room with pale grey wood flooring overlooking the garden and allotments that lie beyond and an additional room that is currently used as single bedroom but could be used as a study. Two large hall cupboards provide storage.

Gas central heating and double-glazing is fitted throughout.

General Remarks:

Proof and Source of Funds / Anti Money Laundering:

Under the HMRC Anti Money Laundering legislation all offers to purchase a property on a cash basis or subject to mortgage require evidence of source of funds. This may include evidence of bank statements/funding source, mortgage or confirmation from a solicitor the purchaser has the funds to conclude the transaction. All individuals involved in the transaction are required to produce proof of identity and proof of address. This is acceptable either as original or certified documents.

Fixtures and Fittings:

Only appliances specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale price. In all other aspects the treatment of fixtures and fittings within the relevant Conveyancing Standard Clauses apply.

Services:

Gas central heating, mains water, gas and electricity, broadband, telephone (subject to telephone providers’ regulations.)

Postcode:

EH7 6TQ

Outgoings:

Council Tax Band Category: E

EPC:

D

Viewing:

By appointment through Rettie & Co, 11 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh EH3 6DH. Tel: 0131 220 4160.

Misrepresentations:

1.The property is sold with all faults and defects, whether of condition or otherwise and neither the seller nor Rettie & Co, the selling agent, are responsible for such faults and defects, nor for any statement contained in the particulars of the property prepared by the said agent.

2.The Purchaser(s) shall be deemed to acknowledge that he has not entered into contract in reliance on the said statements, that he has satisfied himself as to the content of each of the said statements by inspection or otherwise and that no warranty or representation has been made by the seller or the said agents in relation to or in connection with the property.

3. Any error, omission or mis-statement in any of the said statements shall not entitle the purchaser(s) to rescind or to be discharged from this contract, nor entitle either party to compensation or damages nor in any circumstances to give either party any cause for action.

Particulars prepared August 2020 – First Issue