Property Details & Description

Accommodation Comprises

Ground Floor

Large vestibule with mosaic tiled floor leading to private entrance. Entrance hall, Drawing Room, Morning Room, Shower Room, Study/Bedroom

Lower Ground Floor

Stairs lead down to lower hall off which are, two Double Bedrooms and one small double Bedroom, Family Bathroom, Utility/Laundry Room and under stairs cupboard Kitchen/Dining room with access to rear Walled Garden.

Outside Space:

Courtyard area to front including dry lined cellar storage, patio and good-sized south-east facing raised garden to rear.

Situation:

Glencairn Crescent is located at the heart of the fashionable West End of Edinburgh lying within the World Heritage Site. Edinburgh is one of Europe’s most beautiful and cultural cities, with fine architecture and a combination of elements which make it truly unique. It is also just a few minutes’ walk to the cultural and historical city centre. The area has excellent and easily accessible transport links to the City Bypass, central Scotland’s motorway network (M8, M9, M90 and Queensferry Crossing). There are numerous bus and tram services on the doorstep as well as Haymarket train station and Edinburgh International Airport just a 20-minute tram ride away.

There are a number of recreational facilities and green open spaces in close proximity including the Water of Leith walkway and Edinburgh’s cycle path network; Corstorphine Hill Nature Reserve and the woodlands of Lauriston Castle and Cammo Estate; highly regarded golf courses including The Royal Burgess, Bruntsfield Links and Murrayfield Golf Club; a David Lloyd Leisure Club; Murrayfield Lawn Tennis Club and Murrayfield’s famous international Rugby Stadium and Ice Rink. Edinburgh’s museums, theatres and national galleries are also within easy walking distance.

The area is very popular with families due to its selection of highly regarded nursery, primary and secondary schools, including Roseburn Primary School and Craigmount High School in the state sector and The Edinburgh Academy, Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools, Fettes College and St George’s School for Girls in the private sector.

Description:

Ground Floor:

Welcoming tiled entrance hall, private door to inner hallway.

Wonderful, light drawing room filled with period features including fully working marble fireplace as a focal point and ornate cornicing. Three huge windows forming into a bay. Original working shutters and recently treated and original varnished wooden floor. Edinburgh Press

Morning Room with open fireplace, looking out over the rear garden with views of St Mary’s Cathedral’s spires. Light with large windows and original wooden shutters and Press.

Bedroom Four/Study: Versatile room with large window overlooking garden suitable as bedroom or home office.

Shower Room:

White sanitary ware and shower unit with Mira Event shower. Large half glazed window to rear.

Lower Ground Floor:

The staircase leads down to a lower hallway with doors leading to: - Kitchen/Diner. Contemporary and stylish large kitchen looking over garden. Units with ample storage space. Induction hob cooker, integrated fridge /freezer and dishwasher. Larder unit and door to further storage. Door to rear walled garden. Boiler with Hive control.

Utility room housing washing machine and dryer. Original, wooden floor to ceiling cupboards.

Rear double bedroom with secondary double glazing, Press and overlooking garden.

Front double bedroom looking on to courtyard area with window seat, original working wooden shutters and Press.

Bedroom Three: Good sized bedroom on to courtyard area, with original working shutters.

Family Bathroom: Large bathroom with bath and overhead electric shower. Sink with storage beneath. White sanitary ware.

Under stairs cupboard.

External door onto front Courtyard and Cellars.

Outside space:

To front: Paved basement courtyard with drylined cellar space and under stairs storage.

To back: Patio area covering width of apartment with steps up to a mezzanine patio area for dining, Top level is a mature south-east facing walled garden with large lawned area and borders containing many herbaceous shrubs and productive fruit trees.

Residents have access to the private gardens and a modest annual fee covers the maintenance of the gardens.

Permit parking available subject to an annual fee.

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. Washing machine, tumble dryer, fridge freezer, dishwasher, curtains and light fittings to be included in the sale. Certain items of furniture available by negotiation.

Services:

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

Postcode: EH12 5BS

Outgoings:

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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.