Location

Kinellar is a hamlet on the outskirts of Blackburn which is an established and expanding rural village on the outskirts of Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland with a selection of shops, pharmacy, thriving business park, community centre and a primary school which opened in 2018.   Blackburn is particularly convenient for joining the AWPR route for access north and south of the city.   Kingswells and Westhill with their business parks, local shopping and recreational facilities are 6 and 7 miles away.

Inverurie is an expanding and prosperous town situated in the valley of the River Don. Founded by David of Huntingdon, Earl of Garioch and great-great-grandfather of Robert the Bruce, the town is locally known as the Heart of the Garioch. Excellent road and rail links provide access to the north and south including Aberdeen, Dyce, Huntly and Elgin. Inverurie itself is a bustling market town with a good selection of speciality shops mixed with high street favourites, health centre, cottage hospital, library, community centre and recreational facilities which include the local swimming pool, sports centre, bowling, hill walking and golf course.

Description

create a superb home with a focus on entertaining space. Of stone construction with a slate roof, the external façade incorporates roughcast and feature blockwork. All three reception rooms and the kitchen allow access onto the impressive and substantial rear terrace.

An exterior door and side windows open into the spacious reception hallway. A feature is the exposed stone wall. Two windows overlook the driveway, and further natural light flows from the six picture windows overlooking the rear garden. There are four storage cupboards. A cloakroom is fitted with a modern white Utopia WC with concealed cistern and wash basin with waterfall tap. The tiled floor has underfloor heating. A guest bedroom has an aspect over the rear garden and is fitted with two double built-in wardrobes and recessed seating area while a fireplace houses a Ulefos stove. The en suite bathroom is well appointed with a freestanding double end bath and pillar mixer tap. There is also a separate over sized shower enclosure housing a Mira shower, and a sauna. Balbrogie Cottage offers an abundance of reception space. This begins with the informal lounge with featured tiled wall on either side of the stone pointed fireplace and chimney breast. This room has a wonderful height with a vaulted beamed ceiling and patio doors opening onto the terrace. Adjacent, the kitchen has an extensive range of cream-coloured base, drawer and wall cabinets incorporating dresser style glass fronted displays. Contemporary in style is a bank of floor to ceiling cabinets. An island provides further storage and the island top and worksurfaces are finished in polished granite. Appliances include a Kenwood range cooker, an integrated and concealed washing machine, Bosch dishwasher and double fridge-freezer. Other appliances include an AEG oven, grill, microwave and further oven. A Neff hob has a cooker hood above. Patio doors provide terrace access and an exterior door opens onto the enclosed courtyard. Connecting from the kitchen is the formal dining room with front and rear windows. There is a corner wine rack and patio doors opening to the rear terrace. The vaulted ceiling is maximised with a turned corner spiral staircase leading to a gallery landing with patio door to the balcony enclosed with modern glass panels. An elegant room is the sitting room with four windows and patio doors opening into the rear garden. A focal point is the elongated electric fire. Ascending to the first floor is a modern timber staircase with decorative balustrade which leads to the galleried landing. The principal bedroom suite is very stylish with built in double wardrobes, fronted with sliding mirror panel doors. Very sumptuous is the particularly spacious en suite bathroom with twin wash basins set in vanity furniture, WC with concealed cistern, wet room style shower enclosure with one large glass panel and over-sized drench head shower and a freestanding double end bath. The walls and floors are fully tiled and there is underfloor heating. Adjacent is bedroom five which is currently used as a dressing room with two walls fitted with wardrobes and a further drawer unit. Bedrooms four and five are front and rear facing and the centre is a dual aspect en suite bathroom, with modern over bath shower and twin wash basins set in vanity furniture.

Driveway gates enclose an extensive lock block driveway, turning and parking area. Two lion statues flank an archway to a corner sheltered lawn. Generous garden grounds are mostly laid in lawn and the perimeter is bounded by masonry walls, mature hedging and timber fencing. At the side of the garage wrought iron railings and a gate enclose a courtyard with paved patio. Within this space is a dog kennel and timber shed. The garden is fully screened and the extensive paved terrace is a fabulous al fresco spot There are mature flowerbeds well stocked with shrubs, bushes and plants. Balbrogie Cottage benefits from a detached contemporary and high spec multi-purpose garden room which has both electric panel heating and air conditioning. This space has wonderful natural light with four picture length windows and patio doors. It has previously been used as home office and ancillary entertaining space.

Garage: Detached double garage with pitched slate roof. Power and light. Side window and personnel door.