Homes & Gardens
Housebuilders pursue a pair of prestigious prizes
Luxury and family housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes have been shortlisted for two awards. They are nominated in a pair of categories in this year’s Homes for Scotland Awards – that of Private Development of the Year (large) for their Castle Grove development and Private Development of the Year (small) for their Red Lion site.…
Read MoreBuild your dream garage with Oakwrights
Classic cars and oak frames share a couple of qualities that make them such great partners: heritage, craftsmanship and elegance. They take you by surprise at first sight and leave you a bit awestruck and speechless. Timber framed building specialists Oakwrights have a passion for the classic Land Rover and have built up a collection…
Read MoreWest Glen offers a home, cottage and boat house
A period home with detached cottage, large boat house, shore frontage, over 11 acres and stunning panoramic views over the Kyles of Bute is now on the property market. Bell Ingram present West Glen, at Glen Caladh, Tighnabruaich, in Argyll and Bute. West Glen dates from around 1860 and is of traditional construction. It was…
Read MoreMake your grand design happen on a Scottish island
If you’ve ever dreamt of creating your very own grand design on a tranquil Scottish island, then help is at hand. Leading independent property consultancy Galbraith has two fantastic plots for sale on one of Scotland’s most beautiful and unspoilt islands. The Inner Hebridean island of Luing is one of the famous Slate Islands on Argyll’s…
Read MoreA-listed Scottish castle for sale for £3.75million+
Glenborrodale Castle is currently for sale for over £3.75 million. Located in Acharacle, Highland, this is an A listed Scots baronial mansion in grounds of about 132.99 acres including the Isle of Risga, with panoramic views over Loch Sunart and the Isles of Carna and Oronsay. Presented by Bell Ingram, Glenborrodale Castle dates from 1902…
Read MoreRuined Wardhouse is a dream home waiting to happen
A ruined grand palladian mansion is for sale in Aberdeenshire. Wardhouse, near Insch, has been left to the elements for 65 years, but the time is right for it to be revived and restored. Designed by John Adam in 1757, Wardhouse was the childhood haunt of Napoleonic Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, on whose life…
Read MoreRed Deer offers the perfect home for retirement
Now is the time to make the perfect move to a stunning retirement park in Scotland. Prospective downsizers looking to enjoy a fantastic new lifestyle at Red Deer Village, a five star, award winning residential village for the over-50s at Stepps near Glasgow, can now take advantage of the park’s current spring bonanza. This showcase…
Read MoreA stunning conversion to be found in Fife
A Georgian house meets the contemporary in Ferrymuir Stables, a superb stables and coachhouse property conversion. Presented to the market by Savills, Ferrymuir Stables can be found at Beechgrove Rise, Cupar, Fife. Within the tranquil grounds of Ferrymuir House on the outskirts of Cupar, sit the B listed former stables and coach house, now an outstanding…
Read MoreCreate the perfect mood in your own home
It can be hard to know where to start when planning to design or decorate an area of your house. Trawling Pinterest is an option, but it’s not easy to share your ideas with your partner or other family members on a small screen. So why not do what the experts do and create a…
Read MoreA new dawn for an iconic Edinburgh building
Homebuyers have the chance to move into an iconic building. Donaldson’s is set amidst 18 acres of elegant grounds and is dominated by the central Playfair Building in Edinburgh: built in the 1840s and designed in the style of a Jacobean palace by world-famous Scottish architect William Henry Playfair. The Playfair at Donaldson’s is an…
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