Location

East Croft lies in a beautiful countryside location within the Cairngorms National Park. There are beautiful walking trails around the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, home to Loch Kinord and Burn O'Vat.

Within three miles lie the villages of Dinnet and Tarland, the latter offering a small supermarket, chemist, coffee shop, two hotels, toy shop / post office, craft shop and village hall. Tarland has a primary school, golf course, a caravan and camping site, Tarland Trails Bike Park and is the start off point for the Tarland Way walk and cycle path. It is a popular centre for hill walkers, mountain bikers and tourists. Douneside House, part of the MacRobert Estate, has a local health club and fine dining restaurant.

Seven miles away, Aboyne is an attractive small Victorian town in Royal Deeside. It has a supermarket, primary and secondary schooling and an excellent community centre providing theatre/cinema, full size swimming pool, badminton courts, library and gym. The town also has a health centre and a cottage hospital.

Also seven miles away, Ballater plays host to a wide range of coffee shops, restaurants, specialist and everyday shopping. The Scottish residence to the Royal Family, Balmoral Castle, lies a mere 10 miles away and continues to attract local and global visitors alike. Such is Balmoral's association with the village of Ballater, many of the local shops bear the Royal Warrant. King Charles was behind the development of many of Ballater's top retail and dining attractions including the renowned Rothesay Rooms restaurant, The Carriage Restaurant in the refurbished Station and the Highgrove Shop. Ballater is well known for its proximity to a wide range of leisure pursuits, including golf, horse riding, hunting and fishing along the River Dee, while the Old Deeside Railway track provides an excellent cycling or walking route towards Aberdeen. With winter sports available within the Cairngorm National Park at both Glenshee and Aviemore, the local area is also renowned for its splendid countryside and breathtaking scenery, most notably Lochnagar Mountain and the Loch Muick Reserve which provides excellent walking routes.

The local bus service runs a service between Ballater and Aberdeen City, where the nearest railway station is located. Aberdeen International Airport has daily flights to London and operates routes to many other destinations including Amsterdam and Paris. The mainline railway runs frequent daily express services to London as well as regular services to other parts of the country and an overnight sleeper service to London.

Aboyne   (7 miles)
Ballater    (7 miles)
Kingswells Prime Four Development (27 miles)
Aberdeen International Airport   (28 miles)
Aberdeen City Centre (32 miles)*

*Please note that all distances are approximate and taken from Google Maps.

Description

Situated in a lovely hamlet about seven miles from Aboyne, East Croft is a charming country cottage which has been stylishly modernised and is now a well presented, three bedroom home enjoying a wonderfully private position with the Cairngorms National Park. The property benefits from a generous garden and excellent outbuildings, including a timber-built home office.

East Croft is arranged over two floors. On the ground floor is a useful vestibule with good storage, supplemented by the boot room/utility (with new boiler) on the other side of the house; both of which have external doors allowing for flexible entrances. The main part of the house is the semi-open plan kitchen and sitting room. Here, a warm-toned wooden floor runs throughout both spaces, with a pretty tiled open fireplace with oak surround adding to the cosy feel, while the attractive kitchen features a range cooker, breakfast bar, Belfast sink and plentiful drawers and cabinets. Off the sitting room is the dining conservatory which has a terracotta tiled floor and doors out to the garden. Completing the ground floor is the main bathroom.

Upstairs there are three well proportioned double bedrooms, with the principal bedroom in particular enjoying fabulous views over the surrounding countryside. There is also a WC on this level.

Outside: East Croft has generous garden grounds to the front and side that are bounded by masonry walls, mature hedging and timber fencing. There is a large area for car parking at one side with garden ground to the front and other side of the house.

A large stone bothy at the side with two timber stores adjacent. To the side of the parking area, there is a timber home office and large store. Both of these are of a modern design and have an electricity supply.