A striking Scottish house built on a hill overlooking a picturesque bay famous for its sunsets is on the market for £950,000.
Carsaig House is the perfect property for someone looking to escape the rat race – sat in more than an acre of grounds with a sweeping private drive from the bay.
It sits high above Carsaig Bay on the west coast of Scotland and was designed to take advantage of the outstanding views to the island of Jura.
Carsaig House was built in 1900 for the Sheriff of Edinburgh and sits on approximately 1.25 acres of land overlooking Jura
The house is set over three floors and combines modern fixtures and fittings with a host of period features
The property has 1.25 acres of land with a stone built wall around the gardens and a burn (stream) running through the garden with ponds at the top and bottom
The house sits high above Carsaig Bay on the west coast of Scotland and was designed to take advantage of the outstanding views to the island of Jura
The house is now on the market with Savills.
Carsaig House was built in 1900 for the Sheriff of Edinburgh and has been sensitively refurbished and extended by the current owners.
The house is set over three floors and combines modern fixtures and fittings with a host of period features.
It has 3,389 sq ft of accommodation with an entrance hall, sitting room, drawing room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, sun room, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The most impressive room with the most spectacular views is currently used as a family room and takes up the whole of the top floor, with a balcony overlooking the bay.
The property has a thoroughly modern and big kitchen area with plenty of surfaces for food preparation
One of the rooms in the home have been converted into a gym by the current owners as part of their renovation
Jamie McNeill from Savills said: ‘The house is very unique in its own right. The other properties around there are small cottages or farmhouse type buildings, but this was built for an Edinburgh sheriff and is much grander than anything else there’
The property has 1.25 acres of land with a stone built wall around the gardens and a burn (stream) running through the garden with ponds at the top and bottom. It has a vegetable garden and an orchard with apple, plum and cherry trees.
There is also a summer house at the top of the garden, which takes in the stunning views towards the bay, a boat shed that can accommodate a 20ft boat, a bothy that has been converted into a gym and a dry cellar which covers the footprint of the property.
It also comes with a swing mooring in the bay, which is just a few minutes’ walk away.
Jamie McNeill from Savills said: ‘The house is very unique in its own right. The other properties around there are small cottages or farmhouse type buildings, but this was built for an Edinburgh sheriff and is much grander than anything else there.
‘The owners have sensitively renovated it and put extensions on both sides to give it balance. They have also created a large open plan space at the top which has the most spectacular views and a lot of flexibility.
The property has its own boat house, pictured, to take advantage of the ocean which is only a stone’s throw away
Mr McNeill said: ‘A lot of houses in this part of the world need a lot of work but this doesn’t need anything doing to it, it’s ready to move into’
He said: ‘The owners have sensitively renovated it and put extensions on both sides to give it balance. They have also created a large open plan space at the top which has the most spectacular views and a lot of flexibility’
‘They have used it as a family room/living space but it could be a master suite or even an artist’s studio, it’s got a lot of potential.
‘A lot of houses in this part of the world need a lot of work but this doesn’t need anything doing to it, it’s ready to move into.
‘It would be ideal for people living in a busy city looking for that lifestyle change. The current owners both work from home and only need to commute to the office occasionally.
‘You could probably only get a two-bedroom apartment in Fulham for the same price.
‘The house sits above everything else so it feels quite private, the views are stunning, the bay itself is beautiful.
‘You look across the Sound of Jura to Jura island with the mountain range in the background. All the islands on that point of the west coast make for world class sailing, it’s a beautiful coastline to sail.’
Mr McNeill said: ‘It would be ideal for people living in a busy city looking for that lifestyle change. The current owners both work from home and only need to commute to the office occasionally’
Mr McNeill said a househunter might only secure a two-bed flat in Fulham, west London for the same money
He said: ‘The house sits above everything else so it feels quite private, the views are stunning, the bay itself is beautiful’
The house is set well away from all of its neighbours giving the new owners plenty of privacy
The house is 3,388 square feet spread over three floors featuring five bedrooms and two bathrooms
The grounds stretch over one-and-a-quarter acres and even include their very own vegetable patch
Mr McNeill said there was world class sailing around the nearby islands
Mr McNeill said that there is a cellar covering the entire footprint underneath the magnificent property