5 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

323 Lanark Road is an impressive and highly specified 5-bedroom family home which is currently being completed to the highest standard. This traditionally built property will incorporate the latest technology and benefit from leading edge design complemented by superb craftsmanship. The property is due for completion in March 2012. The layout of the accommodation has been cleverly designed to provide light and spacious rooms that are flexible in their use. On the ground floor a spectacular hall leads to the formal sitting room, family room, study and of particular note will be the dining kitchen which will form the heart of this home and boasts bespoke hand made units with granite work surfaces, a rangemaster stove, Neff appliances, a stunning feature cupola, marble flooring and folding doors opening out to a decking area overlooking the rear garden. The property can also be accessed from the lower ground floor via the double garage, this floor also accommodates two bedrooms, a play room and wine cellar. An elegant turned marble and wrought iron stair rises to the first floor with four bedrooms including the master bedroom suite with dressing room. There is also a four-person lift which serves all floors.

323 Lanark Road occupies a private location close to the historic village of Colinton which provides a substantial range of local amenities including doctor and dentist surgeries, primary schools, library and banks, with the nearby Tesco superstore and the Gyle shopping centre providing more comprehensive services. The property lies within a convenient distance to the Edinburgh city bypass offering quick access to the M8 and Edinburgh airport (8 miles). For the outdoor enthusiast, Colinton Dell, the Pentland Hills, Water of Leith walkway and the Hillend dry ski slopes are all within a short distance, as are Kingsknowe and Torphin Hill golf courses. Some of Scotland's finest recreational venues are all easily accessible including championship golf courses at St Andrews, field sports and sailing of the highest quality in the Lothians, Fife and Perthshire, as well as Gleneagles Hotel complex and Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club to name but a few. In terms of private education, Edinburgh boasts some of the country's finest day and boarding schools with Merchiston Castle School located within the village of Colinton and both George Watson's College and George Heriot's School situated nearby. Other well-known schools include Fettes College, Stewart's Melville College, St George's, St Margaret's and Mary Erskine School for Girls and Lorretto School in Musselburgh.

The property is accessed via secure electric gates down a tarmac drive with trace heating element incorporated, leading to the double garage. At the rear of the house there is an area of lawn with stunning views overlooking Colinton Dell.