18 Allanfield Drive, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, DG8

SITUATION
18 Allanfield Drive is situated in a slightly elevated position, in a quiet residential cul-de-sac within the town of Newton Stewart.
Newton Stewart is known as the Gateway to the Galloway Hills, it has a number of primary schools, the Douglas Ewart High School, a museum, leisure centre, three supermarkets, banks and a post office which offers all postal and banking services, a cinema, and a wide range of shops, offices, businesses, hotels and restaurants. The area is well known for outdoor pursuits and sports. Kirroughtree Visitor Centre is situated approximately 3.8 miles from Allanfield Drive and is part of the Seven Stanes range of mountain biking trails. Fishing, shooting, golf and equestrian facilities are all readily available throughout the area. In addition Newton Stewart has an excellent rugby team, based in Bladnoch, and a number of local football teams both in Newton Stewart in the surrounding villages. Wigtown, Scotland’s Book Town, is approximately 7miles from Allanfield Drive hosts an annual book festival in late September and the town becomes a hub of activity as people come to listen to authors, visit the many bookshops, eat in the cafés and wander through the ‘Kist’ with stalls displaying work made by local artists and craftspeople. Wigtown has a primary school, church and chapel, post office, supermarket, a number of smaller shops and Scotland’s southernmost whisky distillery is in nearby Bladnoch.

Trains to Ayr and Glasgow are available at Stranraer, about 24 miles from Allanfield Drive, and ferries to Northern Ireland sail from nearby Cairnryan. Trains also run from the regional centre of Dumfries, 48 miles to the east. Domestic and international flights are available at Prestwick Airport, 49 miles north, and Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, 82 and 116 miles respectively. Motorway links and trains are available at Lockerbie, 61 miles east, and Kilmarnock, 56 miles north.

DESCRIPTION
18 Allanfield Drive is a surprisingly spacious bungalow, built in 2002 as part of a housing development, with distant views to the front of the Galloway Hills. The front door opens directly in to the hall, and in to the sitting room on your left, with views to the front and an electric fire. The dining kitchen adjacent has garden views, a walk in store cupboard and a Creda gas hob. The (2018) Ideal Exclusive gas boiler is housed in a kitchen cupboard and is serviced annually. The kitchen opens to the garden and patio, the glazed door allowing additional natural light to flow in to the room.
Bedroom 1, the larger of the two bedrooms, has two fitted wardrobes and garden views and bedroom 2 has one fitted wardrobe and views to the front of the property, the bathroom with a modern spacious shower enclosure completes the layout.
This property currently has low energy costs of around £90 per month for both electricity and gas, there is a fitted smart meter for electricity and gas meter readings are taken on a monthly basis.
18 Allanfield Drive has been well maintained throughout and will appeal to a wide range of purchasers including first time buyers, and those hoping to retire to the town.

GARAGE (5.18m x 2.82m)
The adjoining garage is of breeze block construction, with a 5.2m high pitched roof, concrete floor and an up and over door.

ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: Sitting Room, Kitchen, Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Bathroom.

GARDEN
Two steps lead down from the kitchen in to the garden, there is a small patio and the paving continues to a side gate providing access from the front of the property and garage. The garden is mainly laid to lawn with wooden fencing and a border along the boundary planted with mature shrubs and small trees. The garden to the front is very low maintenance with a covering of gravel, this could be removed and relandscaped depending on the requirements of the new owner.

DIRECTIONS
At Wigtown Road roundabout turn on to Wigtown Road passing the fuel station then cattle market on your left, turn left on to Station Road for 0.1 mile then right on to Corvisel road for 0.1 mile. The entrance to Allanfield Drive is on your left, 18 Allanfield is situated on the right hand side, past the entrance on the right, slightly elevated with a gravel frontage.

POST CODE
DG8 6BP

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