Lochans Lodge, Main Street, Lochans, Stranraer, DG9

SITUATION
Lochans Lodge is situated in the village of Lochans, between Stranraer and Portpatrick, on the Rhins of Galloway Peninsula. Lochans has a shop & post office and village hall, and nearby Stranraer has a secondary school, primary schools, hospital (Galloway Community Hospital), a number of supermarkets, shops, offices, hotels, restaurants and a train station. Trains to Ayr and Glasgow are available at Stranraer and ferries to Northern Ireland sail from nearby Cairnryan. Trains also run from the regional centre of Dumfries & Lockerbie, 71 miles & 84 miles respectively to the east. Domestic and international flights are available at Prestwick Airport, 56.4 miles north, and Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, 90 and 134 miles respectively.
Portpatrick has a number of shops, a primary school, church, putting green, beachfront hotels & restaurants and in the summer you will find people dining al fresco as they admire the stunning sea view. Portpatrick RNLI Lifeboat is launched from the harbour and can be seen going out to sea for both rescues and training days. There are good walking opportunities, including walks to Sandeel Bay and Lairds Bay, and from Portpatrick you can take a short walk up to Dunskey Castle, a 16th century ruin, set around a small bay with cliffs forming the backdrop. For the more adventurous hill walkers you can walk the Southern Upland Way, with Portpatrick providing the start or end point in the West.

DESCRIPTION
Lochans Lodge is a seven bedroom end of terrace property currently utilised at three self-contained, but inter-connected, flats, offering a number of layout options. At present the vendor lives within the ground floor one bedroom accommodation, with a further two bedroom accommodation including a kitchen, living room and shower room to the front of the property. The first floor comprises four en-suite bedrooms, a spacious sitting room, kitchen and sun room with a small balcony. Each flat benefits from its own entrance from the courtyard, however internal doors can be opened/unlocked if the property is to be combined and utilised as one spacious home.
The ground floor one bedroom accommodation has a spacious sitting room and craft room/studio, both with double doors opening out to the patio, a number of rooms used for storage, kitchen, bedroom, shower room, utility area and a workshop. The kitchen has a Belling range cooker, with electric hob, solid wood work surfaces and a walk in pantry. With exceptional storage space and designated well-lit work areas it doubles as a home, and work from home space, with the added possibility of running workshops, incorporating the additional accommodation available to provide further income benefits. With the exception of the sitting room, bedroom 3 and shower room, the remaining rooms are single storey and sit under a pitched corrugated roof.

The two bedroom accommodation has two main entrances, it can be accessed through the galley style kitchen at the side of the property or directly in to the hall from the Main Street. Light streams in to the spacious living/dining room from through two front windows and through three internal windows. This accommodation would be ideal for letting out, or multi-generational living providing space for independent living. This accommodation has a modern electric boiler.

The entire first floor forms four bedroom accommodation, with en-suite bathrooms and shared kitchen, sun room/utility room and small balcony. The kitchen has a large dining area, fitted units and cupboard space, an electric oven, grill and hob and dishwasher, with space and plumbing for white goods in the utility room/sun room adjacent.

With exception of the single storey rooms Lochans Lodge sits under a flat EPDM roof ( Ethylene Propylene, Diene Monomer) a synthetic waterproof rubber, covered by a 20 year guarantee dated 04/05/2011, and benefits from oil fired heating, provided by a Worcester Heatslave boiler, under warrantly until 2027. With the exception of the two bedroom accommodation on the ground floor, which has its own electric heating.
Lochans Lodge provides extensive accommodation space offering great flexibility which the new vendor can use to suit their own needs and requirements.


ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor: One bedroom accommodation - Bedroom 3, Shower Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen, Pottery Room, Utility Room, WC, Workshop. Store Rooms.
Two bedroom accommodation – Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Living Room, Shower Room, Kitchen.

First Floor: Four bedroom flat - Living Room, Bedroom 4 en-suite, Bedroom 5 en-suite, Bedroom 6 en-suite, Bedroom 7 en-suite, Kitchen, Sun Room. Balcony.

DIRECTIONS
In Stranraer take the Portpatrick A77 exit at the Stoneykirk Road/Commerce Road roundabout and continue for 1.6 miles, turn right and continue on the A77 for for 0.4 miles in to Lochans. Lochans Lodge is on your right, opposite the village hall.

POST CODE
DG9 9AW

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EPC Rating = C