Glenfarg, Perth

Easterton Cottage is a stunning family home occupying a peaceful rural setting yet is within easy reach of Edinburgh, Perth and St Andrews. The house has been significantly updated and extended by the current owners and forms a wonderful house in excellent condition. The house benefits from bright and well-proportioned rooms to provide a comfortable family living.

There is a large sitting room to the front and a light family kitchen/living room with an Aga forming the heart of the house. It has direct access out to the garden and has a utility room beyond. Off the hall there is also an office and two bedrooms. There are also three bedrooms on the first floor. The principal bedroom suite has a bathroom whilst the guest bedroom (downstairs) has an en suite shower room. The remaining bedrooms utilising the family bathroom.

Garden and grounds
The gardens and grounds, which extend to just over 3.5 acres, are a real feature of Easterton Cottage. A driveway leads up to the house with parking for several cars in front of the property. There are lawns around the house interspersed with flowerbeds, shrubs and borders. Within the garden area is a well maintained and productive vegetable plot.

Lying to the side and to the rear of the house is land split into 3 paddocks. The current owners have bred animals which have grazed the fields. Two of the paddocks have a field shelter.


Location
Easterton Cottage enjoys a peaceful, rural situation outside the village of Glenfarg which provides a small village shop and a primary school. Bridge of Earn, Milnathort and Kinross all provide most daily requirements. For a wider range of services, Perth has a comprehensive range of high street shops, professional services, cafes and restaurants, concert hall, leisure complex and a racecourse.

In terms of education, there is a primary school in Glenfarg and state secondary schools in Perth and Kinross along with an excellent selection of private schools, such as Strathallan School, Dollar, Craigclowan and Glenalmond College.

The house is well located with excellent connections to all parts of the country with a mainline railway station at Perth and the national motorway network at Bridge of Earn (6 miles). Edinburgh airport has regular flights to UK, European and international destinations.

The nearby Ochil Hills are popular for walking, riding and mountain biking and the more dramatic hills of Perthshire and Angus are a short drive to the north. For sporting enthusiasts there are local golf courses at Perth, Kinross and Scone while the famous courses at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Gleneagles are all within driving distance from Easterton Cottage. There is salmon, trout and sea trout fishing in the River Earn and a superb range of fishing throughout Tayside. Pheasant and grouse shooting are also readily available to let locally.


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General
Local Authority: Perth & Kinross Council
Services: Electricity – mains, water – mains, drainage – septic tank, Oil fired central heating.

Council Tax: Band F

Fixtures and Fittings: All fitted carpets, curtains, blinds and light fittings are included in the sale.

Tenure: Freehold

Wayleaves and easements: The property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not. The farmer has a right of access along the strip at the bottom of the garden although for practical reasons has used an alternative access in recent years. Easterton Cottage has a right of access over the drive from the public road to the property.

About 3.5 acres