Dalilongart Farmhouse, Sandbank, Dunoon, Argyll, PA23 8QS

A wonderfully characterful three/four-bedroom period farmhouse with beautiful views of the Holy Loch, a private paddock and mature gardens, offering approximately 1,819 sq ft of flexible accommodation in an idyllic rural setting just 3.5 miles from Dunoon.

Key Features:
• Home Report £370,- offers over £345,000
• No onward chain - flexible/quick completion available
• Beautiful views of the Holy Loch
• Private grass paddock. Approx. 0.758 acres of gardens and grounds
• Approximately 169m² / 1,819 sq ft internal area
• Flexible three/four-bedroom accommodation
• Beautiful mature and productive gardens
• Garden room and dedicated home office
• EV charging point and generous private parking
• Only approximately 3.5 miles from Dunoon
• Excellent links via Gourock towards Glasgow, the Central Belt and Ayrshire

Description
Dalilongart Farmhouse is of white painted stone construction with contrasting honey coloured paint to the quoins and crow stepped gables, the whole is under a tiled roof. The farmhouse is set amid mature and well stocked productive gardens, and it has the benefit of a small paddock to the front which offers the opportunity for those with equine interests to have horses or ponies at home. The property is the substantial original farmhouse within a sensitively converted former farm steading and retains a wealth of character. It is the larger of the collection of homes, close to the settlement of Sandbank on the Cowal peninsula. The house is well finished, there is good use of engineered hardwood flooring, exposed pine doors and the redevelopment programme has seen the sensitive preservation of period features. There is good quality kitchen and bathroom ware with complementary coloured ceramics.

Ground floor
Twin-leaf French doors open into a bright garden room with three-quarter drop windows overlooking the driveway and front gardens. A Flemish glass door leads into the reception hallway. To the right is a generous breakfasting kitchen with extensive hardwood wall and base units and a large central island. It includes a Rangemaster LPG cooker with five gas rings, a hot plate, ovens and an overhead canopy extractor. To the left of the hall, a full-drop bevelled glass door opens into a light, airy sitting room with front and side windows and a timber fireplace with a slate hearth and wood-burning stove. The rear inner hallway leads to a useful general-purpose store and an office/study with borrowed natural daylight, open-front shelving and a custom-built workspace, with a small attic above. Also on the ground floor is a utility room with wall and base units. To the left of the inner hall is a spacious separate dining room/fourth bedroom with a charming high-level stained glass window, fitted cupboards and patio doors to the communal rear garden. A double-base shower room with a Flemish glass window completes the ground floor.

First floor
A pine staircase leads to the upper hall, which has a stained glass window overlooking the rear. The hallway includes an access hatch to the main attic space, which has a Velux window. The upper floor has three double bedrooms. Bedroom one has a rear-facing window and fitted bedroom furniture. Bedroom two, the principal bedroom, has a front-facing window and a half-open Edinburgh Press, along with an en-suite shower room and toilet featuring a corner shower unit and an upright stainless steel radiator/towel rail. Bedroom three has a front-facing window, mirror-fronted wardrobes and a half-open Edinburgh Press. There is also a large family bath and shower room with a Flemish glass window to the rear, an upright stainless steel radiator/towel rail and linen shelving.

Outbuildings
2 timber garden sheds with light and power supply.

Gardens
Twin gate piers with Acer canopy to fine granolithic chip access driveway with vehicle turning and hardstanding apron. The drive is flanked by mixed shrubs and bushes which provide interest and colour. Directly to the front of the Farmhouse is a level and mature lawn sheltered by tall hedging with further mixed shrubs and bushes and within which there are raised kitchen vegetable and soft fruit planters.

Paddock
A paddock is to the southern side of the house which is to permanent grass. It is bounded by post and wire rylock fencing with galvanised vehicle and pedestrian access gates.

Residents Association
Dalilongart Steading Owners association have an annual charge of £300 which covers common electricity charges, general common maintenance and the servicing of the bio disc waste system.

Land
The land plan outlined in red (page 7) indicates the land and gardens in the ownership of Dalilongart Farmhouse. There are additional areas of land at Dalilongart which are in the ownership of Dalilongart Farmhouse and over which Dalilongart Farmhouse benefits from pedestrian and vehicular rights of access. Other resident/owners also benefit from rights of access over this additional land; the land is dealt with via a deed of conditions.

Situation
Dalilongart Farmhouse is situated at the head of the Holy Loch on a level plain at the confluence of the Big and Little Eachaigs, with the glens forming a dramatic backdrop to Dalilongart.

The house is situated in attractive countryside just north of the ribbon settlement of Sandbank which is on the southern side of the Holy Loch and just a short distance north of the Cowal peninsula town of Dunoon in Argyll & Bute on the west of Scotland.

The centre of the bustling town of Dunoon is only a short drive (3.5 miles) to the south. Dunoon is the main town of the Cowal Peninsula and has a complete range of shopping, leisure and professional services. The town has a good range of welcoming pubs and restaurants, a library, hospital, secondary school, theatre, cinema, swimming pool and leisure centre. There is a primary school in Sandbank. Some children in the area attend the independent school of St Columba’s in Kilmacolm and a private bus service is in operation from Gourock.

The Cot House service station which has a well provisioned store is about 0.8 miles to the north east.

Located on the scenic Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Dalilongart Farmhouse is only a short drive from both the Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Ferries terminals, from where there are frequent passenger and vehicular sailings across to Gourock. From here, the road and public transport links make it possible to commute on a daily basis to Glasgow and the central belt, and south to Ayrshire.

It is equally possible to drive to Glasgow via Loch Lomond, which takes a little longer, but is via some of the most famous and breathtaking countryside in western Scotland.

Dunoon is the gateway to the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park and can easily be described as having some of the most dramatic and picturesque scenery in the west of Scotland; it is indeed an outdoor enthusiast’s playground.

As with most parts of Scotland, one is never too far from a golf course and Dunoon is no exception - the district having three challenging courses.

The expanding Holy Loch Marina is nearby with its berthing and associated chandlery services, an excellent base from which to sail and explore the world famous lower Clyde and Kyles of Bute inland sea lochs and waterways.

Sea fishing is available on the Firth of Clyde and it is possible to fish for salmon and sea trout by permit on some of the rivers and lochs of the district, with the River Eachaig and the freshwater, Loch Eck only a few minutes’ drive to the north.

Some of the local estates can, by arrangement, offer rough and commercial shooting, as well as opportunities to stalk for roe, sika and red deer.

The area is renowned for its spectacular scenery. Benmore Botanic Garden is only 2.5 miles away and there are near endless walks, hill climbs and quiet country roads offering wonderful rambling and cycling country.

Services
Mains water supply (via private supply pipe), EV charger point, private bio disc waste system, LPG heating with subterranean supply tank, double glazing.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Council Tax
Dalilongart Farmhouse is in council tax band D and the amount payable for 2026/2027 is £2,085.28 including water and drainage.

EPC
EPC rating E.

Travel Directions
From Glasgow city centre leave in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Continue for 21 miles to arrive at Port Glasgow. Follow signs Greenock and Gourock on the A770 for 8 miles to the Western Ferries terminal at McInroys Point. Take the ferry to Hunters Quay, turn right on the A815 and proceed in a northerly direction for 2 miles. At the junction, turn right onto the A815 and continue north for 1.4 miles to find the entrance to Dalinlongart Farmhouse on the left hand side (immediately AFTER the turning for Colintraive, Tighnabruaich, Glendaruel).