Westend Beach House, Rockfield, Tain, Highland, IV20

Immaculate three-bedroom detached cottage in a peaceful waterside setting with south-facing views across the Cromarty Firth. Stylishly renovated throughout with high-quality fittings, a contemporary kitchen, luxury bathrooms and beautifully presented accommodation.



Westend offers a rarely available opportunity to acquire a delightful south facing cottage which enjoys far reaching sea views and owns land to the water?s edge. The cottage has been beautifully upgraded to provide a stylish and modern living space. Westend is fully double glazed and has an Air source pump.

Westend is accessed by a UPVC glazed door to the entrance vestibule which is currently used as a yoga studio. An opening leads to the hallway where there is understairs storage.

To the left a glazed door opens to the open plan sitting/dining room/kitchen. The sitting room has a picture window to the front which has views over the front garden to the sea. There is plenty of room for a dining table. Glazed French doors lead to the hall.

The kitchen has an excellent range of floor and wall units in duck egg blue with wood effect worksurface and splashback. There are two eye level built-in Siemens ovens and a Siemens induction hob with extractor over. There is a central island, with large roof lantern above bathing the room in light, with units in dark blue which houses the sink unit and has a built-in Siemens dishwasher, there is also a breakfast bar with stools. French doors open to the rear patio area.

Returning to the sitting room and French doors open to a spacious central hall which could be used as a working from home space. A stable door leads to the utility room which has complementary units to the kitchen offering plenty of storage. There is plumbing and power for a washing machine and tumble dryer. There is roof lantern providing plenty of natural light. There is also a dog shower which is elevated and has a mains shower attachment over and storage below. A fully glazed door leads to the rear garden.

From the hall, a door opens to a living room which has an inset woodburning stove on a slate hearth with a wooden mantle. A window to the front enjoys open views over the sea.

Bedroom one is a double bedroom and sits to the rear of the property and has French doors to the garden and a window to the side.

There is a luxury bathroom with WC, wash handbasin over a vanity unit and a fully tiled bath and wet room shower area with a large bath with handlebar style shower attachment over and a Rain shower with mains shower. There is under floor heating to the tiled floor and a illuminated mirror with anti fog system.

Returning to the entrance hall and the staircase rises to the upper floor, providing access to bedrooms two and three.

Bedroom two is a large double room with built-in storage cupboard, access to eaves storage, and a large Velux window, plus a window to the rear overlooking the garden. There is an en-suite shower room which has a sink over a modern vanity unit and a shower cubicle with drench head shower over. There is decorative tiling to the walls.

Bedroom three again, has a Velux window and an en-suite shower room with WC, wash hand basin and shower cubicle which is fully tiled and has a mains shower over.

To the side of the property is a studio, with patio doors to the front, this is an ideal place for working from home or could be used as further accommodation.

External
To the rear of the property is a large patio area enclosed by stone walls, creating a private space for outdoor dining and entertaining. To the side is a gravel parking area and a tiered garden, mainly laid to lawn and planted with a variety of cottage garden flowers and shrubs.
A staircase rises to an elevated deck with glazed balustrading, enjoying outstanding views across the Cromarty Firth and providing a wonderful spot to sit and make the most of the surroundings.

The rear garden is fully enclosed, making it ideal for children and pets.
To the front, the garden is laid to lawn and extends to the seashore, providing direct ownership to the water's edge and making the most of the property's exceptional coastal setting.


Westend is situated at the road end, in the quiet seaboard Hamlet of Rockfield, close to Portmahomack in Ross-shire. Rockfield is a peaceful location which has no through road and so traffic is limited. The Hamlet sits on the side of the Cromarty Firth and has a small harbour. The village of Portmahomack is only 1.5 miles away and has shops, a primary school, a hotel and two restaurants and a coffee shop. There are lovely coastal walks from the door through to neighbouring villages.

Tain is 12 miles away and is a Royal Burgh and County town. It has a medical centre, major supermarkets, hotels and restaurants and railway links to the north and south to Inverness and the national network.

Travelling by car Inverness Airport can be reached in just one and a half hours. Inverness airport offers numerous flights to a variety of destinations including BA to London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Easy Jet to London Gatwick, Luton, and Bristol.

For the outdoor enthusiast this impressive Jurassic coastline and surrounding moorland and hills offer plenty of adventure. The local rivers offer the fisherman ample sporting opportunities.


Mains water and electricity
Air source pump
Drainage to a modern Graf One-2-Clean treatment system





From Inverness take the A9 north crossing the Kessock and Cromarty Bridges. Continue on the A9 towards Tain. Go straight ahead at Nigg roundabout until you reach a turning to the right signposted Fearn, Balintore, Portmahomack. Take this turning and continue along the road and pass through the village of Fearn. When leaving the village take the left-hand turning signposted Portmahomack. Continue along this road until you reach Portmahomack and when entering the village take an immediate right-hand turn, turn immediately right again, signposted Rockfield. Follow this road until you reach the Hamlet of Rockfield, and continue keeping left and along the road to the end. Westend is on the right-hand side at the end.

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