Long Cottage, 2 Kinnaird Farm Cottages, Cupar, Fife, KY15

Situation
Long Cottage is situated in quiet rural location about 4 miles to the West of St Andrews in a sought-after area of North East Fife. Strathkinness is just under 3 miles to the east and is a thriving village, which has a pub, primary school as well a bus service with regular connections to St Andrews and a host of local destinations.

The ancient and historic university town of St Andrews offers a superb mix of amenities and facilities and is renowned world-wide as the home of golf. The city of Dundee is some 13 miles to the north with Edinburgh just over an hour to the south. Fife’s pretty East Neuk is easily accessible with its quaint picturesque fishing villages such as Anstruther, Pittenweem and Elie, as well as its charming and varied coastline, with Fife’s bustling county market town of Cupar is 3.5 miles to the west.

The surrounding area has some particularly fine countryside and coastline, with a lovely mix of farmland, woodland and hill ground. The result is home to an array of wildlife and provides an excellent choice for the outdoor enthusiast with walking, cycling, sailing and riding all readily available. There are many highly regarded golf courses in the area including the Old Course at St. Andrews and the championship course at Carnoustie, both of which regularly host the British Open. In terms of days out there are good sandy beaches at St. Andrews, Tentsmuir and Elie, along with a number of popular National Trust for Scotland properties including Kellie Castle, Hill of Tarvit and Falkland Palace. Good state schooling is available locally with independent schooling being provided at St. Leonards in St. Andrews and the High School of Dundee. There are railway stations in Leuchars, Cupar and Dundee with Edinburgh Airport just over one hour from the property.

Description
Long Cottage was originally built as 2 semi-detached farm cottages, built of sandstone under slate roofs and in more recent years the property has been totally transformed into one house and benefits from a recently constructed bespoke architect designed extension. The property has been renovated by the current owners to create a comfortable modern home benefitting from an excellent range of modern features including new doors and most of the accommodation benefits from Amtigo flooring. The roof was overhauled 6 years ago and along with the windows, which now all form PVC double glazed units.

The bright and spacious open-plan kitchen/dining/sitting room is the centrepiece of the house and benefits from underfloor heating, sky-lights, full-length windows and sliding glazed doors opening out to a lovely monobloc terrace, with views out over the landscaped gardens and adjacent paddock with the meandering River Eden beyond. The kitchen area comes with a full range of fitted floor and wall cupboards as well as a kitchen island (with induction hob). The integrated appliances included a wine fridge, integrated microwave/oven and a further 2 ovens and warming drawer. The kitchen island benefits from an induction hob and pop extractor fan and up electric socket. The sitting area benefits from a woodburning stove protruding out from a feature slate wall.

Situated off the reception hall is a sitting room/bedroom 4, which has a stove. A broad corridor lies at the heart of the house and leads off to three south facing bedrooms. Bedroom 2 benefits from two fitted wardrobes and bedroom 3 benefits from a useful walk-in cupboard. The house benefits from newly fitted shower room with electric under floor heating, is full tiled and comes with a walk-in shower with bench. A further shower room benefits with a utility cupboard housing the wash-machine and tumble dryer. The property also benefits from a useful store cupboard and loft.

The property benefits from photovoltaic panels with a feed in tariff, which generated circa £3,000 last year.

Accommodation
Open-plan kitchen/sitting/dining room, lounge/bed 4 with stove, 3 bedrooms, 2 shower rooms, hall.

Garden
The beautifully landscaped gardens surrounding the house are contained by fencing and are largely laid to lawn. To the side of the house is a private drive with an EV charging point. A foot gate leads from the driveway to an area of garden to the front of the house leading up to the front door. To the rear of the house is a monobloc terrace overlooking the lawn and the neigbouring fields. The property also benefits from a wooden garden shed and a newly constructed summerhouse/therapy room. A monobloc path leads round to the west side of the house where there is a pergola.

EPC Rating = C