New properties make for an ideal family home

An upmarket developer has unveiled a brand-new view home that allows buyers to picture themselves and their growing families living in a spacious property in Ratho. Set on the western edge of CALA Homes (East)’s Craigpark development on the outskirts of Edinburgh, The Rutherford offers the best of semi-rural life – boasting open, unobstructed views…

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Parents paying the price to get a good education

Parents need to pay an average of ÂŁ72,973 more to live in the catchment area of a top performing state secondary school in Scotland. That’s according to new research from Bank of Scotland showing that average prices in these areas have now reached ÂŁ277,134. Home buyers are paying, on average, a premium of over a…

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New development will house over 100 people

A housing provider has officially launched its newest Edinburgh development, providing affordable accommodation for more than 100 people. Bield Housing & Care cut the ribbon on its Fleming Place development, at a ceremony attended by staff, tenants and members of the community. Held in the courtyard of the development, the ribbon was cut by tenants…

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A modernised mill with links to Robert Burns

An Ayrshire mill house with a historic connection to Robert Burns is now on the market. Galbraith  is pleased to bring to the market Willies Mill, in an idyllic Ayrshire setting, with excellent equestrian facilities. The property has been extended and modernised in recent years and is now a very attractive, characterful family home. There…

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Fringe Festival review – The House

Do yourself a favour on this last day of The Fringe and go to the funniest thing I have seen all Festival. Four thoroughly professional actors portray the peculiarly intimate relationship between a house and its owners. As the Redmonds hand over the keys for their beloved house and should be moving onto their downsized…

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Bowhill and Eskdale & Liddesdale merge

It’s all change at two Scottish estates in the south of Scotland, after it was revealed they are to merge. Buccleuch has announced today that it is to brings together the operations at its Bowhill and Eskdale and Liddesdale Estates. The new combined estate will be known as Borders Estate. Buccleuch said that Bowhill and…

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Growth of RAF base is good news for property market

The expansion of the RAF base at Lossiemouth will good news for the property market in Moray. That’s the view of property consultancy Galbraith, as firms are being sought to tender for its ÂŁ100million revamp. The firm reports increased buyer activity for the period April to June 2018, with the number of market appraisals undertaken…

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Floral tributes mark centenary of the Armistace

Gardens are blooming across Scotland  to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War centenary. Gardeners at National Trust for Scotland properties across the north east of Scotland have cultivated striking memorial displays of Armistice flowers to remember those who lost their lives. The Armistice installations have their own dedicated area in…

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The incredible transformation of this Georgian property

When Julie Allan and her family moved into their property on Edinburgh’s Gillespie Street, it bore very little resemblance to the family home that it is today. The house had been an HMO and was decidedly unloved. The Allans got the keys just before Christmas and only had time to paint the walls and hastily…

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A very attractive home on the Isle of Arran

A beautiful home which is nearly a century old is now available for purchase on the Isle of Arran. Presented for sale by Aberdein Considine, Kilbranan House is a traditional stone villa built around 1920 in the heart of this lovely west coast village which at one time produced the hardwood pirns for the cotton…

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