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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: lachlanandmarcus on December 04, 2013, 10:30:20 pm

Title: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on December 04, 2013, 10:30:20 pm

This place is being advertised for sale and there was a link to it on the crofting highland FB page, and I thought peeps on here might be interested cos of the combo of land and craft workshop and really nice house.

http://www.lowsorkney.co.uk/content/ec4c4520-4fda-4e5c-a8bd-a54fbb54148e.pdf (http://www.lowsorkney.co.uk/content/ec4c4520-4fda-4e5c-a8bd-a54fbb54148e.pdf)

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: Rosemary on December 05, 2013, 08:31:03 am

Oh, my - that is seriously beautiful  :love:

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: taz08 on December 05, 2013, 08:43:04 am

wow,, i wonder if it will still be there with the weather overnight

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: mowhaugh on December 05, 2013, 09:16:08 am

I have looked at that several times, it is beautiful.

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: shygirl on December 05, 2013, 09:35:15 am

its been for sale for ages. it was with 50 acres, but i think its overpriced. it is really lovely though.

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on December 05, 2013, 11:21:04 am

Quote from: shygirl on December 05, 2013, 09:35:15 am

its been for sale for ages. it was with 50 acres, but i think its overpriced. it is really lovely though.

The extra land is still available by sep neg if required.


Not sure about price, I haven't seen any other old place so nicely done and with the light bright conservatory and the workshop too. So I guess it's a one off.

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: shygirl on December 05, 2013, 03:40:38 pm

i do love the inside. flooring is gorgeous.


 the problem when someone converts a steading, it tends to leave the farm without enough barns, and in orkney they usually winter in.
we live in a converted barn in aberdeenshire and dont have enough barns for our animals, so expensive to build it a right pest, especially as iv no-one to milk the cow - or put her calf.
(first priority in the new place is enough barns for all the animals,)

Title: Re: Not my place but really lovely and ideal for smallholder! Orkney property
Post by: Marsbar on December 06, 2013, 06:18:14 pm

look's nice but not sure about the 11hr commute !!