4 bed bungalow for sale

Culdoon, Colintraive PA22

Description

Culdoon is a lovely, detached house completed in Butinox treated larch cladding over a facing brick base course. The house is under slate effect durable Decra stone coated box profile steel roofing. Internally the accommodation is presented in good fresh order, most of the rooms having been fitted with moulded coving. It is laid out over a single, light and bright and easily managed level. There is extensive good use of natural timber to skirtings, facings and doors, good quality (refitted) kitchen and bathroom ware and the front facing rooms have wonderful, panoramic and ever-changing open views to the East Kyle.

The house is set amid mature and well-tended sheltered gardens and grounds with a mature woodland backdrop, Culdoon also has the benefit of the ownership of a section of land which forms the foreshore directly in front of the house, from where it is possible to launch boating tenders and over which there are views out towards the world famous and highly picturesque waterscape of the East Kyles of Bute.

Ground Floor

Outer door with full drop side screen window to broad open plan reception/dining hallway, glazed door and twin leaf glass side screen to a dual aspect sitting room, the focal point of which is a Claygate fireplace with raised terra cotta tiled hearth and warming open fire, multi glazed door to refitted and fully integrated kitchen with matching base and wall units and fine space for breakfasting table and chairs, timber effect vinyl floor covering. Cloaks/wc, bedroom 1 with front facing window and refitted en suite shower room with glass enclosure and metro tile effect wet wall splashback, opaque side window, bedroom 2 (the bunk room) with a store housing the central heating boiler and a second store with slatted shelving, a door leads to the rear porch and door to rear gardens. Bedroom 3 is a fine rear window facing double room with fitted wardrobes, bedroom 4 is a dual aspect room to side and rear gardens and triple door fronted fitted wardrobes. Refitted main bathroom with opaque window to rear and plumbed shower and tiled splashback tiling.

Outbuildings

Detached Butinox treated garage with twin leaf front doors, Coraline sheet roof with polycarbonate window roof panels, concrete floor, light and power. Sub floor cellarage beneath the house.

Gardens

A drystone wall fronts the house; twin leaf galvanised steel gates lead to a gravel surfaced driveway offering vehicle hardstanding. The front gardens are mainly to grass with mixed specimen plantings, beech hedging forms the northern and southern boundaries. A honeysuckle arch leads to the rear gardens, again laid to grass with a drying green before blending into semi ancient native woodlands at the rear which offer amenity and a sheltered backdrop. The area of foreshore directly in front of the house is to rhododendrons and birch trees, from where there is access to the beach and the opportunity to launch boating tenders.

Mooring

A mooring buoy registered with both the local mooring association and the Crown Estate Scotland is just offshore in front of Culdoon.

Note

Culdoon is not suitable for mortgage lending and is therefore a cash purchase only.

Local Authorities

Argyll & Bute Council

Tel: Services

Mains electricity, mains water, oil fired central heating supported by the open fire in the sitting room, drainage is by private septic tank, double glazing.

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

Note

Culdoon is not suitable for mortgage lending and is therefore a cash purchase only.

Council Tax

Culdoon is in Band E and the amount of council tax payable for 2026/2027 is £2,712.15.
EPC


EPC rating G.

Situation

Culdoon has a stunning coastal situation on the edge of the Cowal Peninsula. The property is situated in one of the most sheltered locations in Colintraive overlooking the North end of the Island of Bute with spectacular unobscured views over the East Kyles of Bute. Indeed, the village takes its name from the original Gaelic name for the area ‘Caol an t’snaimh’ meaning the driving straits where cattle were swum over the ‘Caoles’ being ‘Narrows’ or ‘Straits’ now known as ‘Kyles of Bute’ to the Island of Bute itself.

The area is famous for its stunning natural scenic beauty and is part of the Kyles of Bute National Scenic area, with its deep and narrow sea lochs and high-sided glens which provide a scenic boating route through from the Clyde estuary to Colintraive, Tighnabruaich, Portavadie and the fishing village of Tarbert at Loch Fyne. From Ardrishaig near the head of Loch Fyne it is then on through the Crinan Canal to the Western Isles.

Colintraive has a hotel with a friendly bar and an enviable reputation for gastro pub and restaurant cuisine, a shop, post office, heritage centre, community garden and an all-weather bowling green. From Colintraive there is a short and regular (every 30 minutes) Calmac ferry crossing to the neighbouring Island of Bute which takes 5 minutes journey time. The main town on Bute is Rothesay where there are local shops, a supermarket and a further ferry to the Clyde coast. The other main centre in the area is Dunoon which provides further shops, supermarket and services, in addition to two competing ferry services across the Clyde. Excellent local medical services are delivered from Tighnabruaich.

There is a local primary school at Glendaruel, and secondary schooling is available at Dunoon Grammar, which has an excellent reputation. A school bus runs from Colintraive to Dunoon Grammar in the morning and afternoon to transport students to and from school. It is possible for some of the students to board at the school.

The area offers much in the way of relaxing outdoor pursuits including yachting and boating, golf, fishing, hill walking and country walks in an area rich in history. The Cowal Way stretches from Portavadie on Loch Fyne and travels for some 31 miles to Arrochar through some of the most dramatic and picturesque sea and landscapes on the west coast.

A scenic 9-hole golf course is at Kames, with further courses on the Island of Bute and at Dunoon. Sea, river and loch fishing are also available in the area.

Local bus services run to Tighnabruaich, Rothesay and Dunoon.

The Braehead retail village to the west of Glasgow is only 47 miles (including a short ferry crossing over the Clyde) and has Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, a range of High Street multiples, plus an ikea superstore. Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Morrisons each have large outlets in Greenock, circa 10 minutes (in normal driving conditions) from the Gourock ferry terminal.

The city of Glasgow is 53 miles (partially by ferry) and provides extensive retail, commercial, cultural, higher educational and leisure services.

Travel Directions

From Glasgow city centre leave in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Continue for 21 miles to arrive at Port Glasgow. Keep going straight (parallel to the shoreline) through the adjoining towns of Greenock and Gourock on the A770 for 8 miles to reach the Western Ferry terminal at McInroys Point (this is the second of the two ferry terminals and provides a more frequent service). Take the ferry to Hunters Quay, Dunoon. Leaving the terminal turn right onto the A815. At the ‘T’ junction adjacent to the marina in Sandbank turn right. After approx 1.5 miles turn left on to the B836. Travel for 11 miles before turning left on to the A886. Follow signs for Colintraive and travel for 4.5 miles. On arrival in Colintraive proceed past the Calmac ferry terminal and past the hotel, proceed over the small bridge and continue for a further 1.1 miles to find Culdoon on the left hand side (4th house past the church).

An alternative route is to travel west on the M8 from Glasgow, take the exit marked ‘Erskine Bridge’ and cross over the bridge following the sign for Dumbarton/Crianlarich which leads on to the A82. Follow the A82 through Dumbarton and up the west shore of Loch Lomond. Two thirds the way up Loch Lomond at Tarbet follow the road round to the left on to the A83. Pass through Arrochar. Just before Cairndow turn left on to the A815. At Strachur turn right on to the A886 which takes you to Colintraive. On arrival in Colintraive follow directions as above.

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