Summary of Accommodation:

Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Breakfast Room, Kitchen, Utility Room, Family Bathroom, Reading Nook (off the hall), Shower Room, Bedrooms 2 &3 and Home Office/Bedroom 4.

First Floor: Principal Bedroom Suite with ensuite bathroom and walk-in Dressing Room.

Outside space: Mature Private Gardens, Double Garage, Off-road Parking.

DESCRIPTION:

Ground Floor

• Entrance hall: large entrance hall, featuring two fitted storage cupboards.

• Sitting Room: spacious sitting room, double glazed triple windows with picturesque views onto the River Almond flooding this room with natural light. Features Cherry Wood flooring and an ornamental slate and marble surround fireplace. Double door entrance from sitting room to dining room.

• Dining Room: good sized dining room offering direct access to sitting room affording an open entertainment space. Cherry Wood flooring. Garden facing.

• Breakfast Room: off-kitchen breakfast room facing the rear garden and featuring Amtico flooring.

• Kitchen: commodious kitchen space featuring custom made wooden floor and wall mounted cabinets and Amtico flooring. Wooden countertops with pastry marble insert. Four ring Neff gas hob with cooler hood, Neff fridge freezer and Neff electric oven and combination microwave.

• Utility Room: with wall mounted cabinets, sink and counter top, Amtico flooring and access to rear garden.

• Shower room: featuring corner shower, wash hand basin and WC, with Porcelanosa tiles.

• Reading Nook: cosy reading nook/snug, with direct views onto the River Almond.

• Family Bathroom: spacious tiled family bathroom with bath and hand-held shower (bracket over bath), wash hand basin, WC and vanity unit.

• Bedroom 2: spacious double bedroom with double windows facing onto the River Almond, fitted triple doored mirrored wardrobe.

• Bedroom 3: double bedroom, rear garden facing with fitted mirrored wardrobe.

• Home Office/Bedroom 4: double bedroom that affords space for a home office with fitted shelving, rear garden facing.

First Floor

• Principal Bedroom Suite: spacious bedroom with rear garden facing double windows and Amtico flooring. Offers ensuite bathroom with jacuzzi style large bath and handheld shower, WC and wash hand basin.

• Dressing Room: elegant walk-in dressing room complimenting the Principal Suite with two fitted double doored wardrobes.

• Private Garden: spacious mature private front and rear gardens with various entertaining/seating areas (paved) and sizeable decking on the rear right side offering beautiful outlook and al fresco dining.

• Double Garage/Off-road Parking: double garage with up and over door (electricity and water) as well as off-road parking.

SITUATION:

5 School Brae has an idyllic semi-rural setting overlooking the River Almond and is located in the highly desirable residential area of Cramond that lies just under four miles west of Edinburgh’s city centre. It is just a five minute-walk along the River Almond Walkway to the historic village of Cramond, a designated conservation area, where you will find a Boat Club, riverside café, pub medical centre, a historic church, and an adjacent playground within the Cramond Walled Garden. From Cramond there is a popular shorefront promenade to Gypsy Brae.

Walk north-west from the property along the River Almond Walkway and you will reach Cramond Brig and Cammo Estate Nature Park. The area has a wide variety of wildlife including herons, kingfishers, swans and even salmon. There are further walking and cycling trails through the nearby Dalmeny Estate to the pretty town of South Queensferry. 

There is a good range of local amenities on Whitehouse Road in Barnton including a post office, Scotmid Co-op, café and chemist whilst there is a Tesco supermarket at Davidson’s Mains. Just a short drive away is Craigleith Retail Park, home to a Marks & Spencer Sainsbury’s, Boots & Homebase.

There are a variety of local leisure facilities including Barnton Park Lawn Tennis Club, The Bruntsfield Links and Royal Burgess Golf Clubs and a David Lloyd Fitness Centre in Corstorphine.

The area is popular with families and there are several highly regarded schools within close proximity. The property falls into the catchment area of Cramond Primary School and the Royal High School; with private schooling options including Cargilfield Prep School, Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools (ESMS), Fettes College and St George’s School for Girls all nearby.

There are excellent bus and road links into the city centre as well as an extensive cycle path network. The property is situated within easy reach of Edinburgh International Airport, the City By-pass that links into the Central Scotland motorway network and the Queensferry Crossing that crosses the Firth of Forth to Fife and beyond.

General Remarks & Information:

Fixtures and Fittings:

Only appliances specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale price. In all other aspects the treatment of fixtures and fittings within the relevant Conveyancing Standard Clauses apply. All window blinds in the property are included.

Services:

Gas heating, mains water, electricity, broadband, telephone (subject to telephone providers’ regulations).

Outgoings

Council Tax Band: G

EPC Rating: C

Postcode

EH4 6JN

Tenure

Freehold

Viewings

Viewing is strictly by appointment through Rettie & Co. 11 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 6DH. Tel: 0131 624 4182.

Offers

Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP’s. A closing date by which offers must be submitted may be fixed later. Please note that interested parties are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order that they may be advised should a closing date be set. The seller reserves the right to accept any offer at any time.

Internet Website

This property and other properties offered by Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP’s. can be viewed on our website at www.rettie.co.uk as well as Rightmove, Zoopla, On The Market and The London Office.

Servitude Rights, Burdens & Wayleaves

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes whether contained in the title deeds or informally constituted and whether or not referred to above.

Misrepresentations 

1.        The property is sold with all faults and defects, whether of condition or otherwise and neither the seller nor Rettie & Co. or Rettie LLP’s, the selling agent, are responsible for such faults and defects, nor for any statement contained in the particulars of the property prepared by the said agent. 

2.        The Purchaser(s) shall be deemed to acknowledge that they have not entered into contract in reliance on the said statements, that they are satisfied themselves as to the content of each of the said statements by inspection or otherwise and that no warranty or representation has been made by the seller or the said agents in relation to or in connection with the property. 

3.   Any error, omission or misstatement in any of the said statements shall not entitle the purchaser(s) to rescind or to be discharged from this contract, nor entitle either party to compensation or damages nor in any circumstances to give either party any cause for action. 

Important Notice

Rettie, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

1.    They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either in writing or by word of mouth. Any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents or the sellers. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact.

2.    All Rettie floorplans are drawn to RICS standard. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive and it should not be assumed that the property remains as photographed. Any error, omission or mis-statement shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation or recourse to action at law. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents, including for its current use. Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP’s have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise and ought to seek their own professional advice.

3.    All descriptions or references to condition are given in good faith only. Whilst every endeavour is made to ensure accuracy, please check with us on any points of especial importance to you, especially if intending to travel some distance. No responsibility can be accepted for expenses incurred in inspecting properties which have been sold or withdrawn.

Proof and source of Funds/Anti Money Laundering

Under the HMRC Anti Money Laundering legislation all offers to purchase a property on a cash basis or subject to mortgage require evidence of source of funds. This may include evidence of bank statements/funding source, mortgage or confirmation from a solicitor the purchaser has the funds to conclude the transaction.

All individuals involved in the transaction are required to produce proof of identity and proof of address. Rettie use electronic verification, if this is not possible original documents are acceptable.

Particulars prepared November 2022 – First Issue.