Lovely, but the property on Loch Ard, (as shown in the slide show - especially the smaller cottage barely seen) is more enticing to me. Even if I had barrels of $$$, I guess there's just something I find more comfortable, warm and welcoming in a structure that feels more like a home than a museum. Too, there is something alluring about water and those magnificent mountain views.
Again, it would be nice if the Times would also feature as a companion to the big ticket, high dollar international properties, property at the other end of the spectrum, within reach of the non-millionaire class. Nevertheless, I enjoy the looking.
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This is a (beautiful) manor house: it is not a castle. A 2-storey turret on one side does not make something a castle. The giveaway is that the date of the structure is never given in the article.
The interiors and exteriors look completely attended to. 4k taxes. A bargain of sorts.
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i looked up the history of the property. It still is not 100% clear but it was restored in the 1825, which explains the mixed stone. The arched entrance in particular looks like a 19th century addition because the stone is so thin there -- just a hunch. The structure is a mix of very old and lots of 19th century. It was quite a thing in the 19th century for aristocrats to renovate an old stone structure and have fancy parties in it. Thin castle walls were built out of stone to make it look more like a castle from a distance, etc. Then WW1 happened and that was the end of that trend. Many of these houses left families in the 1960s when the money ran out.
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Do sellers consider prices offered by buyers that are below minimum guidance?
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The ultra modern bathroom shown intrigues me.
This is a beautiful setting but it would take a very special family to live there. Peace and quiet go only so far.
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It’s a very, very easy drive to Glasgow or Stirling. This is not in the middle of nowhere, as the photos suggest.
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Why don't you just disclose that this is Duchray Castle in Aberfoyle, U.K.?
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Unfortunately nobody really knows where Aberfoyle is, and I say that as someone who grew up less than 20 minutes away from it.
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I'm becoming so inured to high real estate prices (in theory; who can afford them?) that I found myself saying, as I read this article, "Hmmm, under two million dollars, that's not bad for a four-bedroom on eighty acres."
And I have to say, what a beautiful castle and grounds.
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Because Glasgow=all of Scotland. How about Aberdeen, which has an interesting property market right now due to the exodus after the oil price plummeted? And was previously the third most expensive in the UK?
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Probably because the haar, horrific harbour, and Aberdeen granite's ability to drain every ounce of colour from the life around it is utterly unparalleled. Living there was something I still shudder at the memory of.
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Oh please. I don't take offense from the articles on House Hunting in . . . San Francisco, Portland OR, or similar locations just because I live on the West Coast and they've thereby excluded my town. (In fact, I hope they never include my town, housing costs are too high already!)
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Aberdeen has some nice spots but overall too much industrial area -- overbuilt and very gray looking. If one is going to buy in Scotland, Aberdeen would not be anywhere near the top of the list -- sorry! Then again I would take the rural Highlands over Glasgow anyday.....
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