Tigh An Dallach

• Tigh-an-Dalloch – 4-bedroom house
• Plant Nursery and Greenhouses
• Useful Outbuildings and Stables
• Accessible location a short drive from Dundee
• Lot 1: Tigh- an-Dalloch, Outbuildings and approximately 5 acres
• Lot 2: Paddock extending to approximately 4.09 acres

SituationTigh-An-Dalloch is ideally located near the village of Strathmartine on the fringes of the city of Dundee enjoying an elevated position over its land and buildings. The property sits approximately 4 miles to the north of Dundee city centre enjoying excellent access links to the Central Belt and to the east coast of Scotland.The City of Dundee offers a wide plethora of services that will meet almost all of the needs of the modern family. There are a host of local primary and secondary schooling opportunities with with a multitude of state school options as well as independent schooling opportunities. Independent schooling opportunities at the High School of Dundee and slightly further afield, Lathallan School at Johnshaven or Strathallan School at Forgandenny. Dundee has shed the skin of its former traditional self, becoming a cultural hub for the arts and technology, offering an attractive waterfront along the River Tay. The opening of the V&A Museum and Slessor Gardens are notable examples. The city still enjoys its history and heritage and offers opportunities to delve into the rich past of the city and indeed, the County of Angus, with access to a range of traditional field sports and outdoor activities.For the sportsman, Dundee offers a wide variety of opportunities; with the city providing two professional football clubs as well as amateur footballing and rugby club opportunities. The championship golf course ‘The Old Course’ in St Andrew’s is a short drive away across the Tay Bridge, hill walking opportunities can be found in the renowned Angus Glens which boast a number of challenging Munros and Corbetts. The River Tay represents a great opportunity to enjoy salmon fishing along with challenging shooting and stalking being available throughout Angus and adjoining Perthshire during the season.DescriptionTigh-An-Dalloch offers a neat smallholding package in a highly commutable location. The property sits at the heart of the unit above the roadside enjoying splendid views over its land to the east and west. The land extends to approximately 9 acres in the form of uniform paddocks offering ideal grazing for horses or livestock. An extensive range of outbuildings supports the land with stables and general purpose buildings. Tigh-An-Dalloch was formerly operated as a plant nursery so a number of glasshouses are present which could be revitalised for their former use oralternatively, offer a footprint for further outbuildings subject to the necessary planning consents being obtained. There is potentially some development opportunities on the fringes of the yard and steading site offered by natural hedgerow boundaries with direct access to the public road network; no investigations have been made by the sellers and these opportunities would be subject to the necessary planning consents being obtained.Tigh-An-DallochTigh-An-Dalloch is a one and a half storey property with a timber frame construction having been constructed by the family of the current owners in the 1960s. The dwelling has a rendered exterior under a concrete tile roof. The property enjoys both easterly and westerly outlooks over the paddocks included in the sale.The house offers flexible accommodation with bright reception spaces and a useful rear porch providing easy transition to external spaces. The entrance hall leads to a downstairs office space adjacent to a welcoming sitting room with an ample kitchen found at the rear of the property. A fourth bedroom is also found at the front of the house. A porch at the rear provides a useful space as a log store or boot room. The first floor provides a hallway with useful storage space and three bedrooms, one complete with en-suite. The dwelling benefits from tidy garden spaces at both the front and rear with a mature broadleaved shelter belt at the rear. The outbuildings are neatly packaged at the rear and side of the dwelling.The OutbuildingsTigh-An-Dalloch has historically been operated as a plant nursery and market garden so offers useful outbuildings and extensive glasshouses pertinent to this purpose. Furthermore, a brick-built stables provides a useful equestrian space which can be expanded upon by an incoming purchaser. The outbuildings sit to the rear of the dwelling, well shielded by natural woodland. The farm buildings at Tigh-an-Dalloch can be summarised as below:Implement Shed (approximately 14.35m x 9.18m)Steel and timber framed building with corrugated sheeting roof and walls and a concrete floor. A roller door provides machinery access, a ramp leads to the workshop as detailed below. Mains electricity is supplied.Workshop (approximately 10.64m x 9.18m)Breeze block walls with a timber and steel frame, corrugated sheeting roof and concrete floor. Accessed via the Implement shed, or via a pedestrian external door. A securable chemical store is located in the corner of the building. Mains electricity is supplied.Stables (approximately 13.7m x 4.51m)Brick built building with internal cement block and brick walls dividing the five stables. Concrete floor throughout with a box profile sheeting roof.Potting Shed (approximately 8.98m x 7.11m)Cement block walls under a corrugated sheeting roof with concrete floor. Mains electricity is supplied.General Purpose Shed (approximately 7.84m x 4.42m)A brick built building with concrete floor under a box profile sheeting roof with a useful sliding metal door.Garage (approximately 15.4m x 9.25m)Timber framed building with corrugated sheeting walls on three sides, one open side. Concrete floor with corrugated sheeting roof, accessed via two sliding doors providing in-out access for vehicles and machinery.Nursery Glasshouses (approximately 16m x 19m)5 berths of glasshouses form one unit, internally the unit is split in two, with 2 berths constructed of 1/3 breeze block and 2/3 glass with metal framing, the further 3 berths are constructed of metal frames with a glass roof and webbing material at tension to form walls. Galvanised guttering runs the length of each valley with downpipes at each end. The glasshouses are supplied with water.Glasshouses (approximately 24.91m x 19.5m)Metal framed structure with three berths forming one contiguous glasshouse.2 Glasshouses (approximately 6.61m x 6.28m and 4.55m x 5.45m)Two smaller glasshouses stand separately, metal framed with glass walls and roof, with heating provision.Old Henhouse (approximately 10m x 7.17m)A timber building raised up on concrete blocks. An operational cold room is fittedinternally, mains electricity supplies the building.The LandTigh-An-Dalloch sits within about 9.09 acres (3.68 hectares) of uniform paddocks offering a range of potential uses grazing for horses or livestock offering the ideal opportunity to operate a smallholding. The land is classified by the James Hutton Institute as being Grade 3.1 indicating the soil could support good yields of certain crops but would offer productive grass grazing for livestock. The land is relatively flat, sitting between 89m and 98m above sea level and is generally flat lying with a very slight northerly aspect as the land slopes down slightly to meet the Dighty Burn. Lot 2 comprises approximately 4.09 acres and comprises a fenced paddock capable of haylage production and livestock grazing.