Property Details & Description

Accommodation Comprises

Ground Floor

Hallway, sitting room, kitchen-diner, utility room/WC.

First Floor

Landing, master bedroom, second double bedroom, family bathroom.

Outside

Generous fully enclosed garden to the rear with direct access to a field path, raised garden to one side of the cottage and unrestricted on-street parking.

Distances

Duns 6 miles, Berwick Railway Station 10 miles, Edinburgh 50 miles (all distances are approximate).

Situation

The cottage occupies a generous plot on the eastern side of the village and backs on to open farmland. The village offers an excellent range of local amenities including a village shop, public house, primary school, supermarket and pharmacy. The immediate local area has a wide range of popular attractions and activities which include beach and coastal walks, the theatre and cinema in Berwick upon Tweed and plenty of medieval castles and towns to explore. Country and sporting pursuits are also readily available, including hill walking, salmon and trout fishing, hunting and shooting. Golf is available locally at Duns, Eyemouth and the Hirsel, with swimming, gym, squash and indoor bowling at the Swan Centre in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The A1 trunk road provides easy, commutable access to Edinburgh or Newcastle otherwise Berwick’s mainline train station offers quick and effective transport up and down the East Coast of the country.

Description

Fern Cottage is a strong-built detached property in excellent condition throughout and offered in turn-key condition for a new buyer. Tastefully decorated with elegant and neutral décor, the cottage retains a period feel but with all modern conveniences you would expect for twenty-first century living. A double fronted property, there is a nice reception room with a stove, a country style fitted eat-in kitchen and a utility room with WC. On the first floor there are two generous double bedrooms and a large bright family bathroom. To the rear of the cottage is a good-sized fully enclosed garden, beautifully landscaped to provide a large terrace for entertaining, areas of lawn and direct access onto a field path, perfect for dog walking. The front door opens into the hall with an ornate ceramic tiled floor. To the right is the sitting room, a lovely reception room with a fireplace housing a multi-fuel stove on a slate hearth with a timber mantle over. To the left is the kitchen-dining room with two windows to the front and a door at the back leading out to the rear garden. The kitchen is a country style with floor and wall-mounted fitted units with counters over, ceramic tiled splashback and a composite sink and drainer with chrome mixer tap. There is tiled slate floor and an integral electric oven with hob and extractor over. There is plumbing for a washing machine and dishwasher and space for a fridge and freezer. Completing the ground floor accommodation is a utility room with a window to the rear of the cottage. The utility room has a ceramic tiled floor, a cupboard housing the boiler, an understairs storage cupboard with rolling barn style door and a WC and hand basin with a vanity beneath. Stairs rise from the hall to the first-floor landing with a window looking over the rear garden. The master bedroom is a generous size with windows to the front and side of the cottage and an Edinburgh press. The second double bedroom is also a good size with a window to the front of the cottage and a feature fireplace with an ornate surround. Completing the first-floor accommodation is the family bathroom, a large bathroom with a window to the front of the cottage and fitted with a jacuzzi bath with a mains shower over, WC, hand basin on a timber vanity, a wall-mounted chrome towel radiator, a large wall-mounted mirror and recessed shelving.

Outside

The cottage has garden gates on both sides giving access to the rear garden. There is an area of raised border to one side of the cottage that is also included on the title. The rear garden is fully enclosed and has been tastefully landscaped to include a large terrace, perfect for relaxing and entertaining and steps lead up to two areas of level lawn, a timber garden store and a timber picket fence on the rear boundary has a gate giving access to field walks and views over open countryside. 

GENERAL REMARKS: 

Satellite Navigation

For the benefit of those with satellite navigation the property’s postcode is TD11 3XX.

Services

Oil central heating, mains water, electricity and drainage.

Tenure

Freehold

Listed

The house is not listed, nor is it within a conservation area.

What3words

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Local Authority

Scottish Borders Council

Tel: 01835 824000.

Council Tax Band

Band A

Energy Efficiency Rating

Band E

Internet Web Site

This property and other properties offered by Rettie Berwick LLP can be viewed on our website at www.rettie.co.uk as well as our affiliated websites at www.rightmove.co.uk zoopla.com, www.primelocation.com, www.s1homes.com and www.thelondonoffice.co.uk

Offers

Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents Rettie Berwick LLP, 50 Hide Hill, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1AB. 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.

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.

Particulars and Plans

These particulars and plan are believed to be correct but they are in no way guaranteed. Any error, omission or misstatement shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation nor in any circumstances give grounds for action at law.

Home Report

A Home Report incorporating a Single Survey, Energy Performance Certificate and Property Questionnaire is available for parties genuinely interested in this property. Please contact us, either by telephone or via the website entry for this property, to request a copy. No charge is made for electronic copies; a paper copy can also be made available from our offices or by post, at a charge of £20 to cover reproduction and administrative costs.

Misrepresentations

1.       The property is sold with all faults and defects, whether of condition or otherwise and neither the seller nor Rettie Berwick LLP, 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 he has not entered into contact in reliance on the said statements, that he has satisfied himself 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 mis-statement 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 Berwick LLP, 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.       Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. 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 Berwick LLP 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.