Whitehills Farm, Nr. Monymusk, Aberdeenshire

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1 Whitehills Farm, Nr. Monymusk, Aberdeenshire

2 Whitehills Farm Nr. Monymusk, Aberdeenshire AB51 7SS A secluded highly attractive farm with a centrally located spacious energy efficient farmhouse with extensive equestrian facilities Alford 8 miles, Inverurie 10 miles Aberdeen 22 miles Lot 1: A stylish country house in a fabulous south facing position with a magnificent Carpenter Oak extension Country kitchen with open plan dining and sitting area Cloakroom Utility/Boot room Office Utility room Drawing Room Bedroom 6 Shower room Master bedroom suite Bedroom 2 with ensuite bathroom Bedrooms 3, 4 and 5 Shower room Mature garden Traditional steading incorporating: 18 Stables Steel frame cattle court Timber frame hay barn All weather sand and fibre manège Wildlife pond About 86 acres of arable 11 Acres woods and rough grazing Lot 2: About 47 acres of permanent pasture including an all weather grass gallop For sale as a whole or in 2 lots About acres (60.16 ha) in total

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4 The property Whitehills Farm offers a highly desirable mix of space, privacy and accessibility. The southfacing country house provides comfortable and spacious family accommodation and benefits from a 92m² open plan kitchen, dining and sitting area with a panoramic view across the valley to the rolling hills beyond. The property is reached via a long drive which winds up the hill between stone walls past four cottages in separate ownership The present owners have carefully tended the land, making it an ideal and tranquil destination. The house is in an enviable, sheltered position, elevated yet protected. island unit with halogen hob and wall units with 2 Neff ovens. There is a store area with walk in larder and access to the covered car parking area (8.2m x 4.9m). In addition, off the family room is a walk through office leading to a back hall with door to outside and a large boot/dog/boiler room and separate cloakroom. A wide passage connects the old house with the new. A half-round staircase with feature cupola above leads to the first floor. A feature of the house is that every corner that can accommodate storage has been utilised. The first floor includes the master bedroom with ensuite bathroom and dressing area. The landing leads to a guest bedroom suite and south facing bedrooms 3, 4 and 5 and a large family shower room. Lot 1: Whitehills Farmhouse About acres (37.2 ha) The house sits in a commanding position with distant views to the Hill of Fare, whilst to the south and west is Pitfichie Forest, an extensive area of Forestry Commission woodland. This provides excellent safe off road hacking and mountain bike trails. The original farmhouse was built in 1896 by the Monymusk Estate and is of traditional granite construction under a slate roof. The property was purchased in 1997 by the current owners who undertook a large sympathetic extension in 2007 which more than doubled the original floor area. The front door leads to a hall with inglenook fireplace with a striking oak curved staircase leading to the first floor. Off the hall is a drawing room and Bedroom 6 with a shower room adjacent, laundry room and store cupboard. This area could be a self-contained flat with the benefit of having unconnected services for a kitchen. A central hall leads past a laundry room and a large store cupboard into a magnificent family room of 48m² with a wood stove which is open plan to the spectacular double-height Carpenter Oak oak-framed double storey kitchen extension which incorporates a large

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8 Floorplans Car Port Larder 15'1 x 14' x 4.43 Office 11'9 x 9' x 2.96 Utility/Boot Room 13'3 x 11' x 3.40 Boiler Cloak 8'2 x 5' x 1.80 Bathroom 9'9 x 6' x 2.00 Guest Bedroom 2 14'5 x 11' x 3.55 Kitchen 29'9 x 15' x 4.81 Dining/Family Room 30'7 x 17' x 5.18 Utility 12'4 x 4' x 1.40 Bedroom 6 16'10 x 12' x 3.73 Bedroom 5 14'5 x 13' x 4.21 Bedroom 4 14'3 x 13' x 4.21 Bedroom 3 16'8 x 10' x 3.11 En-suite 11'10 x 9' x 3.00 Ground Floor First Floor Drawing Room 17'7 x 14' x 4.55 Master Bedroom 1 17'1 x 14' x 4.41

9 Outside In front and to the east of the house is a sheltered mature garden with a mix of trees, shrubs and lawn. Recent additions are a vegetable area, a sunken trampoline and a granite wall terrace. There is a range of garden sheds behind the house including: Garage 5.9m x 3.3m Workshop 3.7m x 3.1m Log Store 3.1m x 2.6m The farm buildings are in two parts; a traditional courtyard beside the house with the more modern buildings to the rear. Traditional Buildings The north wing of the courtyard has stone and block walls under a steel truss roof (12m x 12m) and incorporates 7 stables with American barn type Monarch fronted stables. The stables are all about 3.6m x 3.6m with water troughs and a central handling area. The west wing is built of stone under a corrugated tin roof and incorporates: Feed room 4.7m x 4.5m Tack room 4.7m x 4.0m (Loft over 22m x 5.0m) Stable 8 4.7m x 3.0m Stable 9 4.7m x 2.3m Stable m x 2.3m Wood Store 10.7m x 3.1m Portal Frame Buildings Cattle Court 24m x 14m Steel frame, concrete floor, incorporating 6 stables (3.9m x 3.4m), tack room, feed room (9.6m x 2.2m). Hay Barn 18m x 10m Timber frame, space for circa 150 bales. Monarch 4-horse walker (circa 2000) by separate negotiation. Sand arena 60m x 40m Installed in 1998 and refurbished in 2016 with a fibre sand surface.

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11 Land The farm is divided into 13 fields of which 12 are south facing. The land rises from 190m to 255m above sea level. The fields are generally divided by stone walls with mains electric wire on wooden posts and have been grazed by a neighbouring sheep farmer and the seller s horses. There will be no Basic Payment to transfer. There is an area of woodland extending to about 5.4 acres, planted in 1998 with mostly broadleaved trees. There are no outstanding grants. A pond was created in area 9 as a duck flighting pond and wildlife feature. Lot 2: Pitfichie Fields 46.9 acres (19.02 ha) Seven fields lying on the south side of the valley, all currently in grass. The fields are mostly subdivided by stone walls and are surrounded to the east, south and west by the Forestry Commission. Access to the fields is off the farm road through Field 21. The fields are ideal for training event horses as they have varied contours, drops, water crossings and are very free-draining so can be used in most weathers- a virtual all weather grass gallop. Location Whitehills lies 8 miles east of Alford and is within easy commuting distance of Aberdeen airport 17 miles. This area between the Dee and Don valleys is one of contrasts between mixed farming systems, woodlands and open hill. Alford is the nearest principal town and provides a wide range of amenities including a variety of shopping facilities, a new supermarket, primary school, a new secondary school incorporating leisure facilities and library, health centre, dry ski slope, 18 hole golf course, two museums and regular public transport to and from Aberdeen s city centre.

12 Kemnay is 7 miles north east and has a range of shops and an 18 hole golf Course. Inverurie, 10 miles, is the nearest town with a substantial range of large supermarkets and shops. The range of amenities available in the area is considerable with a number of golf courses, hill-walking, cycling, climbing and skiing at the Lecht and Glenshee. Aberdeen is an educational centre boasting two universities and further educational colleges and research institutes. There are a number of private schools in Aberdeen including Robert Gordons, Albyn and St Margaret s. The theatre, music hall and art galleries are renowned. General Services: The property is served by its own exclusive private water and drainage, with mains electric and ground source heat pump which provides underfloor heating to the ground floor and a RHI payment of about 4,000 pa until There are two 300 litre hot water tanks. Fixtures and Furnishings: The fitted carpets are included in the sale. Council Tax: Band F EPC Rating: C Agricultural Code: 068/0075 Local Authority: Aberdeenshire Council, Gordon House, Blackhall Road, Inverurie, AB51 3WB.Tel: Solicitor: A C Morrison and Richards 18 Bon-Accord Crescent, Aberdeen AB11 6XY Tel

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14 Special Conditions of Sale 1. The purchaser(s) shall within five days of conclusion of missives make payment as a guarantee for due performance of a sum equal to ten per cent of the purchase price on which sum no interest will be allowed. Timeous payment of said sum shall be a material condition of the contract. In the event that such payment is not made timeously the seller(s) reserves the right to resile without further notice. The balance of the purchase price will be paid by Bankers Draft at the date of entry and interest at five per cent above the Royal Bank of Scotland base rate current from time to time will be charged thereon from the term of entry until payment. Consignation shall not avoid payment of foregoing rate of interest. In the event of the purchaser(s) failing to make payment of the balance of the purchase price on the due date being of the essence of the contract, the seller(s) shall be entitled to resile from the contract. The seller(s), in that event reserves the right to resell or deal otherwise with the subjects of sale as he thinks fit. Furthermore he shall be entitled to retain in his hands the initial payment of ten per cent herein before referred to which shall be set off to account of any loss occasioned to him by the purchaser s failure and in the event of the loss being less than the amount of the said deposit the seller(s) shall account to the purchaser(s) for any balance thereof remaining in his hand. seller(s) and the purchaser(s) as at the said date of entry. 4. The minerals will be included in the sale of the property only insofar as the seller(s) has rights thereto. 6. The traditional stone toadstools and garden bench are excluded 7. The owner of Whitehills is responsible for one fifth of the upkeep cost of the shared road. 8. The water supply rises just off the property. 5. The chandeliers on the stairs and in the kitchen area are excluded. Viewing: Strictly by appointment through Strutt & Parker LLP. Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright All rights reserved. Licence number Plotted Scale - 1: The Property will be sold subject to all rights of way, rights of access, wayleave, servitude, water rights, drainage and sewage rights, restrictions and burdens of whatever kind at present existing and whether formally constituted or not affecting the subject of sale. 3. The seller(s) shall be responsible for any rates, taxes and other burdens and for the possession and for collection of income prior to the said date of entry. Where necessary, all rates, taxes and other burdens and income will be apportioned between the Directions From Aberdeen take the A944 Alford road through Westhill and Dunecht and pass Sauchen and Ordhead. At the junction with the B993 turn right and head back towards Monymusk. After 1 mile turn left at the sign for Whitehills, go up the hill past the Pitfichie Forest entrance and the entrance to Whitehills Farm is on the left. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright (ES ). NOT TO SCALE Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright All rights reserved. Licence number Plotted Scale - 1:20000

15 Stone Circle Track Issues Ponds Spring 4 Forestry Cottages 1 Sheep Wash Whitehills Stone Todlachie Field No Arable PP RG/Woods Lot Track Track Todlachie Burn Burn Rds & Bldgs Total 2 13 Ha Ha Acres Acres 8 Lot Bogmore Wood Tillyfourie Hill Whitehills Farm Ha Ha Acres Acres Lot Key 1 Lot 1 (40.78ha / ac) 2 Lot 2 (19.01ha / 46.96ac) This plan is published for the convenience of the purchaser only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. Based on Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 mapping with the permission of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright Licence No ES Not to Scale. Drawing No. Q Date

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