Wallets Rural Property Services For Sale by Private Treaty Nether Auchenreoch Farm Springholm, Castle Douglas, DG7 3LU Extending to 204.6 Acres (82.8 Ha) or thereby
Nether Auchenreoch Farm Springholm, Castle Douglas, DG7 3LU Castle Douglas 5 Miles, Dumfries 12 Miles, Carlisle 49 Miles, Edinburgh 90 Miles A productive stock rearing farm with an ideal location within Dumfries and Galloway. Traditional detached 2 storey farmhouse. Traditional and modern range of farm buildings. Ring fenced farm. Productive grazing, mowing and arable land. 76.87 units of Basic Payment Entitlements subject to siphon available by separate negotiation. SOLE SELLING AGENTS Farmhouse EPC Rating F In all about 204.6 Acres (82.8 Ha) or thereby. For Sale Privately as a Whole SOLICITORS Wallets Rural Property Services No. 3 Ring, New Market Street Castle Douglas, DG7 1HY Tel: 01556 503 889 Email: wrps@wallets-rps.co.uk Website: www.wallets-rps.co.uk Mr Iain McDonald Gillespie, Gifford & Brown 135 King Street, Castle Douglas, DG7 1NA Tel: 01556 503 744 Email: iain.mcdonald@ggblaw.co.uk Website: www.ggblaw.co.uk
Field No. Area (Ha) Area (Acres) 1 5.78 14.28 2 3.34 8.25 3 1.30 3.21 4 5.86 14.48 5 4.22 10.43 6 6.47 15.99 7 4.52 11.17 8 5.91 14.60 9 3.57 8.82 10 4.49 11.10 11 4.67 11.54 12 9.86 24.36 13 2.05 5.07 14 5.45 13.47 15 6.09 15.05 16 2.29 5.66 17 3.46 8.55 18 3.00 7.41
INTRODUCTION Situated immediately adjacent to the village of Springholm, just off the main A75 Euro Route, Nether Auchenreoch enjoys a peaceful location with scenic views whilst maintaining ready access to the entire region and beyond. Local services are available within the village of Springholm including a General Store, Public House and a Primary School. The nearest market town is Castle Douglas, some 6 miles to the West, which offers a full range of facilities and essential services including two national supermarkets, modern Primary School and Secondary School, modern health centre as well as a wide range of professional services. Castle Douglas is renowned for its diverse range of quality retail outlets. METHOD OF SALE Nether Auchenreoch Farm, extending to 204.6 Acres or thereby is offered for sale privately as a whole. GUIDE PRICE Offers for Nether Auchenreoch Farm are sought in excess of 1,000,000 This part of the country is well noted for its quality and variety of both leisure and field sports. It provides a vast range of opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast to include wonderful walks, game, course and sea fishing as well as shooting, sailing and cycling. The region also boasts a vast array of quality golf courses all within easy reach. The farm itself is in an easily accessible convenient location and is well known for its grass and crop growing qualities. DIRECTIONS Heading West along the A75 into the village of Springholm take an immediate left at the village shop. Follow this road for about half a mile and Nether Auchenreoch sits at the end of this road. WALLETS RURAL PROPERTY SERVICES RING 3, NEW MARKET STREET, CASTLE DOUGLAS, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, DG7 1HY T: 01556 503 889 F: 01556 504 540 WWW.WALLETS-RPS.CO.UK WRPS@WALLETS-RPS.CO.UK
NETHER AUCHENREOCH FARMHOUSE This traditional two storey farmhouse enjoys an elevated site with picturesque views out over the neighbouring landscape. Situated to the front of the traditional steading the farmhouse is of stone construction under a slate roof. The property has been well maintained and provides comfortable accommodation as follows: Rear Porch (2.1m x 1.84m) Tiled floor with double glazed door and window. Farm Office Radiator. Hallway (7.34m x 1.52m) 2 Radiators, doors leading to the Living Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen/Diner and Shower Room. Sitting Room (3.66m x 3.67m) Electric fire with stone surround, double glazed windows and radiator. Kitchen/Dining Room (10.99m x 3.96m to widest point) Modern fitted wall and base units, double glazed rear door and windows and 2 radiators. Lounge (3.67m x 5.51m) - Open fire with tiled surround, double glazed windows overlooking Springholm, TV point and 2 radiators. Shower Room (1.55m x 2.14m) corner shower, WC, wash hand basin, heated towel rail, radiator and double glazed opaque window.
Front Hallway (1.84m x 3.37m) stairs leading to first floor. Gallery landing leading to: Master Bedroom (3.67m x 3.98m) Built in double wardrobe, double glazed window and radiator. Bedroom 2 (5.19m x 2.74m) Double glazed window and radiator. Bedroom 3 (6.12m x 3.06m to widest point) Coombed ceiling, double glazed window and radiator. Family Bathroom (3.97m x 1.86m) Bath, WC, wash hand basin, vanity unit, heated towel rail and radiator.
FLOOR PLAN GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR
Outside Garden area to front and side. Services Mains water. Mains electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Double glazed windows throughout. Telephone installed subject to British Telecom regulations. The Farm Steading The existing steading is of both traditional and modern construction with all buildings currently being used for either storage or accommodation for the suckler herd and all followers. The steading comprises: Traditional: L shaped range of stone and slate buildings currently utilised for general storage. Modern: Loose Housing two adjoining portal structures with concrete block walls. One of these buildings can be set up to rear up to 45 calves. Silage Pit - concrete walls, concrete floor and draining off to an effluent tank. Midden area concrete block walls, concrete floor and draining off to an effluent tank. Cubicle Sheds two sheds each 90 x 25 approx. Mono pitched structures with concrete block walls and box profile roofing. Cubicle accommodation for a total of 60 cows with adjoining calf creeps. Slurry channel leading to lagoon. Open central feed passage and feed areas. Automatic scraping serving both cubical sheds and feed passages. Slurry lagoon 40 x 40 shuttered walls with surrounding security fence. Grain Tower 50 Ton grain tower. Blower, bruiser and mixer all available by separate negotiation. General Purpose Building 75 x 30 5 bay Atcost concrete portal frame building with full length steel and timber lean to. Contained within are two cattle feeding pens 45 x 21 with central feed passage. The Land Nether Auchenreoch Farm in total extends to some 204.6 Acres (82.8 Ha) or thereby to include all areas occupied by the farmhouse, steading, yards, woodland, roads etc. The land is currently within a ring fence in 21 field enclosures including woodland with all fields being adequately fenced and watered. Approximately 23 Acres are grown each year for spring barley with a further 64 Acres capable of being cut for silage whilst the remainder is down to permanent grazing. There are approximately 9 acres of mature woodland. The land is classified as mainly yield classes 4 and 5 of The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research Land Capability for Agriculture. The land lies within payment region 1 and is wholly within the LFASS area. In recent years the farm has carried 60 Beef Suckler cows with their followers and other purchased calves.
BASIC PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS The farm is currently farmed by the partnership of Messrs W & A Paterson. The whole of the agricultural land has been allocated Payment Region 1. We are advised that Messrs W & A Paterson are active farmers as defined under EU regulation 1307/2013 and the Scottish Statutory Instrument 2014/58. We are also informed that they completed an IACS/SAF submission in 2017. A copy is available at our offices for inspection during office hours. Nether Auchenreoch benefits from 76.87 Region 1 entitlements with a current unit value of 179.57. The entitlements are available to any purchaser under separate negotiation with Messrs W & A Paterson who will use their best endeavours to complete the necessary documentation to transfer these established Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements subject to syphon. For the avoidance of doubt, any payments applied for during the 2017 scheme year, will be retained by Messrs W & A Paterson. LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME (LFASS) Nether Auchenreoch lies within the LFASS area and payments under this scheme for the 2017 scheme year will be retained by the sellers. INGOINGS The purchaser shall, in addition to the purchase price, be bound to take over any pit silage, straw, bruised barley, dung etc from the farming partnership of W & A Paterson. Any such valuation will be carried out by Wallets Rural Property Services whose decision will be final and binding on both parties. In addition to the foregoing, the successful purchaser will have the opportunity to take over from Messrs W & A Paterson the Beef Suckler herd of approx. 60 Beef bred cows with followers as well as one stock Aberdeen Angus bull. Again, the valuation will be carried out by Wallets Rural Property Services. GENERAL REMARKS, STIPULATIONS AND INFORMATION VIEWINGS Viewing is strictly by appointment only through the Vendor s Sole Selling Agents: Wallets Rural Property Services Ring 3, New Market Street, Castle Douglas, DG7 1HY Tel: 01556 503 889 E-mail: wrps@wallets-rps.co.uk Web: www.wallets-rps.co.uk
OFFERS Offers must be submitted in proper Scottish legal form to the sole selling agents Wallets Rural Property Services, Ring 3, New Market Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1HY. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents following inspection. The vendor does however reserve the right to sell the property without fixing a closing date or prior to the closing date. APPORTIONMENT The Council Tax and all other outgoings shall be apportioned at the date of entry. COUNCIL TAX Auchenreoch Farmhouse Band D MATTERS OF TITLE The subjects are sold under the conditions in the title and any existing burdens (rights of way, rights of access, servitude etc. whether public or private, and whether constituted in the Title Deeds or not). The purchasers will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such burdens and are advised to contact the vendors Solicitor for a definitive list of subjects to which the property is sold. SPORTING RIGHTS We are advised that the sporting rights are in hand. MINERAL AND TIMBER RIGHTS In so far as they are owned, the mineral rights are included in the sale. All standing and fallen timber is included in the sale. ENTRY & VACANT POSSESSION Entry by arrangement. PLANS, AREAS AND SCHEDULES These are for reference only. Whilst they have been checked and computed by the selling agents and the purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property and any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof. DISPUTES Should any discrepancy arise as to the boundaries or any points arise on the Remarks, Stipulations or Plans contained herein or the interpretation of any of them, then the question shall be referred to the arbitration of the selling agents whose decision, acting as experts, shall be final. SERVITUDE RIGHTS, BURDENS, WAYLEAVES AND STATUTORY, PUBLIC OR OTHER RIGHTS The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude and wayleave rights, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private. The property is also sold subject to the rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The purchaser will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others.
DEPOSIT A 10% deposit of the purchase price will be payable to the vendor s solicitors, Gillespie Gifford & Brown, on conclusion of missives. This deposit will be non-returnable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete the sale for any reason not attributable to the vendor or their agents. The balance of the purchase price is payable on the date of entry and interest at 5% above the Clydesdale Bank Base Rate will be charged on the balance of the payment from the date of entry until paid. GENERALLY Should there be any discrepancy between these particulars, the General Remarks & Information and the missives of sale, the latter shall prevail. IMPORTANT NOTICE Wallets Rural Property Services for themselves and for the Vendor of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: 1. These particulars do not form, nor form any part of any offer or contract. Any contract relating to the sale of the property shall only be capable of being entered into by the seller s Solicitors. 2. These particulars are intended to give a fair description of the property but neither Wallets Rural Property Services, Gillespie Gifford & Brown nor the vendors accept any responsibility for any error they may contain, however caused. Any intending purchaser must, therefore, satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. 3. No person in the employment of Wallets Rural Property Services or Gillespie Gifford & Brown has any authority whatsoever to make or give representation or warranty in relation to this property nor is any such representation or warranty given whether by Wallets Rural Property Services, Gillespie Gifford & Brown or the vendor of this property. 4. The plans and particulars are believed to be correct, however, they are not guaranteed. Any error, omission or misstatement shall not entitle any party to compensation or give grounds for action at law. 5. Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good structural condition nor that any services, appliances, equipment or facilities are in good working order and no tests have been carried out on any services, fixtures or fittings which pass through, in, on, over, under or attached to the property (whether or not referred to in these particulars). 6. These particulars have been prepared in good faith and in accordance with the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 to give a fair overall view of the property. If any points are particularly relevant to your interest in the property please ask for further information/verification. Prospective purchasers should note, however, that descriptions of the property are subjective and are used in good faith as an opinion and not as a statement of fact. Please make further specific enquiries to ensure that our descriptions are likely to match your expectations of the property. Sales particulars prepared November 2017
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