SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor

Entrance Vestibule, Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Bedroom 5/Home Office/Playroom, Cloakroom with WC, Dining-Kitchen, Pantry, Utility Room, WC, Two Storerooms, Back Door

First Floor

Principal Bedroom, Bedroom 2 with Ensuite Shower Room, Bedrooms 3 & 4, Family Bathroom, Study, Landing Airing Cupboard,

Outside Space

Private Off-Road Paved Driveway, Parking for Six Vehicles, Single Garage with Loft Space & WC, Landscaped Front Garden with Lawn, Rockery, Floral Borders. Pedestrian Path & Gate, Wraparound Well-Stocked Gardens featuring Lawned Areas, Rose Garden, Mature Trees, Floral Beds & Summerhouse 

DESCRIPTION:

With an elevated position, the handsome sandstone property sits on a large, enclosed plot accessed by a private driveway. The versatile and spacious accommodation is as follows:

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall: The red pillar-box timber front door opens into an entrance vestibule and then to the grand reception hall. Light floods into the hall from twin 15-pane windows located midway up the original oak staircase.

Drawing Room: The elegant drawing room enjoys plenty of natural light and lovely front garden views from an attractive bay window. There is ample floor space for a variety of different furniture configurations and there is an impressive original fireplace with a wood mantel and tiled inset that houses an electric fire. On either side of the fireplace, there is a recessed display alcove with a low-level cupboard.

Dining Room: With high ceilings and generous proportions, this formal dining room has plenty of scope to create your ideal entertaining space. The room is packed with period features including ceiling cornicework, an attractive fireplace with wood mantelpiece and marble inset, two shelved Edinburgh press and the original service hatch that opened to the adjacent scullery. 

Kitchen-Dining Room: Positioned at the rear of the house with leafy views of the rear garden through two sash windows, the fitted kitchen is in need of modernisation but is of a good size and has space for a large breakfast table. There is an integrated double sink and an electric oven located in a recess that once housed the original kitchen range. There is lots of storage available in the lower and upper kitchen units, several storage cupboards and a walk-in larder room.

Pantry: Adjacent to the kitchen is a useful shelved pantry.

Utility: Located between the dining room and the pantry is the original scullery of the house which has a Belfast sink, base and upper storage units.

Storerooms: Set off the kitchen is an inner hall which leads to the back door of the house and is home to two storerooms and a WC.

Cloakroom: Accessed from the entrance hall is a cloakroom with a separate WC.

Family Room: Located off the hall is a family living room that could also be utilised as a home office, fifth bedroom or children’s playroom.

First Floor:

Staircase: The impressive original timber staircase connects the entrance hall with the spacious first-floor landing. 

Principal Bedroom: The generously proportioned bedroom benefits from a beautiful bay window that incorporates a window seat and offers attractive views across the front garden. There is a tiled Art Deco period fireplace, a shelved Edinburgh press and a pedestal wash basin in one corner of the room.

Bedroom 2: Sharing a similar design layout to the principal bedroom and enjoying front garden views through the bay window, this light-filled room features a tiled Art Deco fireplace and a shelved Edinburgh press.

Bedroom 3: With two windows overlooking the leafy foliage at the side of the house, this is another good-sized bedroom which benefits from an ensuite bathroom comprising of a shower cubicle, wash hand basin and a WC.

Bedroom 4: Bright and airy spacious bedroom that enjoys lovely dual aspect views over the rose garden and well-planted rear garden.

Family Bathroom: Large tiled bathroom comprising a bath with handheld shower appliance, pedestal wash hand basin and a WC.

Study: Versatile-use room with a window overlooking the rose garden.

Landing Airing Cupboard

Outside Space:

Externally the property is accessed by way off a long, paved driveway that leads to both a single garage, which has a loft level and WC, and the front door of the house. There is parking for up to six vehicles and there is a separate pedestrian path and gate to the road. The house sits on a sizeable, landscaped plot with wonderful well-stocked gardens with lawned areas, rockeries, a rose garden, mature trees and herbaceous borders that wraparound the house.

SITUATION:

Gordon Terrace is a lovely leafy residential street situated in the popular area of Newington in the south side of Edinburgh.

Newington boasts a wide range of, restaurants, cafes, shops and it is within walking distance of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre and the city’s historic Old Town. It is well served by excellent local amenities with comprehensive facilities including a Sainsbury’s supermarket. found at the nearby Cameron Toll Shopping Centre

The area offers plenty of sport, leisure and recreational activities in the locality such as The Royal Commonwealth Pool & Leisure Club, Craigmillar Park Tennis Club, Liberton, Prestonfield and Braid Hills golf clubs.

There are many leafy parks and walking trails nearby including Blackford Hill Nature Reserve, The Hermitage of Braid and Holyrood Park. Furthermore, there are hiking and cycling trails in the spectacular Pentland Hills Regional Park, just a short drive away.

The property lies within the catchment area for Liberton Primary School and Liberton High School with serval private schooling options nearby including George Heriot’s School, George Watson’s College and Merchiston College. It is also situated close to Edinburgh University’s King’s Buildings, The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the city’s BioTech Quarter.

Newington is well served by excellent public transport links with regular bus services to the city centre. Lying just over two miles south of the city centre, it is within easy reach of Edinburgh’s financial, business and shopping districts.

It is well placed for the City Bypass allowing easy access to Edinburgh International Airport and connections to all the main routes across Scotland with the M8 to Glasgow, the M90 motorway to the north and the A1 and A68 to East Lothian & The Borders respectively.

General Remarks & Information:

Fixtures and Fittings:

Only appliances specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale price. In all other aspects the treatment of fixtures and fittings within the relevant Conveyancing Standard Clauses apply. All window blinds in the property are included.

Services:

Gas heating, mains water, electricity, broadband, telephone (subject to telephone providers’ regulations).

Outgoings

Council Tax Band: H

EPC Rating: D

Postcode

EH16 5QR

Tenure

Freehold

Viewings

Viewing is strictly by appointment through Rettie & Co. 11 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 6DH. Tel: 0131 624 4182.

Offers

Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP’s. 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.

Internet Website

This property and other properties offered by Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP’s. can be viewed on our website at www.rettie.co.uk as well as Rightmove, Zoopla, On The Market and The London Office

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.

Misrepresentations 

1. The property is sold with all faults and defects, whether of condition or otherwise and neither the seller nor Rettie & Co. or Rettie LLP’s, 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 they have not entered into contract in reliance on the said statements, that they are satisfied themselves 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 misstatement 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, 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. All Rettie floorplans are drawn to RICS standard. 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 misstatement 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 & Co. & Rettie LLP’s 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.

Proof and source of Funds/Anti Money Laundering

Under the HMRC Anti Money Laundering legislation all offers to purchase a property on a cash basis or subject to mortgage require evidence of source of funds. This may include evidence of bank statements/funding source, mortgage or confirmation from a solicitor the purchaser has the funds to conclude the transaction.

All individuals involved in the transaction are required to produce proof of identity and proof of address. Rettie uses electronic verification, if this is not possible original documents are acceptable.

Particulars prepared May 2023 – First Issue.