Home of the Day – The ‘Morayston’, ZeroC
The WhatHouse? team reports on our favourite new build home for sale right now – today, it’s the ‘Morayston’, a four-bedroom home at developer ZeroC’s Tornagrain, a growing new town just eight miles from Inverness.
The ‘Morayston’ on Plot 19.6 is one of the larger homes for sale right now at Tornagrain and is also ZeroC’s Home of the Month. This double-fronted four-bedroom detached property combines period design features such as sash windows and high ceilings with a thoroughly modern specification and interior layout. It’s a spacious home, providing 1,689 sq ft of living space.
Through the vestibule to the main hallway and off to one side is a triple-aspect living room with wood burning stove and a set of French doors out to the secure rear garden. On the other side of the hallway is the kitchen/dining room which also has windows at the front, side and rear, bringing in an abundance of natural light. Off this room is a cloakroom/utility room and another great feature, a glazed garden room.
Upstairs, off the landing is the family bathroom and four bedrooms. Bedrooms one and two are both doubles, with the largest having built in wardrobes and an en suite shower room. Bedrooms three and four are single rooms that could equally be used as play/hobby room, dressing room or home office. This home also comes with a double garage and is priced at £370,000.
With May being #NationalWalkingMonth and daylight hours increasing, ZeroC is keen to remind house-hunters how much the area offers those who yearn for an active outdoor life. Tornagrain is a perfect place for hikers, dog walkers and cyclists, with many forest walks on the doorstep, and all the benefits of the Cairngorms just half-an-hour away.
Nearby there is the famous Culledon Woodland and Battlefield Trail, which offers the chance to see a variety of wildlife and provides an enjoyable day out for the whole family. The trail is bursting with history as it combines a visit to the Culloden Battlefield – where the Jacobite Rising met its end – and the prehistoric Clava Cairns.
There are also many woodland paths and walks with hidden castles close by, including Cawdor Castle, made famous as the setting of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Tornagrain is also near to the beautiful white sands of Nairn beach, where you can walk for miles and enjoy magnificent sunsets throughout the year and even more magical glimpses of the Northern Lights in the dark skies over the Firth during winter.
On a practical level, Tornagrain is just off the A96 and a few miles from the A9, and public transport connects residents to surrounding towns as well as Inverness city centre with regular buses to Inverness, Nairn and even Aberdeen. Inverness’s Dalcross International Airport is also easily accessible and is due to start scheduling holiday flights in coming years.
Prices at Tornagrain currently range from £205,000 to £390,000, with some available with a Shared Equity scheme. Find out more from ZeroC.
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