43 CRAIGLEA DRIVE, MORNINGSIDE, EDINBURGH EH10 5PB.

Offers Around £630,000

An impressive semi-detached dwellinghouse providing an attractive and spacious family home of generous proportions. Small garden area to the front, further garden area to the rear. Garage, with further parking on the drive in. Situated in an extremely sought after residential area, with easy access to some of the City’s best shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities. Conveniently close to the City by-pass. Ground floor: Hallway, Sittingroom, Diningroom, Livingroom, Kitchen with stairs to Study/Maid’s Room above,WC. First Floor:Master Bedroom and further substantial Double Bedroom and further Double Bedroom to the rear , Bathroom. Second Floor: Three Double Bedrooms. Gas Central Heating. Partial Double Glazing. Ample cupboards and storage.

Location
This desirable property is situated in the much sought afterMorningside district of the City. Craiglea Drive is a wide residential street and is situated conveniently close to Morningside Road with its extensive range of specialist shops, restaurants, bars, Banks, a Post Office and general shopping facilities includingWaitrose and Marks & Spencers superstores. There are excellent bus routes closeby into the City Centre as well as easy access to the City By-pass, with onward links to the east of the City and East Lothian, and to the west of the City, the airport and motorway networks. There are wonderful walks nearby on the Braids, Braidburn Valley Park, the Hermitage and further afield in the Pentland Country Park. It is a short stroll to Morningside Park. The Church Hill Theatre, Dominion Cinema and King’s Theatre are all close-by, as are several golf courses and the Hillend Ski Centre. The area is well served by a number of popular primary and secondary schools, both public and private, including South Morningside Primary, George Watson’s College and Boroughmuir High School.

Description

This spacious family home is very conveniently located in one of Edinburgh’s most sought after residential areas. A particular benefit of this property is the lock-up garage immediately to the east side of the house, with room to park a further car on the drive-in. To the rear there is a sunny garden area. 43 Craiglea Drive is an impressive six bedroom property, situated on three floors. The property retains many period features including fireplaces, stripped pine woodwork and cornices. A particular attraction of the property is the stripped pine staircase and balustrade, which leads up through the property from the hallway. The accommodation is as follows: On the ground floor, entrance porch, spacious hallway, elegant sitting room with bay window, fireplace, stripped pine shutters and woodwork, dining room also with bay window and fireplace, living room, kitchen with stairs up to study/bedroom, WC. On the first floor accessed off an attractive landing is the master bedroom with superb fireplace and bay window, second very spacious double bedroom to the front with imposing fireplace and a third bedroom to the rear, and bathroom. On the top floor are three further double bedrooms. The property has central heating and partial double glazing. From the kitchen there is a door out to the side leading round to the front, and also onto the rear garden. The property has provided the current owners with a wonderful family home and with their children now grown-up they are looking to downsize. The property could be further enhanced with some general refurbishment.

EXTRAS:
All fitted carpets and the carpet in the dining room, all curtains but excluding those in the sitting room and the wardrobe in the front double bedroom on the first floor. The corner cabinet in the dining room is excluded as is the sundial in the garden.

Viewing
By appointment, please telephone 0131 447 2572, or contact Urquharts Property, 16 Heriot Row, Edinburgh EH3 6HR – telephone 0131 556 2896 or email enquiries@urquharts.co.uk.