Tornacraig House

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House |4 bedrooms |Sleeps 8

Ballater in Aberdeenshire

From £750 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Sunday

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, may take pets - please enquire

About the home

The functional but pretty house was developed from a small farm steading more than 20 years ago, it was set out to allow a large party of people share dining space and yet have privacy in the bedrooms.
The house is let from Sunday to Sunday for eight people.
Dogs are the only pets allowed, and when they are brought there will be a fee, and owners are advised that damage will not be tolerated, and dogs are not allowed into bedrooms or onto furniture.

Nearby places of interest and amenities include: Balmoral Castle, Braemar, Braemar Castle, Mar Lodge, Glenshee ski area, Ballater, Glen Muick Estate, Tomintoul, Lecht Ski area, Loch Kinord, Aboyne, Glen Tanar Estate, pony riding & trekking at Glen Tanar, Golf Courses at Braemar, Ballater, Aboyne and elsewhere. Woodland walks are specifically encouraged at Glen Tanar, Cambus O’May, Invercauld and elsewhere.
Salmon fishing can be arranged through local Estate offices and Land Agents.
Brown trout and Rainbow trout fishing and Coarse fishing can also be arranged in the same manner.

The house has it’s own website and photographs of the rooms can be seen, more advice on local points of interest and reserving the house is all available on the website, indeed only available on the website.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
This house is designed for eight people to enjoy country holidays in the Highlands of the Grampian Mountain range.
The house is in the Dee Valley between Ballater and Dinnet.
The house overlooks farmland to the east to the wide Dinnet Muir, or moor, which is a low lying area of birch and heather moorland surrounding Loch Kinord, a naturally land locked loch north and west of Dinnet.
The house was designed with holiday cottage facilities, originally for six guests now extended to sleep eight in four twin bedded rooms. There are three bathrooms with baths or showers, an enormous kitchen and dining room, sitting room and utility room.

The kitchen is well fitted and supplied with three fridges and there are two deep freezers, a large range cooker with propane gas hobs and electric ovens.
The heating is more than adequate.
The washing and bathing facilities are a mixture of bath only, shower over bath in the en suite, and a shower only, there are wc in each room.
The house is designed to be fairly child and dog proof, surfaces and floors are durable in preference to fancy.

Further details outdoors:
There is a gravelled area, protected from the wind where barbecues can be had, with large, tough picnic tables allow outdoor eating, this is proving extremely popular especially among the "Gourmande" holiday makers!

There is no twee garden as we cannot support one, and we prefer to think of the hundreds of thousands of acres of the Highlands, which begin at the doorstep, to be preferable to a maintained garden:
Go out and enjoy the countryside!

Further details

Our private website, has photographs, clear explanations and descriptions, terms and a contract which will be required to be signed and submitted, along with a fixed £400 deposit, please visit this website through the displayed link.

Conditions

Please refer to the private website for all terms.

Photos

 

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Tornacraig from the south west

 

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Tornacraig from the south

 

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From the house eastwards

 

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The kitchen , looking east.

The Aberdeenshire region

The Grampian Highlands are the lesser mountain range to the east of the Cairngorms, the true mountain massif forming the central high ground in northern Scotland.

The Cairngorms, in general, have been committed to the Cairngorm National Park, due to the species of plants found here and the broad diversity of plants of a mountain nature.
The Highlands have been struggling to self finance for many centuries, generally the land has been grouped into Estates for management and ownership purposes, where forestry, fishing, farming and shooting have brought revenue for the sustenance of the fabric of the properties.

Recently other forms of revenue have been forthcoming, in greater or lesser amounts, in the form of general tourism, sadly this has yet to reach lebvels of income to match the traditional revenue streams.

The Ballater area

Ballater and Aboyne are two Highland market towns and bridging points, situated on the River Dee to service the hinterlands of both towns. Dinnet is a crossroads and bridging point over the Dee.

In former times Aboyne and Ballater were serviced by a railway and bus terminals, cattle market, banking and shopping, bakeries and health centres, with retail outlets for tourists and locals alike.

Braemar, Aboyne and other towns in the area host Highland Games to challlenge locals and touring athletes, dancers and bagpipe players, they happen once a year in each venue and are advertised locally, nationally and on the internet.
Activities offered in the area are walks, riding, trekking, fishing, (salmon, brown and rainbow trout also coarse), shooting, stalking, distilleries, Balmoral Castle, skiing, historic Castles, gardens, etc.

How to get there

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The house has private access, on a stone track, off the B976, this is the road between Ballater and Dinnet, on the south side of the River Dee, it is about 4 miles to each settlement and their bridges.
From Glenshee and Braemar, continue into Ballater, cross the Dee and turn left. Continue for 4 miles until at a left hand bend a track can be seen rising up into the trees on the right, there is a sign post.
From Aberdeen and Aboyne, continue to Dinnet, turn south and cross the Dee, turn right and continue 4 miles until the second sharp right hand bend, when you will see the sign post and the track rising ahead of you.

Ascend the track and Tornacraig is the first house you come to on the left.

Note the Post Code AB34 9PA.

Activities near Ballater

Rental prices

Prices for group size 8
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Autumn 2011	17 Oct 11	19 Dec 11	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
Xmas & Hogmanay 2011	19 Dec 11	2 Jan 12	1200£ 1200	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring 2012	2 Jan 12	20 Feb 12	780£ 780	0-	0-	1 Week
Main Season 2012	20 Feb 12	1 Oct 12	920£ 920	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn 2012	1 Oct 12	16 Dec 12	780£ 780	0-	0-	1 Week
Xmas & Hogmany 2012	16 Dec 12	6 Jan 13	1200£ 1200	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

The website for this house, sets out the terms which are binding.

There is a fee for each dog of £25 per week.

There is a £100 returnable fee for damage or excessive cleaning.

Availability

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