BSPC Feature Property For Sale - The White Cottage, Hawick
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THE BSPC PROPERTY GUIDE / FEATURE PROPERTY Page 15 An impressive detached villa in Hawick that belies its origins - and its central location The White Cottage is a quintessential family home, a detached four bedroomed villa on Langlands Road in Hawick with lots of space inside and substantial garden grounds outside. But it wasn’t always like this. Hard as it is to believe, the original core of this property is actually a one-hundred -year-old cottage that was extended post -war to its present size. Location being everything, The White Cottage ticks all the boxes with a mature and completely private, almost park-like, setting that belies its central location. “The location was the main attraction when we bought the property twenty-eight years ago,” says present owner Ron Laidlaw. “Everything in the town is within walking distance, including the schools, while the house’s slightly elevated position has lovely open views. In addition, we also loved the garden and the privacy it affords.” Ron and his wife Cecily have added their mark in practical ways - renewing all the services, re-working an external store to provide a ground floor cloakroom, installing new windows and upgrading the level of insulation – but also aesthetically, as over time, Cecily has transformed the garden and made it an exceptional feature in its own right. Completing the ground floor layout is a rear vestibule, cloakroom, storage cupboards, and an attractive porch/sun room, the latter situated at the side of the house overlooking the front garden. A carpeted staircase in the entrance hall leads to the upper floor, where there are three good-sized double bedrooms (one currently used as a home office) all with built-in wardrobes, a side-facing single bedroom with an access hatch to the partly floored attic, attractive family bathroom with vanity-style basin and over-bath mains shower, and unusually, a further separate WC with a large rear -facing skylight. Internally, the accommodation is very impressive and lists solid wood parquet flooring in the hall and a Fyffe stone fireplace in the living room amongst its eye-catching features. The vestibule (usefully fitted with coat hooks and a built-in cupboard for coats etc) opens into an attractive hall, off which is a bright living room with windows to the front and side of the house. The sitting/dining room is another spacious, double fronted public room, while the L-shaped kitchen overlooks the rear garden and has an excellent array of fitted wall and base units with marble -effect work surfaces, plus a large shelved pantry and plenty of space for freestanding appliances. The White Cottage, Langlands Road, Hawick, TD9 7HL In Region of £265,000 Details on page 23 Outside, there is a single garage, brick outhouse, and more than enough parking space for several cars - but the main attraction has to be the garden, which is a delightful mix of mature trees, shrubs, feature hedges, lawns and crazy-paved paths and a lovely patio, the latter with a stone water feature. The White Cottage is conveniently close to shops, schools, sporting and leisure facilities and Hawick’s many unique attractions, such as Wilton Lodge Park – but also well placed for commuting via the A7 north to Edinburgh (60 miles) and south to Carlisle (42 miles) and the M6. Rail links are available at Berwick and Carlisle.
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An impressive detached villa in Hawick that belies its origins and its central location. The White Cottage is a quintessential family home, a detached four bedroomed villa with lots of space inside and substantial garden grounds outside. 4 Bedrooms and 2 Reception Rooms. In Region of £265,000
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THE BSPC PROPERTY GUIDE / FEATURE PROPERTY Page 15
An impressive detached villa in Hawick thatbelies its origins - and its central location
The White Cottage is a quintessential familyhome, a detached four bedroomed villaon Langlands Road in Hawick with lotsof space inside and substantial gardengrounds outside. But it wasn’t always likethis. Hard as it is to believe, the original coreof this property is actually a one-hundred-year-old cottage that was extended post-war to its present size.
Location being everything, The WhiteCottage ticks all the boxes with a matureand completely private, almost park-like,setting that belies its central location.
“The location was the main attraction whenwe bought the property twenty-eight yearsago,” says present owner Ron Laidlaw.
“Everything in the town is within walkingdistance, including the schools, while thehouse’s slightly elevated position has lovelyopen views. In addition, we also loved thegarden and the privacy it affords.”
Ron and his wife Cecily have added theirmark in practical ways - renewing all theservices, re-working an external store toprovide a ground floor cloakroom, installingnew windows and upgrading the level ofinsulation – but also aesthetically, as overtime, Cecily has transformed the gardenand made it an exceptional feature in itsown right.
Completing the ground floor layout isa rear vestibule, cloakroom, storagecupboards, and an attractive porch/sunroom, the latter situated at the side ofthe house overlooking the front garden.
A carpeted staircase in the entrance hallleads to the upper floor, where there arethree good-sized double bedrooms (onecurrently used as a home office) all withbuilt-in wardrobes, a side-facing singlebedroom with an access hatch to thepartly floored attic, attractive familybathroom with vanity-style basin andover-bath mains shower, and unusually,a further separate WC with a large rear-facing skylight.
Internally, the accommodation is veryimpressive and lists solid wood parquetflooring in the hall and a Fyffe stonefireplace in the living room amongstits eye-catching features.
The vestibule (usefully fitted with coathooks and a built-in cupboard for coatsetc) opens into an attractive hall, off whichis a bright living room with windows tothe front and side of the house.
The sitting/dining room is anotherspacious, double fronted public room,while the L-shaped kitchen overlooks therear garden and has an excellent arrayof fitted wall and base units with marble-effect work surfaces, plus a large shelved pantry and plenty of spacefor freestanding appliances. The White Cottage, Langlands
Road, Hawick, TD9 7HL
In Region of £265,000Details on page 23
Outside, there is a single garage, brickouthouse, and more than enough parkingspace for several cars - but the mainattraction has to be the garden, which isa delightful mix of mature trees, shrubs,feature hedges, lawns and crazy-pavedpaths and a lovely patio, the latter with astone water feature.
The White Cottage is conveniently closeto shops, schools, sporting and leisurefacilities and Hawick’s many uniqueattractions, such as Wilton Lodge Park –but also well placed for commuting via theA7 north to Edinburgh (60 miles) and southto Carlisle (42 miles) and the M6. Rail linksare available at Berwick and Carlisle.
