Sea View Garden Off-street parking No Chain

Shetland. Detached, large, 3 storey, old house on Shetland shore. Offers over £175,000.

Freehold, 0.94 acres/0.38 hectares, Mains water, Mains electricity, Almost crime-free area.

Melby House, Sandness, Shetland, ZE2 9PL, telephone (Hicks) 01595 870742, is the former Laird’s “Muckle Haa”, built perhaps in 1804 or 1750, and much modified internally in later years. Its roof was largely reclad in 2004. 5 bedrooms plus 2 additional rooms reached by ladder. 2 large reception rooms. Large kitchen. Bathroom. Shower/Utility room. 2 lavatories.

Melby House is separated from Melby beach (seals, otters) only by a single-track public road and its rock-armouring. Its large walled garden surrounds the house and includes a site with planning permission for a large agricultural shed/garage. Parking for 2 cars is at the front gate. There is an additional vehicular right of way.

Melby House has previously been used as a Guest House. It is on the ‘sunny’ Westside of Shetland’s main island, 30 miles from Lerwick, in the scattered village of Sandness, which has a primary school and village hall but no shop and no pub. The area is virtually crime-free. Shetland’s public services are excellent. There is a 40% air-discount scheme for residents. Direct flights to London in the summer. 30% discounts on the ferry for residents.

Re-wired, re-plumbed, listed building. Council tax band D, mains water, mains electricity, septic tank. Heating is by ‘Total Heat, Total Control’ electricity, by which tariff storage heaters recharge overnight and 2.00pm – 5.00 pm (afternoons), water is heated on the cheap rate 24 hours per day, and convectors can be used at the cheap rate 24 hours per day. In the large kitchen there is also an oil-fired room-heater. In the very large lounge there is a solid-fuel room heater for peat, wood or coal (in addition to 4 Dimplex storage heaters, 2 with convectors).

Ground Floor

Porch, 9ft 2 ins x 6ft 4 ins = 2.80 x 1.93 m
Kitchen, 18ft x 15ft = 5.46 x 4.57 m
Shower/Utility, 13ft x 6ft = 3.96 x 1.83 m, plus 6ft 4ins x 3ft 3.5ins = 1.93 x 1.0 m
Bedroom, 10ft 8.5 ins x 9ft 3.5 ins = 3.26 x 2.83 m
Bathroom, 9ft 3.5ins x 6ft 5 ins = 2.83 x 1.96 m
Bedroom, 14ft 4 ins x 11 ft 7.5 ins = 4.37 x 3.54 m
Sitting room, 15ft 6.5 ins x 14ft 4 ins = 4.74 x 4.37 m
Hall, 15ft x 3ft 7 ins = 4.57 x 1.10 m, plus 4ft x 3ft 9 ins = 1.22 x 1.14 m

Stairs, with cupboard under stairs

First Floor

Lounge, 32ft 9ins x 17ft 9ins = 10.0 x 5.41 m, plus large built-in cupboard (17ft 9ins long).
Bedroom, 15ft x 8ft 8.5ins = 4.57 x 2.65 m
Bedroom, 13ft 3ins x 7ft 4ins = 4.04 x 2.24m
Bedroom, 13ft 3ins x 7ft 3ins = 4.04 x 2.21 m
Upper hall, 15ft x 2ft 4 ins = 4.57 x 3.76 m minus stairs.

Second Floor

Storeroom, 15ft x 10ft = 4.57 x 3.05 m
Storeroom, 15ft x 8ft 8ins = 4.57 x 2.65 m
Landing, 15ft x 3ft 3.5ins = 4.57 x 1.0 m

For further details telephone (Hicks) 01595 870742.