Among the waterside properties currently on Strutt & Parker’s books is Findhorn House, an impressive B-listed property overlooking Findhorn Bay in Moray – in fact, any closer and it would be IN the bay.

Findhorn is a picturesque village with a harbour and yacht club on the bay side – and a long stretch of sandy beach round the corner on the Moray Firth coastline that offers miles of private bathing, pretty pine forests and plenty of sightings of marine wildlife.

The house, which dates in part from 1770 with later additions in 1870, offers scope as a family home with income potential – the main accommodation, spread over three levels, includes three reception rooms, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two shower rooms and two second floor attic rooms.

It has character and period features and occupies arguably the best site in what has long been my favourite village in Scotland, it’s my house of the week – for sale at offers over £498,000 with the Inverness office.