A TIN-ROOFED bothy with no indoor toilet and no running water has gone on the market for £125,000.
The price tag for Bourblach Cottage, a 300-year-old property that overlooks the spectacular Silver Sands of Morar in the north-west Highlands of Scotland, has been attributed to the beauty of its surroundings.
The location regularly makes lists of the UK’s best beaches and featured in hit movies including Local Hero.
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Property for sale is scarce in the area hence the steep price for a home with one bedroom, a combined living room and kitchen – and a bucket in the garden shed for a toilet. The road to the bothy runs out 70 yards away and the nearest parking is 130 yards from the house.
The same money would currently buy a three-bedroomed detached house four hours’ drive south in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
But Fiona MacFarlane, estate agent at McPhee & Partners, said she had received four notes of interest in the first week.
She said: “It’s a lovely wee traditional cottage. For the last 20 years or so the current owner has used it as a bolthole or retreat around twice a year.
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“It will need a lot of work to turn it into a dwelling again, so we’ve been careful to word it so as people realise it’s not a holiday home.
“It will be up to potential buyers to bring in builders and value the work that will need to be done, but it could become a great little cottage for someone.”
The cottage is situated near the banks of the River Morar on the outskirts of Morar, widely regarded as one of the most scenic villages in the Western Highlands.
The Silver Sands are visible about 500 yards away and the port of Mallaig is nearby, from which ferries cross the sea to Skye.
Morar has featured in popular films such as Highlander and the 1995 blockbuster Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson, where one of Rob Roy’s home was in the village.
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English composer Sir Arnold Bax enjoyed travelling to the area during the 1930s and he worked on his Third Symphony during his visits to the Station Hotel in the village.
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