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Ardinashaig, Scalpay HS4

Scotland

£95,000

Listed on 24/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
2
Type
Detached House
Area
1227 sqft

Description

This detached property in Scalpay is arranged with a kitchen/dining area, a lounge, a separate sitting room, two bedrooms, a shower room and a ground-floor WC. The front-facing rooms have patio doors, bringing in natural light and opening towards views over the village and harbour. The listing describes the accommodation as requiring full renovation and modernisation, giving a purchaser scope to rework and update the existing home.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: LOW

At £95,000, this detached Scalpay house offers a striking harbour and village outlook, with patio doors bringing light into the front-facing living spaces and outbuildings that could serve as storage or a workshop. It is a heavy renovation project: several interiors show worn floors, marked walls and unfinished details, while staining and peeling are visible at the kitchen/dining ceiling. The exterior finishes are weathered, and the uneven, partly overgrown outdoor area also offers scope to improve.

The asking price cannot yet be judged against local £/sq ft because the floor area is missing from the valuation data. The outlook and existing accommodation give the project character, but the extent of the work and limited location and value data leave this a low-opportunity proposition overall.

Key opportunities

  • Make the front-facing living spaces work around the harbour and village outlook, with patio doors already bringing in natural light.
  • Rework the worn interiors into a home tailored to the buyer, including modernising the kitchen/dining area and refreshing the shower room.
  • Improve the uneven, overgrown outdoor area and make practical use of the outbuildings for storage, a workshop or hobbies.

Key risks

  • Worn and unfinished interiors across several rooms, ceiling staining and peeling, weathered external finishes and rough outdoor ground make this a substantial full-interior programme rather than a cosmetic refresh; allow for time to investigate and address the visible issues.
  • Floor area is missing from the valuation data, so value against local £/sq ft cannot yet be assessed.

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Based on a loan of £71,250 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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