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Development opportunity at Craigbea, Ballinluig, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, PH9

Scotland

£595,000

Listed on 27/08/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
2
Type
Detached

Features

  • Garage
  • Garden

Description

Craigbea comprises a traditional farmhouse and a group of 19th-century steading buildings in a rural setting between Dunkeld and Pitlochry. Detailed plans have been approved under reference 25/00713/FLL to convert the steading into a five-bedroom home, retaining and re-roofing the stone buildings and adding a single-storey extension. The proposed design includes a large kitchen and dining area, living room, study, snug, utility and boot rooms, five bedrooms, bathrooms and a games room. The plans describe timber cladding, extensive glazing, insulation and renewable technologies. The farmhouse is a separate, currently unoccupied two-bedroom property with two reception rooms, a kitchen, bathroom and porch on the ground floor, plus a box room upstairs. It offers scope for renovation and sympathetic extension. The property extends to approximately 4.8 acres and includes a detached garage with space for two vehicles, storage and a workshop. A landscape plan for the steading site includes a courtyard, native planting and a productive garden. The property is accessed by a single-track farm road and is around a mile from the A9 at Ballinluig. Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Aberfeldy are within approximately 13 miles, with Perth around 24 miles away. The sale includes a servitude right of access for one new dwelling at the steading alongside the farmhouse, with access maintenance shared according to use. Some design and boundary elements of the approved scheme are defined, and buyers should check the planning documents and sale conditions.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

37out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: LOW

Craigbea’s standout opportunity is the approved conversion of its traditional stone steading into a five-bedroom home, alongside a separate farmhouse on around 4.8 acres. The farmhouse is plainly finished, with a worn, basic kitchen and dated but usable living spaces, while the steading remains unconverted; together they offer scope to shape a substantial rural project, with the stone buildings and detached garage adding character and practical potential.

The score is E (37/100), reflecting limited evidence on value and project economics rather than a verdict that the asking price is too high: floor area is missing, so value against local £/sqf cannot yet be judged. The steading conversion is a major build programme, and the farmhouse and overgrown yard add further work to plan for.

Key opportunities

  • Convert the stone steading under the stated detailed approval, retaining its agricultural character while creating the proposed five-bedroom home.
  • Modernise the farmhouse’s plainly finished interiors, including the basic, worn kitchen, and make use of it alongside the steading project.
  • Shape the rural grounds and overgrown enclosed yard, with the listing’s landscape strategy and space for a productive garden; the detached garage offers storage or workshop potential.

Key risks

  • The unconverted steading, farmhouse improvements and grounds make this a substantial, multi-part programme; allow for a full construction project rather than a cosmetic refresh.
  • Floor area is missing, so value versus local £/sqf cannot yet be assessed.

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Development opportunity at Craigbea, Ballinluig, Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, PH9
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Pitlochry Rail Station

    3.9 miles

    Train · Pitlochry

  • Dunkeld & Birnam Rail Station

    8.1 miles

    Train · Dunkeld

  • Blair Atholl Rail Station

    10.0 miles

    Train · Blair Atholl

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Current average variable rate is 6.58%

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£2,431
Based on a loan of £446,250 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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