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High Acres, Upper Pitmaduthy, Invergordon, Highland

Scotland

£125,000

Listed on 16/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
2
Type
Cottage
Area
1001 sqft

Features

  • Garden

Description

High Acres is a traditional one-and-a-half-storey croft house in a rural setting at Upper Pitmaduthy, with views towards the sea and access to the A9 nearby. The house is offered as a substantial restoration project. Its accommodation includes a kitchen, separate dining room and living room on the ground floor, with two bedrooms, a box room and a family bathroom upstairs. The property is sold as one unit with approximately 14.25 acres of croft land and outbuildings. The house and garden are to be decrofted, while the remaining land is subject to crofting legislation. The sellers have applied to register the croft and to have the relevant area shown as decrofted. No subsidies, grants or payments apply. Buyers should establish the status of these applications and the obligations attached to the croft before proceeding. The rural position is less than a minute from the A9, with access to Invergordon, Tain and Inverness. The existing house layout and traditional character provide a starting point for a comprehensive renovation, with the scope and feasibility of any changes requiring investigation.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

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50out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

High Acres offers a distinctive rural project: a traditional croft house with a multi-room layout, sea views and 14.25 acres, plus outbuildings. The £125,000 asking price is around 25% below the local average per square foot, making it an attractive price to acquire the property. The interior is in very poor condition, with deteriorated finishes across several rooms, a notably tired kitchen and bathroom, and an open, damaged ceiling area upstairs; the overgrown grounds and rusted outbuilding roof sheets add to the work. The slate roof’s condition cannot be verified from the images.

This is a full-scale restoration rather than a cosmetic update, with the £55,000–£95,000 renovation range reflecting the breadth of the visible work. Even using the midpoint, the £200,000 purchase-plus-renovation total is stretched against the roughly £166,900 local average benchmark for this floor area. That comparison is not a post-renovation value forecast, so the cheap entry price does not by itself resolve the project’s economics.

Key opportunities

  • Restore the traditional two-storey croft house and reshape its existing multi-room layout into a home tailored to the buyer.
  • Acquire 14.25 acres of croft land alongside the house, with scope for rural, horticultural or smallholding use subject to applicable requirements.
  • Bring the overgrown grounds and outbuildings back into practical use as part of a wider rural property project.

Key risks

  • The £55,000–£95,000 works range and extensive deterioration, including an open damaged ceiling area, make this a full restoration programme with meaningful budget and schedule exposure, not a cosmetic refresh.
  • At the £75,000 renovation midpoint, purchase plus works totals £200,000, above the roughly £166,900 local average benchmark for this floor area; this is a comparison with current local averages, not a post-works value estimate.
  • The cause and repair scope of the upstairs ceiling damage need investigation; the main roof’s condition is not verifiable from the images, and outbuilding roof sheets show extensive rust.

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