198 Dalry Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2ES

The property

This third/top-floor one-bedroom flat forms part of a traditional tenement in Dalry , enjoying easy access into the city centre and proximity to excellent transport links and boasting classically-proportioned interiors, retained period features, and a shared rear garden, and offers exciting opportunities for modernisation. Enjoying well-proportioned interiors, with retained period features and a communal rear garden, this traditional one-bedroom, third/top-floor flat offers fabulous scope, with modernisation and upgrading, to create a fabulous city home or a rental investment in an outstanding central location. Approached via a secure communal entrance and a stairwell to the third floor, the flat is accessed from a landing, flooded with natural light from a large roof lantern overhead. On opening the front door, you step into an entrance hall, which leads into the home’s living room, both accompanied by built-in storage. Enhanced by a lofty ceiling with elaborate cornicing detail, and framing delightful leafy views from tall, sash-and-case windows, the impressively-proportioned reception room features an original fireplace, flanked by a traditional Edinburgh Press. Next door a kitchen boasts a further fireplace and two press cupboards. Providing equally generous floorspace, the airy room offers potential for a contemporary, open-plan layout, including fitted cabinetry and appliances, and a space for seated dining. A double bedroom, with a fireplace and a traditional, wood-panelled window, offers plenty of space for freestanding furnishings. Finally, a bright, good-sized bathroom houses a bathtub, a pedestal sink, and a WC. Externally, the flat is accompanied by access to a communal rear garden, whilst controlled parking is available in the area with a residents’ permit (Zone S4). Extras: Included in the sale are all fitted floor coverings and light fittings. Dalry, Edinburgh Situated next to Haymarket Station and within walking distance of the city centre and Fountain Park, the popular residential area of Dalry attracts professionals, students and young families to this western part of Edinburgh. The area boasts a bustling main street lined with socialising hotspots, eateries, coffee houses, shops, supermarkets and services outlets. Dalry offers a wealth of leisure and recreational activities including one of Edinburgh’s Victorian swimming baths (now Dalry Swim Centre on Caledonian Crescent) and is just a short walk away from Fountain Park, which boasts a Cineworld cinema, a Nuffield Health gym, adventure golf, a trampoline park, a laser tag arena, a bowling alley, and a selection of bars and restaurants. The area also benefits from good state schooling at primary and secondary level, in addition to being ideally placed for some of the capital’s best independent schooling options. Just 30 minutes’ walk from Princes Street, Dalry also enjoys fantastic public transport links with regular bus routes all across the city. Nearby Haymarket Station provides excellent rail links throughout Scotland and beyond, and is also served by the new tram service running between York Place and Edinburgh Airport.