IN THE AREA

■ Average house price £144,138 for the Scottish Borders.

■ Transport Lindean is four and a half miles from Tweedbank railway station, which has regular trains to Edinburgh. The nearby A7 leads to the Capital, 42 miles away and south to Carlisle, 54 miles distant.

■ Amenities Selkirk, two miles away, has shops, a bank and restaurants, plus rugby and cricket clubs, a swimming pool and nine-hole golf course.

■ Wider Area Fishing on Ettrick Water and the River Tweed, fieldsports, horse riding, lawn bowling, mountain biking and walks are all on the doorstep. The Borders General Hospital is six miles away.