Time to bring period property bang up- to- date
The well- heeled in the old days must have been a lazy lot.
That a four- bed semi needed a servants bell system at all was questionable.
Even if they had a servant, a shout to serve dinner would have sufficed.
Number 28 Beresford Terrace is an astonishing find in the heart of Ayr’s ‘ top of the town.’
The period features include a “fully operational antique servants call box.”
But what of the fireplaces? A true delight of a past era with stunning examples in three of the rooms.
That they are currently twinned with the ugly gas fires of the 1970s is easily remedied.
This stone home is one of a mirrored pair that sit back from the road.
Sadly the house on the other side has to suffer being next to the concrete monstrosity of the old insurance building, which will hopefully come down one day.
Stonefield Estate Agents strolled from their office a moment away to begin marketing of number 28.
Get rid of the gas fires, rip out the garish carpets and get in a new bathroom and kitchen and you have the perfect recipe to blend in with the old features.
Indeed Stonefield say: “Although this charming property would benefit from some modernisation, it does provide the new owners the potential to create a beautiful family home to their own taste and specification.”
A long lawned garden means the house sits back from the main road and out back there is a driveway and car port to the lane beyond.
At the moment the main room at the front is used as a bedroom but could easily be swapped.
The rear is where the 16ft plus lounge is, where the grandest of fireplaces is, reaching to top of door height in dark wood with a mirror inlay.
There is a dining room which feeds into the kitchen and onwards to the door to the garden. Beyond that leads to an outdoor accessed utility room and shed space. Completing the ground floor is a small W. C.
An ornate stair leads to three double bedrooms and the family bathroom.