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The layout of the house is redolent of its age. Nick says: “It is divided into two, front house and back house, with a back staircase running from the basement to the attic bedrooms, up five levels to the butlers’ and maids’ bedrooms. The front is designed to be elegant.”

The garden of eight acres is low maintenance with the gardener taking just a couple of hours to tend it.

There are also four cottages, each subject to their own refurbishment almost akin to building four new properties at the bottom of the drive.

Nick says: “We have been a bit busy with the day jobs to let them on a holiday basis but they have been let long term.”

For them, Glenluiart is a home and not a business, although the income from the cottages could be substantial if a new owner wished to go down that route.

Neil has now fallen in love with another “ignored house” which they are hoping to improve although Nick has ruled out another project as large as this.

He says: “It is a big lovely house and deserves a family. What they will get is a beautiful, unique period home that has been upgraded for the modern world.” Glenluiart, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire

Fully refurbished arts and crafts detached house dating from 1900.

Nine bedrooms, five public rooms, modern kitchen.

Four refurbished cottages, with up to four bedrooms each.

Eight acres of grounds including a walled garden and a tennis court.