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The main living space is the dining kitchen with large floor to ceiling windows. A study opens up to the sitting room which has direct access onto the large balcony which runs the length of the house.

The house has one bedroom but the detached studio offers potential. It has an entrance porch, open plan room with wood burning stove and kitchenette, plus a shower room.

The house sits within grounds of half an acre of ancient oak woodland with wildflower clearings.

Loch Torridon and Diabaig Bay is rich with sea eagles, golden eagles, seals and pine martins and could be considired the perfect spot to get away from it all.

Diabaig is a remote community with no shops but a butcher’s van visits on a weekly basis and a mobile bank every second week. Where is it: 2, Kirkhill House, Kirkhill Court, Broxburn.

What is it: A unique terraced house dating from 1590, fully upgraded, and over three floors with a dining kitchen on the ground floor, a living room on the first floor and an en suite bedroom upstairs. An attic room could serve for storage or a small guest room. The spiral stair is located in the turret. Private south-facing garden.

Good points: Fully renovated, the house is fully of historic charm but is also a warm, comfortable, modern home.

Bad points: Chopping all that wood to feed the stoves on each level might be a chore, but it has central heating too.

Price: Offers over £240,000.

Contact: Warners on 0131 667 0232.