The Cottage and was originally a barn built of Scottish stone in approx 1810 and was part of Grennan Farm, which is still a working hill farm. As a result of it being a barn conversion the cottage is spacious and comfortably sleeps 4 in two roomy bedrooms. It sits on its own in a large fenced in garden surrounded by rolling hills, facing south to south west it either gets the sun all day or the Irish Weather at it rolls in. The cottage is ideally suited for absolute relaxation or for being really active, depending on what type of holiday you are looking for. The Cottage overlooks the Glenken Hills and the Dumfries and Galloway Forrest Park, it is only a mile from Loch Ken which has a sailing and water ski centre.
The Cottage has an open plan and comfortable sitting and dining room with ample of seating and dinning space for 4 people. There is a large multi fuel wrought iron stove, a wall mounted Sky TV, DVD player, and BT pay as you go phone.
The house is heated by storage heating and the log burning stove, we provide the logs and instructions for the novice fire lighters! All electricity bills are paid for, so there is no need for meter readings on your arrival and departure!
The Kitchen is fully equipped and has a electric double oven range cooker, with all other appliances provided (fridge freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer and microwave.) So is home from home and if you like cooking you should find all that you need.
Both bedrooms are large with plenty of storage. Bedroom 1 has a very comfey king size bed , with built in wardrobes and an attached dressing room / baby’s room with travel cot provided on request and Bedroom 2 has great views and can be set up with either twin beds or super king size ‘zippalock’ bed, perfect if you’re tall.
We provide the bed linen is provided but not towels.
There is one family bathroom with over bath shower with glass screen.
At the back door, which is behind the kitchen there is a coat hanging and boot storage area and toilet.
The cottage is strictly non- smoking.
The Gardens
The garden is fully fenced, to keep the dogs in and the sheep and cattle out! In the front garden there are two large ponds, a picnic table and lovely views. The back garden is accessed by a climb up a short steep banking and it has great views over the top of the house, and another set of garden furniture.
Your Pets and the Wildlife.
Dogs are welcome as long as they are house trained and at a charge of £15 per dog per week, any more than two dogs should be arranged through myself. Dogs are not allowed in the bedrooms out of consideration to our non-doggy guests.
Please make sure your dogs are kept under control and don’t harass the sheep or cattle.
There are BATS living in the attic which can be seen leaving the house at dusk - these are protected - so please respect them and leave well alone.
Just bring yourself, friends, food, drink, clothes and towels (we don’t provide towels in order to quicken up turn around but this may be reviewed)
The cottage is let on a weekly basis with the change over day being a Saturday. Guests can arrive from 1600hrs and are asked to depart at 1000hrs, which allows 6hrs for the cottage to prepare the cottage for the next guests.
The cottage is advertised on www.cottageguide.co.uk\grennancottage which contains the availability calendar and prices for weekly and 3 day short breaks. For further information please feel free to contact me on katycaie496@live.co.uk