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Can anyone explain this layout...

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MariaAngustias · 08/02/2021 14:30

Just come across this property whilst stalking rightmove - it is lovely and in a wonderful area but can't make out the front of the property - there seems to be a bridge to the front door which is on the second floor.... very curious. Floor plans don't help. Anyone any idea?
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/99752075#/

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MrDarcysMa · 08/02/2021 19:00

Yes the main entrance opens onto the upstairs hallway.
But there's also a back entrance downstairs which is likely used as the main door.

soundofsilence1 · 08/02/2021 19:14

I grew up in a house with a similar layout that was on a hill with the entrance at first floor level. There were no specific issues other than the windows at the front that were below ground level were a bit dark/view was looking out at a wall.

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MariaAngustias · 08/02/2021 19:47

@Myshinynewname well thanks for that LOL never realised a Brae was a hill - should I know that or do you know that because you are Scottish :)

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Myshinynewname · 08/02/2021 20:25

@MariaAngustias not Scottish but I lived there for a while and loved it. Seemed to have brought home quite a few new words!

SwearyMaclary · 08/02/2021 20:27

Lovely area and I like the quirky layout.

Looks dark though...presumably not helped by the fact that the downstairs front looks straight out onto the side of a hill. Also the back garden is really narrow where it backs up against the houses on the side.

Handsnotwands · 09/02/2021 08:03

If that cylinder set up is one of those space saving tables with chairs tucked in the ceiling must be incredibly low

That aside I love it

Isolatedizzy · 09/02/2021 20:49

I love it! And that garden! 😍

JaninaDuszejko · 09/02/2021 21:46

Gorgeous house, I might have just had a little weep about how cheap it is!

Two bedroomed houses round here are about half the price so I thought it was expensive! Jedburgh is lovely though.

Crapbuttrue · 09/02/2021 21:52

I don't think the first floor entrance is original. I think the front garden sloped steeply downwards and they have levelled it off and created a "causeway" to what was the middle window on the first floor.

justanotherneighinparadise · 09/02/2021 21:54

You enter through an upstairs window 🤭

It’s certainly original!

Funf · 11/02/2021 08:45

Was it ever a water mill?
I have seen this lay out twice before one was a Flint mill the other was a Flour mill in Cornwall, or I could be totally wrong.

Thewiseoneincognito · 11/02/2021 10:50

For that price it’s a steal!

callmeadoctor · 11/02/2021 11:06

Lovely, can't work out the garden though.

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