Dumfries and Galloway – The Waterhouse

Luxury accommodation by pond in secluded gardens.
Building on The Waterhouse was started in early 2006 and completed in May 2007. The building is of exceptionally high quality and has been built by ourselves, from our own design and using the skills of local craftsmen. It is nearly all homemade, down to the doors and windows.
It is surrounded by stunning, undulating countryside, nestled by a farm track with fields full of sheep and cows in summer months. It is only 3 miles from the coast and woodland and hill walks are minutes away, as are a number of lochs.
The Waterhouse has a DOUBLE BEDROOM with a chunky wooden bed and a glass door opening on to the deck. There is a second, small bedroom with built in, comfortable, wide BUNK BEDS for children or agile adults.
The bathroom between bedrooms has a solar heated shower (with mains back up), WC washbasin and heated towel rail. Water is from a well, automatically pumped and filtered.
The well-appointed kitchen, with gas hob and oven, is part of the open-plan living space, which has wrap around South facing windows overlooking the pond. This has a dining table for 4, a leather sofa and chairs. It has a built in good quality CD & RADIO system. A 21 inch flat wide screen DVD player is available on request free of charge Large oak framed glass double doors open onto a large sundeck for exclusive use by Waterhouse guests. All furniture is high quality, UK crafted and wooden, like the house. The interior has a high open spacious roof with large areas of windows giving a light airy feeling throughout the year. Heating is from a wood pellet biomass stove in the living room, which is like a wood burning stove, but with the push button convenience of an electric stove. Small space heaters are fitted in the bedrooms and movable electric heaters provide backup.
The deck has tables, chairs and sunloungers where you can eat, relax and sunbathe This has steps leading onto a pond side sundeck with a heated outside hot tub that can be used anytime of year, even New Years day. We find this wonderful in winter months and we think The Waterhouse makes a perfect winter-short break as well as for Summer holidays, particularly from nearby cities like Glasgow or Edinburgh.