Croft C8646, Badcaul, Dundonnell, IV23

AN EXTRAORDINARY SETTING. AN EXCEPTIONAL VISION. WHERE HOME, LAND AND WATER COME TOGETHER

There are opportunities to buy a house. There are opportunities to buy land. And then there are opportunities to create somewhere that feels entirely your own.

Croft C8646 at Badcaul, overlooking Little Loch Broom, is one of those rare opportunities where the setting becomes part of the home. Set within an extraordinary Highland landscape, this 1.968 hectares (Approximately 4.86 acres) croft tenancy with common-grazing rights offers the chance to bring together a beautiful contemporary home, water access, renewable energy, holiday accommodation and an income-generating element, all within one remarkable setting. The vision was to create a home embedded in the landscape, making the most of the exceptional position and allowing the surroundings to become part of everyday life.

Full planning permission is already in place for a substantial contemporary three-bedroom house of approximately 280m², carefully designed around the setting and views. (24/02000/FUL). The intention is to create a home that feels connected to its surroundings, with the architecture, landscape and natural environment working together rather than competing with one another. The consent also includes two separate eco holiday-let cabins, creating the potential for a small-scale tourism business and an additional income stream. They have been conceived as an integral part of the wider vision, allowing the future owner to combine their home with a complementary business opportunity.

The two eco holiday-let cabins create the potential for a small-scale tourism business and an additional income stream.

The plans also include a kayak and storage shed together with a jetty and water access, creating the opportunity to make Little Loch Broom part of everyday life. The ability to combine a private home with direct access to the loch gives this opportunity a character that is difficult to replicate.

The proposed scheme incorporates wind and solar generation together with ground-source heating, with the intention of creating the potential for a high degree of independence in electricity, water and heating. Conventional utilities remain available for a future owner who prefers them, but the plans provide the opportunity to take a very different approach to how the property is powered and operated. This is about creating a home that is not only beautiful to live in, but has been conceived with its long-term environmental and financial sustainability in mind.

The croft itself has a distinctive natural identity. Two natural streams cross the site, converging towards the upper part of the croft and creating another fascinating element within the landscape. The wider landscaping vision includes the creation of a micro-forest of native downy birch, selected for its beauty, its suitability to the Highland environment and the way it would allow the development to settle naturally into its surroundings as the years pass. The landscape could become an increasingly important part of the experience, with the planting maturing alongside the home and cabins.

The underlying vision brings these elements together: a home capable of a high degree of independence in energy, water and heating, set within a landscape designed to develop naturally over time, with the two holiday cabins providing a complementary source of income. Together, they create the potential for a home that is both environmentally and financially sustainable over the long term.

Opportunities that combine home, land, water access, business potential and such a remarkable Highland setting are exceptionally difficult to recreate. Croft C8646 offers the chance to take that vision and make it yours.

Electricity Supply: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
Water Supply: Scottish Water
Sewerage: Scottish Water
Broadband / Mobile Coverage: Limited 3G, 4G and 5G.