It is exactly a year ago when we moved into Allt-a-Bhruais. It was a very exiting day after a very stress full time.

We lived in a rented house until then and had to leave by the end of September. We had found another house to rent, but only a week before we had planned to move it was not available anymore. We started to look for other houses to rent, but there was nothing available locally what would fit our family. With the deadline looming we were desperate and very stressed. 

Then one day a friend told us that a lovely house just outside the village had come on the market. We made an appointment to look at it and we immediately fell in love with the house and gardens. The house had been build in 1937 and designed by the eminent Edinburgh architect Ian Gordon Lindsay.

I had never seen the house as it is hidden from the road, but Jan Jacob had spotted it years ago when he was out stalking the hills behind the house. He came home that day and spoke about this beautiful house he had seen and how wonderful it would be if we could live in it. We found out who lived there and were told it was not likely they would sell the house.

It was quite amazing how it came on the market at a time when we were desperate for a house. So we put in an offer with only a week to spare and moved in the following week ! Luckily the previous owners were very happy to sell the house to us and willing to help us to move in very quickly.

We feel it was meant to be for us, and feel very blessed to be able to live in such a wonderful house with a great history.