Drumdow Farm occupies an elevated site in a fertile and highly productive area of Ayrshire. The property (a former dairy farm) is utilised as an exceptional stock rearing and arable farm benefitting from well-presented modern farmhouse, modern and traditional farm buildings (disused milk parlour and all dairy equipment all in situ), 3 bedroomed cottage and about 263 acres of agricultural land. The agricultural land is highly productive and is capable of growing a range of cereal and other forage crops. In addition to the productive land there are small areas of amenity woodland and a lochan on the property.

DRUMDOW FARMHOUSE
The farmhouse at Drumdow occupies a spectacular elevated site and offers. The house if of modern construction, is well maintained offering bright, spacious accommodation over a single floor.

DRUMDOW COTTAGE
The farm cottage sits away from the main farming operations and provides lovely open views across the rear. The cottage is arranged over a single floor and benefits from a kitchen, living room, bathroom, three bedrooms and a family bathroom. The cottage benefits from its own well-kept garden grounds.

THE FARM STEADING
The farm steading comprises of a range of both traditional & modern portal farm buildings, which have been utilised in the past for dairy production. The steading is well set up around a traditional courtyard and contains a former dairy with 20/20 Westfalia milking parlour with feeders and ACR’s, three cubicle sheds with slatted passages, three portal sheds containing bedded courts, former covered silage pit, two outdoor silage clamps, range of traditional barns and byres, slurry ring along with two portal livestock sheds with bedded courts and two traditional Dutch barns. The steading provides adequate overwintering for the present farming system and could easily revert to milk production if the purchaser was so minded.

THE LAND
The lands of Drumdow extend in total to about 271.74 acres (109.97 Ha), including the areas occupied by the farmhouse, cottage, steading, yards, access roads, lochan, woodland, etc. The holding lies in well-defined field enclosures, which are currently all down to grass for grazing or mowing with three fields sown out in spring barley. The land is classified as predominantly yield class 4 of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research (Land Capability Study), as produced by the James Hutton Institute. A program of reseeding has been undertaken in recent years with cereal break crops and with the exception of three areas adjacent to the lochan and to the eastern side of the railway the land lies within region 1, as defined by the SGRPID.

BASIC PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS
The whole of the agricultural land has been allocated payment regions 1 & 2 and we are advised that the vendors are active farmers (as currently defined under EU Regulation 1307/2013 and the Scottish Statutory Instrument 2014/58). We are further informed that the sellers completed an IACS/SAF submission 2023 (a copy of which can be made available for inspection from the sole selling agents during normal office hours). Drumdow benefits from region 1 entitlements with an illustrative unit values of €164.65 (Euros) with the exception of 6.55 hectares of region 2 with an illustrative value €36.16 (Euros). The property also benefits from the standard Greening rates. The sellers will use their best endeavours to complete the necessary documentation to transfer any and all established Basic Payment Entitlements. For the avoidance of doubt any such payments already applied for prior to the completion date, will be retained by the sellers, i.e. the 2023 Basic Payment and 2023 greening payment and LFASS. The purchaser upon occupation of the subjects of sale will be required and be responsible to comply with the statutory management requirements and good agricultural and environmental conditions, as laid down within the cross compliance documentation 2023, this obligation expires on 31st December 2023.