Scottish Real Estate

With Scotland all over the development lately, my thoughts naturally check out exactly what fun it could be your can purchase a Scottish castle. (As yours do, too, I’m yes.) A really auld one, ideally.

certain, we’ve got properties that pass for castles in the U.S. — similar to this $45 million one only marketed by Coldwell Banker in Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, called Chrismark Castle. But it ended up being built in 2003. It simply doesn’t have that shivery, “People walked right here hundreds of years ago, and there might be ghosts” experiencing to it. (Unless they’re the spirits of whoever must put the tiles on those turrets.)

Somewhat sign if you should be tempted to buy this Connecticut place: I’ll bet it doesn’t incorporate the furniture, therefore be ready to bargain independently for the Egyptian sarcophagus, or whatever else you have your heart set on. Truly the only things that sellers generally keep behind in property are “fixtures, ” described in Nolo’s FAQ, “If I buy a residence, will the vendor keep behind things like the curtains while the fridge?”

At the same time, miraculously, folks actually sell genuine castles in Scotland. Or at least very, very, very large houses. Savills always has some good offerings, as does Knight Frank.

There’s just one problem. Well, okay, there’s the amount of money issue, but there’s an additional problem: final we heard, united states Yankees can’t get any residency liberties in U.K. by buying residential property. (so when of recent vote, Scotland is definitely nevertheless the main U.K.) See yourself, regarding the “Visas and Immigration” page for the U.K. government website.