Keeper’s Cabin
Extra Insulation Before “Normal” Fuel Bills
Went From £800 to £3,000 per annum
One of the reasons Unique Property Bulletin and its sister companies are selling several major assets is to solve the fuel price crisis (summary: here).
It was a combination of good luck and a little eco-engineering ahead of timme as it has been clear for decades there may be an existential crisis with fossil fuel consumption. Our new chaity building the proof-of-concept community owned wind turbine to bring KWh prices to 9p rather that 33p to 48p is exciting us.
o we tested whether “one room” can be renovated in the middle of Covid19. To see whether the electrician + plumber + joiner + building-materials supply chain worked. One room of 6 inside this UPS27 Keeper’s Cabin building…
^ Keeper’s Cabin, Already Owned By UPS27 At Noss Head Lighthouse Station ^
To Join: Click Here. To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Project manager Steve Williams and the Wick team did very well. In fact, he completed TWO rooms under-budget and within the required test-timespan! It helps that Caithness and Sutherland are amongst the lowest Covid-plagued spaces in the UK (here). Building supply merchants are open and all the trades are turning up to work quite safely and happily. The low Covid contagion in the north is one of the reasons folk are flocking to the Highlands & Islands to buy secure property. To safely telecommute from a remote sanctuary far away from Covid-cities and lockdown-towns.
We have uploaded the photos of this “just one room” pre-share-issue financial safety experiment so you can judge whether you reckon it is prudent or not to join UPS27…
The Old Bedsit Bothy. One Part of UPS27.
This update features the “before”, “during” and “after” photos of this one room.
Keeper’s Cabin Building
Just one room: UPS27 “Before”, “During” and “After”
Plot spoiler! Russ and the team are now happy that we WILL get UPS27 completed inside the 6-to-11 month project timespan. We are officially 4 weeks into the process so it is actually has a shortened 5-10 month range now. There are 6 rooms in Keeper’s Cabin plus 4 in the other buildings and a new pier, new off road parking + road overhaul (UPS27 share of private road pot hole maintenance is 10%). Also some landscaping needs to be completed. Especially as UPS27 owns over 7 acres on this site.
EXTRA PROFIT NEWS: Irene Robinson’s planning permission approval at the Engine House makes it very worthwhile to at least ask via a pre-planning application to Highland Council on whether the Walled Garden building could be extended and made into a FULL residential dwelling.
That would add an extra £60,000 TO £100,000 to the UPS27 net asset value (Irene’s plans for her Engine House were PASSED and can be studied: here). UPS27 members will be asked to VOTE on this additional planning permission initiative once all of the share certificates have been sent out and we know the proper ownership structure of UPS27: Noss Head Lighthouse Station Ltd.
To Join UPS27: Click Here. To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Keeper’s Cabin progress: The old detritus and bunk-beds cleared to the rubbish tip…
Originally a single bedroom for cooking, sleeping ~ everything.
It was damp, cold and draughty.
Next photo is crucial: a new doorway plus lintel for building regs., was installed between rooms “4” and “6” on the plans illustrated at the foot of this page. This immediately doubled the size of the old bothy floor area. That was reflected in the HM Land Registry conveyance when the neighbouring Principal Keeper’s House was sold off and the coal bunker + store + corridor were retained for this Old Bothy building as it transforms from a damp bedsit into a proper 1 bedroom house with lounge + kitchen + dining area + separate shower + new wc suite + full insulation + new double glazing + roof overhaul etc.
We know that this increase in floor area is very important and adds great value, because that very situation arose at our UPS3 Strathy Point Lighthouse syndicate of 1999 (here).
The crucial doorway between the old bothy and the extra floorspace was completed a few weeks ago. It still takes a bit of getting used to when wandering around the property…
One Door Trebles The Value of This Property
How do we know this?
23 year of buying and selling lighthouse stations
This relatively simple door between the new sole-purpose Keeper’s Cabin bedroom and especially a brand new addition of a living room has transformed the dynamic of this building (marked “KC Lounge” on the top plan drawings reproduced below). At first it felt a bit strange to be able to walk easily between the two spaces…
^^^ The Old PLK Store ~ Now “KC Lounge” ^^^
This old store was an utter waste of space in a magnificent and beautiful location. This could have been turned into valuable real estate decades ago. If folk need to store clutter, rent a storage unit in town with no view. The Keeper’s Cabin will make the eventual buyer of this house a very nice home or a particularly useful rental income. Next door at Principal Keeper’s House (here), that beautifully located sister building has been booked solid in Dr and Mrs Makins first year as a holiday letting property.
Evolution of Just One Room
US27: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER
Here in simple photographs is what Steve Williams and the small team of tradesmen and women have managed at this one room. There are six rooms in Keeper’s Cabin. Please remember that the kitchen and reception hallway in this building have now been fully renovated as well such is the rate of progress under the safe hands of Steve Williams. He did star in the UPS24 renovation of the other lighthouse buildings in the earlier 4 building Noss Lighthouse Station project, so understands exactly what we need him to do…
High Specification Insulation + Vent + DPC (Damp Proof Course)
Here is the Old Bothy bedroom being transformed and renovated. Compare it to the earlier photo near the top of this page as a frame of reference.
First Fix: Electrical & Plumbing Installed. Then Plasterboarded
Plastered & Painted
Getting To Resale Phase For This Building: The New Walls + Windows + Ceilings
Make this house feel dryer, warmer and more economical to heat.
Some Spare IKEA Furniture Has Been Located Free of Charge.
This next photo is the room “dressed” for resale ~ but we still require 4 of the 6 rooms in this building plus the Telecommuter building renovated. Keeper’s Cabin will be completed once the new, fully functional w.c., is installed. Plus a decent, separate en-suite to this bedroom. No more having to climb over a toilet seat to get to a claustrophobic shower.
Carpets + Ikea Furniture & Bed
Dressed for photography and resale phase.
NOT yet totally completed.
Also the rest of this building still needs renovating!
To Join: Click Here. To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Please note around 66% of this building still requires completion and then we need to renovate the Lighthouse Telecommuter Building, plus complete several tail-end jobs. UPS27 has a decent set of properties and land + loch. This type of property is ideal for the readers of Unique Property Bulletin (here).
Just One Room
In The Tardis!
This modest test of “just one room” helps prove that UPS27 is as safe as we can make it for reaching completion and exit-route during Covid.
What was a bit of a surprise is some lateral thought. This work renovating enough rooms fully until the house is completed is relatively easy. What is a surprise is that when we added up all the rooms in the current fleet of unique property syndicates during November 2020, there are a staggering..
103 rooms and
£1,423,668 worth of buildings.
None too shabby for an obscure website.
Interestingly we also counted at least 33 new jobs as a result of UPS projects nearing completion. A very helpful by-product of what UPS does and at a time when jobs will be needed more now than at any time in the past 100 years. More on this in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for the regular UPS News each Sunday evening at 9pm.
Our onsite project manager and chief builder, Steve Williams calls this the “Tardis Building” because it magically doubled in size inside!
Just One Room
Actually More Likely 10 Rooms At UPS27
+ Second Detached Building + Walled Garden + Pier + Loch + Boat
+ 7 Acres + Car parking + Private Road + Security Gates + Cliffs + Stack.
The Walled Garden Building
As of 22nd November 2020 and the Engine House planning permission that has been granted (here), UPS-HQ are considering a vote amongst the new UPS27 members to apply for planning consent to turn the walled garden building into a detached home. That would add around £100,000 to the UPS27 syndicate.
The Loch Is Included Plus The Pier & A Boat
Also it should be noted that Steve Williams is powering forward with progress at Keeper’s Cabin renovation. The kitchen is completely rewired, and replumbed. The units are suited to the style of this property. For members who have visited Noss Head Lighthouse Station, this used to be the old coal bunker. Then it became Russ McLean’s site office. Now it is a fully functional kitchen…
Hot water supplied by efficient, instantaneous under-sink systems…
So that is 2 of the 6 rooms completed during the Covid pandemic and during an actual lockdown whilst we are in second phase. We have strict Covid site safety rules: here. Even so, progress at UPS27 is on-time and on-budget.
This UPS27 Keeper’s Cabin kitchen was originally a coal bunker…
Then Russ’ Office…
Keeper’s Cabin: A Coal Bunker With An Eventful History
Also helps prove that it is possible to renovate remote buildings during a global pandemic.
Just One Room
Actually More Likely 10 Rooms At UPS27
+ Second Detached Building + Walled Garden + Pier + Loch + Boat
+ 7 Acres + Car parking + Private Road + Security Gates + Cliffs + Stack.
he New Door Is Lintelled & Fully Functional.
Thereby doubling the size of this house.
All detritus has been or is being removed.
The RWA45 insulation plus plasterboard + first fix wiring is being installed…
The Main Bedroom’s “Before” + “During” + “After” Phases.
These photographs help prospective buers assess whether this property would suit them, either as a home away from coviddy-towns or alternatively as an investment property to rent out to holidaymakers. It is worth noting that the Principal Keeper’s Cottage next door has been booked solid since Dr and Mrs Makin finished their renovation. Well booked right up until Covid19 hit in March 2019. Although it was about 8 weeks later in Scotland and fortunately in the far north is not such a profound problem as the population density makes it difficult for the virus to spread. In other words residents of the far north have plenty of space to live and explore. The summers are warm and sunny. There is 2 hours more daylight in the summer here than in London. Conversely, it may be an idea to own a chateau in France to spend four months of the winter. Thereby achieving our long sought after goal of TWO SUMMERS & NO WINTERS.
What Do You Reckon To The Transformation?
This room will take a double bed. One is on order.
The spare television we located to try on this bedroom wall is too big. It will be changed.
The cupboard on the left houses a new washing machine.
The cupboard on the right has a built-in wardrobe.
After a request from Dr Makin, we have donated the to the local Caithness General Hospital in Wick. This television was too big for the room. A slightly smaller flat screen TV is in one of the works vans waiting for a full load to head north.
Please remember this is just ONE room. There are several more on this site, plus other jobs too. But UPS-HQ are confident that even if there is a second lockdown, we can move each and every project forwards.
Fourteen shareholders/owners from UPS24 were able to visit the big house on this site. One couple flew all the way across from Australia to stay here during the glorious north-coast summers.
To Join: Click Here. To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Keeper’s Cabin Building.
Just one room: UPS27 “Before”, “During” and “After”
Russ and the team are happy we can get UPS27 completed inside the 6-to-11 month range. We are officially 4 weeks into the process so it is actually a 5-10 month range. Two buildings plus new pier, new off road parking + landscaping etc.
A Lot Left Over
UPS27 Has Been Established So UPS24 Members Do Not Miss Out
Also for those who missed out joining UPS24
to join a proper lighthouse syndicate: UPS27.
This Page Is To See If It Is Safe
The purpose is to decide whether it is prudent to go ahead
with the UPS27 share issue at this time.
REDUCING THE RISKS: UPS-HQ had been very cautious about accepting funds and issuing shares in UPS27: Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel.
Why?
Because Covid19 had been interrupting the supply-chain of building-materials and also the availability and reliability of contractors. Particularly problematic has been the Covid19 restrictions on the Arran ferry and unreliability of the poor old boat which is well overdue for replacement (here). This has been affecting UPS25 (Sannox Hotel) to an uncomfortable degree.
But what about the mainland project in the far north at Noss Head Lighthouse Station?
To reduce the risk and worry, UPS-HQ specifically renovated “JUST ONE ROOM” at UPS27 buildings the normal amount of weeks it should take (were ther NO Covid19). The room in this photograph is ruinous, damp, cold and draughty with decrepitude.
Fortunately, the test renovation of that single room was a success. It has been transformed to a fully insulated + double glazed and rebuilt bedroom. In spite of Covid.
In fact the reason for doing this is to see if Covid would cause a delay at UPS27 in the far north. That test-run was answered. Our worries were extinguished and put to bed. In this case, literally as there is now a brand new bedroom in the Keeper’s Cabin at Noss Head Lighthouse Station. The Angels’ Share will be powering on with the renovation of the rest of this building and the Telecommuter Office building + the Pier on the Loch, plus new parking spaces and ancillary landscaping.
You are cordially invited to join UPS27: click here.
This means it is safe to issue the shares certificates in UPS27 as Steve and the team at the far north property have proven they can get all the work we need at Noss Head lighthouse Station completed on-time and on-budget.
Much happiness at UPS-HQ because of the work put in by our northern team members.
There are six rooms in Keeper’s Cabin. We can now show our 383 UPS members this “test” room. It illustrates in the clearest possible way ~ photographically – that our UPS builder team in the far north can work through Covid (safely and legally).
This page shows the photographs of what happened.
We hope and trust fellow members of UPS will see that when there is determination and ability, much can be achieved…
To Join UPS27: Click Here.
To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Bothy Enlarged To Keeper’s Cabin
The Plans
The Keeper’s Cabin started out as a small, bedsit bothy. Here is the plan drawing of the area it used to have and to show how the floor area was doubled, the second drawing is included for comparison. This building (and the other building + 6 acres + loch and other parts) WAS owned by UPS24. All this property is NOW owned by UPS27…
The Old Bothy: Left Hand Side. DUPS24 Doubled Its Size. How?
The Old Bothy used to be half the size as per original plan drawing reproduced above.
The “Old Bothy” was a squalid, damp bedsit. UPS24 formally changed the HM Land Registry title. It ADDED the north segment of the “Back Corridor” + “Coal Cellar” + “PLK Utility Room” and moved this into the ownership of the property now known as: Keeper’s Cabin. At a stroke, this DOUBLED the floor area of the new property, plan shown below, left-hand-side of the building red-line. To the right, Principal Keeper’s Cabin was sold to Dr & Mrs Makin in 2017 for £99,500 at a…
For Principal Keeper’s House resale to the right of the red-line sold in 2017 for a…
Gross Profit of 41.2%.
Net Profit of 30%
UPS-HQ cannot guarantee to repeat the UPS24 30% net profit, nor the PLK 41.2% net profit. But we will make best efforts to ensure UPS27 is an interesting and profitable unique property syndicate.
Click here for the full details of UPS24 PLK resale during 2017.
The Principal Lighthouse Keeper’s dwelling (PLK) has ample room and there is minimal noticeable difference in the loss of a corridor, coal bunker and old store. The new format Keeper’s Cabin has more than trebled the valuation of the Old Bothy due to all the extra amenity taking it into a higher value bracket. Further added value has been enabled by full and proper renovation into a modernised, well-insulated, dry, warm much larger one bedroom house…
Keeper’s Cabin ~ The First At least Two Buildings + Land + Loch etc.
At Noss Head Lighthouse Station Site ~ Owned By UPS27.
UPS27 Is Owned By Our Shareholders (Click Here and here).
New layout currently being renovated…
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- 1]. Entrance Hallway.
- 2]. Formerly The Kitchenette.
- 3]. The Old Coal Cellar. Then UPS-HQ Site Office. Now A Proper Kitchen.
- 4]. Main Lounge.
- 5]. Separate Shower
- 6]. Keeper’s Cabin Bedroom (formerly the Old Bothy Bedsit).
- 7]. Separate WC and Sink Unit.
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UPS-HQ have seen this problem of a very small occasional keeper’s cottage/bothy at other lighthouse stations. The value is invariably low. Doubling the footprint maximised syndicate income and value at resale.
Noss Head Lighthouse Station. Showing The Peninsula & Distant UPS27 Boundary Wall
Photo Taken From The Lighthouse Tower
UPS27 Owns 2 Buildings + 6 Acres + A Loch + Walled Garden + A Private Road
+ A Sea Stack + Three Small Island.
Classic UPS Purchase/Renovation/Resale.
Best not hang around. If you would like to join Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel (UPS27), please text your “NAME” + “UPS27” and the “£AMOUNT” you would like to reserve…
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MURMURATION
This Noss Head Lighthouse Station:
UPS27
Just One Room!
Russ and the team wanted to make sure it is safe to issue shares in UPS27 during Covid and lockdowns and not get everyone “stuck”
So we tested whether just one room can be renovated in the middle of Covid to see whether the electrician + plumber + joiner + building-materials supply chain worked.
Project manager Steve Williams did very well. It helps that the Highlands are the lowest Covid plagued space in the UK. That is one of the reasons folk are flocking here to buy remote property and telecommute from a remote sanctuary to Covid-cities: virtually. We have uploaded the photos of just one room so you can judge whether you reckon it is safe or not to join UPS27…
The Old Bedsit Bothy
This update features the “before”, “during” and “after” photos of this one room.
Keeper’s Cabin Building.
Just one room: UPS27 “Before”, “During” and “After”
Russ and the team are happy we can get UPS27 completed inside the 6-to-11 month range. We are officially 4 weeks into the process so it is actually a 5-10 month range. Two buildings plus new pier, new off road parking + landscaping etc.
To Join: Click Here. To read the main UPS27 page: Click Here
Keeper’s Cabin progress: The old detritus and bunk-beds cleared to the rubbish tip…
Originally a single bedroom for cooking, sleeping ~ everything.
It was damp, cold and draughty.
Next photo is crucial: a new doorway plus lintel for building regs., was installed between rooms “4” and “6” on the plans illustrated below. This immediately doubled the size of the old bothy floor area. That was reflected in the HM Land Registry conveyance when the neighbouring Principal Keeper’s House was sold off and the coal bunker + store + corridor were retained for this Old Bothy building as it transforms from a damp bedsit into a proper 1 bedroom house with lounge + kitchen + dining area + separate shower + new wc suite + full insulation + new double glazing + roof overhaul etc.
We know that this increase in floor area is very important and adds great value, because that very situation arose at our UPS3 Strathy Point Lighthouse syndicate of 1999 (here).
The crucial doorway between the old bothy and the extra floorspace was completed a few weeks ago. It still takes a bit of getting used to when wandering around the property…
One Door Trebles The Value of This Property
How do we know this?
23 year of buying and selling lighthouse stations
This relatively simple door between the new sole-purpose Keeper’s Cabin bedroom and especially a brand new addition of a living room has transformed the dynamic of this building (marked “KC Lounge” on the top plan drawings reproduced below). At first it felt a bit strange to be able to walk easily between the two spaces…
^^^ The Old PLK Store ~ Now “KC Lounge” ^^^
This old store was an utter waste of space in a magnificent and beautiful location. This could have been turned into valuable real estate decades ago. If folk need to store clutter, rent a storage unit in town with no view. The Keeper’s Cabin will make the eventual buyer of this house a very nice home or a particularly useful rental income. Next door at Principal Keeper’s House (here), that beautifully located sister building has been booked solid in Dr and Mrs Makins first year as a holiday letting property.
Evolution of Just One Room
US27: BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER
Here in simple photographs is what Steve Williams and the small team of tradesmen and women have managed at this one room. There are six rooms in Keeper’s Cabin. Please remember that the kitchen and reception hallway in this building have now been fully renovated as well such is the rate of progress under the safe hands of Steve Williams. He did star in the UPS24 renovation of the other lighthouse buildings in the earlier 4 building Noss Lighthouse Station project, so understands exactly what we need him to do…
High Specification Insulation + Vent + DPC (Damp Proof Course)
Here is the Old Bothy bedroom being transformed and renovated. Compare it to the earlier photo near the top of this page as a frame of reference.
First Fix: Electrical & Plumbing Installed. Then Plasterboarded
Plastered & Painted
Getting To Resale Phase For This Building: The New Walls + Windows + Ceilings
Make this house feel dryer, warmer and more economical to heat.
Some Spare IKEA Furniture Has Been Located Free of Charge.
This next photo is the room “dressed” for resale ~ but we still require 4 of the 6 rooms in this building plus the Telecommuter building renovated. Keeper’s Cabin will be completed once the new, fully functional w.c., is installed. Plus a decent, separate en-suite to this bedroom. No more having to climb over a toilet seat to get to a claustrophobic shower.
Carpets + Ikea Furniture & Bed
Dressed for photography and resale phase.
NOT yet totally completed.
Also the rest of this building still needs renovating!
Please note around 66% of this building still requires completion and then we need to renovate the Lighthouse Telecommuter Building, plus complete several tail-end jobs. UPS27 has a decent set of properties and land + loch. This type of property is ideal for the readers of Unique Property Bulletin (here).
As for this bedroom, here are some additional photographs for your edification…
Just One Room
This modest test of “just one room” helps prove that UPS27 is as safe as we can make it for reaching completion and exit-route during Covid.
What was a bit of a surprise is some lateral thought. This work renovating enough rooms fully until the house is completed is relatively easy. What is a surprise is that when we added up all the rooms in the current fleet of unique property syndicates during November 2020, there are a staggering..
103 rooms and
£1,423,668 worth of buildings.
None too shabby for an obscure website.
Interestingly we also counted at least 33 new jobs as a result of UPS projects nearing completion. A very helpful by-product of what UPS does and at a time when jobs will be needed more now than at any time in the past 100 years. More on this in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for the regular UPS News each Sunday evening at 9pm.
Our onsite project manager and chief builder, Steve Williams calls this the “Tardis Building” because it magically doubled in size inside!
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This Is The Old Bothy Bedroom.
The New Door Is Lintelled & Fully Functional.
Thereby doubling the size of this house.
All detritus has been or is being removed.
The RWA45 insulation plus plasterboard + first fix wiring is being installed…
The Main Bedroom’s “Before” + “During” + “After” Phases.
These photographs help prospective buers assess whether this property would suit them, either as a home away from coviddy-towns or alternatively as an investment property to rent out to holidaymakers. It is worth noting that the Principal Keeper’s Cottage next door has been booked solid since Dr and Mrs Makin finished their renovation. Well booked right up until Covid19 hit in March 2019. Although it was about 8 weeks later in Scotland and fortunately in the far north is not such a profound problem as the population density makes it difficult for the virus to spread. In other words residents of the far north have plenty of space to live and explore. The summers are warm and sunny. There is 2 hours more daylight in the summer here than in London. Conversely, iyt may be an idea to own a cateau in France to spend four months of the winter. Thereby achieving our long sought after goal of TWO SUMMERS & NO WINTERS.
What Do You Reckon To The Transformation?
This room will take a double bed. One is on order.
The spare television we located to try on this bedroom wall is too big. It will be changed.
The cupboard on the left houses a new washing machine.
The cupboard on the right has a built-in wardrobe.
After a request from Dr Makin, we have donated the to the local Caithness General Hospital in Wick. This television was too big for the room. A slightly smaller flat screen TV is in one of the works vans waiting for a full load to head north.
Please remember this is just ONE room. There are several more on this site, plus other jobs too. But UPS-HQ are confident that even if there is a second lockdown, we can move each and every project forwards.
Fourteen shareholders/owners from UPS24 were able to visit the big house on this site. One couple flew all the way across from Australia to stay here during the glorious north-coast summers.
JUST ONE ROOM: COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID19
The Keeper’s Cabin Kitchen has been completed too…
So just four more rooms to go in this building.
Then the Telecommuter Building renovation…
PHOTO
with some other jobs + parking driveway + landscaping and then
UPS27 Resale Time.
The purpose is to decide whether it is prudent to go ahead
with the UPS27 share issue at this time.
REDUCING THE RISKS: UPS-HQ had been very cautious about accepting funds and issuing shares in UPS27: Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel.
Why?
Because Covid19 had been interrupting the supply-chain of building-materials and also the availability and reliability of contractors. Particularly problematic has been the Covid19 restrictions on the Arran ferry and unreliability of the poor old boat which is well overdue for replacement (here). This has been affecting UPS25 (Sannox Hotel) to an uncomfortable degree.
But what about the mainland project in the far north at Noss Head Lighthouse Station?
To reduce the risk and worry, UPS-HQ specifically renovated “JUST ONE ROOM” at UPS27 buildings the normal amount of weeks it should take (were ther NO Covid19). The room in this photograph is ruinous, damp, cold and draughty with decrepitude.
Fortunately, the test renovation of that single room was a success. It has been transformed to a fully insulated + double glazed and rebuilt bedroom. In spite of Covid.
In fact the reason for doing this is to see if Covid would cause a delay at UPS27 in the far north. That test-run was answered. Our worries were extinguished and put to bed. In this case, literally as there is now a brand new bedroom in the Keeper’s Cabin at Noss Head Lighthouse Station. The Angels’ Share will be powering on with the renovation of the rest of this building and the Telecommuter Office building + the Pier on the Loch, plus new parking spaces and ancillary landscaping.
You are cordially invited to join UPS27: click here.
This means it is safe to issue the shares certificates in UPS27 as Steve and the team at the far north property have proven they can get all the work we need at Noss Head lighthouse Station completed on-time and on-budget.
Much happiness at UPS-HQ because of the work put in by our northern team members.
There are six rooms in Keeper’s Cabin. We can now show our 383 UPS members this “test” room. It illustrates in the clearest possible way ~ photographically – that our UPS builder team in the far north can work through Covid (safely and legally).
This page shows the photographs of what happened.
We hope and trust fellow members of UPS will see that when there is determination and ability, much can be achieved…
The new UPS27 does not have quite as much accommodation in the number of rooms, but it wil be a delight to see UPS27 members enjoy themselves at Noss Head Lighthouse Station and surrounding areas if they can come and visit before resale. Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel (click here).
Views From Keeper’s Cabin
Unusually, there are views from three elevations: to the north, south and west of Keeper’s Cabin. As these are much sought after, here is a sample of what Keeper’s Cabin has to offer the new owner…
From Keeper’s Cabin Looking West Across The Private Loch
Towards Sinclair Castle, With Sinclair Bay To The Right.
From Keeper’s Cabin Bedroom Window You Can See The Tower House Telecommuter Building.
Once Keeper’s Cabin is completed, renovation work will be progressed on that building.
Beyond Telecommuter House is the Walled Garden and then the North Sea.
Then looking North from Keeper’s Cabin we have the sun setting. Well it doesn’t quite set in June each year as these buildings are significantly close to the Arctic Circle.. So much so that the Sun just “dips” in the north below the horizon fr a couple of hours. Then it is a glorious sunrise and a nice, long daylight day starting again…
Sunset At 11pm in Summer. Followed By Sunrise A Few Hours Later.
UPS24 used to own the small Bedsit Bothy. The Angels’ Share “bridged” the finance so all the UPS24 members could exit. This then gave Dr and Mrs Makin time and grace to sort out their own refinancing. Unfortunately, things dragged on, then Covid struck and the Makins own B&B business next door suffered.
Sadly the Makins are not now able to progress their interest in the UPS27 assets. Meanwhile, UPS27 are not prepared to wait any longer.
Especially as a multi-million pound investment is set to create hundreds of jobs next door in the at Noss Farm field and beach to the south of our lighthouse station (here).
There is considerable opportunity to locate high quality tenants (and sell UPS27 assets as investment property) or simply locate buyers for UPS27 assets from the hundreds of workers staying locally to work on the major National Grid infrastructure.
Hence the new mini-syndicate of UPS27 to complete the two buildings and final landscaping at the property the Angels’ Share still owns at the lighthouse station.
As indicated earlier, it would be manifestly unfair not to invite the members of UPS24 and other UPS participants to join UPS27.
Russ and the team at UPS27 and UPS-HQ have tested all five sites during Covid19 and the lockdowns. It is a little more difficult to get work completed, but with effort and persistence, remarkable results are possible. The Noss Head Lighthouse Station tail-end-properties are now formally owned by UPS27: Noss Head Lighthouse Station Ltd.
Former shareholders of UPS24 and new members from the 383 general syndicate membership are welcome to join UPS27 whilst space lasts. We recommend members study this project before sending any funds.
The Keeper’s Cabin started out as a small, bedsit bothy. Here is the plan drawing of the area it used to have and to show how the floor area was doubled, the second drawing is included for comparison. This building (and the other building + 6 acres + loch and other parts) WAS owned by UPS24. All this property is NOW owned by UPS27…
The Old Bothy: Left Hand Side. DUPS24 Doubled Its Size. How?
The Old Bothy used to be half the size as per original plan drawing reproduced above.
The “Old Bothy” was a squalid, damp bedsit. UPS24 formally changed the HM Land Registry title. It ADDED the north segment of the “Back Corridor” + “Coal Cellar” + “PLK Utility Room” and moved this into the ownership of the property now known as: Keeper’s Cabin. At a stroke, this DOUBLED the floor area of the new property, plan shown below, left-hand-side of the building red-line. To the right, Principal Keeper’s Cabin was sold to Dr & Mrs Makin in 2017 for £99,500 at a…
For Principal Keeper’s House resale to the right of the red-line sold in 2017 for a…
Gross Profit of 41.2%.
Net Profit of 30%
UPS-HQ cannot guarantee to repeat the UPS24 30% net profit, nor the PLK 41.2% net profit. But we will make best efforts to ensure UPS27 is an interesting and profitable unique property syndicate.
Click here for the full details of UPS24 PLK resale during 2017.
The Principal Lighthouse Keeper’s dwelling (PLK) has ample room and there is minimal noticeable difference in the loss of a corridor, coal bunker and old store. The new format Keeper’s Cabin has more than trebled the valuation of the Old Bothy due to all the extra amenity taking it into a higher value bracket. Further added value has been enabled by full and proper renovation into a modernised, well-insulated, dry, warm much larger one bedroom house…
Keeper’s Cabin ~ The First At least Two Buildings + Land + Loch etc.
At Noss Head Lighthouse Station Site ~ Owned By UPS27.
UPS27 Is Owned By Our Shareholders (Click Here and here).
New layout currently being renovated…
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- 1]. Entrance Hallway.
- 2]. Formerly The Kitchenette.
- 3]. The Old Coal Cellar. Then UPS-HQ Site Office. Now A Proper Kitchen.
- 4]. Main Lounge.
- 5]. Separate Shower
- 6]. Keeper’s Cabin Bedroom (formerly the Old Bothy Bedsit).
- 7]. Separate WC and Sink Unit.
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UPS-HQ have seen this problem of a very small occasional keeper’s cottage/bothy at other lighthouse stations. The value is invariably low. Doubling the footprint maximised syndicate income and value at resale.
The new focus on projects is an appetite for those…
That run for 6 to 9 month life-cycle and then exit-route and pay day within a one year timeline (including the usual 4 week legal conveyancing purchase/resale cycle).
can be completed and will NOT be slowed down by Covood19 NOR the rules surrounding lockdown. We have Covid safety rules (here) but also are deploying the exemptions that mean we can continue the renovation work with as near zero risk as humanly possible.
This week’s completion of Keeper’s Cabin new bedroom (please remember, this used to be an old, cramped bedsit property, half the size of what we currently have . By doubling the floorplan area and renovating this diminutive lighthouse property and the separate detached Tower Office + Walled Garden we intend to make UPS27 a success. The demand for remote properties far away from coviddy-cities has QUADRUPLED as per enquiries to Unique Property Bulletin.
Next, we focus on the evolution of just one room at Keeper’s Cabin (UPS27). This was the 2-room Old Bothy and now is the bedroom in a 6 room house. But this is much more than that.
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UPS27
It is now safe to join because Covid is not as problematic
for building work as was previously anticipated.
INTRODUCTION: It is a remarkable thing to drive the long, straight road up to Noss Head Lighthouse Station for the first time. In fact the enthusiasm, anticipation and excitement never quite wears off. The private driveway belongs to UPS27. This means the current owners (UPS27 including new members joining this week), or the eventual owner who buys the place off of UPS27 will have some wonderful walks and places to explore. There is a lot of property owned by this syndicate (here).
The Driveway is a 1/2 mile round trip to take the bins out.
The van above is doing just that ~ towing a wheelie bin!
PERSPECTIVE: We positioned the lighthouse mailbox at the main gate due to the long distance of land owned by this syndicate. The mailbox has actually become a “thing”, a tourist mini-attraction. Folk have put their photos of this lighthouse letterbox onto the internet. For example: here and here.
There is around 1.2 miles of private road owned by UPS27.
Maintenance cost for the private road are split 50% ~ 50% with the Northern Lighthouse Board paying half. Then 1/5 shares of the remaining 50% between each house. That equates to around £90 a year lighthouse road maintenance fund.
Spare bits: DurignUPS24 all 14 members who managed to visit the lighthouse station looked like they wouldn’t mind if we got “stuck” with this palce. But with USP24 everything in that syndicate did sell and each member made a 30% net profit The leftover parts were sufficiently modest that the Angels’ Share happily bridged the finances. Just to be fair, when Dr and Mrs Makin indicated Covid had messed their plans and they wouldn’t buy this amazing selection box of lighthouse buildings, here we are sharing the opportunity to join in another lighthouse aventure. Though please note, we cannot guarantee that UPS27 will have the same 30% net profit as the earler UPS24.net
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Normally we would end this page at this point. However, as this share issue commencement with effect from mid-November 2020 is now going ahead, UPS-HQ are putting ALL the material it has to hand onto this page so that those UPS members who wish to delve deeper into this project can read on…
Safety Delay + Resolution of Work During Covid
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Share Issue Starting 15th November 2020
IMPORTANT: The UPS27 share issue for “Noss Head Lighthouse: The Sequel” had been delayed until UPS-HQ were CERTAIN that it is possible for us renovate this project during the Covid pandemic and Lockdown~1 without delays/building material shortages. So we started modest renovations (with funds underwritten from the Angels’ Share). This was to see how progress went during Covid. Each project has gone forward “on-budget” and “on-time” which is much better than we had hoped for. Even if/when Lockdown~2 occurs in the far north, UPS-HQ are now confident that UPS21 + UPS22 + UPS23 + UPS25 and UPS27 WILL proceed to EXIT-ROUTE and RESALE payday securely and in a decent timeframe, in spite of the pandemic. So the private share issue for UPS27 is now available for members to join. Best wishes, Russ.
Lighthouse Life & Resale Attributes
The whole lighthouse station is a place of sanctuary and a thousand awesome views. Tescos have a large superstore in the reasonably nearby town of Wick (here) and they do home-deliver to the lighthouse (here); so it is entirely possible to live very happily on the lighthouse side of the main gate and not feel any longing to leave the place.
Russ McLean can attest to this as in the summer of 2018 he spent 9 days happily scampering around the site and then realised he had not been through that main gate to the outside world in well over a week. Plenty of work, rest and play inside the gated lighthouse estate.
This is long before the world was hit with Covid19. Now the fact that there are places in the country and indeed on the planet where it is possible to live and feel no stress nor strain from Covid has profound ramifications.
To the casual observer, it may not seem there is much here. But with 36 acres, of which 6 acres + loch + walled garden + all the cliffs + the rock stack and a secret beach and many different daily walks if that is your thing, this place is special.
Personal reflections from Russ on the lighthouse site take on a new impact given that Covid19 has plagued so many people on the planet. To revisit earlier comments from the UPS24 times…
-> When it became apparent we had a mini-syndicate of UPS27 part of me had forgotten how awesome the Noss Head Lighthouse location is.
-> We shall complete the last bits of renovation work. We will make best efforts to resell. But in a corner of my heart will be a hope we get “stuck” with this one.
-> It is highly unlikely we would get stuck as we already have offers in from readers of our sister website: www.lighthousesforsale.co.uk
If you do join UPS27, you will be welcome to come and stay at Keeper’s Cabin (subject to occupancy demand levels and especially dependant upon government Covid restrictions).
When you come up, there is secret rock bench cut into the cliff to the north I would recommend. Well worth a visit to go and see the puffins and whales. Maybe spend a couple of hours on the beach. It is a splendidly isolated sanctuary. Whilst the tower is always awesome, no matter where you are on the lighthouse station site…
Noss Head Lighthouse Tower
Sometimes the sheer beauty of this place makes you catch your breath and stop. The summers have two hours more daylight than London due to proximity to the Arctic Circle of Noss Head. But imagine owning this loch? It is a delight to sit here of an evening with a cup of coffee or glass of wine. Several times a year there is an amazing murmuration of starlings.
The first time I ever saw this, was gifted the sight, was at Noss Head whilst sitting with a cup of tea by the loch. Seriously, there are somethings that really do stop you in your tracks. Strangely, a lot of these awesome events have been up at the lighthouse station. I didn’t have a video camera that evening, but here is what you may well have as a treat by the loch…
The display I was lucky enough to see lasted 45 minutes until the sun was ready to set. It can capture your attention totally and completely. Well in as much as can happen when the lighthouse loch is a picturesque sight too…
The Loch & Pier Are Owned By UPS27
The summers at the far north are unlike the rainy west coast. The air is windy but dry. Russ has caught sunstroke up here twice. The place is a well kept secret, or at least it was until the North Coast 500 tourist trail opened up.
Conversely the winters can be a tad dramatic and dark. But sometimes you get lucky. Here is the same loch: the one currently owned by UPS27. The green lights are a display from the Aurora Borealis.
Okay everyone, let’s get into this. The embargo on issuing shares and gathering in share funds has been lifted with effect from 15th November 2020. There are already 11 people on the UPS27 reservation list, so it will be a busy week. Russ apologises to those members who have had to wait for a few weeks whilst we tested the capability of working during Covid19.
On reflection it was the right thing to do. This Covid19 pandemic has knocked everyone and it can be a challenge to know what is possible and what isn’t during the various lockdowns.
Better to “test” a couple of room renovations (as illustrated on this page) to see if we can be confident the renovations here (and on the island of Arran at UPS21 + UPS23 + UPS25) can go ahead smoothly to the exit-route and pay-day + profits, than us start a mini-syndicate that gets “stuck”.
After reviewing the progress illustrated below, the UPS-HQ team are comforted that UPS27 will be completed in the 6 to 9 month timeframe.
Plus the main email list is finally getting transformed from a paper version to the much needed online system. You will be getting updates and alerts again!
This next photograph pretty much shows what UPS27 owns. Well a large part, less what we sold off during the UPS24 tenure. Just looking at the audacious purchase/title-split/resale from the HM Land Registry figures…
Turning a £200,000 purchase into £580,000 gross resales is no mean feat. HM Land Registry, official details: Click Here.
So please deduct the Tower House + Principal Keeper’s Cottage and that old Grade A listed barn (listing nightmare) and the rest belongs to UPS27.
The big question is whether you would like to own a slice of UPS27 and thereby have the honour of putting “lighthouse station owner” quite legitimately on your property CV.
Please enjoy the mangled English essay that constitutes the rest of this page by Russ McLean. Any questions, please email or text (here). This picture is from the top of the tower…
Noss Head Lighthouse Station. Showing The Peninsula & Distant UPS27 Boundary Wall
Photo Taken From The Lighthouse Tower
UPS27 Owns 2 Buildings + 6 Acres + A Loch + Walled Garden + A Private Road
+ A Sea Stack + Three Small Island.
Classic UPS Purchase/Renovation/Resale.
UPS-HQ are highly focussed on completion within 6 to 9 months or sooner.
Curing The Covid Concerns
In Short…
Because Sannox Hotel has over-run on the time taken to reach resale and exit route, Russ is very keen that all team members know the importance to make sure we don’t repeat the UPS25 Sannox mistakes. Albeit things such as global pandemics are mercifully rare. It is very rare for a syndicate to get “STUCK” and we work hard to avoid that. However, because of the COVID LOCKDOWNS, there has been a reticence to accept funds until we know it is safe to proceed.
By testing a couple of room renovations at UPS27 in Keeper’s Cabin first, progress is looking BETTER than we dared HOPE. Our contractors AND the building materials came through during lockdown and in spite of Covid19. Photographs of “Before”, “During” and “After” in the main section of this page.
You can judge whether the renovation work and doubling the size of the first property: Keeper’s Cabin has been successful so far? Whether the damp and coldness and draughty windows have been cured? Crucially whether the speed at which Steve Williams and the team working at UPS27 are moving quick enough to hit the 6 to 9 month target?
If you are happy with the photographs and progress illustrated and narrated on this page, the direct links to UPS27 membership forms can be studied…
Click Here: UPS27 Membership Forms
Only The First 2-Page Form Needs To Be Completed.
This will trigger the registration and issue of share certificates and your ownership of part of the Noss Head Lighthouse buildings, land and loch as described on this page.
If you have ALREADY sent in your 2-page Master Detail Signature Form (here), Russ is now working his way through these. Fortunately “old faithful” has been returned from the computer repair shop with a brand new hard-drive….
Three Computers. Almost Treble The Work!
After this UPS News is uploaded tonight, Russ will be working through more membership applications and printing/signed more share certificates. If you have any concerns, please TEXT Russ on 0757 2768 795. Many thanks.
To help UPS member who are considering joining UPS27, we have a series of photographs. As the old adage goes, a picture paints a thousand words. Russ would prefer to present several pictures that make this UPS News update too heavy on the narrative!
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Outside of Keeper’s Cabin
From This….
The old, tired and damp buildings above are being transformed
to modernised, warm, dry properties with a future and a good use.
Please note the new, double glazed windows are now installed. This Keeper’s Cabin building (outlined in red to assist with UPS27 ownership identification) is currently part of the various items owned by UPS27 at Noss Head Lighthouse Station. The green and ochre paint pantones are Northern Lighthouse Board specified colours and required in order to harmonise with the Grade A Listed Lighthouse Tower. Keeper’s Cabin would have looked terrible had Angels’ Share not bridged some further temporary finance in order that Keeper’s Cabin is painted at the same time as the neighbours and the NLB painted theirs.
The old shutters are no longer necessary and three new windows have been installed, giving this elevation access to splendid views across the loch ~ also owned by UPS27.
To This…
One of Two Buildings Owned By UPS27. Plus 6 Acres + A Loch + Road + Pier + Boat.
The Resale Market Includes…
Folk Looking To Escape Covid-Cities, Wanting To Work Remotely By Video Connection
Russ and the team at US-HQ would also like to advise all members of the following:-
“Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel” (UPS27) specifically the share issue and ingathering of shareholder funds had been deliberately delayed by a few weeks. The principle reason was to establish whether it was and is possible for our local and experienced project managers to make the required progress at each new syndicate during the Coronavirus pandemic. Problems with building material supply chains and especially during Lockdown~1 had a real risk of dragging UPS27 from a 9 month life-cycle to an 18 month default time to complete this whole site renovation/resale.
Fortunately the answer has been a resounding “YES” in that the experience narrated on this page proves we can get UPS renovation work completed during Covid19.
So UPS27 can be fully opened for new-joining members/shareholders/owners without the risk of overly long turnaround times and exit/routes + paydays.
To join now: click here and here.
Minimum £3,000. Maximum: £11,000. Target Duration: 9 months. Exit Route: Resale via Unique Property Bulletin website (here) and Lighthouses For Sale website (here).
After the few weeks testing whether we could renovate the UPS27 buildings, we include photographs of the latest part further down this page for UPS members to decide for themselves.
As of 8th November 2020, UPS27 is ahead of time and under-budget. The almost miraculous thing is almost by accident, UPS-HQ founder, Russ McLean is able to “shielded” as per NHS medical instructions and keep working remotely from the his study at home under virtual “medical house arrest” since 23rd March 2020 for 118 days due to…
Government imposed safety “shielding” (here) has seen a remarkable evolution of designated staff at each UPS site being designated pro tem project manager. With virtual/video/remote site meetings twice each day ensuring that progress is being made.
UPS members are able to see the progress at (UPS27 at Noss Lighthouse) and UPS23 (Conservatory House Newbuild at Sannox). These work remarkably well.
UPS-HQ have now proven that it is possible to get work completed during lockdown, Heaven forbid we head into “Lockdown~2”.
In good conscience with around 25% of the US27 and UPS23 syndicate work now having been completed to prove it is possible to work whilst the pandemic remains an issue, we have three buildings actually in the process of renovation. Two buildings owned by UPS27 and one building owned by UPS23. This UPS News we are completing the share issue for UPS27 (here). Next weekend (15/11/2020) we will issue the mini-syndicate documentation relating to “bonus newbuild” at Sannox Hotel (UPS25 second tranche differentiated as: UPS23 sdue to the newbuild cost of £56,000 and resale value of £150,000).
For this segment of UPS News, we focus on the Keeper’s Cabin part of UPS27, Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel. For new members these are the tail-end-charlie parts that Dr and Mrs makin have NOT bought and we are making sure are completed + resld to achieve maximum value/profit for members wishing o participate in UPS27 (here)…
UPS27 Membership Reservations
Please remember to let Russ know if you are wanting to join UPS27. We are already at £101,000 “reserved” and only have £125,000 available in ownership shares.
We try our best not to have an oversubscription situation, but sometimes it happens and we end up with unhappy members who missed out on and adventure.
Best not hang around. If you would like to join Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel (UPS27), please text your “NAME” + “UPS27” and the “£AMOUNT” you would like to reserve…
TEXT: 0757 2768 795
Click Here
To read about UPS27.
“Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel”
First: UPS27: Progress and Share Issue Now Fully Open: Click Here
Noss Head Lighthouse Station: UPS27.
This place is genuinely unique and sublime.
Covid worries just dissolve away.
Conclusion In Respect To This Update For UPS27
Progress Report & Ownership Segments of UPS27.
Important: With the exception of Angels’ Share and three stalwarts from UPS-HQ, as of today 8th November 2020, NO funds have been ingathered YET for this UPS27 syndicate until we know for sure that we can complete this syndicate within the 6 to 11 months (maximum) deadline. That is from the date of share issue to share redemption. Simply the time that members’ funds are within a specific syndicate: from your account to the syndicate account and back to your account (plus profit element). The analysis of possible delay and how to overcome this is centred around Covid19 and Lockdown~1.
This Is It: The Old Bedsit Bothy. An Object Lesson In How To Add Value
Doubling the footprint area to treble the value…
It would be irresponsible for UPS-HQ to proceed if there were any doubt about the ability to complete the renovations required at any syndicate, were we unbale to make meaningful progress through Covid19 and a lockdown.
The good news, and you can study this in the sequence of photographs below and reports each week on this website, is that UPS-HQ and the teams on each site ARE managing to get each project towards completion. That means exit-route and payday to all members who wish to participate (click here).
Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel (UPS27) has passed our own test. UPS-HQ were worried about whether it is possible to make progress during Covid and Lockdown. Strangely the evolution at UPS-HQ and the robust nature of the human race has seen almost miraculous results.
Please can those wishing to join UPS27 study the renovation work under way during Covid and if the answer to that is “yes” progress is possible during Covid + Lockdown, then we are reasonably assured to hit our target. That is the 9-11 month timeframe from start to finish/payday. Just as well, because we have some seriously interesting new projects headed to wards us during the opening months of 2021. Hence the keenness to resell Sannox Hotel (UPS25) + Bay Cottage (UPS23) + Sannox Supermarket (UPS21) + Noss Head Lighthouse: The Sequel (UPS27). So here is the first few weeks at Noss Head Lighthouse: The Sequel, “testing” whether progress is achievable during a pandemic…
Slightly Different Angle To The First Photo.
But it is so cramped, there is little room for manoeuvre.
Turning a one room Bedsit Bothy into a larger cosy Keeper’s Cabin.
Worth repeating: Double the footprint area to treble the value.
As of today, 8th November 2020, on studying the amazing progress at Keeper’s Cabin renovation, we are assured UPS-HQ and the teams at the various sites CAN manage to keep this (and the UPS23) renovations on schedule. ALL of the building materials can be supplied. In fact MOST of the building items are onsite already. We have briefly narrated below another exemption to obstructions during lockdown. Though safety is paramount: hence our Covid-Safety-Policy: (here).
Each site is remote and by their nature, low on the Covid contagion risk/prevalence league tables. The teams of trades are able, safe and happy to travel to and from their home to the UPS site (joiner + electrician + plumber etc).
The Old Bothy Bedsit: During UPS24 This Was A Bunk Too Far.
Many sore spines were inflicted by these bunky blighters
during the completion stages of UPS24.
They have now gone to that great bunk-bed depositor in the sky!
UPS-HQ are delighted to state that as a result of work now carried out in the middle of the worst virus pandemic for 100 years, one of the buildings within the ownership of UPS27 is so far advanced that we have no meaningful worries about completing the two buildings still owned by us at Noss Head Lighthouse Station.
We are confident that the renovation budgets, and timeframes detailed by UPS27 (here) can be adhered to.
Judge for yourself: there is a full series of “before”, “during”, and “after ” photographs on this update.
We include the progress of just one room within this update to indicate the veracity of the local team onsite, in spite of Covid19 and the building material supply-chain interruptions etc. It is actually helpful that the site can be closed during lockdowns in order to protect the occupants of the three houses plus one renovation on the table…
Noss Head Lighthouse Station. The Site Can Be Closed In Force Majeure Events.
The road from this gate onwards, and including the actual gate is owned by UPS27.
There is still a lot of work to do at Noss Head: completing Keeper’s Cabin + completing the renovation of the Tower House/Garden Office…
Tower House Telecommuter Office: Noss Head Lighthouse Station.
Ideal for remote working, far, far away from Covid.
No cramped Coronavirus lockdown. Tesco deliver groceries.
Otherwise you have a lot of acres to roam and there is little feeling of going stir-crazy
during the pandemic. This whole lighthouse property package as owned by UPS27
is just what our Unique Property Bulletin buyers are seeking to purchase.
As well as sort out some of the private road repairs (costs are split 5 ways) and build a new double car parking space at Keeper’s Cabin plus another double car parking space at Tower House Telecommuter Office.
Other smaller jobs such as replacing the old pier on the loch that is owned by UPS need attending to…
The Loch At Noss Head Lighthouse Station Is Owned By UPS27
This makes resale time very interesting. In three decades of listing unusual homes, Unique Property Bulletin seldom has such an unusual set of properties for sale : A former lighthouse keeper’s house + a second building utilised as a Telecommuter Office to enable remote working. Along with the psychological antidote to the mental ill-health attributed to long lockdown periods in a city flat or suburban terraced house: the ownership of several acres of lighthouse grounds and your own picturesque loch. This may help the exercise regimen.
The Loch At Noss Head Lighthouse Station Is One of The Finest Features At UPS27
There Are Even Some Small Island On The Loch
This is generally a very shallow piece of water
Originally created by the Northern Lighthouse Board to
provide coolant water for the Engine House electricity generators.
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Normally we would end this part of this page at this point. However, as this share issue commencement with effect from mid-November 2020 is now going ahead, UPS-HQ are putting ALL the material it has to hand onto this page so that those UPS members who wish to delve deeper into this project can read on…
UPS27 has some general maintenance + landscaping + drone photography and Matterport 3D interior filming so that at resale time, potential buyers can “virtually” visit and inspect the properties.
Perspective: The View From Keeper’s Cabin
Across The Privately Owned Loch, Then To Sinclair Castle & Sinclair Bay
This Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel syndicate was held back by a few weeks to ensure we can hit the deadlines and meet the budget-heads or…
Come in, under-budget and on time (6 to 11 months).
If you wish to proceed directly to the Membership Join-Up Page
Click Here
The forms for joining can be read and downloaded…
UPS27 has several acres of land plus two buildings a loch and a spectacular location….
To Remind Those Wishing To Join UPS27
This Syndicate Owns A Large Amout of Noss Head Lighthouse Station Residual Parts
To read about joining: Click Here.
To actually join (minimum £3,000 maximum ownership £11,000): Click Here.
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JOINING UPS27?
This Noss Head Lighthouse Station: The Sequel syndicate was held back by a few weeks to ensure we can hit the deadlines and meet the budget-heads or…
Come in, under-budget and on time (6 to 11 months).
If you wish to proceed directly to the Membership Join-Up Page
Click Here
The forms for joining can be read and downloaded…
UPS27 has several acres of land plus two buildings a loch and a spectacular location.
IMPORTANT: The UPS27 share issue for "Noss Head Lighthouse: The Sequel" had been delayed until UPS-HQ were CERTAIN that it is possible for us renovate this project during the Covid pandemic and Lockdown~1 without delays/building material shortages. So we started modest renovations (with funds underwritten from the Angels' Share). This was to see how progress went during Covid. Each project has gone forward "on-budget" and "on-time" which is much better than we had hoped for. Even if Lockdown~2 occurs, UPS-HQ are now confident that UPS21 + UPS22 + UPS23 + UPS25 and UPS27 WILL proceed to EXIT-ROUTE and RESALE payday securely and in a decent timeframe in spite of the pandemic. So the private share issue for UPS27 is now available for members to join. Best wishes, Russ.
This page is already 6849 words long. We are endeavouring to shorten the text volume. So the new “quick-link” summary pages will be discussed in detail next few week. For now, you should be able to start seeing the short-tect segment pages via the photo-boxes on the right side of every UPS page: Laptops + PCs and some Ipads work best with these.
Whilst mobile phones require use of the top bar “pull-down” menus at the top of each page on this website.
