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Sleeps 18 plus infants in 7 ensuite double bedrooms and 1 bunk bed dorm room for 4 children. |
 | There is an outdoor heated swimming pool with retractable and lockable glass cover. |
 | For indoor use there is a selection of bath toys, kids books, general toys and U-rated kids DVDs. |
 | For outdoor use there is a whole host to keep tots entertained including buckets, spades, ride-ons, swings, sand pit, paddling pool, trampoline with safety net, mini swing and slide set,a slightly bigger slide, mini croquet and grown up croquet set and football nets for 5 aside footie. |
 | Up to 2 dogs are allowed at the property provided they remain downstairs and sleep in the kitchen |
 | Broadband is available via a plug in dongle on a pay as you go basis. 1GB is included in rental. |
 | The local farmshop which sells all the basics as well as fresh meat reared on the farm is a sensible walk away and owner Gail's biscuits and cakes are legendary in the area! |
 | The owners can provide a wealth of baby gear including 3 x travel cots, highchairs totseats x 2, non-slip bathmats, a baby monitor, steriliser, potty, stairgates, bed guards, socket covers, plastic crockery, cutlery & sippy cups etc. All of the rooms have space for cots and there are 2 low to the ground pull out beds available. |
 | multiple cots and highchairs available. |
 | Babysitting/daycare is available from £12 per hour. |
 | A catering service can be arranged on request. |
 | A pre arrival shopping service can be provided on request from Asda or Tesco. A catering service/meal delivery service is also available. |
 | There are extensive grounds including lawned areas and a courtyard terrace with heated pool. There is also a hot tub offering great views. |
Arrivals and Departures:
Check-in time: 16:00
Check-out time: 10:00
Payment:
Reservation Deposit: 30%
Balance: 56 days prior to arrival
Capacity:
Sleeps: 18 + cot sleeping infants
‘Wow’ will be the word that comes to mind as you pull up the track to this fabulous house in the bonnie Perthshire hills. The owners can only bear to part with their stunning holiday home for selected weeks of the year, making Alexander House an exclusive residence for family get togethers on a grand scale, sleeping 18-20 and offering a fantastic blend of grown-up elegance and fun facilities for children.
Gleaming and new, the house has been designed and decorated in 2009 to merge classic country manor and contemporary styling, with eco friendly systems for the heating and hot water. On the one hand you’ve got the sweeping staircases, chandeliered dining room and perfect period drawing room with a roaring fire. On the other, a wonderfully light and open plan kitchen, dining, living room is the ultimate sociable space and the buzzing heart of Alexander House. Here youngsters can lounge around on bean bags while meals are rustled up in the dream kitchen and while adults natter into the evening around the huge pine table or flopped on comfy leather sofas. You continue to live the life of luxury as you glide upstairs to the seven individually designed ensuite bedrooms with plenty of space for cots and a spacious ‘sleepover party’ children’s room with large bunk beds.
For families, perhaps the best thing about Alexander House is that it’s packed with leisure and pleasure pursuits, indoors and out. When the Scottish weather’s not so hot, there are two PS2 consoles and a games room with ¾ size snooker table and darts board. Outdoors, the 4 acres of grounds feature a heated pool with reassuring retractable cover, a hot tub, paddling pool and sand pit, mini swings and slides, ride-on toys, a trampoline with safety nets, football nets for playing 5-a-side and a croquet lawn with sets for both adults and children. Gaze on far reaching views to the Highlands from the terrace and enjoy bbq’s in the sheltered area at the rear with outdoor tables and chairs. Take a walk from the back door onto the heathery hills or to the local farm shop for home reared meat and Gail’s legendary homemade cakes – yum!
Accommodation overview
Alexander house as a whole sleeps 18 in seven ensuite double bedrooms and one bunk room for four children. For slightly smaller groups, two bedroom areas can be shut off from the main house and the five remaining bedrooms rented at slightly reduced rates in low season. The house is well equipped throughout, including Freesat TV’s with Sky sports, DVD player, iPod dock and pay as you go wi fi. The kitchen includes Le Creuset cookware, a range cooker, ice maker, espresso machine and dishwasher while the utility room has a washing machine, tumble dryer and storage for coats and boots. Baby friendly equipment includes 3 travel cots, 2 ‘tot-seat’ high chairs, baby monitor, stairgates, bed guards, potty, socket covers, steriliser, plastic cutlery, crockery and sippy cups.
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The beauty of Alexander House is that even from London you can really get away from it all really quite easily - by plane, train or car. Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee airports are all within an hour away, the station at Gleneagles – yes that Gleneagles – is 10 minutes by car and the house is only 3 miles from Auchterader and the main A9 road. In snowy and icy Scottish winter months, a 4x4 is advisable.
The surrounding countryside is a natural adventure playground for all ages. Take your pick from horse riding, falconry, clay pigeon shooting, quad biking, fishing and of course golf, with the Perthshire Green Card giving you access to a choice of 19 of the 18-hole courses, from £65 for 3 rounds. At Blair Castle, children can take the Detectives Challenge, get creative in the Treasury Room, clamber around the Adventure playground and ride on a tractor while at historic Scone Palace, they’ll love feeding the free roaming peacocks, meeting Highland cattle and Highland ponies.
The so-called ‘Lang Toon’ of Auchterader has a good selections of shops and restaurants including the 2 Michelin star Andrew Fairlie at the Gleneagles Hotel and Jon & Fernandes in the town itself but you’ll need to book well in advance. Another excellent and equally popular restaurant nearby is An Lochan at Tormaukin Hotel.
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