July10 HomeofGolf
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How much would you pay to live at the Home of Golf? St Andrews already has some of the highest house prices in Scotland – and now someone has just spent £200,000 on this old public toilet.
It fetched four times as much as expected, and the mystery buyer plans to turn it into a house.
It’s in the town’s City Road – a five-minute walk from the Old Course. And as a resident of the town, whoever moves in will get privileged treatment on the Links Trust courses, including the Old.
Auctioneer Shaun Vigers: “It was a hugely successful sale. We try to give some sort of guide as to what each property is going to get but we hadn’t sold any public toilets for at least 10 years so we had no comparison.
“There were lots of different ideas for it, people were talking about food use, a gallery, retail and office use. But I think we were helped by the fact Fife Council planning department indicated they would not be averse to considering a scheme for residential conversion.”
The property was one of two public conveniences among the Fife Council properties being auctioned with a similar block in Kirkcaldy fetching £38,000.