Try before you buy at Scottish fractional golf resort

Construction has been completed on the first of the fractional ownership cottages at Machrihanish Dunes in Scotland, and the developers are offering two-night “ Discovery Packages” for prospective buyers.

The try before you buy deal includes two nights' accommodation and a round of golf on the resort's renowned links course, for the promotional price of £139, subject to availability.

This offer is only for people who are genuinely interested in learning more about owning a 4-week fraction at Machrihanish Dunes. There are qualification criteria attached to the offer and people taking it up agree to attend a short sales presentation.

The development company explains: “Unlike timeshare, freehold fractional ownership gives you a valid heritable title that will be registered in the Land Register of Scotland. The title is freehold and is yours forever and can be sold or passed on to your family. Freeholds are being sold in 4-week fractions, which will be made up from a week in each season. Owners, friends and family will have full use of a cottage for those four weeks. Owners who do not wish to use their entire four weeks can lease some of their time through the management company to obtain a return on their cottage by accommodating visiting golfers. A fixed rental letting scheme offering a seven percent return is available to those interested in purchasing for investment.”

“The resort - which has attracted worldwide media attention - has been called ‘the next great golf experience’. Built from the outset in a sensitive and protected place, it has been conceived as a uniquely environmentally-conscious enterprise. A flock of black Hebridean sheep graze the fairways - an attraction themselves and the course offers the experience of golf in a relationship to its natural context that is at once traditional and very new,” says the company.

www.machrihanishdunes.com