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PHILIP MARTIN MUST have felt kissed by the Fates on the day in 1985 that he wandered into Pilrig Park in Edinburgh and spotted the For Sale sign outside the apartments in the newly renovated Pilrig House. The house had intrigued him since he was a schoolboy at nearby Trinity. The property, which had fallen into ruin in the second half of the 20th century, was always in the background, a mysterious reminder of a grander past.
Philip, an engineer and keen historian, wasn’t looking for a property at the time, as he was working at sea and back in Edinburgh only intermittently. He’d simply decided to take the dogs for a walk in the park. “The house looked spectacular,” he recalls. “It was the first weekend that the flats were up for sale, and I knew that if I was going to buy one it had to be the flat with the staircase. The decision was made in about 20 minutes.” for more click here
