Kirsty McLuckie Journalist
  • Edinburgh
  • National World

Property Editor at The Scotsman.

Published In

The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Property

263 Articles
6 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty Mcluckie: monster kitchen appliances set to multiply

There may be a trend for minimalist Scandanavian style in our kitchens, but when it comes to appliances, at the top e...

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie: keep a close eye on your winter heat

As the nights draw in and the weather turns chillier, we are apt to spend more time indoors. There is definitely a te...

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Property interview: professional organiser Mel Carruthers on decluttering lives

Job title: I’m a professional organiser and the owner of More Organised, based in Dumfries and Galloway, but I have c...

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Property interview: Roscoe West on his independent estate agency in Killearn

Job title: Managing director of West Homes, which my co-director and partner, Chloe Buchanan, and I started in 2021.

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie: take steps to deter unwelcome visitors

Autumn is a time of year when home security becomes a lot more important. According to figures from the insurance ind...

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie on haunted houses spooking buyers and material concerns

If you have a serious structural issue in or around your home, you are obliged by law to tell any prospective buyers....

Read Full Article
7 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie: wake up to the dread reality about bedbugs

It seems that “don’t let the bedbugs bite” is not just a saying. Reports of the infestation in Paris have struck fear...

Read Full Article
8 months ago
scotsman.com

Autumn travel: Red alert in hills and glens

Red deer are among our most successful and iconic wild species and, while we can spot them all year round, in late Se...

Read Full Article
8 months ago
scotsman.com

Property: mill renovation turns heads

Machrimore Mill is a stunning conversion of a B-Listed former mill, dating from 1839, situated very near the southern...

Read Full Article
8 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie: constructive thinking is key to housing crisis

Tomorrow sees a major deadline for owners of short-term lets. Scottish Government legislation requires existing hosts...

Read Full Article
8 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie on online tools and home valuations

Considering I write about property all week long, I am seriously lacking in curiosity when it comes to the value of m...

Read Full Article
9 months ago
scotsman.com

Kirsty McLuckie: climbing plants cause creeping terror

Autumn is most definitely in the air, despite last week’s beautiful but brief Indian Summer. A chill in the early mor...

Read Full Article