The upcoming Ruder Cup golf competition is reportedly turning into a bonanza for Scottish homeowners, many of whom have put their homes up for rent with charges rising from around 2,500 pounds to a whopping 105,000 pounds-per week.
According to The Scotsman, with the tournament to be hosted at Gleneagles area in 2014, some of the properties are centred around the place in nearby towns and villages, although agents claimed that they have had interest from homeowners as far away as Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
The report further said that the choices for tourists wishing to rent a home ranging from a luxury Highland castle with helicopter landing space to a modest semi-detached house, adding that some of the more glamorous properties include fully catered luxury accommodation, four-poster beds and Jacuzzis.
However, the report also mentioned that many of the more modest houses feature more traditional fixtures and fittings such as fitted wardrobes and gas hobs, with property manager Gary Robertson saying that the people are looking to cash in on the thousands of golf fans coming to Scotland next September for the world's biggest golfing tournament.
But Robertson said that he had turned down those in the large cities as being too far away, while Brian Higgins, from a website devoted to Ryder cup rentals, claimed that prices often depended on how close a house was to the golf course itself.
Stating that one of the big benefits of renting a property is that most hotels in the area are already fully booked and have been for the last three months, Higgins said that people can also save money in that money as many hotels are charging 300-400 pounds a night.
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According to the report, one company is offering a number of large- scale properties for rent during the event, including Cloan Castle, an eight-bedroomed mansion just three miles from Gleneagles, and Lintrose House, which can accommodate 12 adults at a cost of 1,500 pounds per day on a 150-acre estate with space to land and park a helicopter.
Many of the 60,000 or so golf fans expected to descend on Gleneagles at the Ryder Cup each day will be American, with others coming from Asia and parts of Europe, the report added.
