A GROUP of Harley-Davidson bikers and fans are attempting to buy an historic Scottish cottage.
The fans set up a £55,000 crowdfunding campaign to help buy Netherton Cottage near Brechin – which was the 19th century home of the Davidson family, who then gave their name to the famous motorcycle brand after emigrating to the United States.
The cottage is now up for sale with fears that the 300-year-old property could be destroyed to make way for new housing.
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The group has been promised £250,000 from the UK Government’s community ownership fund – but must make up the rest and despite worldwide interest, have only managed to fundraise a small amount.
Fundraising co-ordinator Nyree Aitken told The Courier the group must raise the full amount of funding by the end of November, after an extension.
“This extra time is invaluable and we must show progress,” he said.
“We will be having regular meetings with the community ownership fund who are monitoring us closely as we near the deadline. There are no guarantees.
“But as long as we have the full amount of match funding in place, they advised us we can then apply for an extension to allow us extra time to get the conveyancing completed. This is a tight deadline but we can achieve it.”
For more information, head to the GoFundMe page here.
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