Lochwinnoch is certainly a good area, my folks lived there for years and we're regular visitors to the RSPB centre.
There's the loch itself for fishing, boating/watersports, loads of good walks and the sustrans cycle track runs right through the village
(loads of good foraging on the cycle track including wild strawberries but don't tell anyone, OK).
There's plenty of access to the green stuff but a decent enough rail service. The village used to get cut off reasonably regularly by floods although I think they've done some work to reduce this problem.
A few good pubs
(some that the piano still stops playing when outsiders walk in admittedly...) but it's getting better as there's quite a good few non-natives living there now. A few good chippies/curry houses/restaurants and a couple of grocers/minimarts. You're also not too far from large supermarkets at Johnstone, Linwood
(Phoenix Retail Park) or Paisley
Depending where your job is going to be, there's quite a few other fairly rural areas dotted around the outskirts of Glasgow that are great for those who love to be 'out there' but still need to be close to public transport. I'm just outside the south side of Glasgow and only need to walk a few hundred yards in either direction to find woods or fields but can still be in the centre of Glasgow by train in 25 minutes or so.
I know a few good areas where you can have easy access for bushcrafty stuff too.
If there's any other places you're thinking of in the area, feel free to let me know know & I'll happily give you a heads up on them.