Last Listing description (January 2014)
The Location was too special to build the Ordinary!
This charming and sympathetically extended and upgraded A frame home is nestled into the hillside and offers a peaceful and enviable way of life and has been modified to incorporate the needs of a modern family. Boasting peaceful rural views from every window and is complimented by an Edna Walling style garden. The home is in excess of 280m2 (30 squares) and comprises of three spacious living areas with all downstairs living spaces opening to expansive decks and outdoor entertaining areas with spectacular rural and mountain views.
This 90 acre (approx) farm has excellent water with two permanent creeks a dam & pump from creek for stock and domestic use and is subdivided into ten stock proof fenced paddocks. The block is a mix of native remnant bush, native grasses, improved pastures and an olive grove. Features include:
House
* Sited high on wind-sheltered gentle slopes with captivating, panoramic, ever changing views
* Delightful aspects from every room and plenty of natural light throughout
* Segregated master bedroom with stunning Tasmanian Myrtle timber floors and doors opening to deck with lovely rural outlook,
* Large walk in robe with skylite and ironing centre
Bedrooms 2 & 3 are upstairs in the A frame of the house with lovely outlook and plenty of storage and both open to family bathroom complex and large family room
* Attic/storage
* Large study/office or guest area/family could also be used to create 4/5 bedroom home(property is currently being utilised as a 3 bedroom home)
* Lovely country style ensuite which can also be used by guests with two way access, it incorporates a large shower with dual shower heads, abundant storage and separate toilet
* North facing formal living room with terracotta flooring, slow combustion heating, built in bookcases and double doors with invisible screens opening to a deck with stunning rural views through to the backdrop of the Brindabella's
* Second living/dining room adjacent to the kitchen meals area with slow combustion fire floor to ceiling windows and doors with invisible screens opening to an entertaining patio. Timber floors and extensive use of other quality timbers throughout the room
* Warm and inviting country kitchen with Tasmanian Myrtle cupboards, electric range with double oven and warming area, dishwasher, walk in two way pantry with abundant storage opening to lovely meals area
* Upstairs bathroom with separate toilet and powder room, shower and extensive storage
* Inslab heating in master, ensuite and living room and upstairs bathroom complex
* Evaporative cooler and ceiling fans in most rooms
* Slow combustion fires in both downstairs living rooms
* Cupboard laundry with abundant storage, laundry bin and two way door for easy access
* Heat exchange hot water heater plus smaller electric hot water system
* Honeycomb blinds
* Abundant storage throughout the home
* Mud room with sink and storage off kitchen
* Library with access to rear garden
* Large office with separate access, garden views and built in timber cupboards
* Pergola off meals area
* Pergola over western deck
* Edna Walling style gardens around the home
* Double metal garage with workshop area, concrete floor and power, plus single carport
Infrastructure
* Cut for shed near current double garage
* Veggie Garden screened
* Chicken run
* Variety of fruit trees around the house including walnut, apricot, apple, nashi pear, peach, mulberries, green gage, plum and fig
* Olive grove of 200 trees
* Tractor shed and farm garden sheds
* Cattleyards
* 10 paddocks native grasses & some pasture improvement (creek or dam access)
* Established creek crossing
* Hayshed (two walls) in rear paddock
* Stockrun lane between paddocks
* Stock proof fencing
Water
* 270,000 litres (approx.) of tank water stored on property
UV filter and water softening on water pumped from one of the two permanent creeks
* Three large storage tanks and two smaller tanks plus there is the facility to have gravity fed creek water to house - creek water is treated through a water softener system and sterilizing UV light unit
* Dam for irrigation
* Pump house with diesel pump on creek, water can be pumped to be used for stock and domestic use only
80,000 litre water tank in back paddock with a water driven pump to pump water up from the creek (pump not yet installed)
This is a rare opportunity in an outstanding location just minutes to Hall Village and within close proximity to Canberra.
Additional feature/s - Built-In Wardrobes.