Last Listing description (July 2021)
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LOCATION / AREA
Sundower's Camp is situated close to the beautiful township of Toogoolawah. Centrally located between cities Toowoomba, Ipswich and Caboolture. Brisbane CBD and Sunshine Coast beaches only 90 mins away.
Toogoolawah and the neighbouring town of Esk (18 km away) provide all the essentials for comfortable country living, e.g. Doctor, chemist, ambulance, police, courthouse, hospital, fire service, primary and secondary school, child care, butcher, newsagent, supermarket, service station, hairdresser, cafe, bank, rural supplies, hardware, hotels, golf club, bowling club and various other shops and services.
Lakes Somerset and Wivenhoe are nearby and provide excellent fishing and recreation facilities.
SELF SUFFICIENT HOBBY FARM, SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME or LIFESTYLE
Total Area approx 50 acres
Featuring:
* 4-bedroom country home with exceptional sheds and ease of stock handling.
* Potential supplementary income from fat lambs, cattle or stud stock.
* Potential to be self-sufficient with established orchard and gardens, chook house and livestock capacity.
* Well watered with 5 dams, reliable bore and rainwater tanks.
* "Sundowner's Camp" is a reasonably level block with nice views and close proximity to Watt's Bridge Memorial Airfield which is used for recreational aircraft. The property has bitumen road frontage and is within a short drive of Lakes Somerset and Wivenhoe recreation areas. School bus passes the gate. Daily mail service. Approx 7km to Toogoolawah and 18km to Esk.
HOMESTEAD
The homestead was completed in April, 2000 and is constructed of Heritage Sandstone Cavity Block with internal Sandstone Block walls with 9 foot ceilings. Steel roof frame with Colourbond Caulfield Green roof. 8 foot wide verandahs on 3 sides and very large screened patio (7m x 17m). Concrete slab. Three Whirly birds fitted and digital TV antenna.
192sqm living area, plus 135sqm all round verandahs, plus 150sqm patio, total area 477sqm.
* Four large bedrooms all with carpet, built-ins and ceiling fans. Main bedroom has 2 ceiling fans and large built-in robes with enough room for sewing/office, huge shower, and separate spa room with 3 person spa bath & vanity with tile floor. Exhaust fans over shower and spa bath.
* Large Lounge room with 2 glass sliding doors, carpet and 2 ceiling fans. Glass front Aztec wood fire with fan and tiled hearth.
* Separate formal dining room with carpet and ceiling fan.
* Huge kitchen with corner pantry, slate patterned lino floor, large island bench with underneath cupboards, 900 mm stainless steel gas stove with range hood, gas light, 2 ceiling fans and an exhaust fan over deep double sink, plenty of cupboards and an 8' x 4' cool room with meat hanging rails and shelves.
* 2nd bathroom with shower and exhaust fan, vanity, large bath and extra large linen cupboard. Tiled floor.
* 2 separate toilets with sky lights and exhaust fans. Tiled floors.
* Extra large laundry with large broom/storage cupboard. Tiled floor.
* Electric off-peak 250 litres hot water service.
* Cellulose ceiling insulation.
* Quality light fittings and new curtains/venetian blinds throughout.
* Plenty of double power points. 3 outside waterproof power points on verandahs. 3 Telephone outlets and 2 TV points. 2 spotlights fitted to each corner of the verandahs plus verandah lights.
* 5kw solar system back to grid.
SHEDS
* Excellent shed infrastructure with a variety of outbuildings with individual uses.
* All sheds are in excellent order with concrete floors and power + fitted with guttering to rain water tanks.
STOCK HANDLING FACILITIES
* Set of steel stock yards with vet crush and loading ramp that will work cattle and sheep.
GARDENS AND ORCHARD
* Extensive gardens and established orchard edged with rubber belting and a spray/drip irrigation system.
* A total of 44 different fruit trees, 14 raised vegetable beds and numerous self seeding flower beds.
PADDOCKS, DAMS AND WATER SUPPLIES
* There are 8 paddocks in total with all having access to a dam or water trough.
* All fencing is in excellent condition with dog fencing around the boundary and hinge joint, barb and plain wire for the internals
* A central lane way makes movement of stock easy and allows a cell grazing system to be utilized.
* All paddocks have been sown to improved pasture for grazing and hay production
* There are 3 concrete water tanks (2 underground) and 3 Bushman poly tanks with a total of 33,000 gallons or 124,918 litres of rain water storage.
* The house is run totally on rain water.
* There is also an equipped bore which services the gardens, orchard, water trough and chook shed.