5588 Bass Highway

Elizabeth Town TAS 7304

This home has been in the same family for 50 years and now its time for them to downsize. You may be the person that has particular requirements and wish list, as the property can service either a work from home tradie, someone that loves gardens and self sufficiency, as well as having a few sheep or a couple of horses. It is amazing what you can establish over the years and a fabulously fertilised garden has a long list of inclusions. Walk into this home soon and the gardens will be fully sewn with a full season harvest of:-beans, peas, potatoes, sweet corn, butter beans, swede, carrots and also loads of berries with raspberries, blue berries, mini apple trees, cherries, apricots, young berries, blackberries, plums, nashi fruit, kentish & black cherries, gooseberries and quinces. Flowers, trees, fish pond and many varieties of beautiful blooms will delight you as you wander around the home. A creek runs gently through the property and stock can help themselves to fresh water at their leisure. Included are 12 Wiltshire sheep, 20 chooks & 1 rooster. There is a chook pen, feed shed, wood shed and two stables with cement floors for all the pets. * The home was built to last, constructed of double brick and is 150.1m2 (excl.verandahs, carport/garage)* 3.977ha (just under 10 acres) of undulating land - lets say a good workout to walk to the top of the hill!* Running creek gravity fed to tank on hill, in turn supplies the house toilets, hot water & bathrooms* Two large water tanks near shed that supply gardens, laundry & kitchen.* The home has 3 bedrooms + study or can be a 4th bedroom* 2 living rooms, all tiled for easy care and heatpump, open fireplace and heat transfer system* Timber galley style kitchen with 900mm oven and gas cooktop* The laundry could be converted into the main bathroom as it has a bath and make the current main an ensuite* The school bus runs past the front door The open machinery shed, workshop or business trade area, whichever you choose could house 10 cars, tractors or whatever you like (measures approx. 12.2 x 9.1m and is 4m high. It has an old forge that the current owner once used as a steel maker. The owner has most of his life worked in the steel trade and assures us the home has been built to last being double brick. Throughout are skylights and a Tas Vent heat transfer system from lounge heating to other rooms. ETC cafe is only 3 minutes along the road and school buses pass the door. The home is close to many attractions as the vendor would like to point out such as:-Cradle Mountain, Ashgrove Cheese, Berry farms, and and easy commute to many exciting places that are on offer in Tasmania. Distance to Devonport: 43klmTo Launceston: 59klm Only 3min (2klm) to ETC Bakery for your coffee Annual Rates: $900 p/a (pensioner discount $273.00)