600 Gembrook-Tonimbuk Road

Gembrook VIC 3783

Welcome to 'The Slow Chateaux'. This eccentric property is set at the back of a completely useable 40 acres divided by a long driveway and with an impressive outlook over Bunyip State Forest. Just as Rome wasn't built in a day this home has been a work in progress since 1991 when the original French owner began the building. 24 years later and the current owner is saying 'enough already - time to move on'. Sold as is with work to be done we invite all buyers with a sense of adventure and indomitable spirit to finish the dream and become mistress or master of your own castle.
The grounds include paddocks for livestock, a fenced seasonal dam which collects water filtered through a tea-tree marsh, trellis system & irrigation (in need of repair) for two vineyards, separate power supply to pump and one large shed at front of property, 2nd large L-Shaped shed/workshop behind house.
The house itself is horse-shoe shaped creating an east and west wing and a central courtyard. Both wings expand upward over three levels. The overall style is of a country manor with some beautiful & some quirky features. A large wrought-iron combination electric & wood fired stove takes pride of place in the kitchen which overlooks the main living & meals space which is heated by both an open fire-place and/or a wood-fired coonara. While the property is open to a number of different room configurations/purposes there are at present 5 spaces that function as bedrooms and four bathrooms in total including two ensuites (one yet to be completed), sewing/craft attic room, a secondary entrance room which has been wired as a theatre room, a lounge room, a stand-up office space and a laundry/mud room.