148 Grimmet Road

Laanecoorie VIC 3463

Close to district centres of Newbridge, Maldon and Maryborough, with the large regional base of Bendigo for schools, university, hospitals, employment opportunities, sporting facilities and transport access to Melbourne.
This is a top quality operation in full production, ready to keep producing at the highest level.
Inspection is highly recommended.
Powerhouse Grain & Livestock Farm, 2 houses, Shearing Shed, machinery shed and excellent fencing.
Situated just 36km to Bendigo, 30km to Bridgewater and 28km to Melbourne, this versatile farm has had fastidious inputs of chicken manure, lime, gypsum, liquid nitrogen plus the normal MAP sowing fertiliser and excellent attention to detail of weed status. Employing a professional agronomist and farm management plan to optimise production, the vendors have spent the past 11 years streamlining input and output models. The last 3 years of cropping activity is available and includes 0.9tonne of canola per acre, 1.5tonne per acre of oats, 1.5tonne per acre of wheat and 1.2tonne per acre of barley all from last season. The result of minimum tillage, 7 row spacing's, rotary harrows, rubber tyred rollers, stubble retention, prickle chain (or Kyline mulcher) and with the assistance of Blomass maps and trial involvement with IPM.
All the boundary fences are in good order and most have been replaced in the past 11 years. There is approx. 4.5km of fenced off plantations of native trees and shrubs for stock shade and shelter. A fully equipped electric bore is connected to 7 troughs placed around the paddocks, drought proofing the farm.
Improvements include 2 residences - a 1960's brick veneer and an original weatherboard & brick cottage. The brick veneer home is approx. 15 squares and features 3 bedrooms (2 have BIR's) tiled roof, an open planned lounge, meals and kitchen area, with solid fuel heating in the lounge. The owners have polished the pine boards in many of the rooms which sit well with the gracious 9' ceilings and the 2 level cornice throughout.
The second home contains part of the original double brick farm cottage from the 1800's. Additions to this cottage mean it is now a 3 bedroom dwelling with a quaint sleep out under the verandah. A concrete based 4 sided 6' verandah, outside laundry and wood shed and superb original French windows in part of the home take you back in time. There are Baltic pine tongue and grooved floors, ceilings and walls and a spacious connected kitchen/lounge area. It has been rewired recently with a new hot water system and similar to the brick house enjoys a great set back off the entry point.
There is a 2 stand shearing shed with a 5000gal tank, old railway carriage, loading ramp, a set of sheep yards. One of the shearing plants stays with the property sale. Three permanent silos of 640, 640 and 780 bags also remain with the property.......these were all purchased over the past 8 years. There is also an open sided hay/machinery shed, original blacksmiths shed and overhead fuel tank.