265 Old Lurg Road

Lurg VIC 3673

The Phone Code for this property is: 40506. Please quote this number when phoning or texting.

Dreaming of classic country-style living on rising country just outside of Benalla, here is the real thing! This small acreage rural property is set on 16-hectares in the bucolic country side of Benalla on beautiful tree-lined Old Lurg Road, where your evening walk will enjoy big sky sunsets. A masterfully custom-built 4-bedroom homestead surrounded by fertile country and boasting all the classic design cues that honour the great Australian home. The locally sourced materials palette in the construction reflects the beauty of the environment - brick, rock and ironbark timber. The materials flow to the interior with solid, hydraulic pressed clay brick, creating highly insulating 250mm thick walls, giving the house a high thermal mass which is showcased with farmhouse ceiling trusses, slate flooring and exposed load bearing timber beams and lintels. Perfect orientation fills the spaces with stunning natural light from the northern sun path, delivering on an eco-design of passive heating and cooling. This all-season, eco friendly, comfortable, healthy, environmentally sensitive home, is boosted with split air-con and a Coonara solid fuel heater. The expansive glazing of the house reaches into the flourishing garden of mature plant life, including fruit bearers. The welcoming verandah wraps around the house delivering the ultimate 'outdoor room'. In the warmer months it shields glazing from the scorching rays, and on cooler days it's the perfect sun trap for heat and fresh air. The outdoor setting of the entertaining patio flows with ease from the main living area and offers shade under the pergola wrapped in climbing Virginia creepers and ornamental grape vines. The galley kitchen features stone benches and a walk-in pantry, and the other wet rooms comprise of two bathrooms and laundry. There are notable outbuildings, with a two-bedroom ensuite bungalow, and a two-compartment concrete floor 6m x 10.5m shed. Within the boundary of the property there are four electric fenced paddocks suitable for grazing cattle,( or horses etc), plus cattle yards. The water supply is drawn from two dams, providing up to 2-years storage capacity. There is additional support from a bore that produces over 7000 litres per hour (UIF) of water, and rain water is plumbed to the house. All this in a locale that is only a ten-minute drive from the thriving garden city of Benalla and is easy access to the great wineries, cheese factory, rivers, lakes and streams of the north-east and the winter snows of Mt. Buller.