The ultimate lifestyle/ farm package on approximately 25 acres (10 hectares) of rich, fertile, red volcanic soils in Wandin East, heart of the Yarra Valley, conveniently accessing the eastern suburbs commuter belt and only 1 hour from the CBD.
Currently operated as a cherry and apricot orchard but possesses the land, water and superb infrastructure to suit a myriad of applications including berry growing, wine production or a premier equestrian property. Further expansion could include additional trees, grapes, berries, flowers or even livestock.
The high quality home has stunning views over the orchard, pastured paddocks and mountains beyond. A welcoming modern colonial style home surrounded by wide timber decked verandahs. Built with quality in mind this 18 year old home has ornate architraves, Tasmanian myrtle flooring and a beautiful American oak kitchen with large walk-in pantry, complemented with dark granite bench tops and Miele & Smeg stainless steel appliances.
Zoned Green Wedge 2 which allows flexibility for a number of potential tourism uses including accommodation STCA.
Extra features of farm:
Commercial orchard consisting of:
800+ productive sweet cherry trees - 11 varieties
330+ early season apricot trees due to mature into production within 2 years - 5 varieties
The orchards are fully irrigated with a 10 ML licence from the Wandin Yallock Creek (these licenses are no longer available and very valuable).
Diesel pump for the dam and established irrigation lines throughout the orchard, farm and garden.
Animal enclosure of approximately 1 acre. Divided into various sized runs including shelters and water supply.
Warehouse style clear-span shed, 20m x 30m (erected in 2014). Includes:
2 office/utility rooms built from cool-room panels so they could easily be converted to large cool-room
32MPa, 5' thick industrial concrete floor with drainage pits - suitable for heavy machinery
Electric power and back-up diesel generator
Plumbing & Hot water service
Machinery shed, 10 bays, 6m x 30m with:
Power
Lighting
Lock-up bay with roller door
Rain water tanks
3 x 30,000 litre servicing the house
2 x 45,000 litre servicing new shed and animal enclosures. Also piped to livestock paddocks.
Extra features of the house:
Tasmanian myrtle timber floors (kitchen and entrance). This wood is no longer milled as the trees are heritage listed.
Quality ornate plaster cornices and ceiling roses.
Full length double hung windows - very light and airy, allowing stunning views from inside the house.
Alarm system to all doors, windows and rooms (back to base available).
New dual element hot water system (installed December 2018).
Carrier reverse cycle heating and cooling with four zones and four programmable thermostat timers. The system has automatic gas furnace back up.
Large quality Jindara wood heater.
Impressive German solar system (22 panels) with feedback tariffs in place.
Plenty of cupboards and a large underfloor storage area - perfect for wine
The size of Wandin East is approximately 9.3 square kilometres. It has 2 parks covering nearly 0.7% of total area. The population of Wandin East in 2011 was 440 people. By 2016 the population was 432 showing a population decline of 1.8% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Wandin East is 50-59 years. Households in Wandin East are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying $1800 - $2399 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Wandin East work in a managers occupation. In 2011, 79.1% of the homes in Wandin East were owner-occupied compared with 77.4% in 2016..
Wandin East has 197 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Wandin East have seen a 26.90% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 11.98% increase. As at 30 November 2024:
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