290 Wattleup Road

Wattleup WA 6166

A TASTE OF THE COUNTRY
WITH ITS PITCHED ROOF, WRAPAROUND VERANDA AND SPRAWLING GROUNDS, YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THIS PICTURESQUE HOMESTEAD WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800S. METICULOUSLY DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT TONY KEEN AND CONSTRUCTED JUST 18 YEARS AGO, THIS STUNNING HOME HAS ALL THE MODERN COMFORTS WHILE RADIATING THE CHARM AND SPECIALNESS OF A FEDERATION. MATERIALS FROM THE TURN OF LAST CENTURY WERE PAINSTAKINGLY SOURCED TO CAPTURE THIS CLASSIC ERA - INCLUDING IMPRESSIVE PIECES OF RECYCLED JARRAH THAT FEATURE AS EXPOSED BEAMS, BENCH TOPS AND WINDOW FRAMES. BEAUTIFUL FRENCH DOORS, SALVAGED FROM THE OLD NURSES' QUARTERS AT FREMANTLE HOSPITAL, OPEN OUT ON TO THE VERANDAH, WHICH IS FRAMED BY 54 ESTABLISHED ROSE BUSHES THAT BLOOM FOR 10 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THIS THEN LEADS TO A PEACEFUL BARBECUE AREA COMPLETE WITH WOOD-FIRE OVEN AND A PERGOLA WRAPPED IN GRAPE VINES. SET ON 7-ACRES, THIS PROPERTY OFFERS AN IDYLLIC PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO GROW UP - WITH EXPANSES OF GRASSY, OPEN SPACE, A PRIVATE LAKE, CRICKET NETS, SOCCER GOALS, HOME GROWN VEGETABLES, FRESHLY LAID EGGS AND AN ORCHARD LADEN WITH MULBERRIES, PEACHES, PLUMS AND CITRUS. THERE IS ALSO A 12 X 8-METRE POWERED WORKSHOP, A 150,000-LITRE RAINWATER TANK AND 3-PHASE BORE RETICULATION. THE PROPERTY ATTRACTS A DIVERSE RANGE OF NATIVE WILDLIFE, INCLUDING FRIENDLY BANDICOOTS AND BABY POSSUMS. THERE IS A HEALTHY POPULATION OF LONG-NECK TURTLES IN THE LAKE, AS WELL AS RAINBOW TROUT AND BARRAMUNDI. RESIDENT BIRD LIFE INCLUDES BLUE WRENS, EAGLES AND FLOCKS OF COLOURFUL COCKATOOS THAT RETURN TO PERCH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, 400-ACRES OF PROTECTED BUSH LAND BORDERS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. BACK INSIDE, A GRAND, DOUBLE-HEIGHT FOYER PROVIDES A STUNNING ENTRY POINT INTO THE HOME AND ALLOWS SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LIVING AREAS AND BEDROOMS. THERE ARE TWO BEDROOMS DOWNSTAIRS (INCLUDING THE GRAND MASTER SUITE WITH WALK-IN ROBE, ENSUITE AND BALCONY ACCESS) AND TWO UPSTAIRS (ONE WITH WALK-IN ROBE). THROUGHOUT THE HOME, CEILING HEIGHTS SOAR UP TO 3-METRES AND PICTURE WINDOWS FRAME THE TRANQUIL, COUNTRY-STYLE VIEWS. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PROPERTY THAT OFFERS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRALIAN LIFESTYLE IN A RURAL POCKET CLOSE TO THE CITY. IT IS SUCH A PEACEFUL RETREAT - SO RARELY FOUND WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN REGION TODAY ¬- JUST A SHORT DRIVE TO WOODMANS POINT BOAT RAMP, COOGEE BEACH, HIGHLY-REGARDED SCHOOLS AND THE FREEWAY ON-RAMPS. FEATURES INCLUDE: - 7-ACRES OF TRANQUIL LAND - PRIVATE LAKE WITH JETTY - STUNNING VIEWS THROUGHOUT - WRAP AROUND VERANDAH - TWO-STORY COUNTRY-STYLE HOMESTEAD - ESTABLISHED ORCHARD AND VEGGIE GARDEN - LARGE POWERED WORKSHOP, RAINWATER TANK - NATIVE ANIMALS & BIRD LIFE - 400-ACRES OF PROTECTED BUSH ON ITS REAR BORDER