645 Killala Road

This gorgeous hand crafted north facing mud brick cottage is set perfectly on a secluded one-acre parcel of land on picturesque Killala Road. The home consists of two bedrooms within the cottage with a separate studio for guests, family and friends. The cottage, spread over two levels includes an open plan kitchen dining and lounge which spills out via north facing French doors to the pergola covered terrace with magnificent views across the garden to the Otway Ranges. A Scandia Combustion stove is a feature of the kitchen that also has a Gas stove and hotplate. A staircase carved from Tasmania Oak leads you to the two bedrooms on the second floor. The house constructed on a concrete slab, is of a mortice and tenon Cypress frame with Terra Firma mud bricks and a colour bond roof. Internally the floors are of recycled Black Butt sourced from an old Port Adelaide woolstore, with the ceiling and cupboards a mixture of Tallowwood and Black Butt. The house was designed with solar gain in mind; it is well insulated, naturally, and has a Nectre Mark 2 wood heater which quickly warms the whole house in winter. The garden boasts many fruit and ornamental trees, including apples, olives, hazelnuts, avocado, walnut, nectarine, oaks, Bunya and Woolamai pines, beech, flowering cherries and flowering gum. The cottage would be ideal as a holiday rental allowing for romantic retreats and getaways for small families and couples. Excellent returns are possible.