Location: 'Argyle' is located approx. 51km east of Scone on the Stewarts Brook Road, centrally located between the Gundy and Moonan Flat villages of which both have a cafe & a pub.
Area: 512.6ha / 1265ac of freehold land
Lease Back Option: The current owner would like to offer the new purchasers a lease back option to run stock on the property, returning approx $70,000 p.a. depending on the season. On top of this, there is also potential to earn another $10,000 - $15,000 p.a. rental income from the house.
Infrastructure:
- 4 bedroom + study weatherboard home. Renovated internally only with polished floors and carpets throughout. Large lounge room with wood fire, kitchen/dining room with A/C, fans in all bedrooms + study, two of the bedrooms also have A/C.
- Self-contained cabin with a separate bedroom & a verandah near completion. Ideal for the hunting enthusiast as the property has some deer and wild pigs.
- 4m x 8m lock up work shop with concrete floor.
- Older iron & timber machinery/hayshed
- Older storage shed near house
- Clipex sheep yards plus v-race with a 3 way draft, electronic scales and a capacity of 1130 head.
- Power
- Phone at the house and mobile service in the higher areas.
Country: The front of the property has approx. 500m of frontage to Stewarts Brook then runs up into the Sempills Creek valley with kikuyu/couch/red grass covered hills and some steeper areas. The country then opens out into some higher basalt shelf type country with self-seeded phalaris and native grasses. The country has a good body of feed as it has been destocked since 2019.
Water: Approx. 500m of frontage to Stewarts Brook along with 12 dams, 6 of which are spring fed. New water reticulation system consisting of 2 solar pumps, with the first pump filling a 133,000L tank and the second pump servicing two other tanks which supply troughs to most paddocks. Very reliable water with a number of springs running throughout the drought.
Rainfall: The annual average rainfall is 32"+ per annum at the house and considerably more out in the higher back country. The property has received over 835mm of rain in 2020.
Fencing: The property is split into 18 paddocks and is very well fenced throughout with 4km of new Clipex boundary fencing along with approx 12km of new internal Weston fencing (3 electric/4 plain).
Stock: Owner has been running a meat sheep operation of 600 ewes and followers throughout the drought, with a target of 1000 ewes in a normal year at full production.
The property is also suited to cattle, horses or goats.
AGENT'S REMARKS: Argyle has it all with good road access, outstanding water supply with creek frontage and springs, large acreage to run livestock and scenic views. All within a comfortable drive from major towns.
Beautiful, rolling hills and mountain terrain with views.
For further information, please contact your exclusive selling agents at Nutrien Harcourts Scone - Hamish Firth on 0417 542 490 or the office on 02 6545 1377.
Property ID: #LTD4379
