52C Ray Street

Privately tucked away, this two-bedroom unit offers a quiet lifestyle, allowing one to enjoy the oasis of the surrounding environment. Centrally located within easy walking distance to the retail and amenities of Castlemaine, the train station, Winter's Flat Primary school and a child care centre. Clad in Colorbond with stone detail, the contemporary unit is passive solar in design on a manageable 382 sqm. With the songs of the birds and a meditative garden, this is a property to escape within. The unit features entry into a spacious north-facing dining and living area with a high-raked ceiling and views overlooking the lush back garden and open plan to the kitchen. Well-placed windows in the living and dining capture the borrowed landscape of the neighbouring gum trees. The kitchen design is well thought out, with an appliance cupboard, two corner cupboards with lazy susans, a freestanding 900mm Emilia gas cooktop with an electric oven and a dishwasher. The main bedroom features built-in robes, an ensuite with a walk-in shower, and an adjoining toilet which dual access to the laundry with plenty of storage and external access. A second bedroom has a built-in robe and overlooks the back garden. A secure garage with roller doors to the front and back provides dual access to the garden and internal access. The woodland-style garden, highlighted by established trees of Chinese Elms, an ornamental Pistachio, Silver Birches, and Japanese Maples underplanted with evergreen shrubs to create year-round interest and allow the winter sun into the home. Fully fenced, the property has a large 3m x 3m garden shed with a concrete floor, a water tank and bottled gas. The unit is highly insulated and has double glazing throughout with additional design and eco details being an integrated solar system, ceiling fans, a split system, two light wells (laundry and bathroom), double roller blinds block out and light filtering, external roller blinds on the west and north and a solar hot water system with a gas boost.