“Tarraleah” (an aboriginal word for Wallaby) is a secluded Mount Macedon property suitable for family living or as a country retreat.
An architect-designed house in a parkland setting of approximately 3.3Ha with direct access to the adjacent Macedon Regional Park.
It is an ideal family home close to exceptional schools and a wide range of indoor and outdoor recreation features.
The home faces true north with the H-Shaped building footprint fostering two landscaped courtyards. The build is of rendered block work and galvanised steel and copper panels. The home has multiple living areas, the heart being the open kitchen/living and dining room featuring a contemporary galley style kitchen with island bench, large dining area and living room with a Cheminees Philippe wood heater set in a feature stone wall. A second living room is equipped with built-in cupboards and kitchenette teamed with two banquettes to provide for flexible use if additional guest accommodation is required. To complete the ground level there is a generous sized office with two built-in work stations for study or “hybrid working”.
The accommodation features a gorgeous master suite facing north with built-in wardrobes an en-suite bathroom with balcony overlooking the garden. Two further north facing guest bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and shared large bathroom and a garden balcony. Other features include a separate bathroom/powder room and entrance “mudrooms”, two car garage, workshop and mower-garage.
Downstairs features a multi-purpose recreation room ideal for billiards, gym or hobbies.
Outside, the garden consists of approximately 2Ha of “formal” garden and 1.2Ha of mature eucalypts and other natives. There are four 170-year-old specimen trees, including a Sitka Spruce, a Douglas Fir, a Norwegian Spruce and a European Cedar. More recent plantings include two Wollemi Pines, a group of Crepe Myrtles and a curved hedge of Hornbeam Trees. The landscape near the house, including feature rockwork at the house and the front gate was designed by the late Grant Saltmarsh. It includes a mix of exotic and native species, with Japanese maples providing colour contrasts throughout. Mounding and plantings have been used to create large garden rooms around the property where trimmed bushes are used to form colour and texture contrasts together with incidental garden sculptures. For recreational activities, there is a large stone fire-place and paved seating area, together with large expanses of lawn and a 5- hole frisbee golf course.
Other features include a bitumen driveway, large LPG gas storage, a 70,000-litre underground rainwater tank, hydronic heating throughout, underground power supply from Mount Macedon Road, reverse cycle air conditioners and a built-in sound system throughout the house.
This is an exceptional opportunity to secure an elegant property located in the Straws Lane precinct on the sunny side of Mount Macedon, with a welcoming local community all within 10 minutes to Woodend, freeway and a convenient rail service to Melbourne.
