Bongalabi is a rare commodity, a house with genuine heritage and providence, a house of substantial bearing upon a farming estate that provides proven opportunities, financial return and sits within the growth corridor to the south of Sydney.
This 1883 home, St Clair is an eight bedroom, two story mansion that is lavish and generous in it's proportions, classic and yet welcoming and authentic with oodles of room in all the right places - inside and out.
Whilst many older Victorian homes struggle to keep up with modern lifestyles, St Clair is bright and airy, along with the large rooms and a flowing floorplan - the house is bathed in sunlight and beckons to those wanting to find some quite time.
The home features;
• 8 bedrooms and three bathrooms
• formal rooms including separate formal lounge and dining
• a large modern kitchen that flows out to the western garden
• Near new gas central heating, plumbing, electrics, reroofed in 2014
• Clay tennis court & 7 acres irrigated gardens
• 3 stables, sand round-yard, sand dressage arena, 6 small horse paddocks.
Whilst St Clair offers lifestyle and comfort, for many the opportunity is Bongalabi itself - the 476 Ha (1177 acre) farm that St Clair sits upon. This farming enterprise offers scale for all manner of agricultural enterprises, currently Bongalabi carries 3-4 young cattle / ha raising to 6 in spring.
Bongalabi has good security and growth potential. The property features 28 dams, springs and an extensive bore-fed trough system, this well designed system stores approx. 44 megalitres and is in addition to the permanent creek and 650mm annual rainfall.
The improved pastures at Bongalabi include Sub clover, Phalaris, Cocksfoot whilst the natives include Microlaena and Danthonia and naturalised sub clover, these grasses have been cared for with regular fertilizer applications over the last 10 years, the soils are proven and responsive, this year a winter ryegrass has been planted to supplement the grazing.
The improvements are in good condition and has been well maintained;
• Two 3 bed cottages with (potential) income of $30,000 pa
• Compliant cattle yards for 500 young cattle
• Original 4 stand shearing shed
• Deer proof fencing (40%), balance ringlock
• Extensive shelter tree lines & 20,000 x 20 yo pine trees planted in plantations
Bongalabi has a strong and rich history and an even stronger future, Bongalabi carries 600 young cattle over Autumn / Winter and rising to 800 in Spring under current management, a low cost / minimal management plan will allow for 200 breeding cows and calves.
Whether your next step is growth, consolidation or part of a restructuring to the inside country -Bongalabi provides access to major markets, stock facilities and transport. Bongalabi is sited within 30 minutes of Goulburn and less than 45 minutes to the nation's capital gives Bongalabi the edge and excellent access to medical facilities and hospitals, top flight universities and schools along with all the benefits of being between two major cities and in the middle of a fast growing regional area.
There is an option to purchase St Clair with it's titled 250 acres of land and or the land only 927 acre parcel separately. Bongalabi offers what many promise but cannot deliver, it has size, position and capability - the figures are available, the proof is on the ground. Contact Doug Merriman or Ellie Meriman @ Ray White Bungendore for more details.
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