The home:
This 25 year old brick veneer house with timber floor, tiled roof and recently built conservatory, offers 4 bedrooms, ensuite to the main and built in robes in 3 of the rooms. There is also a modern kitchen, lounge/dining area, family room, bathroom and laundry.
Heating and cooling:
There is ducted gas heating throughout with reverse cycle air conditioning in the family room and ceiling fan in the master bedroom. The glassed in conservatory provides solar warmth which passes through to the main house on winter mornings. It also insulates and helps prevent high internal temperatures in Summer.
Energy Efficient Features include:
Quality curtains with block out throughout.
Double glazed windows in master bedroom, second bedroom and family room.
Full R3 insulation in ceiling, R 1.5 in walls and R.2 batts under floor at the back of the house.
Evacuated solar hot water system installed 25/7/07
1.5kw solar power system which commenced operation in April 2010
Dual flush system on both toilets
External roller shutter blinds on master bedroom, kitchen, family and dining room windows
The Garden:
There are 3 large citrus trees, a Navel Orange, Valencia and Meyer lemon, which provide fruit throughout the winter and spring months. Other food producing plants include Blueberry bushes, 2 hazelnuts, a plum tree, a lemonade tree and boysenberry patch. The backyard contains Sir Walter Buffalo lawn which survives purely on rain water. Most of the front side is covered with wood chips, hardy flowers, succulents, and shrubs and plants including iris, rosemary, correas and wallflowers bordered by zephyranthes, huechera, liriope and mondo grasses. In the remaining area there are herbs, rhubarb and seasonally appropriate vegetables like zucchini, lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach. In the conservatory the focus has been on zygocatus, rhipsalidopsis ferns, liriope, camellias and indoor plants which are watered from the closest tank and provide floral highlights throughout the year.
Other features:
Automatic door to garage, multiple power points and fluorescent lights
Security system plus locks to all doors and windows
Large area for under house storage
2 rain water tanks
Trickle water system for much of the garden plus some automatic
Open carport for additional parking
Views from the back of the house.
Fast facts:
Block size 748sqm
House size 154sqm
Double metal garage 44sqm
Carport 18sqm
U.V (2010) - $243,000
