"Ridgemount" is positioned between the beautiful townships of Esk and Toogoolawah with two road frontage and easy access off a bitumen road. The property has extraordinary 360 degree views over the Brisbane Valley, towards Cunningham's Gap, Crows Nest, Cooeeimbardi, and the Southern Ranges. It's a very unique property to be put on the market and nothing else would come close to compare to it.
"Ridgemount" has a comfortable 3 bedroom cottage nestled on the most elevated position, offering views that most people would die for, along with good infrastructure of sheds, steel cattle yards, all new boundary and house yard fencing, dams and a bore. No close neighbours, completely private.
• 3 bedrooms, all with views. Main has ensuite, built-in cupboards, carpeted. 2nd & 3rd bedrooms have wood floors, 2nd bdm with built-in. Guest bathroom has a shower over bath & a separate toilet, linen cupboard.
• Open plan kitchen/lounge/dining with a tiled breezeway separating the bedrooms from the living areas. Breezeway has the laundry and storage area. Elevated dining room and kitchen, step down to the lounge and brick fireplace. A nook in the lounge room is currently used as an office. Outside is a timber pergola for entertaining, dining and BBQ's.
• 8.6KW solar back to grid system, good mobile coverage and TV reception, wireless NBN with WiFi boosted to other rooms.
• Colourbond concreted & powered shed 15m x 8m including 3m awning at the front, shelving to the ceiling, work benches, cupboards (with potential to install a mezzanine floor) plus a drive through suitable for boat/van with rod and tackle storage cupboards. Another 10m x 7m powered shed with new roof and large cold room. Security spotlights all around house and sheds.
• Reliable solar bore delivering potable water to elevated house area / stock trough and gardens, total of 63,000 litre rainwater tank storage for house, plus 22,500 litre storage from bore, large irrigation sprinklers to reach almost all gardens and lawns, 4 x dams and a seasonal creek.
• New steel cattle yards with vet crush facilities, loading ramp, concrete undercover work area with gantry & water tank with float valve to fill trough. All paddocks join at the cattle yards with a central water point. Connections are ready in the paddocks for future irrigation from bore. Plenty of good feed with almost 400ml rainfall Jan-Jun this year recorded. Thick woodlands seen in some of the pics are on neighbouring properties.
• New galv. steel picket fencing (4 & 5 barb), good access tracks and fire breaks throughout. Metal entry gates when entering the property and the house yard with well maintained meandering driveway to house and sheds, and a grid at the house yard entrance.
• Garden shed with two 3x3m shade houses, flower gardens, vegetable/ herb gardens, large sweet potato patch, fruit trees/vines - paw paws, lemons, limes (Kefir and Tahitian), mulberry, dragonfruit, passionfruit, table grapes (red & white), cumquat and more. Chook pen with bathtub for ducks. Large vintage windmill in back paddock, still turning. 100-year-old persimmon trees from the old Ottaba school yard are still fruiting in the front paddock.
• Palm trees, hoop pine, bunya pine, Norfolk Island pine, poinciana trees. Two very large gardens are prepared and mulched, ready for planting whatever you like in there - one of them is below a 40m infinity style retaining wall, with posts ready to build a new deck onto.
• The famous Brisbane Valley Rail Trail passes by the property (just across the road). Pretty-faced wallabies, groups of deer passing through, stags roaring in April, diverse birdlife, and more. Fantastic sunsets, misty mornings, sit around the fire pit where you can relax and spit roast a chook, see rain and storms happening in all directions for miles.
• Somerset and Wivenhoe dams are a very short drive away where you can enjoy fishing (including club competitions), potting for red claw crayfish, kayaking, bushwalking, picnics and family fun days in the beautiful parks. On Somerset you can also water ski, jet ski, wakeboard and tube ride, and often there are jet boat races to watch. Wivenhoe is great for sail boats.
"Ridgemount" is a standout property nestled in the Brisbane Valley with easy access to both townships of Esk and Toogoolawah with supermarkets and all the essential shops/services/schools and hospital within a 10min drive. Don't miss your opportunity to secure this rare gem and arrange your inspection today. (inspections by appointment only)
