44 Holmwood Road is ideally located in Hall Region approximately 7 minutes drive to Canberra. It offers a peaceful lifestyle with beautiful rural vistas all round looking down to the Murrumbidgee River. The 25 acres (approx) of land is level to undulating with quality pastures suitable for stock, horses and/or general rural living. The renovated two bedroom weatherboard cottage has been lovingly modernised in sympathy with its original features and enjoys the classic proportions of the time including full length flagstone and cypress pine veranda, original open fireplace plus high quality new combustion fireplace.
If you are needing more rooms or accommodation, you are in luck! Adjoining the home is a historic railway carriage with all the character of a bygone era ready for a tidy up and minor renovation (plumbing is in place ready for connection). There is also a full size Yurt out front with power connected, ideal as a teenage retreat, guest house or office.
The home offers a magnificent outlook from every window, either into the orchard, garden or sweeping vistas. The interiors are light and airy and the layout providing open plan north facing living room, dining area, galley kitchen and two good sized bedrooms. The deep wrap around verandas are pitched to allow the winter sun in, while keeping the summer sun out.
With a strong emphasis on comfort and relaxed living, the neutral toned country style kitchen features quality appliances and is the hub of the home incorporating wide bifold windows creating servery to the covered outdoor entertaining deck. This kitchen contrasts a contemporary, modern style to quaint with historic features such as the light fixtures plus updated electrical appliances and surfaces. You will be mesmerised by the outlook from the kitchen, not wanting to leave it!
The property is based on permaculture principles and the current owners have enjoyed a self-sustained lifestyle with expansive vegie gardens, orchard, solar hot water, solar power, ample water, large chook shed and grey water system.
There have been no chemicals used on the property for over 50 years, making organic certification easy. The owners had operated a lucrative free range egg business of up to 1,000 hens in purpose built chook sheds and fox proof paddocks (some repairs required to bring that back into operation). They supplemented that business with the sale of figs and asparagus to restaurants.
This delightful lifestyle property has an elegant charm and unique character, with additional potential to build your dream home under dual occupancy entitlement [#STCA] and perhaps earn additional income from existing residence and infrastructure or house extended family.
Wallaroo is regarded as a highly sought after area with outstanding views, friendly community and being so close to Canberra.
Contact Mark Johnstone on 0414 382 093 today or come along to our next open exhibition.
# STCA = Subject To Council Approval
** PLEASE NOTE THIS PROPERTY WILL GO TO AUCTION AT 2/14 WALES STREET, BELCONNEN ON THURSDAY, 12TH AUGUST 2021 AT 5PM**
Property features include:
-25 acres (approx) quality land with unbelievable mountain views
-Circa 1930's fully renovated 2 bedroom home
-North facing open plan living and dining space
-World's best omission controlled combustion fireplace plus original open fireplace
-Updated kitchen featuring five burner gas cooktop, double oven and dishwasher
-Elegant fixtures and fittings throughout
-Full length flagstone and cypress pine verandah
-Cedar weatherboard
-Jarrah and pine wide floor boards
-Character filled Yurt with power, spacious in size and perfect as a teenage retreat, guest room or office
-Historic train carriage adjoined to house ideally suitable for additional living space, accommodation for visitors or paying guests (partially renovated & plumbing in place ready for connection to septic & grey water system)
-Australian cypress pine deck
-Easy care country style cottage gardens with well established trees & masses of annual bulbs popping up throughout the garden
-Double carport
-Vegie gardens
-Extensive orchard
-Large windbreak of endemic trees which attract a lot of bird life.
Land and Infrastructure:
-5 paddocks plus house block
-4 dams, with 2 dams operating as wetlands, and support nesting water birds
-3 X 45,000ltr rainwater tanks
-Good bore connected to holding tank for stock & gardens
-Stock proof fencing
-Race and run
-Alternate sealed road frontage from Wallaroo Road (#STCA)
-Garden shed
-Studio
-Cubby/potting shed
-Plenty of fruit trees including 30+ olive trees, 12 almond trees, figs, pears, apples, mulberries, plums and apricots
-Chook shed with capacity to hold up to 1,000 hens (minor repairs required)
-Environmentally friendly grey water system to orchard & wetlands area accommodating nesting birdlife.
-Solar power
-Beautiful rural outlook from every angle, providing potential for gr...
