106 Acres of Romance: Farmhouse, Cottages, Stables & More

'Folly Farm' is 106 acres of pure romance, offering a quintessential weatherboard farmhouse, guest cottages and extensive horse and cattle facilities. With a five-year renovation and extension project recently completed, the dreamy home offers exquisite yet comfortable family living. <br/><br/>Rambling and reminiscent of times past, beautiful lining boards and high ceilings are accompanied by designer flourishes; from the pendant lighting to the French oak flooring and marble bench tops, everything has been thoughtfully integrated. Expansive living and dining areas and the large kitchen/family room are light-filled through sets of French doors providing views to age-old gardens, lush paddocks and wrap-around verandas. <br/><br/>The home overlooks a sparkling heated swimming pool and spa, and meandering secret gardens take you past century-old specimen trees to the tennis court.<br/><br/>The Main Residence:<br/><br/>• 3-4 generous bedrooms (2 with ensuites) plus a study/nursery, family bathroom and guest w/c.<br/>• Master suite is a large, gracious retreat with extensive garden views<br/>• Vast laundry /mudroom & seperate linen room<br/>• Three wood fires (2 combustion) plus zoned reverse-cycle air-conditioning<br/>• Large bespoke kitchen with 2 ovens, induction cooktop, teppanyaki plate & BBQ grill<br/>• Butler's pantry<br/>• Formal dining overlooking the sheltered courtyard<br/>• Formal lounge with views to the paddocks, native forest and rolling hills.<br/><br/>Guest Cottages:<br/> <br/>Considerable guest accommodation is provided by 'The Cottage' – a fully self-contained two-bedroom home, and 'The Clubhouse', a 150-square-meter building with kitchenette and beautiful bathroom that is currently set up as a games room and office. Once the polo pavilion, it has expansive bucolic distant views across horse paddocks. Utilise as additional accommodation, STCA.<br/><br/>The Garden:<br/><br/>3 acres of gardens surround the house and include century old cedars, Japanese maples, gingkos, camellias, hydrangeas and established hedging and sandstone flagging.<br/>• 12 x 7 m fully tiled heated swimming pool<br/>• tennis court<br/>• artist's studio<br/>• orchard and vegetable garden with potting shed and greenhouse<br/>• automated irrigation<br/><br/>The Farm:<br/><br/>• 72 acres of lush grazing pasture<br/>• bore<br/>• hayshed and machinery Shed<br/>• 48 kw solar panels<br/>• permanent Doudles Folly Creek<br/>• steel cattle yards<br/>• recent stock fencing of entire property<br/>• 2 x 110,000 litre rain water tanks<br/>• treelined drives and laneways<br/>• water security<br/><br/>Equine Infrastructure:<br/><br/>Extensive horse infrastructure including - <br/>• a significant and picturesque stables complex comprised of six stables, feed room and tack room<br/>• tie-ups and wash bay <br/>• 20 x 60m sand dressage arena, huge sand jump arena and grass arenas<br/>• 16 acres of 14 post and rail paddocks all with shelters