Rural Lifestyle Opportunity With Character

The property is positioned in a highly desirable area for those desiring a lifestyle country property with advantages of joining a small and comfortable community. Located within 5 minutes to Inverloch and close to Wonthaggi while the hubs of Korumburra and Leongatha are within easy reach. The home on 12 acres approximately, embraces an elevated position within a picturesque and established garden setting.

'Wattle Bank', the original homestead built in the late 1960’s, has been well maintained and retains many of the period features and recent refurbishments have translated into a comfortable country residence.

The entry to the property creates a sense of expectation as the long drive leads past paddocks up to the homestead. Here the level access substantial brick home is revealed incorporating a flexible floor plan that flows effortlessly through rooms of beautiful proportions. The home links delightfully to the outdoors and into a truly lovely garden with a huge oak tree and a gorgeous flowering gum taking pride of position.

Multiple living areas and a central modern kitchen flowing to a luminous dining realm offer wonderful spaces for family and friends to come together. The high ceilings showcase ornate cornices whilst the original hardwood floors and striking timber cabinetry are in fabulous condition and reflect the style and aesthetic of the era.

There is a wonderful separation between the social and private spaces with all of the bedrooms located in a separate wing. The parent’s retreat, the largest of the bedrooms, has double built in robes as do the other three bedrooms. A generous home office with built in cupboards could easily be utilized as the fifth bedroom providing exceptional accommodation. The home is serviced by two family bathrooms with toilets whilst a large laundry and mud room have access to outside.

Features include Caesar stone bench tops including a moveable island kitchen bench, soft closing drawers, functional pull-out pantry plus separate pantry, two reverse cycle units and a new solid fuel heater providing comfort throughout the home in every season. Huge picture and sash windows provide beautiful outlooks into the gardens from every window.

Outside the home verandas at the front and an undercover alfresco at the rear provide excellent spaces for relaxation. Another much sought after amenity is the 4.5kW solar system feeding back to the grid at the current rebate which keeps the running costs of the property at a minimum.

Within the expansive grounds is a range of established planting with both native and ornamental species as well as productive planting including two orchards with many varieties of fruit trees such as fig, cherry, apple, quince, pomegranate, pear, citrus, plum and nectarine.

Parking at the property is well provided for via a single car garage with internal access into the home plus an oversize high clearance double carport. Ancillary shedding and other improvements include a huge shearing shed and horse stables, wood shed, fox proof chicken coop and various shelters throughout the paddocks as well as a stock race and crush. Water storage at the property includes up to 115,000 litres plus a huge dam which gravity feeds to troughs in some of the 12 paddocks surrounding the home. The property offers the opportunity of a wonderful rural lifestyle together with the potential to subdivide(STCA). House:216sqm Land: 4.27ha