Last Listing description (November 2013)
Super-Sized Executive Home on Easy-Care Acreage
This beautiful, well-built, 520-square-metre home in Humpty Doo offers the discerning family all the benefits of rural living without compromising quality.
Entry to the property is via a landscaped roundabout framed by fully reticulated lawn and tropical gardens.
Inside the owner is greeted by a premium kitchen plus dining area (18 months old). Features include 6.6 metres of corian work surfaces, two-pack white cabinetry, electric soft-close drawers, breakfast bar and quality stainless steel appliances including induction hob, double oven, microwave, Westinghouse fridge/freezer with ice and water dispenser and two dishwashers to ensure clutter-free living. The massive 4.5-metre corian island holds a breath-taking imported cylindrical fish tank which may be utilised for salt or fresh water fishes or run without aquatic life for display only.
Also on the ground floor you will find a family/guest bathroom with spa bath (also 18 months old) and a large ancillary room used by the current owners as an office.
At the south end of the ground floor is a unbelievably large circa 100-square-metre tiled space with built-in cabinetry suitable for multiple uses including children's play, family room, games room, guest quarters, teenagers' retreat or work-from-home. This space gives way to a downstairs bedroom and a home theatre room wired for internet and audio-visual equipment. Access to outside living and pool area is through double doors.
An impressive staircase in the centre of the home takes the owner upstairs to the family living area which contains four super-sized bedrooms - all with built-in or walk-in robing, one bathroom, one ensuite, a lounge area and access to a wide verandah overlooking the property's main paddock.u
This home is fully air conditioned with split-system Panasonic and Dyson units. Louvre windows and French doors provide air flow and steel-framed colourbond construction makes this property stand proud as a masterfully-designed tropical residence.
Externally the residence boasts a 100-square-metre under-shade entertainment area, and an adjacent 35,000 litre salt water pool with beach.
Outbuildings include a four-bay shed with three-phase power - converted by the current owners for use as stables (as the property hosted a miniature donkey stud) but easily transferred back into a working shed if desired. In addition there is a large animal enclosure with shelter and an aviary.
Two large paddocks have improved pasture and chain-mesh fencing for hobby farming, and a third rear paddock is a microcosm of NT flora and fauna. Gardens and lawned areas are landscaped and automatically reticulated by the property's bore, assuring the new owner of an easy-care block. Solar hot water is provided.
This property was originally built in 1995, and then extended by 320 square metres in 2008. Permits to occupy have been issued. To assist the buyer, recent building and pest reports and valuation are available for inspection at the property.
The asking price is informed by a recent market valuation report by a registered valuer (available for view). The house is priced well under market valuation, and significantly under other agents' recommended marketing price of $1m. It is a premium rural property representing exceptional value for money compared to comparably priced homes. Owners are overseas, wish to sell, have priced the property accordingly, and seek inspections from genuine buyers in this price range for what is one of the rural area's finest homes.
The property is vacant and available for immediate occupancy.
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Additional feature/s - balcony/patio/terrace.