Last Listing description (December 2014)
A spacious family home in an idyllic rural setting, this 14.75 acre property is the ultimate horse lovers paradise, whilst being incredibly versatile inside and out to a variety of other purposes.
Constructed circa 1969, the attractive red brick home is solidly built and generously proportioned with an incredibly flexible floor plan, adaptable to suit even the largest of families and all lifestyle choices. 4 dedicated bedrooms are complemented by a couple of further versatile rooms adding potential for a rumpus, home theatre, office space, or even further bedrooms to the list of features. Casual and formal dining and living spaces are equally as flexible and can be utilised and enjoyed to suit.
Immediately outside the home are secure fenced gardens, overlooked to one side by a wide verandah, open to the other with views across neighbouring paddocks. Across the road is a vast expanse of vineyard set to the striking backdrop of the Willunga Hills beyond.
Stretching behind the property is the majority of the 14.75 acres of grounds and the exceptional infrastructure on offer. Five secure fenced paddocks, all studded with shady gum trees and easily reachable with direct access to and from a lengthy lawned raceway. 4 feature horse shelters and mains water fed troughs and one incorporates a good size sand based riding arena. The excellent stable block boasts 4 generous stables and an adjoining tack room to the connecting high clearance shed with a fenced round yard located opposite.
Approximately 9 acres to the rear border of the property currently provides a significant annual hay crop. A large hay shed next to the stables provides plenty of storage for this purpose, with an adjoining second tack room and adjacent work shed adding to the exceptional facilities on offer.
Home features include:-
* Good size, light and airy master bedroom with floor to ceiling window, wall gas heater, ceiling fan and good size walk in robe
* 3 further bedrooms all with walk in robes and 2 with floor to ceiling windows
* Beautiful, large formal lounge room with ceiling fan, 2 pendant lights and big floor to ceiling window to one wall and huge patio doors to other side providing a warm, light and bright aspect with lovely views
* Sizeable, adjacent formal dining room, centrally located within the home for versatility and accessibility and featuring 2 pendant lights, skylight, fireplace with Vulcan oil heater and wide timber sliding doors opening into the lounge
* Spacious dining kitchen, recently updated with new appliances including dishwasher and ceramic hob and featuring large fridge space, double sink, microwave nook, roller door utility cupboard, two walk in pantries and breakfast bar overlooking the good size meals area
* Casual meals area with built in cupboards, pendant lighting, sliding doors onto verandah and sliding door to rear hall
* Large central room with dual entry from both dining room and rear hallway, currently used as a home office but adaptable for a variety of purposes including 5th bedroom and boasting a wall of built in cupboards and skylight
* Beautiful formal entrance with huge timber front door and side panels with decorative leadlight feature glass panels opening into a huge entrance room adaptable to be a home office with separate entrance, bedroom or a variety of other purposes to suit
* Family bathroom with bath, shower, vanity, original retro floor tiling and recent upgrades including new duo flush toilet, shower screen, mirror with halogen lighting and remote control heat lamp/light/fan
* Everyday entrance/ boot room/ laundry with lots of built in cupboards and adjoining second bathroom with shower, vanity, heater and recently upgraded wall tiles and toilet the perfect set up for cleaning up after time outside
* Neutral dcor and ducted evaporative cooling throughout the home
* Carpeting to most of the home, with practical vinyl flooring to dining kitchen
* Solar hot water system
* Mains power, mains water
* Huge, 19.4 x 2.8m covered north facing verandah with red brick paving and an outlook across the gardens, lovely for alfresco relaxing and entertaining
* 246m2 total living space including verandah
External features include:
* 14.75 acres
* Pretty, fully fenced, low maintenance gardens immediately surrounding the home with drip feed irrigation, lawned areas and established planting predominantly being easy care native shrubs and roses
* Fruit trees apple and plum
* 2000 litre poly rainwater tanks with pump to garden irrigation system
* 6.8 x 6m work shed/ garage with sliding door, concrete floor, power, 2 workbenches and lots of good lighting including windows and clear vinyl roof sections
* 2 car drive through carport
* Dual street driveway entrances, one paved and leading to front of home, the other gravel and double gated with off street parking areas and direct access to rear of home, and all infrastructure including paddocks, stables and shedding
Equine infrastructure:
* 5 large paddocks, each fully secure with electric fencing, extra wide gating, mains water fed troughs and studded with gum trees offering plenty of shade, four also feature horse shelters
* Gated and fenced grassed raceway with direct access to all paddocks
* Exceptional stable block with good lighting, paved central walkway with dual access and featuring 4 timber lined stables with galvanised gate and steel mesh dividers, each with mains water fed trough
* Adjoining, high clearance equipment/tractor/horse float shed with secure tack room
* Large hayshed with second adjoining tack room
* 60 x 20m sand riding area with potential to extend (dry weather use)
* Round yard with sand base and electric fencing opposite stables
* Wash bay next to stables
* 9 acre crop paddock for oaten hay to rear boundary, averaging 400-700 bales annually
An outstanding lifestyle opportunity with exceptional existing equine infrastructure, this property would suit