1094 Sandbar Road

Lake Lonsdale VIC 3381

-The Home
Sprawling Homestead of appx 38 sq's built to capture the amazing views towards the Grampians & Lake Lonsdale. The home has beautiful appeal, designed to be welcoming and comfortable, with generous room sizes, large window areas, soaring ceilings and has return verandas all the way around.
It comprises 5 large bedrooms plus study/office, 2 bathrooms + powder room, formal lounge & dining rooms and separate rumpus room. The sizable kitchen is the heart of the home which is designed to cater for the largest of family gatherings and is open plan to the large family/ meals area. The house has ducted evaporative air conditioning, wood heating (3 wood heaters) & electric hot water. 11m x 9m shed, open bay shed with 2 skillions.
-The Land
The property is about 267.81 hectares (about 662 acres) in total area. It is in the Farming Zone of the Northern Grampians Planning Scheme.
It comprises 4 titles containing a total of 6 lots and 8 paddocks. The land has generally been farmed in conjunction with adjoining owners and has gradually been improved over the years. It has been used for sheep grazing, some cropping (oats during pasture improvement) and hay production.
The current carrying capacity is about 2 sheep to the acre. More intensive farming and pasture improvement could lift this to 3 to 4 sheep per acre.
-The Water
100,000 litres of rainwater storage in four tanks interconnected and serviced by a central pumping setup with two electric and one petrol pump commanding all four tanks. 9 dams & 1 trough spread across 9 paddocks. There is a windmill and a bore near the house.
-The Lifestyle & Location
The country lifestyle gives opportunities for all, with the favourites for all ages are the clean-up bonfires and, in the warmer months, yabbying (excess of 100 yabbies p/w).
Lake Lonsdale offers swimming, sailing, boating, water sports, fishing and yabbying. When the yabbies run in Lake Lonsdale, they are a good size and in abundance.
The Grampians, Lake Bellfield, Lake Fyans and many award winning wineries/ boutique breweries are just a short drive & will sure to be popular with you, your family and visitors. Stawell & the ever popular Halls Gap are both within 20mins drive. Melbourne within 2 hours 40 mins drive.
-The Subdivision Potential - STCA (as of 28/06/19)
The Northern Grampians Planning Scheme schedules a minimum lot area of 80 ha (about 200 acres) in the Farming Zone. The existing number of Titles and Lots is greater than the lot yield under that provision.
The Farming Zone also provides for subdivision into smaller lots under certain circumstances, one of which is the re-subdivision of existing lots as long as the number of lots is not increased. This option potentially allows re-subdivision into a maximum of six lots, better suiting the characteristics of the land and taking advantage of the spectacular views from parts of the land or, possibly, allowing the eastern part of Mt Drummond to be sold separately.
Six lots could cater for the existing house, Mt Drummond and four new house sites. The view from these sites range from really good, through to superb, to absolutely magnificent.
-The Resource
Stawell Quarry operates on the western part of Mt Drummond. It has operated continuously under various management for decades. It is currently operated by Conundrum Holdings who advise that the material they are extracting is hornfels. They also advise that the Eastern part of Mt Drummond is most likely hornfels as well. A quarry consultant also advised the owners that the geological maps indicate hornfels.
The resource on the land we are selling has not been proven or drilled and any party showing interest in the resource should satisfy itself as to the material and the quality and quantity of the resource.
-Further details
This is a once in a life time opportunity to secure an amazing lifestyle property/ farm. Call the office for a copy of the Information Memorandum, book an inspection or a copy of the Contract of Sale.