773 Rutherglen-Springhurst Road

Lilliput VIC 3682

When the name sign on the gate said "Aberdeen" the purchasers of the hectare (or 95.66 acre) farm property at 773 Rutherglen Springhurst Road at Lilliput assumed some strong Scottish connection, but their research on the holding which obviously was once part of an original larger district farm holding has turned up little historic information.
The vendors who originally came from Wagga Wagga, with a farming background have just listed Aberdeen for sale with Elders Real Estate in Wangaratta.
Having only two years ago built their new three bedroom plus study brick home, they now have an urge "to go travelling around Australia" while they are still young enough to enjoy the experience.
The property at Lilliput is on the southern edge of Rutherglen with that township only eight kilometres distant, or it is thirty-four kilometres north of Wangaratta, with great access in either direction with the easy local access on to the Hume Highway.
The vendors say they bought the block with a farm development plan in mind to capitalise on its underlying potential.
Pasture improvement was the key objective, and they have in the last two seasons cut substantial numbers of big rolls of oaten or wheaten hay, with a larger area recently established to a lucerne crop that has just had a second cut this season.
Aberdeen has also been well set up with improvements from fencing to effective yards and buildings, to suit either crop or hay production or to run sheep or cattle.
The property in five paddocks is divided by the unused Springhurst to Rutherglen railway reserve but this provides no impediment to livestock or machinery movements.
Part of the property fronts the fenced off Black Dog Creek reserve, while the site of the former and historic Lilliput School which closed in 1968 is on another boundary.
The vendors say they had very clear ideas on the type of home they wanted so they drew up plans and engaged a quality local home builder to complete the project.
The home includes quality appliances, an evaporative cooling system plus a combustion heater for winter, with a six kilowatt solar system installed to ensure very low energy costs.
Substantial farming infrastructure includes a ten by twenty-five metre steel framed machinery shed with power and a concrete floor in two bays enclosed for secure storage or workshop purposes. A second hay shed measures ten by twenty metres.
Significant water resources come from the two original wells, one equipped with a solar pump that feeds one of two paddock dams with substantial rainwater harvested into two one hundred and ten thousand litre tanks, one forty-five thousand litre tank and 2 other smaller tanks.
The vendors have planted several native shelter belts along the fence line.
Elders Real Estate selling agent Michael Everard says that Aberdeen at Lilliput with easy access to Rutherglen has been professionally set up by the vendors drawing on their previous farming experience to be highly efficient in livestock, hay, or crop production.
"The home that is only two years old was designed for their long term occupation until the intervention of their desire to travel.
"I am expecting a sale price of about one million dollars for Aberdeen since there is really little left to do.
"The presentation is impressive, the linkages to all the north east communities are excellent, and this property has been professionally developed for a choice of very productive farming businesses.
"As a family property with an effectively brand new home opportunities like this on the edge of the revered Rutherglen district are rarely on offer" Michael Everard says.
For more property information: contact Elders Real Estate Wangaratta and their agent Michael Everard on 0408 653 161.