28 Cemetery Road

Welshmans Reef VIC 3462

With 70 acres of a quiet, tranquil bush landscape, a sweeping driveway flanked by mature gums leads to this off-grid two-bedroom straw bale home. Welshmans Reef is a former gold mining town located within a short drive into historic Maldon and Newstead, to Castlemaine for additional retail and amenities and to Cairn Curran Reservoir.

Enter into a generous north-facing open-plan kitchen with living and dining with sliding doors leading to an alfresco area with views of the surrounding landscape. The kitchen provides a freestanding 900mm gas cooktop with an oven, a pantry, and plenty of storage with an island bench. The living and dining feature a polished concrete floor along with a Nectre solid wood heater wood with a baker's oven. An adjoining sitting room with a window seat provides a spot to reflect, along with two bedrooms, the main with double doors leading to the garden and built-in robes. A spacious bathroom with a bath and shower and a large laundry/ mudroom with a separate toilet complete the internal floorplan. Design details include double glazing throughout, solar hot water with wood fire boost, carpet in bedrooms and sitting room, ceiling fans, fully insulated, and a 3.6kw solar system with a generator backup. This property is on bottled gas.

A double carport with a Colorbond garage with an adjoining studio/ workshop provides additional space and three water tanks; a 22,000l water tank supplies the house and two 10,000l water tanks for the garden. The low-maintenance garden, a mix of native and ornamental planting with meandering paths, leads to the rejuvenated surrounding bushland. Fenced paddocks and two dams with yabby and redfin fish, potentially provide space for livestock.