“Goombara” is a magnificent family home enjoying superb rural views offering a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a significant lifestyle change. Situated on exactly 5 acres with the home on the high point overlooking 2 paddocks and an ornamental lake the property presents as the perfect hobby farm. Built to a grand scale the residence uses a L-shaped floor plan to create distinct living and sleeping zones. The bedroom wing comprises the master bedroom with plantation shuttered windows, built-in robes and ensuite bathroom, 2 further large bedrooms both with built-in robes, the main dual vanity bathroom and a powder room opening off a hallway that extends from the entrance foyer. Also in this wing is a study that incorporates a Euro style laundry.

The impressive living areas offer fabulous options for entertaining as well as day to day living with the jewel in the crown being a huge and magnificent lounge room with wood fired heater built into a stone feature wall. This impressive lounge room offers extensive rural views and opens onto a long and wide all-weather deck making entertaining a breeze. Between the lounge room and a long formal living room at the front of the house is the generously sized dining room and an open kitchen with glass top Kleenmaid cooktop matching the Kleenmaid wall oven and integrated microwave also a Miele dish washer. The kitchen offers ample storage including a walk-in pantry, breakfast bar, tiled splashback plus a view out across the paddocks. Warming winter sun can also be enjoyed from a long sunroom that opens off the dining room.

A Short flight of stairs leads down from the lounge room to a fully self-contained ‘granny flat’ which can be closed off from the main house and has a separate external entrance for complete privacy. It includes a living space with kitchenette, big bedroom with walk-in robe, bathroom and a separate laundry. Also with a separate entrance is another room with adjoining storeroom which could be used as a home office.

Other features of this light filled property includes a full roof of 20 solar panels(facing-North), ducted heating, evaporative cooling, ducted vacuum, polished timber flooring, extensive under floor storage (full standing height), a semi-circular driveway, double garage and storage shed, fox-proof chicken run and ample parking space for cars, trailers, equipment, etc. Situated less than five minutes away from Lilydale’s retail precinct and train station and just a 300 metre walk to Lilydale Heights College, the property is also within the zone for Lilydale West Primary School and close to Chirnside Park Shopping Centre. The wineries and attractions of the Yarra Valley are just minutes away by car while golfers are well catered for with Chirnside Park Country Club, Heritage Golf & Country Club and Gardners Run Golf Club all close by.