55 Acres with 1km on Never Never River but in need of some serious help as the owners have gone to the big smoke and have not tidied this property up for sale.
The photos are from when we sold it some years ago, so please bare in mind when you have a look it needs your input to bring it back to beautiful.
The main house was a fully renovated barn and the office/studio nearby is everybody’s dream of how work should be!
From the moment you drive along the roadway and through the gates of this property, the feeling is one of being in a special place.
The property will hold an average of 100 breeders – a few less in winter – and the cattle yards, top of the line “vet” cattle crush with cement flooring plus 2 stables and tack room. The property has 4 tallowwood, nail-less fenced paddocks which are perfect for horses and/or cattle. The property was a Wagyu and Wagyu cross Angus “boutique” cattle breeding concern and no expense was spared in its development.
The water supply to the house, gardens and studio is never ending – thanks to an underground spring stream that covers the entire property. This is pristine, clean drinking water!
Enter the main house through an intricately handcrafted, wrought iron “gate”, take off your boots in the welcoming vestibule and walk through a solid wood and stainless steel studded door and be more than surprised at the open plan living areas. The living, dining and kitchen spaces lead through bi-fold doors (the width of the entire room) onto a 4m undercover entertaining, dining and relaxing terrace. The northern wall of the living area is fully louvred and so takes advantage of the summer breezes. The veranda faces west-north-west, so it is perfectly positioned to sip on a fizzy drink in the evenings and watch the sun disappear into the mountain range in the distance. Magic!
The open kitchen has polished wood floors, stainless steel and milk glass wall and floor cupboards, a large “prep” area, 5 burner Ilve stove top with large grill and double oven and the most urban of touches – a “café” bar opening out to the veranda overlooking the most glorious views imaginable.
Across the wide, naturally lit and truss ceiling-ed passageway is an extra-spacious bathroom with 2 louvred “walls”, solid wooden benches, original claw bath and a polished concrete floor.
The airy laundry / pantry adjacent to kitchen, housed a large refrigerator and microwave and there is plenty of storage space for appliances and linen.
Further along the polished wood passageway is the office with broadband facilities and a day bed (for the unexpected guest), an extra large bedroom and homework room, then a second spacious bedroom with the same facility. These rooms enjoy the morning sun and all have louvres for free air flow, built-in wardrobing and cupboards and wonderful “green” views.
A television/sitting room with a full glass tile wall is across the hall; and next to this is the master bedroom with a spacious walk-in wardrobe and dressing room. The passageway leads to another deck and the true “Aussie” clothesline and a machinery and ride-on mower shed.
The colours and textures combine glass, stainless steel, re-cycled timbers and terrazzo that give a rural contemporary feel – beautifully designed and executed, with an obvious natural sense of style that will suit the most selective buyer.
Adjacent to the main house and under a huge tree and open sky stands a large wooden dining table ….. perfect for candle lit dinners and leisurely Sunday lunches.
Other features of the property include:
- mature fruit and nut trees and other exotics
- the studio has power, its own water supply and broadband setup
- split cycle air conditioning (that has rarely been required)
- ceiling fans throughout
- all doors are re-cycled vintage timber
- other than the roadway into the property, one boundary is State forest and the other is 1km of the pristine Never Never River
- fully fenced organic vegetable garden outside the kitchen window
- a private “beach” and swimming hole in arguably the most stunning section of the Never Never River
So welcome to the wonderful world of the east coast’s most spectacular hinterland destination, but please consider there is work to do to bring it back to wonderful …..
Once renovated barn and studio
1km Never Never river frontage
Cattle yards, “vet” cattle crush
2 stables and tack room
Tallowood, nail-less fencing
Perfect for horses and cattle
Never ending spring water supply
Vintage re-cycled wooden doors
Bi-folds to open up the house
4m undercover relaxing terrace
Polished wood and polished cement floors
Lots of louvres for air flow
Stainless steel, wood and milk glass kitchen
5 Burner Ilve stove top and double oven
Bar from the kitchen to verandas
Extra spacious bedrooms
Machinery and ride-on shed
And so much more…