This exceptional 7 acre property located 32 kilometres from Darwin CBD (35 minutes in peak hour) has a frontage on beautiful McMinns Lagoon Wildlife Reserve and comprises a 5 bedroom house and a guest house set in well established irrigated gardens with sprawling lawns stretching down to the lagoon. Set at the southeast end of the lagoon the uninterrupted views visually expand the property to take in the lagoon.
The main house is architect designed for the tropics and constructed of rammed earth walls with Western Red Cedar above to the compressed straw ceiling. French doors throughout provide excellent cross flow ventilation and together with wide verandahs around the perimeter make it a cool house.
There are 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a large dining room, a large living area and a library television room. There is air-conditioning to all areas. There are lagoon views from the living room, kitchen, dining room, library television room and 4 of the 5 bedrooms. The kitchen is modern with all Miele appliances; both spacious bathrooms have toilets and are also modern.
The guest house is also rammed earth and has 2 large air-conditioned rooms, a kitchen, bathroom and toilet. Both large rooms have lagoon views.
Adjacent to this property is a further 5 acre property for sale separately which complements the house property with an industrial shed of about 675 square metres, tennis court, a fenced shaded swimming pool and 3 large post and rail fenced irrigated paddocks with stables or shelters in each and a round yard.