The Homestead A main feature of Spring Hill is the magnificent 50 sq. neo-colonial timber homestead. The 25 year old architect designed home offers a unique lifestyle of elegant living in spacious & comfortable surroundings. French doors fitted with removable screens open onto 8" wrap verandahs, this house is designed for year round entertaining. The interior is of grand proportions with soaring ceilings, ornate plaster cornices, exquisitely finished timber joinery, hand painted provincial tiles & solid brass fittings. Polished brush box floors & wide hallways are a feature of the formal living areas. The master bedroom is vast with French doors leading to a fully glassed studio. This has ample room for an ensuite & dressing area. The 2nd bedroom is also very large, used by the present owners as a formal dining room. The 3rd bedroom has outdoor access. The laundry & bathroom areas are also very spacious & elegantly fitted. A huge slate floored entertainment area opens onto a paved terrace overlooking the gardens. The very pretty country kitchen is a hostess’ delight, fitted in Tasmanian Oak with European appliances, dishwasher, new twin over, walk-in pantry. The kitchen opens on the delightful northern verandah for casual dining and entertaining. Services & Facilities
Daily Mail Weekly refuse collection Single phase power connected Mobile telephone & TV reception STD telephone connected School bus services Location Prestige rural setting, west of Toowoomba City. The Toowoomba region has a population of approximately 100 000 with a university, excellent schools, numerous shopping centres, sporting& cultural facilities. Toowoomba is also reknowned for its parks & gardens & is a major regional centre for commercial, agricultural, industrial & recreational facilities. Brisbane is located 2 hours drive east via the Warrego Highway. Improvements 5 bay machinery shed with cement-flooring workshop bay and lock-up sliding door. A 4 bay Colourbond shed with insulated vet centre is situated adjacent to the stockyards, which are fitted with vet-crush and loading ramp. There are 5 bull pens attached to the yards. And additional set of electrified yards are accessed by a laneway and nicely shaded by mature trees. All main fencing is of recent construction with netted boundaries and plain wire with electric fencing throughout the property. A timber stable block of 3 loose boxes and lock-up tack room with exercise yard are conveniently situated a short distance from the house. Country & Cultivation Very fertile deep self-mulching black soil creek flats with sheltered gully grassed with kikuyu, rising to elevated native pasture & red soil coolibah and wilga ridge. An estimated 75 acres of the 125 acres property is cultivated, including 15 acres of established Lucerne, 30 acres newly sown to oats, & the remainder fallowed for summer crop. This country is suitable for double cropping, making it an excellent finishing block or pastured stud operation. All titles have frontage to Spring Creek & can be irrigated from underground allocation. Previous uses have been as a dairy operation & grain production. Water Water is a feature of Spring Hill with 41 ML allocation from 2 bores. Underground mains allow most of the cultivation access to irrigation. Spring fed Spring Creek provides permanent stock water. Main irrigation bore is equipped with a diesel powered pump on Lot 3, & Lot 1 is served by an electric bore for stock & domestic water. A 20 000 gallon storage tank gravity feeds to the house, garden, troughs & stock pens. The house is supplied by 13 000 gallon of rainwater, providing virtually unrestricted use for all domestic purposes except toilets, which are supplied from the bore tank.