The Aldgate Creek meandering through a tree-studded valley first attracted our vendors to this beautiful Hills property adjoining a reserve and featuring an architectural three-bedroom home of local Basket Range stone, together with fantastic outbuildings including a separate studio.

You will love the peace and quiet of living here, the space and the birds; the sound of the creek when you wake each morning and watching your children grow strong and healthy in a wholesome natural environment.

Inside, as out, valley views steal the show and there are no cold corridors; rather, rooms flow off a central living area. Friends will know to walk right in, sure of a warm welcome, a roaring log fire, a drink from the bar and a home-cooked meal, prepared in the Baltic Pine country kitchen from organic produce picked fresh from the vegetable gardens and huge caged orchard.

After long happy hours spent outdoors – camping, cricket and picnics on the banks of the creek; mini golf and swings up by the house – treat yourself to a relaxing spa in the heritage bathroom with ambience supplied by a pretty Scandinavian stove and your favourite songs piped through the home’s sound system.

Get organized with superb timber storage in the huge walk-through wardrobe linking the laundry with a play lobby adjoining a cosy study. Three double bedrooms include the private master, while another is ideal as a teen retreat with an ensuite powder room and generous loft mezzanine.

Doors all around mean you’re never more than a few steps from the great outdoors where veranda and sail covered niches, and a Balinese hut, perched above the valley, provide inspiring places in which to entertain.

Take time out to explore the stunning gardens where exotics thrive in abundance: weeping cherries, forest pansies, laceleaf maples, assorted dwarf conifers, English deciduous trees and a breathtaking display of Autumn Blaze lining the sealed driveway. All irrigated by a 22,500 litre water tank and a sweet water bore along with a modern septic treatment system (Septreat) for garden irrigation.

Above the house, a huge powered shed provides a fantastic storage facility, with special appeal to car enthusiasts and tradespeople. Below, the self-contained studio offers a perfect retreat for teenagers and guests. There is also a double carport, single garage, wood store and a chook house.

Enjoy proximity to schools, cafes and shopping at Aldgate, Stirling – within a 5 km radius – and fast freeway access to town.

If you love peace, privacy and nature, then this idyllic Hills property is the one you’ll love to call home.