Take the romanticism of a yesteryear’s miner’s cottage. Team it with an idyllic garden setting on a couple of acres growing your own food and rearing your own animals, and then make that miner’s cottage sparkle and shine with a thorough restoration, and you have a combination that will, to many, be completely irresistible.
Beyond the garden gate at 42 Bena Road Korumburra, this beautifully and imaginatively restored cottage oozes modern comfort and country charm. Colorbond cladding and a shady front verandah introduce the home, which retains its original front doors and Baltic pine flooring. Bedrooms either side of the entrance hallway are large, light and airy. Down the hallway, you pass a charming bathroom with its own toilet, a shower over bath, and timber topped vanity. Continue to a step down living room with built in cabinets. To the left through sliding timber doors is a completely up-to-date kitchen, with dishwasher, four-door pantry and Bosch self cleaning stay-cool oven. The modern appliances and floor tiles are warmed by gleaming red iron bark polished timber bench tops, and views through a country style doorway to a kitchen garden. The kitchen overlooks a roomy dining and living area, which in turn leads to elevated outdoor timber decking with laser light roof. Off the living area you will find a laundry, a study nook with plenty of storage room, and the master bedroom and ensuite bathroom.
Throughout, character has been maintained with the use of painted dado timber panelling, timber venetians, a combination of timber and tiled floors, colonial windows, French doors, and ceiling fans.
Another world awaits outside. Gravel pathways meander between separate garden rooms, from rotational vegetable permaculture, to a variety of berries, established fruit trees and native plantings. Stop by the purpose built chook run and say hi to the girls, or stay a while in the potting shed. A big fenced paddock slopes gently away towards the creek, providing you with choices: run some animals, or grow a field of lavender! Keen gardeners will appreciate the planning that has gone into developing the property and will enjoy its bounty. The property is sheltered, offers views towards hills and farms, and is a short distance to the shops in Korumburra.