This much admired and loved country home is now for sale.
It offers peaceful rural living in an historic and scenic location yet is close to the City of Ararat and only two and half hours by train or car to Melbourne. The house is situated on a made road and, as you can see above, assures absolute privacy.
It looks out across the old goldfield to the pioneer stone church and the village shop and, beyond that, the Moyston School. It’s an ideal location for retirement, a tree change or relocating the family to all the joys of country living the house is six years old, double brick and architect designed.
It is open plan on the ground floor with 2 bedrooms above. The property is almost 2 acres with underground power and town water.
There’s also a tank, dam, orchard, shedding and rear access available.
The garage can house a large caravan.
The property is fully fenced. A spacious kitchen with gas cooking, ample cupboards and bench space.
The open plan dining and lounge area is fully carpeted and has sliding doors onto verandas and glorious views from every aspect.
A reverse cycle air conditioner keeps it cool in summer and warm in winter. View from Dining area window looking out towards the village and stone church. Staircase with storage cupboards built in underneath the upstairs landing overlooks the dining and lounge areas.
Door on left is upstairs toilet/wash room.
Ahead is the main bedroom with sliding doors accessing a private balcony with lovely bush views?
A wonderful place to sit and relax, have a cuppa and read a book or watch the myriad of blue wrens which flit and chatter around the garden! Upstairs is fully carpeted and the balustrades are a marvellous place to dry or air the sheets! The guest bedroom also has its own balcony.
Each of the upstairs bedrooms has built in robes, storage cupboards and a dormer window. The bathroom and laundry is combined.
There’s a full sized bath with overhead shower and gas hot water.
The house has mains water connected but also has a large tank for drinking water. Verandas & landscaped gardens surround the house. A secluded patio area outside the back veranda screens off the clothes line, water tank and a garden shed. This area is overlooked by a lovely orchard. Part of the glorious garden at the front of the house looking towards the entrance drive and the dam below. The checkerboard terrace and archway which leads in to the vegetable garden…..There’s a set of large chess pieces to play a game of chess with family or friends! The veggie garden has raised beds. The orchard has varieties of apple, pear, peach, fig, apricot, plum, loquat, and feijoa, almond and nasho pear. The orchard is fenced and gated and has two sheds, including an old hen house. There’s plenty of room for a pony……