As you enter the property the views are of Mount Oakover and Darling Range Regional Park.
The top paddocks have had 3 years of green manure crops, the paddocks are Patterson Curse free and have been contoured so that water is retained when possible and excess is directed to 300m of dry creek bed. The creek bed meanders down the eastern side of the property, consists of a series of filtration ponds, and the property has been revegetated with over 2000 native flowers and bushes. The property is registered with the Land For Wildlife programme and provides a connecting link between Susannah Brook and Wandoo Heights. The property is home for over 43 species of birds and provides a haven for many other animals.
The top paddock has a 15m diameter round yard and stables that consist of a hay room, tack room and 2 stalls.
The self-contained studio is 7m x 12m with a mezzanine area over half of the floor space. It has evaporative air-conditioning and could be used as an office, teenager retreat, granny flat, or work-shed.
The house is contemporary Australian design and is constructed from steel polystyrene sandwich panels and clad in zincalume. The house floor sits 3m off the ground providing car park facilities for 4 cars. The elevated flooring allows the house to sit level with the top of a large pond that has been landscaped with a smaller pond and waterfall. The pond is home to black bream, marron and Western Pygmy Perch.
The breezeway provides a fantastic outdoor setting environment with the jetty overhanging the pond. The house is divided into 3 sections, the main living room, ground level laundry, and the guest-wing that includes an ensuite.
The north facing walls are predominately floor to ceiling glass and louvers enabling the house to take advantage of the beautiful natural pond setting and provides a cooling effect in the summer and passive solar heating in the winter. The main room has 2 reverse cycle air-conditioners.
The kitchen boasts Gaggenau cookware of 2 wok burners, an inbuilt steamer, BBQ grill with dedicated downdraft, and a fan-forced oven. The floor to ceiling custom inbuilt fridge and temperature-controlled pantry provide 1500L each of storage area.
The main bedroom has a walk in robe and a floor to ceiling mirror, spa bath and double shower. Further storage and hanging space in the laundry is accessed through a spiral staircase from the bedroom. The laundry has a double bowl and large bench space and a 3rd toilet.
The southern boundary of the property is the centre line of Susannah Brook.
The property overlooks the Darling Range Regional Park and is adjacent to Wandoo Heights, an AAA nature reserve. This provides unlimited walks and rides through over 780 acres of the most beautiful and striking bush of the Darling Range.
The Swan valley boasts over 150 wineries, restaurants, breweries,distilleries, cafes, galleries and museums providing a cosmopolitan lifestyle yet still captures the rural feel.
Features:
*Remote opening front gate with intercom and indicating panel
*3 phase power
*2 Kva. solar grid power system
*Scheme water
*6300L rainwater tank with pressure pump to kitchen
*Wireless broad band setup
*Spring-fed soak with pump to house overhead tank
*Fully fenced with electric feral fence
*Fire fighting sprinkler system
*Overhead water tank reticulation system
*Feature windmill circulating pond water
*30 minutes from the CBD