You set the table, while I open the wine and then we can both relax and enjoy the simply breathtaking views through the floor to ceiling windows of this stunning 4 bedroom character home. Look out across the orchards towards the Preston River – there are even kangaroos lying in the adjoining paddock, totally oblivious to our presence.

This wonderful home is a masterful mix of old and new. Gemmell House was built in approximately 1911. if polished floors, high ceilings, French doors, a working fireplace and fabulous shady verandahs are your idea of residential heaven, then this is the home for you. To this wonderful period piece, the home has been tastefully extended allowing for a modern bathroom which is tiled to the ceiling, a laundry, an extra bedroom and 2 large store rooms.

Once Gemmell House was a fine restaurant, and its Rural Residential Special Use Zoning still allows for this if the new owner would like to run a business of this nature. The sunlit conservatory which runs along the south side of the home offering panoramic valley views would be simply ideal to cater for restaurant patrons. The kitchen with its quality stainless steel 5 burner stove, dishwasher, granite benchtops and copious amounts of cupboard space would also assist in this regard. There is room in the modern section of the home to extend kitchen facilities if required.

Gemmell House is situated on 2.014 hectares (4.976 acres). The delightful gardens which surround the home are fully reticulated, with pumping rights to the Preston River for at least the next 3 years. There is also a 6m x 4m shed and a 20,000 gallon water tank.

It is not often you come across such an attractive home which is a happy marriage of old and new. Charming and graceful with just a hint of opulence, and magnificent views thrown in as an additional treat. Call me to come and view Donnybrook’s treasure of yesteryear.