'Toad Hall' is positioned between the popular villages of Cygnet and Kettering, in Tasmania's picturesque Huon Valley. This private 48 acre sanctuary has everything established for you to enjoy country living at its finest.
Offering a high quality 32 square mud brick home that was awarded the Housing Industry Association (HIA) National Home of the Year in its category in 1994. The home features a thoughtfully designed layout with a large central living, dining and kitchen area that commands your attention as you enter the huge space. Offering 10m recycled beams, a central sandstone open fireplace, high ceilings and large glass stacker doors. These open up into the double glazed conservatory that is another key feature of the home's design, both inside and out, taking in the views of the established gardens in every direction and exquisite craftsmanship in the joinery of the pressed tin ceiling and glass separating the walls to the living space.
The home has been designed with a large master suite on the northern wing with one of the home's two home offices located off the hallway. This wing offers a complete parent's retreat with the large bedroom with verandah access and room for lounge suites along with the walk-in wardrobe and remodelled ensuite.
The southern wing features a second bedroom that is a guest suite with its own ensuite, verandah access and also a pull down ladder access to the ceiling. Bedrooms 3 and 4 both offer built in wardrobes, a remodelled bathroom with modern finishes, warm timber and coloured under vanity lighting plus a separate powder room, separate laundry and another home office.
Other features include built-in speakers and surround sound system, projector with drop down screen, David Weeks Studio lighting from New York, gas powered hydronic timed heating radiators, underfloor heating in the conservatory plus the warm central sandstone open fire.
Outside the property is made up of approximately 1/3rd native Tasmanian forest and 2/3rds well established pasture that is fenced into 6 main paddock areas all featuring gravity fed water to concrete in ground troughs. The property offers town, bore and tank water with established irrigation through the garden areas and the added bonus of a winter creek running through the property, a lake plus multiple dams.
One of the property's unique features is a heated 11m swimming pool with sandstone walls and limestone paving constructed by a local French stonemason, surrounding the pool and an all weather cover made from aluminium and polycarbonate with the flexibility to have the pool fully covered, partially covered or fully open. The polycarbonate clear cover does an excellent job of heating the pool with the natural sunlight and it can also be heated by a reverse cycle pool heating system and also comes complete with automated filters and safety fencing.
There is a full sized all weather tennis court surrounded by wire fencing that has a stunning outlook over the valley and is nestled into the established gardens and has a practice wall and power to run the tennis ball machine.
A 3 hole golf course also sits within the fenced area that takes in the lake, pool and tennis court to the north of the home and has the potential to expand into the other paddocks.
A sealed driveway greets you as you enter through the remote controlled electric gates and as you drive along you are flanked by birches, oaks and many other deciduous trees sure to take your breath this coming autumn. The driveway then turns past the established gardens to the 3 car colorbond garage and sealed parking area near the home's entry. Along with the garage the property has a workshop, gym, tractor shed, tack room, hay shed, garden shed along with a round yard for ponies.
The extensive gardens feature a mixture of European trees, fruit trees, berries and natives and are a delight to take in from inside the home or for children to explore.
You will never see this rare combination of home style, land size, proximity to Hobart and extensive external infrastructure in Tasmania. The property has so much to enjoy as your own home or further development and use the existing infrastructure for accommodation or a health retreat subject to relevant approvals.
'Toad Hall' is still owned by the original owner occupiers and will be sold for the first time to new owners to enjoy.
To arrange a private inspection or to find out further information including our detailed walkthrough video with seller interview, please email us for a link to our private website for this exclusive property.
Rates - $3,250 approx. p.a.
