A well-established farming property known as Springbank at 108 Delaneys Lane at Hansonville in the King Valley has been listed for private sale by Elders Real Estate in Wangaratta.
The Springbank holding with an area of 126 hectares (or 312 acres) in three titles has a further grazing reserve and roads of 10ha includes an outstanding graceful and historic timber home than has been expanded under an architect's design to provide an outstanding and comfortable lifestyle.
The original portion of the classic home dates to 1909 and now provides two family sized double bedrooms and a third bedroom, a central bathroom, an office, and a study while the extensive addition includes a large living area, a quality kitchen, and dining area. The home also has expansive veranda areas on both sides.
As part of the building works the original portion of the homestead had its roof removed and replaced to create a highly desirable homestead along with new services installed.
The total under roof area of the homestead is approximately 200 square metres.
The farm area subdivided into six major paddocks currently runs an eighty cow Angus cattle herd that sees heifers retained as self replacement breeders with the steer calves sold.
Hansonville's Springbank has numerous practical features.
All the boundary fencing is high quality and mostly hot-wired The internal fences are all in good condition and provide for easy operation of the eighty cow breeding interest which could be expanded under a more active management plan.
There is a set of functional steel cattle yards, crush and loading race and all internal paddock fencing has been replaced over the last five years.
The property is located in a belt of rich red loam soils. A guide to the desirability of this location is that the Brown Brothers premium Banksdale vineyard to the south is separated from Springbank by one other farm property.
There is a lot of useful farm infrastructure including a large storage and machinery shed that measures seven by twelve metres with a part having a concrete floor. It partly encloses the original dairy.
There is also a chicken shed and both are both situated in an attractive and fenced homestead block including an original olive tree orchard and fruit trees.
Springbank has extensive water resources including two major catchment dams and the seasonal Factory Creek runs through a central portion of the holding providing additional stock water.
There is an electric submerged pump equipped bore that pumps a very high dinking quality water (less than 200 microns of salinity from 33 metres depth) and supplies the homestead, garden uses and a reticulated stock water system.
Springbank at Hansonville scores strongly on its features, lifestyle appeal, and farming potential.
The Springbank homesteads offers every convenience for a modern, comfortable rural living experience. Of significant note is the water resources that are largely untapped.
Springbank is an ideal buy for a farming couple, or ones seeking to embark on a self- sufficient agribusiness and really enjoy an outstanding lived experience".
The nearest village of Moyhu which offers all the basic services, is only fifteen minutes away, while the two major regional cities of Benalla and Wangaratta are each within thirty kilometres.
For more property information, or to arrange a property inspection of Springbank contact Elders Real Estate in Wangaratta or Michael Everard on 0408 653 161.
