Location & Services: The Property is located 5km from Charters Towers town centre on the corner of Beveridge Lane & The Flinders Highway. The property accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 9000 people. Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town boasting three Private Schools, the State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic city established in the gold rush of the 1880's and still services the large Gold Mining and Grazing Industries of the Charters Towers shire. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export ex Townsville (110klm) and Townsville meatworks are all major attractions for this location. Townsville is a vibrant city of approximately people 200,000 with diverse industry and opportunity for employment, business, and higher education.
Area & Tenure:1.92 Ha or 4.74 acres Freehold (19,200 m2)
House: The property has a nice large timber framed house on stumps. It is partially cladded with colour bond custom orb, timber look tin cladding and weather boards. Inside the house is lined with a combination of gyprock, FC sheeting and Masonite. The flooring is a combination of tiles and carpet. The house features a nice open plan dining, lounge and kitchen space. The kitchen is a nice, large, modern timber kitchen with beautiful black stone bench tops and an island bench. Opposite the kitchen is a big walk-in pantry. In total the house has 4 bedrooms. The house has two bathrooms, with the main bedroom having its own ensuite. The house is fully split system air conditioned throughout. Downstairs the house has a nice entertaining area with a large, concrete patio and undercover area which is directly opposite the lounge and kitchen. Beside the veranda is an undercover carport which fits two cars, one behind the other.
4 Bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Open plan kitchen, dining and lounge room
Large Kitchen with stone benchtops and island bench
Large walk-in pantry
Fully Split system air conditioned
Separate laundry
Front patio & Veranda / entertaining area
Back porch
Fans throughout
Sheds & loading ramp: 12323 Flinders Highway has an excellent quality, large shed on the property, which is built out of steel frames, trusses and roofing iron. This shed is setup for truck and trailer repairs, storage and maintenance. It features a service pit which is 18 meters long, 1 metre wide and 1.3 metres deep. Overall, the shed is approximately 26.5 metres long x 20.5 metres wide x 4.7 metres high to the lowest point and 6.5 metres high to the apex. It has a large workshop space with electricity and water connected throughout. It has a mezzanine floor above with additional storage space and caged lockable section below. It also features a kitchenette, laundry, toilet and shower. The shed also has its very own rainwater tank for additional clean drinking water. The property has excellent access. It has access for trucks and trailers, turning down Beveridge Lane and entry to the house yard turning off the Flinders highway. Inside the property there is ample room to turn two trailers around with some small internal fencing modifications needed to get the circle with three trailers. Also, beside the property on Beveridge Lane, there is ample space to park a truck or trailer outside temporarily if needed. Down from the shed is a loading ramp cut into the ground. It is suitable for loading machinery etc on to trailers etc.
Garden & Storage Sheds: The property also has three additional smaller sheds.
Shed 1 is a small lockable lawn locker style shed
Shed 2 is a longer 'dog cage' style shed which is permanently fixed and made of steel posts and beams, mesh and roofing iron. This shed is open on all four sides except one and it has a concrete floor.
The third shed is inside the house yard. Half of the shed is enclosed, making it somewhat weatherproof. It is currently used and is suitable for storing, mowers, pumps and gardening equipment.
Donga: Included in the sale is a transportable 20 foot donga up on stumps. It is an open plan inside, it is wired ready for connection and it has a box air conditioner already installed. Electricity is not connected.
Trees & Gardens: Around the house there are there are several nice established garden beds which each have different types of attractive shrubs and plants. As well as the garden beds there is a number of large, shady gum trees such as Morton Bay ash, Grey box and Ironbarks. These trees provide lots of nice natural shade throughout the day.
Chook Pen:Behind the dog cages is a chook pen which has an outside browsing area and an enclosed roosting area. Currently it is being used as a veggie garden.
Water & Electricity: The property is connected to the town water supply which is pressurised, filtered and treated excellent, quality potable water. The property is connected to three phase electricity to the shed then underground to the house. This connection is managed by Ergon energy. There is also in underground main to the lawn locker shed out in the turn around area. This electricity connection might be ideal for a large onsite fuel pod. Down the back of the property on the western boundary is Mosman creek which is a small seasonal creek. Previous owners have in the past have pumped water from the creek using a small centrifugal pump. This additional water could come in handy for garden or stock water usage if desired.
Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavour has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties nor guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Copyright Slaney & Co
