Every now and then, I come across a quality rural property that just cries out for a little reinvigoration.
Barkala, at Kellys Plains, is one of these.
Instead of buying a bare block of land and building, Barkala is an established rural lifestyle property priced to allow new owners to modernise it without fear of over-capitalising.
The solid 4-bedroom brick veneer home was built in 1970 with cypress flooring, large bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, breakfast room and a large lounge room that leads out to the garden.
With a 50 year-old home comes mature trees; an avenue of plane trees leads to the homestead; elms and conifers are among the species populating the garden. Then theres the mature windbreaks to block the westerlies.
With 24 hectares of red basalt soil, Barkala makes for a productive rural lifestyle property within 10 minutes of the City of Armidale.
There are cattle yards, a fantastic concrete-floored machinery shed and workshop, a hayshed and a decommissioned woolshed. Water security is provided by a pump on nearby Saumarez Creek, accessed by way of an easement.
Owned by the vendors since the 1960s, before the house was built, Barkala is a quality holding that is set to go as is, but is equally ready to be reinvigorated. Upon inspection, Im sure youll agree it is worthy of it.
Barkala is UNDER CONTRACT.
For further details or to arrange an inspection, please contact New Englands rural property specialists, Graham MacDougall on 0412 220 302 or Dan Fittler on 0402 942 231.
