A Wine Country Hidden Gem!
Conveniently located at the end of a sealed, very quiet, rural cul-de-sac in the exclusive Congewai Valley, a stunning rural hamlet nestled between the Corrabare State Forest and the Watagan Mountain Ranges. Congewai is a little-known secret with a strong sense of community.
The property, picturesque and completely private with a lovely 400m driveway, is only a 15-minute drive from Cessnock's CBD, 5-minutes from two country Primary Schools and under 30 minutes from the Historic Wollombi tourist village and Mount View, Lovedale, and Pokolbin's wine tourist localities where you can enjoy the many restaurants, cellar doors, golf courses and concert venues that the Hunter has to offer. With the newly opened North Connex, the property is an easy 1.5-hour drive from the Lower North Shore of Sydney.
A rural playground with old logging trails throughout, the diverse 129-acre property is fully accessible with a mixture of grazing land and lightly timbered bush encompassing native flora and fauna and magnificent, feature gum trees. Fenced into five stock paddocks with two dams, one of which is a visual feature, the property caters to the adventure driven, with much to explore, and those looking to escape the hustle-and-bustle, with peace and serenity almost guaranteed.
Originally built as a B&B, the sprawling country homestead takes full advantage of the scenery, with many windows and glass doors to encourage air flow and natural light integrating the inside with the out. Two open plan living/dining areas off a large central kitchen, each with combustion fires, wide front and rear verandahs, large covered paved entertainment area and separate outdoor firepit, offering large groups or families many spaces to come together or to find their own space to relax, read and enjoy the great outdoors and native wildlife. With 9-foot ceilings and air conditioning throughout, the 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom home, with mains power offset by Solar Panels, is adjacent to the 12-metre lap pool. A large mature fruit orchard incorporating the chicken pen, rustic carport and machinery shed are a must for any rural lifestyle dream. The homestead and shed has Telstra landline and mobile reception, a back to base alarm, and the house has ducted vacuum system throughout. Weekly Council bin collection and daily Australia Post services come right to the front gate.
With access to fire trails in the Corrabare State Forrest for horse or mountain bike riding and a myriad of trails throughout the property that kids can safely drive a buggy or motor bike, this divine property would be an amazing place to live or alternatively be an exceptional weekend retreat/Airbnb.
