A truly unique property, extremely private yet just minutes to all services and amenities, large organic fruit and vegetable garden supplying food almost all year round. Room for stock in the clean open pastures. Walking tracks through private forest, beautiful east coast beaches just minutes away.
The details
- 75 acres on 2 titles with ocean views
- extremely private, 1.4km from the main road, at the end of a small lane off a no-through road. The house is reached via a 100m driveway through forest which opens out to lovely gardens and pasture.
- approx. 30 acres of the property are pasture & bush; balance protected by a forest covenant.
- abundant wildlife.
- only 5 mins to the gorgeous & vibrant town of St Marys with school to grade 10, child care centre, medical centre/hospital, community car service, public library, on-line centre, pub, supermarkets, bank, post office, chemist, health food shop, cafes, clothing/other shops, alternative health services. Men's shed, woodcraft guild, choir & many other arts/community groups. Access to school swimming pool.
- short drive to beautiful east coast surf beaches. Great beach & river fishing & kayaking. Lots of good walking nearby.
- 30 mins to the larger town of St Helens. 1¼hrs to Launceston airport, an extra 15 min to Launceston itself. About 2½hrs to Hobart.
Extensively & lovingly renovated north-east facing home with
- new roof, weatherboards & plasterwork
- new double-glazed windows and doors
- insulated walls/floor/ceiling
- grid-connect solar power, & solar hot water
- heating by a Nectre wood heater with oven
- floors are original polished timber
- open plan living area (lounge/kitchen/dining)
- mosaic tiling features throughout
- all internal doors are original Baltic pine, stripped back & restored
- built-ins in 2 bedrooms
- large linen press
- large built-in bookshelf
- large built-in window seat which doubles as wood box
- kitchen has double sink, big drawers, pantry, Electrolux induction cooktop, Westinghouse oven, solid large slab of brown-top stringy bark timber for the counter
- bathroom has a shower, bathtub, mosaic tiling & another slab of brown-top stringy bark for the top of the vanity
- separate toilet
- laundry
- 2 verandas
- paving and sandstone landscaping with gardens around the house.
Outside
- many original outbuildings, including small bungalow with veranda next to the house (could be converted to B and B STCA), garden shed, carports, woodshed, stables, etc.
- 220sqm fully-enclosed bio-dynamic food production area. All beds with drip-irrigation. Fruit trees are espaliered on semi-dwarf root stock & all heritage varieties. They include apples, plums, a fig, pears, quince & cherries. Also blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberry. 8 long vegetable growing beds.
- large compost bins, a dam, a 26,000 litre house water tank, plus smaller tank off the bungalow, 2 x 14 000 litre tanks to gravity-feed food production area & house gardens. These tanks are also connected to buried waterline encircling the house for fire-fighting purposes if necessary.
- electric-fenced garden around the house includes herb garden, many specialty plants, native sections, huge range of bulbs.
- extending out to the paddocks the are specimen trees such as Scarlet ash, silver birch, stone pines, walnuts, etc & large areas of revegetation of native species.
