House of the Week
4 BED | 2 BATH | 7 CAR
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- 141 Moffatt Drive, Harcourt North
- $1,050,000 - $1,150,000
- Agent: Elders Bendigo
- Phone: Wayne Heard on 0409 248 477
- Inspect: By appointment
Imagine yourself retreating to a beautiful home on private acreage, self-sufficient, and with an outlook that makes you feel on top of the world. Set at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in one of central Victoria's most picturesque districts, this remarkable property, away from neighbours and at the end of a long, private driveway, envelops you in peacefulness.
The property is as functional as it is beautiful with a spacious home positioned amidst a garden with a vast array of fruit trees, overlooking fertile paddocks with excellent infrastructure for livestock and boasting breathtaking views across an undulating landscape interspersed with granite boulders and age old trees.
Inside, a large foyer draws you forward to an expansive open plan area fitting for a home that boasts over 30 squares of living. Sandstone floors set the tone of elegance and beauty and an expansive sunken lounge room houses a freestanding wood heater for warmth, this lovely room opens onto the kitchen.
The dining area comfortably accommodates a 14-seat table, along with the usual dining room furnishings. The kitchen is an ideal size to create sumptuous culinary treats surrounded by Blackwood cabinetry with rich honey hues includes dual pantries flanking the oven and a wealth of drawers.
Through double doors to one side of the foyer is the children's or guest wing, with a sitting room from which three bedrooms are accessed. Double doors on the other side lead to a parents' retreat with main bedroom, including built-in robes on either side of the walk-through to the pristine ensuite.
Noteworthy features include the alarm system, double glazed windows, solar hot water with instant gas backup, ducted heating and cooling, as well as in-floor heating.
More than a touch of class has gone into the outdoor entertaining area, with three zones; two undercover, plus an adjacent alfresco area. For self-sufficiency there are fruit trees, a greenhouse with raised beds for home grown veggies, and the hen house to keep you in fresh eggs. A large dam and two smaller dams ensure a good water supply, and two tanks totalling 48,000 litres of rain water storage provide ample water for domestic use.
There are also five paddocks, two stockyards, a round yard, breeding yard, two foaling yards, a care yard, hay shed with two stables and an equine vet crush under-roof alongside a 20' container used as a lock-up vermin proof hard feed store. A single garage with a workshop is at one end of the home and a double garage at the other, while other sundry shedding and secure containers will satisfy your storage needs.
This is just 10 minutes from Harcourt, 30 minutes from Castlemaine or Bendigo, and 80 minutes to Tullamarine airport or the Melbourne fringe.