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Change down to low gear, make the switch to simple living.
Very private and secluded lifestyle property with farmhouse and 3 cottages. Bitumen to front gate and all-weather internal access roads.
The Main House – 3 bedroom farm house with open-plan living kitchen & relaxing outdoor living areas taking in the lovely outlook and environment.
Focus on relaxed outdoor living, with accommodation for family and friends in 2 separate, very private guest cottages + open plan Studio Home
* 3 bedroom mud-brick Workers Cottage – full surround verandahs, car accommodation, with separate power and access.
* Spacious 2 Bedroom Home with full surround verandahs & double carport for the cars. Lovely bush outlook – so quiet and peaceful
* Open plan Studio with Full Surround Verandahs, Plus Guest Accommodation, nature filled gardens – even a quiet & peaceful fish pond to sit by and relax
All dwellings feature established low-care gardens and are each separately fenced with separate water supply.
160 acres (64 ha) undulating – gently sloping country, north and south facing slopes with managed native hardwood regrowth (mostly spotted gum and bloodwood), wildlife habitat in remnant forest, and open native grasses for horses/cattle. Currently registered as Farm Forest Practice.
Sandy loam on creek flats would suit orcharding / mangoes etc.
Permanent water in 4 small dams; fire-fighter pump plus equipped bore; head tank; house tanks; access to private rocky creek with cool water holes for recreation.
Light industrial shed with 3 phase power, bathroom and donga for office space.
5 minutes to Lockyer State Forest for hiking / horse riding; 15 minutes to Lake Atkinson
for boating, skiing etc. Under 90 minutes to Brisbane airport.
15 minutes to Gatton and University Qld campus, 45 minutes to Toowoomba and Ipswich.
Approx 50% of the land is zoned as 50% remnant and 50% agricultural.
Offers Prior to the Close of Tender are Most Welcome
Buy It Now – An acceptable offer can be accepted by the Vendors at any time on or before the TENDER Closing Date.
Motivated Vendors – the Vendors have made a decision to sell and they are serious. They are not dipping their toes into the Real Estate Pool to see what happens.
Normal House & Land Contract of Sale – An offer is made formally on a standard REIQ Contract. If you would like a Solicitor to view and advise you regarding the Contract before signing it then I can provide a Solicitor at no cost to assist you.
If you are a Buyer in the position to Buy then I have a property
the Vendors want to sell.
Thank you for taking the time to view the property.
If at any time you would like to make an offer on the property then please feel free to call or e mail me. I will make the time to fit in with your schedule.
All offers are to be submitted to the Vendors on an REIQ / Queensland Law Society Approved Contract for Houses and Residential Land
Lifestyle! Sustainability! Income! Habitat, Views, wildlife…
160 acres I 64.75ha – Tenure: Freehold – Local Authority: Lockyer Valley Regional Council (formerly Gatton Shire Council) – Zoning: 98% Rural General; 2% Rural Agriculture
Just over an hour to Brisbane via the Warrego Highway but light years from the hustle
and bustle, this 160 acre (64.75 ha) block has been managed to provide a yery private
country lifestyle in combination with ecological sustainability, passive income streams
and low maintenance.
With bitumen to the front gate, access is via a Registered Easement which ensures total privacy.
WARNING – If driving to take a look past the property DO NOT enter the property due to VERY Protective dogs being on the property.
Well-formed internal tracks give all-weather access to the main house and three cabins – all are separated by stands of native forest, and each has an established fenced garden.
Two cabins are currently tenanted; the other is fully furnished and equipped for week-end farm stay visitors. The amenities are a little old-fashioned and basic but the sunsets and the stars at night are perfect.
Permanent running creek. Permanent spring-fed dam with pumps. Equipped bore.
Walking tracks. Picnic spots. Swimming holes. 10 hectares of grassy creek flats for
horses, and 50 hectares of timber managed under the code for native forest practice, with good coverage of native grasses for cattle.
Location and Access: 20 km to Gatton over bitumen sealed roads (35 km Esk, 100 km
to Brisbane airport. School bus pick up point on Gatton-Esk Rd. Well formed gravel road
to main house and all-weather tracks to other buildings.
The property is very private with access via an easement off a no-through road.
Walk to Lockyer National Park. Approx 1km of north frontage onto Spring Creek.
Land: Rectangular block with central east-west undulating ridge providing south-facing
and north-facing slopes with re growth stands of native timber managed for commercial
harvest and areas of special species for sustainable wildlife habitat.
Soil – mostly sandy loam with outcrops of gravel.
Current Use: Lifestyle; Native Forest Practice; grazing; horses; rental cabins; farm stay;
wildlife habitat.
Vegetation Mapping per Dept Environment and Resource Management PMAV
2010/005512 (approx 30 ha Category X -white area agricultural; approx 30 ha Category
C, regrowth; remnant vegetation along creek frontage). Zoning locked in 02l08l20ll.
Timber: 50 ha of hardwood managed in accordance with Code applying to native forest
practice on freehold land including spotted gum, brown blood wood, red gum, ruIrrowleaf, red ironbark; also non-commercial Bribie Island cypress and re vegetation of casuarina, banksia and native understory.
Creek Flats: approx 10 ha, once cultivated but has reverted to grass.
Improvements:
House and three cabins. Sheds.
2KM graded internal gravel roads; plus all-weather bush tracks; gravel pit.
For management there are four fenced areas ranging from 20ha to 5 ha in size.
Permanent ground water: 2 dams; 2 catchment ponds with petrol fight fighter pump in
series with electric pump supplying water to head tank; approx 2000m of 40mm poly
piping from catchment ponds to head tank to all buildings and paddocks.
Bore equipped with electric donkey pump. 4000 gal concrete head tank.
Established bushfire exit routes.
Structures – Overview:
Machinery shed; 3 bedroom split-level main house; 3 bedroom cabin; open plan
studio/cabin; 2 bedroom cabin; various sheds and carports; steel and poly rainwater tanks.
Main House.
Split-level corrugated iron 3 bedroom house; steel frame, lower level on
concrete slab, bedrooms upstairs; open plan living area; undercover outdoor entertaining; covered verandahs up and downstairs; 5000 gallon rainwater tank, 500 gallon separate drinking water; head tank feed; 4 bay carport – concrete floor in 3 bays; established garden; steel on concrete lock-up chook shed (or stable).
Single Level 3 Bedroom Brick Cottage:
metal frame on concrete slab; gas stove, hot water; undercover verandah with concrete floor; established garden; 5000 gallon rainwater tanks plus feed from head tank; detached brick bathroom/laundry/septic toilet (shower over long bath); single bay carport – earth floor; tool shed.
Rendered Straw Bale Studio / Cabin:
steel frame, concrete slab, clay rendered straw bale construction; open plan with kitchenette; small bathroom and toilet outdoor dining with BBQ/fireplace; lawns, gardens, fish pond; shed with earth floor; single carport; caravan under permanent roof as extra bedroom/office. Water from head tank and rain water tank.
2 Bedroom Brick Cabin:
steel frame on concrete slab with timber verandah; open plan
living area; shower over long bath; detached toilet, laundry block; no mains power (gas
stove, hot water, Yamaha generator for lighting and power points, gas point for fridge);
5000 gallon rain water tank + drinking water tank, extra garden/horse water tanks; 2bay
carport – earth floor.
Separate generator/tool shed + 12x 9m steel frame shed on industrial slab; metal roof but not completely walled; 3 phase power on separate meter; basic bathroom and septic toilet; 5000 gallon rainwater tank, 24 ft caravan under permanent roof; covered breezeway; 3 bay carport.