This is the only way to describe this home. You can own your own piece of genuine Australian heritage in the beautiful country town of Gin Gin on the Bruce highway just 4 hrs north of Brisbane. The home has been fittingly restored to as near as possible to its original glory including putting red cedar doors ,window frames and a wood stove in the second kitchen. Credit has to be given to the current owners for the love and attention to detail they have put into this home.
This prestigious home originally built by the LUND family in or about 1902 and was used by their family for many years as the family home and later went on to have numerous uses including being used as a boarding house for many years. The home has the ability to be used as a five bedroom single use dwelling a duel use duplex type dwelling or go back in time and be used as a boarding house/ hostel type accommodation.
Consisting of 5 bedrooms , ensuite and parent retreat/ sunroom to the main bedroom and office/ 2nd bedroom and kitchen in one section. The remainder of the home has 3 bedrooms, formal dining, lounge and modern kitchen built out of period timbers with a second bathroom and toilet featuring a large claw foot bath tub with attached ironing room.
All the home features 12 foot high ceilings with cast ceiling roses. Three sides off the house have the traditional wide verandahs all being rebuilt and featuring the horizontal scalloped TandG pine boards on the walls with hardwood flooring and the railing being made from messmate. The roof has been replaced as had the surrounding fence with the rear half off the property being privacy fenced. At the rear of the house is a large spacious yard which would make a great entertainment area. In keeping with the tradition of the home the current owners were married on the front steps landing and had their reception for 100 people in the backyard.
All in all this home having so many rooms multiple kitchens, bathrooms and toilets offers so many options that it could only be considered as a fantastic investment whether you live in it or use it as a boarding house/ hostel in the ever increasing fruit and vegetable growing districts of Gin Gin and Wallaville.