Best Offers By 12noon Wednesday 11th November (unless sold prior)
* Eco pods are on site but yet to be put up- platforms and services are in place *
From Europe to Echunga with a mission and a dream. It's the vision that led its owners to transform this homestead on 32 farming acres into a relaxed gourmet providore, with the motto "Farm Feast Stay" embedded into the beauty of Battunga country.
Whether your plan is for roaming cattle, a great hospitality setup ready to open & trade straight away; or lease it out for additional income stream - there are options afoot, including approval for on-site eco-pod accommodation.
There's no reason why not.
Following an extensive walls-down redesign, 1000 Reasons graduated from farm pantry beginnings to an indoor-outdoor restaurant destination for up to 100 patrons, complete with a commercial kitchen, liquor licence, and parking for over 45 cars.
The hard yards have been done, beautifully. With automatic entry gates, solar efficiency, CCTV, modern toilet facilities, well-established, bore-irrigated grounds and brand-new shedding to give the entrepreneurial buyer food for thought.
Why not build on the region's established visitor appeal? With the proposed eco pods (currently not yet constructed) in place, guests could wine, dine and retire for a night or two in one connected and immersive experience. Set up as wellness retreats or accommodation with a potential starting income of $550/night.
And the 9 paddocks aren't just scenic. Once cutting hay and running up to 12 head of cattle, they could come full circle, working in unison with the restaurant's next direction. Horses can be kept too, well fenced and with water troughs in each.
Host weddings, live music on the lawn, destination conventions, cooking classes or turn your attention to condiments with the property's organically grown mini-orchard of Nashi and William pears, figs, grapefruit, apples and an approximately 80-year-old mulberry tree.
You could collaborate with local growers and winemakers, making the space far more than a gourmet find - perhaps it'll become Echunga's own version of splendour on the grass.
With a firepit beneath the stars, all-day dining under the shade, the newly added verandah or a wintry afternoon by the combustion fire; if the tour buses can pull up to Hahndorf's boutique cellar doors, there's every reason to pull up here.
Stretching its long, rectangular parcel west from gum-studded Battunga Road, this renovated rural outpost is barely 35 minutes from the CBD. And the question isn't whether there's room to do more, it's what you'll do first
More reasons to inspect:
Converted residence-turned-restaurant on a 32-acre landholding
Secure electric front gated arrival
Car parking for 45 +
3 access points / driveway entrances
Extended 2024-2026, refurbishments completed 2026
Rewired and replumbed 2024-2025
1 large agricultural-sized shed with power and lighting
12m x 6m shed with an attached carport
Organically grown Nashi and William pears, figs, grapefruit, apples and an 80+ year-old mulberry tree
Solar efficiency, CCTV + 3-phase power
Seating up to 50 patrons indoors, 50 outdoors as a restaurant
Liquor licence in place
Full commercial kitchen plant and equipment can be part of the negotiations.. Step in and start trading from day 1.
Acoustic report done, for live outdoor events
Remote Controlled blinds to enclose the whole veranda, creating additional enclosed indoor dining area
Approval to build a dream home overlooking the neighbouring dam
Braemar ducted evaporative cooling
Ambient outdoor firepit zone
Bore-fed automatic irrigation to front landscaped gardens and automatically fills the cattle troughs in all paddocks
Bore quality: 1200ppm
3 designer toilet cubicles + a powder room
Comprehensive commercial kitchen, wash zone + cool room
Rainwater storage | new rainwater tank - 150,000L; the concrete tank -100,000L and 2 x 22,500L tanks
Taylex effluent system with a grease trap for the full commercial kitchen facility.
A 10-minute drive from both Hahndorf and Mount Barker | Approx. 35 from the city.
Specifications:
CT / 5086/245
Council / Mount Barker
Zoning / PRuL
Built / 1992
Land / 31.80A (approx)
Council Rates / $4,362.94pa
Emergency Services Levy / $162.75pa
SA Water / NA
Estimated rental assessment / Written rental assessment can be provided upon request
Nearby Schools / Echunga P.S, Mount Barker H.S
Disclaimer: All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition). Interested parties should make their own enquiries and obtain their own legal and financial advice. Should this property be scheduled for auction, the Vendor's Statement may be inspected at any Harris Real Estate office for 3 consecutive business days immediately preceding the auction and at the auction for 30 minutes before it starts. RLA | 343103
