5 Armstrong Street, Murrumbateman, is an interplay of visual and tactile experiences.
It's a spellbinding property, equipped with a bygone era-inspired set of aesthetics.
Themed on the rural Federation period the massive 516m2 home is mostly constructed of double brick, wrapped in sheltering rural verandahs, capped with high ceilings and floored with sawtooth T&G Blackbutt timbers, reclaimed from historic and industrial buildings across NSW & VIC.
One vital in-situ consideration was to ensure the home's natural material appeal reflected the need to seamlessly integrate with its semi-bushland setting. The home and block bond in visual unison.
But, at its heart, 5 Armstrong is a large family home with a strong array of purposed modern features.
The home is equipped with 6 large bedrooms, including a fully segregated spacious master suite with dual access to the entertainment and garden decks, brand new ensuite and its own wood heater.
Four of the secondary bedrooms share a segregated wing of the home, with the newly upgraded family/guests' bathroom. The larger of these has its own wood heater and independent access to the verandah, making it perfect for an extended family grandparent's/teens bedroom, or an Airbnb income earner.
The close-to-kitchen 6th bedroom could be used as a segregated dining room, family room, home office or theatre room.
Recently upgraded, the kitchen was designed around efficient workflow and stunning good looks.
Along with the enormous volume of storage across the soft close cabinetry and Wi pantry, its features include ash grey 40mm stone bench tops, a country themed Boston sink and a list of appliances that includes a fabulous Falcon Elan 110cm dual-fuel range cooker.
At the home's centre is a beautiful dual-aspect lounge and dining room with a sensational Cheminees Philippe Radiante fireplace fixed squarely in the middle room. Yes, the mood-setting mix of high ceilings and saw-cut polished floorboards is purely evocative.
A massive 140m2 entertaining deck was fitted to the home using rough sawn recycled Blackbutt and Red Gum timbers and covered by a Stratco Cooldeck insulated roof. This amazing space visually harmonises the linkage between the home's reflective inside and outside spaces.
5 Armstrong's 4 acre block contours up from being level at the entry, past the Lilly covered frog-hollow dam, then mildly rising past the trees to the home. It's a wonderland of pathways and bird land entertaining spots. There's plenty of suitable spaces to place a 2nd dwelling on the block too.
The property has a lower block section double garage barn shed, with an attached and very handy fully enclosed recreation annex that would be an ideal home gym space, plus an upper block carport/utility shed cluster adjacent to the home for parking and storage.
A bore, and the dam supply the property with plenty of paddock and garden water.
Essentially, if you're looking for a home with a unique set of qualities and experiences, 5 Armstrong Street, Murrumbateman is for you.
Property Technical Specifications
· Residence: established 1975, 272.98m2 of living area, 140m2 of covered alfresco/entertaining deck, 103.37m2 of covered verandah area, total area under roof: 516.35m2 note: reported m2 areas are estimates
· Residential features:
- secluded home site- elevated & scenic semi-bushland section of the block
- 6 bedrooms including a fully segregated & spacious master suite with a recently upgraded ensuite & walk-thru robe, & wood heater- master has direct access to the covered alfresco deck & rear garden patio
- 5 large secondary bedrooms/3 with robes, 4 are located on a separate wing of the home, 1 with verandah access
- totally upgraded modern kitchen:
- ample meal prep/storage space incl a Wi pantry
- 40mm stone bench tops, soft close cabinetry, tiles splashbacks, Boston ceramic sink
- Falcon Elan 110cm dual-fuel range cooker with Falcon rangehood
- cabinet-integrated Miele dishwasher
- central open plan kitchen, dining, living area with peaked ceilings, reclaimed Blackbutt rough milled hardwood timber floors
- recently upgraded family bathroom & separate WC
- beautifully upgraded laundry/mud room with ample storage, Boston ceramic sink & stone bench tops
- superb re-milled T&G Blackbutt sawtooth floors- reclaimed from NSW/VIC historic & industrial buildings
- 140m2 Cooldek insulated roof/elevated entertainment deck- recycled hardwood decking
- steel chook run, duck run, smokehouse, garden firepit area
· Climate control: 3 distributed RCAC units, Cheminees Philippe Radiante fireplace in the living area, 2 Masport wood heaters in 2 bedrooms
· Solar energy: 15.84kW, 36 Jinko 440W N-type panels, Sungrow inverter
· Gardens: natural semi-bushland style, with a mix of mature native & ornamental trees, raised veggie/herb beds
· Sheds/garaging:
- 6x6m Colorbond double garage barn shed on concrete pad with attached 6x3m office annex- glass sliding door access
- 25x7m joined carport & utility shed cluster adjacent to the home
· Hot water: solar
· Potable/household water supply: triple filtration system to home, 2x above ground rainwater tanks with a cumulative capacity of 36000lt approx.
· Non-potable water supply: bore plumbed to a 18000lt (approx.) header tank for selective onflow to the home for flushing purposes, or the gardens, plus an on property dam
· Sewerage: absorption trench septic
· Block: 1.6190ha/4ac (freehold)- level at the entry, mildly rising to the elevated house site
· Dual-occupancy potential: dual-occupancies permitted under the R5 zoning (SCTA)
· Location: closed road location, 25 mins to ACT's northern areas, 20 mins to Yass township, 6 mins to Murrumbateman village
· Services: 5-day letter mail to the front gate, household/recycle wheelie bin waste collection at front gate, school bus services to/from Canberra/Yass on McIntosh Circuit, FTTN NBN avail
· Rates & Zooning: Yass Valley Council, R5 $2,396.74pa
