Wake to the view, grow with the land.
Where an established family home meets a productive, private block - sunrise views, a mineral pool and an orchard of your own, on 6,776 square metres in Murrumbateman's Merryville Estate.
Welcome home, to 5 Lupin Place, Murrumbateman.
The day starts with the view. East-facing, the home wakes to sunrise over the hills and paddocks, and that light follows you through the kitchen, the dining and the family room as the morning warms. Inside there is room for everyone - five bedrooms and a study across generous living, with a formal lounge and its fire, a separate family room, and a dining area beneath coffered ceilings. The primary suite keeps its own wing, with a walk-in robe and a spa ensuite, while the kitchen - walk-in pantry, a 900-millimetre Westinghouse oven, gas cooking - sits at the centre of it all, looking out to the green.
Outside is a life in itself. A heated mineral pool, set in coloured concrete, waits for summer; an outdoor pizza oven and a broad deck are made for the long table; and an orchard of more than fifteen fruit and nut varieties - apricot and peach, plum and cherry, fig, citrus, apple, pear and quince, feijoa, walnut, hazelnut, almond and olive - keeps something in season the year round, alongside berry bushes and vegetable gardens with years of establishing behind them. The kind of garden you grow into, not just look at.
There is room to work and play, too. The garage has been finished as a light-filled studio - a dance floor, a gym, a rumpus, whatever the season asks - and still opens as a garage when you want it, while a large detached shed takes the cars, the trailer and the projects. A 10-kilowatt solar system and generous water - a 90,000-litre concrete tank, a second tank and estate water across the property - keep the running costs low and the gardens green. And it is all close: minutes to the Murrumbateman village and the cellar doors, around 15 minutes to the ACT border, and half an hour to Canberra.
5 Lupin Place will suit a young family wanting room to run, swim and grow among the gardens - and appeal equally to anyone drawn to a quieter rhythm of sunrises, homegrown produce and starry nights. Either way, this exceptional home is ready for its next custodians to take a swim as the afternoon softens, pick something from the orchard, and settle in to the view.
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AT A GLANCE
Established family home (built 2009) on 6,776 m² (approx. 1.67 acres), east-facing - Merryville Estate
Approx. 310 m² of living, including the converted garage-studio (floorplan area plus wall structure)
Five bedrooms plus a study/office - primary suite with large walk-in robe and spa ensuite; built-in robes to the rest
Two bathrooms, including the spa ensuite to the master suite
Multiple living zones - a formal lounge with fireplace, a family room and a dining area - plus the converted garage-studio as a flexible fourth space
Coffered ceilings and countryside views to the living areas
Kitchen with walk-in pantry, Bosch dishwasher, 900mm Westinghouse oven and gas cooking
Heated mineral swimming pool (9 × 4m, added 2018), set within coloured concrete
Outdoor pizza oven, a broad built deck (approx. 8.5 × 5.9m) and multiple covered patios
Established orchard - 15+ fruit and nut varieties (apricot, peach, plum, cherry, fig, citrus, apple, pear, quince, feijoa, walnut, hazelnut, almond, olive) - plus berry bushes and productive vegetable gardens
Ducted heating and cooling throughout, plus a fireplace; timber and carpet floors
10kW solar (dual 5kW Sunny Boy inverters); Rinnai instant gas hot water
Converted garage-studio (internal access) plus a large detached shed for parking and projects (approx. 9.4 × 8.2m)
Water security - 90,000 L concrete tank + 10,000 L tank + ~125,000 L p.a. estate water (2 fresh, 6 estate taps); Envirocycle treated septic
NBN connected; fully fenced, private grounds
LOCATION HIGHLIGHTS
Around 15 minutes to the ACT border (Barton Highway)
Around 30 minutes to Canberra
Minutes to the Murrumbateman village, café and cellar doors
In Merryville Estate - close to one of the estate's parklands
Village pre-school, pony and tennis clubs, pub, supermarket and services; school buses to Yass and Canberra schools
Murrumbateman Public School nearby; catchments to confirm via NSW School Finder
In the Canberra District wine region - award-winning cellar doors minutes away
