Set across almost four acres (1.61 ha) in the heart of the Piccadilly Valley, this much-loved home has been quietly growing since 1972. Magnolias and camellias open beneath Japanese maples and rhododendrons, towering gums stand overhead, and a large pond reflects whatever the season has brought. It is here in your own private sanctuary where you are just moments from Stirling and an easy 10 minute commute to the "Old Toll Gate" at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway.
Inside, stained glass catches the light at the entrance, freshly polished timber floors lead you through the well loved home. Four bedrooms offer plenty of space, and the layout has been thoughtfully adapted for accessibility, with wider access to one bedroom and a generous main bathroom complete with spa. The master is a peaceful place to wake, with garden outlooks, built-in storage and an ensuite with bath, shower, vanity and toilet.
The kitchen is made for country life, with warm timber benchtops, new cooktop and windows looking straight out to the deck and gardens. The adjoining dining area shares that leafy outlook. The living room keeps the connection going, with a new slow combustion fire for winter, a split system for the rest of the year, and the greenery outside always drawing your eye.
Then there's the deck. Large, timbered and substantially covered, it's another living room entirely, framed by cream post and wire fencing that never interrupts the treed view. Long lunches, birthday celebrations, morning coffees and evenings where everyone stays at the table far longer than planned.
And it is outside is where the property truly shows its heart. The established gardens are filled with bulbs, roses, camellias, weeping cherry and silver birch, alongside apples, plums, quince, mulberries, figs and more. An established watering system, fed by substantial water storage and a high-yield spring water bore, keeps it all thriving. A cellar, multiple powered sheds, hay shed, full stock fencing and two driveways take care of the practical side. A powered 6mx9m workshop well removed from the home and accessed by its own driveway creates all sorts of possibilities for the creative commercial endeavour or simply a dedicated storage and maintenance facility for a contractors business. The lifestyle at such a location is quite extraordinary!
Tucked between Stirling and Uraidla, it feels a world away without actually being one. Lunch at Thelma is minutes up the road, Saturday mornings can start at the famous Uraidla Bakery, and Stirling's cafés and village charm are a short drive away. Well-regarded public and private schools are close by, and the freeway at Crafers puts the city within easy reach. So why settle for space or connection, when you could have both?
After more than fifty years of growing and being cared for, this home doesn't need to create its character. It has already grown its own. The only question is who gets to write its next chapter?
Further Features;
Water - high quality Piccadilly Valley Spring Water bore with 2016 submersible pump
Water softener installed for house water
Waste water - Septic tank
Road / driveway - sealed road to property. Front driveway is concrete and rear is bitument up to workshop
Fire Safety - Fire hose and roof sprinkler system erved by dedicated petrol watr pump and 5000L fire water tank. A second petrol water pump at the front sheds accesses water to tank to supply hose and can be used to operate garden sprinkler system when power is cut off. Petrol water pumps will operate for 2 hours on full fuel tank.
CT |5465/608
Council |Adelaide Hills
Zoning |Primary Production
Built |1972
Land | 1.610ha or 4 Acres (approx)
Council Rates | $3753 p.a.
Emergency Services Levy | $ p.a.
Estimated rental assessment | Written rental assessment can be provided upon request
Nearby Schools | Uraidla Primary, Crafers Primary, Stirling East Primary, The Hills Montessouri School, Heathfield High School, St Catherines, Seymour College
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Harcourts Adelaide Hills - RLA 158908.
