BY DEFINITION…..Farmlet owners are typically city workers who want to own rural land without operating a full farm. A farmlet often includes a large vegetable garden, the occasional barn, tractor, and even farm or domestic animals, such as sheep and chickens.
This cosy cottage is set snug into the landscape and is situated on a 16-acre (approx) block with permanent water, basalt soil and lush pastures making the property a productive plot. Located 25 minutes (approx) from historic Braidwood, only 1 and half hours drive to Canberra and just over 3 hours to Sydney airport (approx.).
This cottage, circa early 1900s offers a cosy living room with Nectre fireplace, good kitchen and bathroom, two bedrooms plus a third room suitable as a home office. While the cottage is comfortable it still requires some work here and there but is in good condition for its age.
Other features include:-
- Huge shed with room for 2 cars and work shop space plus tack/ feed room
- Orchard & Chook pens
- Three smaller paddocks plus large paddock
- Veggie patches and established garden
- Main power plus two water tanks
- Permanent Water via Nettleton Creek
- Suitable to run sheep, a handful of cattle or horses
A special note from the owner about the garden.....
The garden has been planted with love and care and features an 80-year-old Chestnut tree and 60-year-old Wilsons white walnut
Apples, apples and more apples……Gala apples/Pink Lady/Crimson Crisp/Snow apple/Granny Smith and Golden Delicious
Anzac peach and nectarine and apricot, Dutch Medlar and Red Mulberry
Nashi pear/Peare Boshe/Red Sensation and Cocktail Pears
Japanese plums mixed variety x 5
Quinces x 2 types and Olives
Black/white and red currants, Gooseberries/ blueberries, Feijoas, mixture of soft vine berries
Established vegie garden and herbs grown on basalt fertile soil
Asian forests, mixing trees and shrubs to attract small birds... Viburnums, Maples, Buddleias, Persian witch hazels, Crabapples, Dogwoods, Conifers, Silver birches also planned in a way to give a spectacular autumn display as also a great spring display . Always filled with scent of honey suckle and Albertine roses; designed to be cool shaded in summer, north facing sloped garden and vegie garden and orchard.
