The well maintained brick veneer and western red cedar clad family home sits on just over 2000 sq m with verandahs on three sides and good exposure to the north. Post office, school and town centre with cafes, speciality shops and all that historic Maldon has to offer are only a short walk away. The home is set back from the street behind a stone fence and screened by well established native and exotic trees.
Inside, the warm and inviting, light filled open plan space includes living, dining and kitchen areas with a separate study with built in cupboards for storage attached. The kitchen has dishwasher, LPG/electric stove, pantry and cupboards with solid timber bench tops. Year round comfort is assured by good insulation, split system R/C air conditioning, ceiling fans and pot bellied stove. The three bedrooms all have built in robes with ensuite bathroom to the master bedroom. Adjoining the second bedroom is a sunroom with an outlook to leafy gardens. The spacious family bathroom has shower, bath and toilet with a separate laundry providing outside access. A convenient third toilet is accessed from rear verandah.
Extensive shedding includes double carport attached to 5m x 6m shed with concrete floor, sink and power; 15m x 9m four bay colorbond shed on concrete slab with power and two fully lined rooms, one with plumbing currently used as photo darkroom, the other with shelving for storage; 5m x 3m hen house with 8m x 2m lean to; 2.8m x 2.6m garden shed.
Town water plus rainwater storage totalling 12,500 litres with 2 pumps are available. Productive fruit trees include nectarines, plum, apricot, fig, apples and quinces. Established north facing vegetable garden areas provide year round supplies.
Castlemaine is a 15 minutes drive from Maldon. From there rail to Melbourne takes about 90 minutes. Bendigo is a 35 minutes drive from Maldon.
This is a great property in a friendly, community-minded town. The owners are reluctantly leaving to move closer to family in southern Queensland.
