This is the sort of place that ought to be two hours from anywhere. It isn't. It sits just past the point where Mornington stops being suburban, under ten minutes from the beach, Main Street and Peninsula Link. An orchard meets you on the way in, and a mix of evergreens and deciduous trees carries through the block, which is exactly the setting the home's Mediterranean bones and rustic finish were asking for.
Living runs through the middle: two living areas, dining off the kitchen, and doors to both sides of the house, opening to the pergola on one and the pool and covered, decked alfresco on the other. The kitchen is built to be cooked in, and the 1200mm De'Longhi cooktop under twin rangehoods settles the matter. Bedrooms bookend it. The ensuited main sits at the front with a second bedroom beside it, then two more at the back, including a generous room with walk-in robe.
Outside, the machinery shed is the genuine farm article, down to the closed-off room that has handled everything from curing cheese to the annual passata batch. In addition, a double garage with storage lean-to, a chicken coop & run, a shipping container, wood and hay storage, stables and the paddocks, fenced in equine mesh with an offset electric wire: everything needed to run the property whichever way you decide to run it.
The chooks, ponies and calves aren't included in the sale. They are, however, adorable.
The Build
Internal: 230 sqm (24.75 squares)
External: 58 sqm (6.24 squares)
Built: 1965, renovated 2011
Zoning: Low Density Residential
Roof: Cement Tile
Exterior: Brick Veneer
Foundation: Concrete Slab
Heating: Combustion burner
Heating & cooling: Zoned ducted air conditioning
Kitchen: 1200 De'Longhi stove; Miele dishwasher
Benchtops: Granite; Timber
Flooring: Sealed resin; Hybrid timber; Carpet
Water: Mains; 10,000L tank
Pool: Salt-chlorinated
Fruit Trees: Lemon; Apple; Grapefruit; Mandarin; Nectarine; Plum
Fencing: Equine mesh; Offset electric wire
The Points of Interest
St Macartan's Primary School: 1km
Mornington Racecourse: 2km
Bunnings Mornington: 2.2km
Mornington Secondary College: 2.5km
Padua College: 2.9km
Mills Beach: 3.6km
Peninsula Link: 3.9km
Main Street: 4.4km
The Numbers
Council rates: $4,100 per annum (approx.)
Settlement: 30 - 180 days
Deposit: 5% - 20%
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