Property Details

Private long and winding driveway leads you to this Architect designed home. Thoughtfully designed to blend into our Australian landscape, this residence combines character granite stone, iconic galvanized iron and appealing gardens. The elevated home site showcases the portrait views to the Strathbogie region.

Home: Comfortable home comprising north facing open plan living/dining and lounge room. Plenty of windows drawing in the beautiful gardens and surrounding outlooks. Lounge showcases a section of stone wall housing the combustion wood heater. Sliding door leads out to lovely paved pergola area ideal for alfresco dining/entertainment. Office with shelving within lounge.

Stylish open plan kitchen boasting cesar stone benchtops, Miele dishwasher and oven, 5 burner convection stovetop and pantry. Easy care tiled flooring throughout the home.

Central hallway leads to the master bedroom providing large built in mirrored robe and an access door to outside. Ensuite with wall to wall shower. Second bedroom provide built in robe, shelving and access door to verandah. Built in robe to third bedroom. Family bathroom with shower and deep bath. Separate toilet and roomy laundry. Access through laundry to work room and double garage with remote door. (See attached floor plan).

Creature comforts include floor heating throughout, combustion wood heater and split system units to lounge and bed rooms. Double insulation in walls and ceilings.

Outdoors: Concreted driveway and paving around sections of home. Striking granite stone pillars and garden walls. Relax or entertain under the pergola afresco area draped in wisteria. Pergola area flows around to another undercover entertainment area.

Gardens: Attractive tree lined sections of driveway lead to the house. Simply beautiful parklike setting displaying a mixture of European and Native plants, shrubs, larger trees with lawn areas. Varieties on display include oaks, maples, plane, birches, spotted gums, roses, wisteria, olives and fruit trees. Established fruit orchard and vegie patch.

Food: Biodynamic/organic principals being used on the property to foster a healthy environment. This property provides clean water and healthy fruit and vegetables. Established cherrie orchard and olive grove (grown for oil), with approx. 500 plants in total. Currently the neighbouring farmer (Biodynamically farming) cares for the cherries and olives on this property. Separate vegie patch and fruit orchard (approx. 35 trees offering various fruit).

Land: Productive and attractive 50.6 acres with a blend of gently undulating to rising country. Cleared grazing pastures with groups of established tree in areas. The land attracts local wildlife with the owner having sited over 40 different species of birds.

Water: Magnificent drinkable bore water. Storage tank (100,000 litres capacity) holds bore and rainwater and reticulates under pressure to the home, gardens and the orchard. Catchment dam for stock. Ruffy is in a higher rainfall area within our region.

Location: Located within the popular Ruffy tablelands. Ruffy has an active local community and is central to many other regional towns and cities. 9.7km drive to local Ruffy township and general store. 30 mins drive from Euroa. Under 2hours drive to Melbourne. Central to Hume or Maroondah Highway.