Description
Enjoy the tranquility of country living in this distinctive, passive solar designed rammed earth home with views towards the Stirling Ranges.
Built with quality craftsmanship and an artistic flare, you'll enjoy easy living in the rustic beauty of exposed earthen walls that give natural warmth in winter and a cool reprieve in summer. The exceptional northern exposure provides ample supply of natural energy for the solar panels and hot water system, ensuring year-round environmentally sustainable living.
This spacious home offers many unique design features, allowing for both private and common living spaces, including a central living/dining area, an office/study space, and a partitioned area at the far end of the house, which can be used as a library, guest room or play area for the kids.
Slate tiles, coloured-glass windows and distinctive wood finishings are just a few of the elegant accents that give this home its aesthetic appeal.
The decorative kitchen delivers ample resources for the modern cook, including excellent storage space, a separate pantry, gas cooker, dishwasher and even a separate entrance to the outdoor area.
A bonus self contained unit provides additional space for family or friends, or extra income potential as a rental or B&B (it is fully licenced). The stylish one-bedroom unit is accessed across a large outdoor covered entertainment area and has its own separate entrance, kitchen, laundry, bathroom and instantaneous gas hot water system. The fine aesthetic features of the house flow through to this area as well, with solid jarrah kitchen cabinetry, attractive tiling and ornamental coloured-glass windows.
Two large paddocks and two additional outbuildings complete the versatility of this extensive 18-acre property: a separate workshop, previously used as a craftsman's studio work-shop, provides ample space for the professional or hobbyist, and a double garage/shed with twin sliding doors near the house ensures your vehicles are protected from the elements. Even the family pet has its own abode in an enclosed kennel!
A beautifully designed and maintained native water-wise garden surrounds the house, attracting birds and providing a wind break, while the outer perimeter of the property is lined with trees.
This quality property is a rare find in a picturesque valley of undulating hills situated close to Mt Barker, the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges and easy access to the scenic seaside port of Albany.
Features:
- Master bedroom with substantial built-in wardrobe
- Specious second bedroom
- Main bathroom has full size bath, separate shower, heat lamp
- Separate toilet with hand basin
- Living area has slow combustion wood stove and sliding doors to outdoor area
- Laundry includes built-in storage and space for a second fridge or freezer
- Laminated timber floor in bedrooms, slate in living area, tiles in kitchen, bathroom, toilet & laundry
- Large paved and covered outdoor entertaining area with BBQ
- Aluminium powder coated window and sliding door frames
- Insulating Pink batts in all ceiling spaces
- Satellite dish with Internet connection
- Solar panels Solargain 3KW
- Solar hot water system with electric booster
- Two Rainwater tanks totaling 132,00 litre capacity from the 400m2 roof catchment area (annual rainfall =500mm)
- Property located 18km north of Mount Barker, 4km west of Kendenup, and an easy 45-minute drive to Albany or Denmark
Built with quality craftsmanship and an artistic flare, you'll enjoy easy living in the rustic beauty of exposed earthen walls that give natural warmth in winter and a cool reprieve in summer. The exceptional northern exposure provides ample supply of natural energy for the solar panels and hot water system, ensuring year-round environmentally sustainable living.
This spacious home offers many unique design features, allowing for both private and common living spaces, including a central living/dining area, an office/study space, and a partitioned area at the far end of the house, which can be used as a library, guest room or play area for the kids.
Slate tiles, coloured-glass windows and distinctive wood finishings are just a few of the elegant accents that give this home its aesthetic appeal.
The decorative kitchen delivers ample resources for the modern cook, including excellent storage space, a separate pantry, gas cooker, dishwasher and even a separate entrance to the outdoor area.
A bonus self contained unit provides additional space for family or friends, or extra income potential as a rental or B&B (it is fully licenced). The stylish one-bedroom unit is accessed across a large outdoor covered entertainment area and has its own separate entrance, kitchen, laundry, bathroom and instantaneous gas hot water system. The fine aesthetic features of the house flow through to this area as well, with solid jarrah kitchen cabinetry, attractive tiling and ornamental coloured-glass windows.
Two large paddocks and two additional outbuildings complete the versatility of this extensive 18-acre property: a separate workshop, previously used as a craftsman's studio work-shop, provides ample space for the professional or hobbyist, and a double garage/shed with twin sliding doors near the house ensures your vehicles are protected from the elements. Even the family pet has its own abode in an enclosed kennel!
A beautifully designed and maintained native water-wise garden surrounds the house, attracting birds and providing a wind break, while the outer perimeter of the property is lined with trees.
This quality property is a rare find in a picturesque valley of undulating hills situated close to Mt Barker, the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges and easy access to the scenic seaside port of Albany.
Features:
- Master bedroom with substantial built-in wardrobe
- Specious second bedroom
- Main bathroom has full size bath, separate shower, heat lamp
- Separate toilet with hand basin
- Living area has slow combustion wood stove and sliding doors to outdoor area
- Laundry includes built-in storage and space for a second fridge or freezer
- Laminated timber floor in bedrooms, slate in living area, tiles in kitchen, bathroom, toilet & laundry
- Large paved and covered outdoor entertaining area with BBQ
- Aluminium powder coated window and sliding door frames
- Insulating Pink batts in all ceiling spaces
- Satellite dish with Internet connection
- Solar panels Solargain 3KW
- Solar hot water system with electric booster
- Two Rainwater tanks totaling 132,00 litre capacity from the 400m2 roof catchment area (annual rainfall =500mm)
- Property located 18km north of Mount Barker, 4km west of Kendenup, and an easy 45-minute drive to Albany or Denmark