1135 Midland Highway, Benalla VIC 3672

Landmark Harcourts at Benalla take great pleasure in offering "Karawarra" located at 1135 Mansfield Rd Benalla to public Auction on Friday the 8th of December 2017 at 12.00pm onsite.
Rarely do such opportunities present themselves with a property of this quality and prestige in a prime location only 10 km from the Rural City of Benalla, 6 km from the Hume Freeway and 2 Hours from Melbourne Airport.
There are two outstanding homesteads surrounded by landscaped gardens, significant infrastructure, 338 acres on three titles of prime sandy loam soil with quality river flats and rolling pastures leading to the abundant waters of the Broken River which forms the eastern boundary of the property.
This prime property is ideal for livestock breeding and fattening with highly productive fertile soils suitable for Horticulture with abundant water.
Heywood's Creek meanders through the property and there are majestic stands of ancient river red gums and box trees.
The farm has a central laneway system with access to 9 paddocks, hot wire to all fences, strong super and lime history and the pastures are sown to rye and clover with 37 acres of Lucerne.
The property is supported by excellent infrastructure. which include a 9 x 18m steel frame lockup shed which has a concrete floor, workshop area with power and internal store room. There is a large hay shed and machinery shed. A long shed provides parking and undercover horse yards. A shed with 3 phase power and cool room is situated at the southern end of the property. There are steel cattle yards and a 60 x 70 Sand Arena adjacent to several horse paddocks.
The impressive 40 square main homestead is constructed of stabilised rammed earth, it has 4 bedrooms which include a master bedroom and ensuite, 3 other bedrooms one of which is currently used as an office. There is a second bathroom and powder room. There is also a large formal sitting/dining room.
The central kitchen and living area has quality appliances with gas hob and electric oven. There is 15 kW of grid connected solar panels.
The homestead is fitted with ducted evaporative cooling and zoned under floor heating as well as two gas log heaters, all windows are double glazed and there is an internal vacuum system.
Large bi-fold doors open onto a spacious north facing gauzed outdoor room which overlooks an expansive garden with mature trees.
There is an exceptional water setup which offers 135,000 litres of household rain water, an active bore, 50 Megs of high reliability water. Paddock water is supplied by Heywood's creek, Dams and pressure system to troughs.
The modern and comfortable second home overlooks Heywood's Creek and creek flats, it has 5 bedrooms and a large open plan kitchen and living area opening onto a spacious timber deck. It has hydronic heating and ducted evaporative cooling.
For any further information or to organise an inspection of this outstanding property, please contact Bruce Biggs at Landmark Harcourts Benalla on 03 5762 2188 or 0400 519 670.