If you are looking for a lifestyle escape on a property nestled in the heart of the Hartley Valley, Boomajarrill, (‘place of flowers where the fairies play') could be just what you've been waiting for. For 20 years the owner has worked steadily on the property as a labour of love - building, improving and planting - creating a home and garden along Permaculture principles. Chosen for its location, aspect and the fact that there was a dam already on the property - the deep valley soil has been subsequently enriched and dozens of food trees and ornamentals planted. Idyllic aspect - just under 8 acres of gently undulating sandy loam, encircled by escarpment and screened from neighbours by mature plantings. Rainwater tanks and the spring-fed dam shield the land during dry periods. The space, privacy and outlook make this property feel like a remote retreat, yet it is surrounded by a lovely rural community, only 15 minutes from Lithgow and Mt Victoria, with wonderful restaurants, specialty shops, Hartley Historic Village and a twice-monthly produce market nearby.
A cosy and immaculately built Appalachian log home sits gently on the landscape, with stunning views of Mt York, Mt Clarence and Hassans Walls from the living areas, and incorporates many eco-living principles, such as a passive solar design, solar panels, rainwater tanks, Dowmus Biolytic Filter and sand filter (to digest all organic household wastes into compost for the garden and filtered water for the Orchard) and a Nectre wetback wood stove for cooking and heating - (all this and the convenience of being on the grid as well). Raked ceilings lend an airy lightness and north-facing windows fill the home with winter sunshine. It is a cosy and lovely home in keeping with its rural environment.
This property provides the most wonderful opportunity for the tree change you have been dreaming of and will have great appeal for those who are looking for a more eco-friendly lifestyle, including producing food. Plus, there is still plenty of room and space for putting your own stamp on to make it your own.
- Fully fenced
- Large, Colorbond, two-door double garage with 3-phase power and slab floor
- Environmentally responsible Livos oils and paints used throughout the house (inside and out) to preserve and protect the timber without harming people or pets
- Excellent mobile phone access (the tower is on Mt York, visible from the house), andADSL2+ internet is fast & reliable
- Blueberries, & grapes, also elder, jostaberry, and black currants,crab apples, Delicious and Granny Smith apple trees, Nashi pear, apricot and persimmon trees, as well as oak, liquidamber, Chinese elm, linden, ash, & others.
- A grassed labyrinth meanders amongst a grove of oak trees in the far north-west corner of the property
- Ten minute walk to River Lett Reserve
- The house has two double bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and hidden elevated storage, with en-suite to bathroom from main bedroom. What is currently a study can easily be used as a third bedroom
- Inspections by appointment
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