132 Bowles Road, Longlea VIC 3551

This great hobby-farm lifestyle package offers a sense of tranquillity and total escape.

Set on approx 8.8 hectares (22 acres), the one-owner brick veneer home has been well built and meticulously maintained over its 20 year life span.

Protected by a windbreak of trees and surrounded by garden beds, the homestead-style residence boasts verandahs on all four sides incorporating a two-car carport. It offers three good-sized bedrooms equipped with robes and ceiling fans, (WIR and ensuite to main).

Spacious open-plan kitchen, dining and living areas feature slate flooring, timber dado lining, solid fuel heater supplemented by a split system air conditioner and French doors opening to the side verandah.

The light-filled kitchen includes Baltic pine cabinetry, corner pantry, Bosch oven, cooktop and dishwasher.

The family bathroom and powder room are central to the second and third bedrooms while the laundry adjoins a vestibule/mudroom off the rear verandah.

14 panel solar power system and solar hot water service keeps energy bills to a minimum.

Outbuildings include a small set of stock handling yards and loading ramp, a hay shed and versatile 15m x 7.5m shed/workshop with concrete floor, electricity, hot/cold water, pot belly stove and enclosed room for home office/hobby room.

The land is divided into five paddocks with seasonal tree-lined Sweenies Creek traversing the property behind the house while the circular front driveway is lined with productive olive trees providing plenty of fun for family and friends at harvest time.

If you dream of raising your family in a relaxed, rural environment or retiring to a small holding where you can run a few cattle or sheep, keep some chooks and grow your vegetables, then put this one on top of your must-see list.