168 Butchers Road, Muckleford VIC 3451

Drive up the long Manchurian Pear lined entrance to find “Kuranya”, an impressive homestead of very generous proportions offering an enviable lifestyle opportunity in the tightly held Muckleford Valley.
Features abound in this property with wide sweeping verandas and an indoor heated pool with entertaining areas both inside and out. There are 5 bedrooms and 2 large living areas both providing access to an entertaining deck, one with bi fold doors. The fabulous large kitchen features a Rayburn wood stove as well as a gas cook top and electric wall oven, a walk-in pantry, and an open plan dining area accommodating a 10 to 12seater dining table. The homestead nestles comfortably within an area featuring established Cyprus trees and a smattering of Pear, Ash and Maple, and a native rockery garden borders a man-made creek that flows into a landscaped feature dam. This property comes complete with 3 fenced paddocks, livestock dam, 60 X 40 machinery shed, artist studio, large potting shed and chook pen. Only 8 kms to Castlemaine with direct train access to Melbourne and 14 kms to Maldon this property will not disappoint.

Features:
• Homestead with wide sweeping verandahs
• Open plan kitchen, dining and living, polished boards to kitchen and dining
• Lovely kitchen with walk in pantry, bench seating, Rayburn stove, separate gas cook top, wall oven and wall grill
• Large dining space for 10-12 seater with overhead fan and access to the side verandah and views to the feature dam
• Living area with wood combustion heater, concealed audio space, surround sound speakers, overhead fan and bifold doors to outdoor entertaining area
• Very large family room, French doors to the outdoor entertaining area, polished floor boards, reverse cycle split system and wet bar
• Study/office with overhead fan
• Master bedroom with WIRs, ensuite with shower and bath, French doors to the verandah, overhead fan, colonial shutters
• 4 bedrooms, 3 with BIRs and overhead fans, colonial shutters
• Large central bathroom, double vanity, shower and bath, and toilet
• Separate toilet
• Laundry with direct access to outside and clothesline
• Double remote operated garage with direct entry to house
• Daikin zoned ducted ceiling reverse cycle to majority of house
• Coonara wood combustion heater
• Security screens
• Separate Pool house with approx.. 12-13metre solar heated pool, good size indoor entertaining area around pool, overhead fans, TV, bathroom, pool accessory storage, colonial shutters and doors to a paved entertaining area with wisteria and vines.
• Entertaining area linking main house and pool house, with overhead fan, seating for large outdoor setting and sun protection blinds
• Feature dam with stone creek bed and pond
• Work shed with commercial racking and power
• Artist studio with kitchenette, reverse cycle split system, bathroom and own septic tank
• Large shade house
• Wood shed
• Chook house and hay shed
• Stock dam
• Operational Bore approx. 72 meters
• 4 x 23,000L tanks capture from Pool and House - garden and domestic
• 1 x 23,000L off work shed- irrigation of trees
• 1 x 13,000L-small trees
• Current land utilization
o Approx. 20 acres with the stock dam currently agisting sheep
o 2 x approx. 5 acres on either side of the drive
o House on approx. 9 acres
o Good soil and pasture land
• Low maintenance gardens around residence
• Town power
• HWS Solar-Mio 3 way heating/electric/solar and combustion stove.
• Septic Envirosep sewerage treatment plant for homestead and separate septic for studio.
• NBN Wireless WiFi