39 Stanbridge Street, Daylesford VIC 3460

1. A Rare Family Haven in the Heart of Daylesford
This is Daylesford of the 1990s. Not the sleek kitchen and bathrooms that all look alike. Imagine raising your family in the heart of Daylesford. Surrounded by nature, just minutes from the Botanic Gardens, with everything you need within walking distance. This beautiful garden cottage, built by local craftspeople in 1995, looks like an old cottage with the benefits of eco design.

Enjoy now this well designed specifically for family-friendly, eco-conscious living sanctuary. Two bedrooms and the large family bathroom downstairs, upstairs the 3rd bedroom and the bonus ensuite second bathroom.

All built with passive solar principles and creative flexibility in mind. It’s a home full of heart, built with recycled timbers, natural finishes, and adaptable spaces to suit all stages of family life from toddlers to teens.

2. Designed for Comfort, Connection, and Creativity
Everyone who has lived here has loved it whether young families; a couple with the spaces to work from home; or older people who have adored gardening. Everyone seeking a more grounded lifestyle.
Specifically designed to be passive solar maximising the site and climate. The north facing open-plan living is flooded with light and sun.

The home wraps you in warmth - beautiful recycled timbers, places and spaces create comfort and joy. Easily achieving the maximum 5 stars of its day with the excellent siting, design and use of materials.

There’s plenty of space to gather around the firepit in winter, have a BBQ or throw open the French doors in summer to entertain under the grapevines. The kitchen enjoys east facing windows and makes mealtimes easy. Parents can cook while kids play, read, or draw within sight. The house and garden supports connection, inspired by the fabulous book ‘A Pattern Language”.

3. Safe, Accessible, and Ready for All Generations
This home isn’t just beautiful - it’s practical. Wide doorways, an accessible bathroom, and level outdoor areas make it suitable for every family member, from young children to aging parents or those with a disability. Whether you need space for visiting grandparents, a home office, or a second dwelling, the 818m² block offers enormous flexibility. It’s perfect for growing families who want a home they’ll never outgrow.

4. A Garden for Kids and Grownups Alike
Gardening in the volcanic soils feels like gold. Grow anything, create microclimates. Beautiful brickwork and meandering paths, shaded spots for reading. Productive areas with fruit trees and veggie gardens. Kids can run free, explore the house and garden indoors and out. Help collect eggs from the chook house.

5. A Family-Sized Backyard With Purpose
The garden design is just as impressive. There’s a fire pit for marshmallow nights, a vine-draped pergola for summer dinners, and raised veggie beds bursting with organic produce. With fertile volcanic soil, fruit trees, and deep garden beds, it’s a paradise for little hands and green thumbs alike. You’ll feel the difference living in a home designed to follow the rhythms of the sun and the seasons - warm in winter, cool in summer, and always connected to the land.

6. Live Sustainably, Spend Less, Make More
Known as Leapfrog Cottage to ‘leap’ over the traditional building industry in 1995, the property was designed around Permaculture principles with sustainability a way of life. A healthy home was created, now ready to upgrade to be fully electric and well designed for solar power and heat pump installation. With passive solar design the bills are already low, but with new upgrades you would not only increase the value, but bills will continue to be low and values high. Kids will grow up with a deeper understanding of food, seasons, and community. You’ll have the space and infrastructure to grow your own produce, harvest your own eggs, and model a low-impact lifestyle - a lovely gift for the next generation.

7. Ready to Grow With You - Spend $100k, make $300k Now

If you wish to expand and/or make money now, or as time goes by, there are many other additional options.

This large block of land with wide road (it's a service road) frontage, provides great opportunities right now or to grow with you over time.

The roof space of the house could easily extend the flooring and walls to create a 4th bedroom, or another sitting or study area. Or, if you really want to make a whole second storey to the home.
As well as the side garden, the back garden is huge. Creating work from home studios or additional accommodation or B&B income - all with their separate access through the side garden.

8. A Second Family Home with Shared Boundary
What makes Leapfrog Cottage even more exciting for families is the rare chance to purchase the adjoining property with a shared boundary at the back of both titles. This property sale will be offered first to the buyer of 39 Stanbridge Street. That’s more space for gardens, Work from Home studios or Air B&B accommodation. Designed for multi generational living the small adjacent home is ideal for grandparents or a dependent adult who can enjoy independence, still integrated into family life. The two titles could be reconfigured with plenty of extra room on 13a Queensberry to spend $300k and make $300k right now.

Whether you're dreaming of your own options, or want to persuade friends or family, this is your chance to secure a future-proof lifestyle. Opportunities like this: two connected titles in a central location, easy walk to everything, never to be built out, on two of the best streets are virtually unheard of in Daylesford these days. See the listing for more details for 13a Queensberry Street Daylesford. Around the corner but attached.

9. Community, Learning, and Nature at Your Doorstep
Daylesford is more than just a town - it’s more a village where kids can grow up climbing trees, knowing their neighbours, and walking to the Sunday market for fresh bread and local honey. All within walking distance of the Botanic Gardens, the lake, great cafes, and local schools. It’s a place where your kids can thrive in a nurturing environment, explore the surrounding bushland, and you can finally enjoy the lifestyle you’ve been dreaming about.

10. A Smart Investment in Your Family’s Future
Whether you choose one home or both, these properties offer more than just comfort. Both offer long-term value. With high demand for quality rentals and retreats in Daylesford, there’s excellent income potential. Long-term rentals yield $450–$550/week, while short-term stays can earn up to $880/night in peak season.

Daylesford is now part of the Melbourne market and it is predicted to grow at least 4% this year. It is an oasis compared to the rapid development in many surrounding towns.
But for many families, the biggest return will be in lifestyle: healthier living, stronger connections, and space to grow together.

11. Your Chance to Build a Family Legacy
These properties are not just houses - they are homes built on love, sustainability, and vision. They have been shaped by the people who have lived there and who cared deeply about the land and their children’s futures.

Now, it’s time for the next generation to write their story. Whether you’re relocating, upsizing, going off-grid, or building something multigenerational, this is your invitation to create a lasting legacy in one of Victoria’s most beautiful towns. Don’t miss your chance to live the country dream—with space to breathe, grow, and thrive.

12. Even More Options with Adjoining 13a Queensberry Street
If of interest please check out the listing for 13a Queensberry Street - one or both can be purchased now and the new owner will be offered first option to buy the other property - now or later in the year. Families looking for a shared-living setup or multigenerational option will find rare flexibility here: two homes, two titles, one amazing location. Keep them separate (great for financing and ownership) or open the boundary to create a single, expansive family haven.