Located in a popular inner city suburb of Railway Estate, close to schools, bus, boat ramps, theatre, V8 race track and recreation areas, this 2 bedroom Queenslander is 5 minutes away from the CBD and the beach.
It has combined living and dining areas, 2 large bedrooms, a big kitchen with a gas cooker/oven and a walk in pantry, small but functional bathroom with bath and shower and a separate toilet, a study, and an enclosed L-shaped veranda.
Under the house is lockable, of legal height and concreted - it holds laundry, 2 car spots and storage/workshop area.
The house is full of features that give Queenslanders their charm, including a bay window, soaring high ceilings, timber louvers to verandas and camel back windows with arctic glass, French doors and wide, honey coloured floor boards (hardwood to verandas).
Floors are cedar pine to study and back entrance area and heritage-styled tiles to bathroom and toilet.
The house was relocated onto its high and dry site (engineered and developed by the local council) in 1998, when it was re-stumped, re-wired, re-plumbed, re-painted and updated to withstand high wind loads, as per applicable building regulations. It was positioned on the block so as to capture summer breezes and has roof insulation, making it a very cool house (though it still has a reverse cycle split system to living areas and air-conditioners to bedrooms).
The house's valuable timbers are protected with around the perimeter Termidor termite barrier (due for a top up in 2014).
On a generous 885 m2 (site dimensions are 22*40 m), the house is fully fenced and set back away from the street to increase its ambience of tranquillity. It has lush gardens and gate access to the council's ‘green area' to one side.
While the house offers comfortable living straight away, it offers lots of scope to enhance it and add value. For example, you could convert some of the under the house areas into living space (subject to council regulations) or add a front deck to appreciate the front garden. At some stage its roof will need replacing, and the floor boards are not as shiny as they were 12 years ago.
Gardens have fruiting citrus trees as well as climate-appropriate natives, e.g. bottlebrushes and paperbarks which attract wild birds. The electric blue Ulysses butterflies breed in the gardens thanks to their lifecycle trees being planted for them.
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