This is a newly built house on a 650 metre rocky pinnacle overlooking the north-east of Tasmania. Commanding 360 degree views, the property is thirty minutes to the white beaches of the Bay of Fires, thirty-five minutes to the major town of St Helens and 2 hrs 15 minutes to Launceston Airport.
The house has views to the eastern and northern coastlines, with the Bass Straight Islands visible on clear days. Landmarks include the craggy peaks of Flinders Island, Chappell Islands, Mt Cameron, Georges Bay, St Helens Island and Mt Elephant. Closer views include the rainforest escarpment of the Blue Tier.
At night be comforted by the slow rhythm of Eddystone Lighthouse. And further away, the more subtle flashes of Swan Island and Goose Island Lighthouses. In the morning, watch the sunrise over the ocean. Throughout the year thunderstorms commonly chart a course through the Bass Straight, creating a night-time light show best watched from the four-storey high lounge room.
This is a heavily engineered house, built into and on top of granite stone. Note that this is a sometimes windy and rugged location, catered to by double-glazed and e-glass windows, combined with hydronic heating and highly insulated walls and ceilings.
The house features oak floors throughout. The kitchen features a UK-made gas/electric twin-oven cooker, with plate-warmers; granite benchtops, fully integrated dishwasher, butler's pantry, etc. Sale price includes the option to 'walk-in-walk-out', regarding all furniture and appliances, including wall-mounted TV, new fridge, hardwood bed, etc. Bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. The master bedroom has an attached study/walk-in wardrobe. The bottom level has a two-car garage with remote roller door access.
The property is 250 acres and borders the Blue Tier Forest Reserve. There are no neighbours. The nearest house is 25 minutes away. There is one adjoining property, which was acquired by a philanthropist several years ago, and gifted to the Tasmanian Land Conservancy. The Conservancy has since converted that property to a permanent conservation reserve due to the rainforest in this area.
Portions of the property are rainforest, with species including myrtle, sassafras, celery-top pine, Tasmanian pepper and tree ferns. The property also has a year-round clear water creek. The granite boulders that surround the house are aged at 380 million years (same geology as the Medieval village of Monsanto, Portugal).
Evening sightings of wombats, quolls, pademelons and wallabies are common. Two wedge-tailed eagles frequently circle the up draughts created by the pinnacle.
A paddock has been cleared on a highland saddle, with potential to convert lower altitude portions of the property to pasture (includes two small dams). The property also has a quarry with substantial reserves of gravel for any future projects.
Immediate access to the property is via gravel roads. Slightly rough in places, but 2WD accessible in all weather conditions. From the boom-gate, the driveway ascends nearly 500m in altitude. All portions are graded and drained with culverts. All steep sections are pre-sheeted in granite gravel and top-sheeted in blue metal. The steepest section of the driveway is corrugated reinforced concrete.
The house is serviced by a new off-grid solar panel system and battery bank (with automatic generator back-up). The house was built by a fully licenced local builder. The house and all components retain warranties.
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