6 Tasman Highway, Orford TAS 7190

This 3 bedroom holiday home is as pretty as a picture, with elevated views overlooking the Prosser River at Orford. The 688 sqm allotment provides generous off street parking, a walkway to the river and a secure yard with loads of room for the kids to play and pets to be secure in full view of parents.

Extensively renovated by the vendors, the property has a new roof, is rewired with a new meter box and has much of the plumbing replaced now as the project nears completion. The design of the home on two levels achieves elevated water views for the living areas upstairs, created major workshop and rumpus space downstairs including a second toilet and laundry and maximised the available land area by keeping the building footprint small.

With insulated ceilings, the home is heated by a cosy wood combustion heater while morning sun bathes the full length upstairs sundeck, which has also been re-decked and modernized. The rumpus room remains a work in progress which will allow the next owners to put their own touch to the final fit out, which can be given over to kids' activities allowing mum and dad some peace upstairs, or could be dressed up as a formal entertaining room opening onto the lush green lawns of the backyard.

A modern kitchen and bathroom with underfloor heating upstairs compliment the living spaces and the large sundeck comes into its own allowing extra useable space outdoors. Upstairs has polished hardwood floors for easy care on holidays and three bedrooms provide comfortable accommodation, the master with views to the river.

A 1,000 litre water tank has been installed behind the two car carport to catch rainwater for irrigating gardens or boat washing during summer months. Gates at the side of the residence allow access to the yard where a boat could be stored secure or a caravan parked for the summer months, providing extra capacity for friends or family.

All of this within minutes' walk of Orford shopping, Raspins Beach for a regular swim, or access to the Prosser River MAST boat ramp to get launched and away for a catch of fresh coastal flathead from the Mercury Passage before lunch.

With time to enjoy - terrific seaside nature walks stretch the length of nearby Raspins Beach, take in the history of meandering Old Convict Road alongside the river or head south from the Prosser River along West and East Shelly Beaches, to the rolling surf of Spring Beach as a 'must do' walk, alive with the sounds of the sea and native bird life.

The Orford/Spring Beach precinct is popular with cyclists and well equipped with community support infrastructure including supermarkets, medical services, cafes, a pharmacy, library, golf, bowls and boating clubs - all this just one hour by car from the city of Hobart. And did I mention the fishing? What are you waiting for!