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This peaceful and beautifully hand crafted mud brick two storey eco home is conveniently located 10 minutes from the popular village town centre of Taralga in the Southern Tablelands - a leisurely 30 minutes from Crookwell and 40 minutes from historic Goulburn.

NEW OFF GRID PV SOLAR SYSTEM - NO POWER BILLS - 5 WATER TANKS - NO WATER BILLS - GAS HOT WATER - LANDLINE/ BROADBAND INTERNET - DIGITAL SATELLITE TV
Small, private rural properties are getting harder to find. 'Peppermint Ridge' is a secluded and manageable 3 acres, with no close neighbours. It is accessed via a council maintained road situated on top of the Great Dividing Range, at around 1000 metres above sea level, in a natural bush setting.

The home is architecturally designed and the plans are engineer certified. It is council approved and constructed out of high thermal mass solid bricks and various Australian timbers. The custom made stairs, kitchen & bar tops have been beautifully hand crafted out of recycled hardwood slabs.

Featuring an entirely NEW Certified Off Grid Photovoltaic (PV) Solar system for the house, Certified and installed by Canberra Power Saving Centre. A separately installed Solar system exists to service the Garage and shed, eliminating the need for grid connection and negating electricity bills, access fees and GST.

In obtaining a high energy efficiency rating, the cottage is carbon neutral. This is achieved by using a combination of high thermal mass walls, north west orientation, double glazed windows, double sarking, double floor boards, alpine rated insulation to all walls/roof and an atrium to heat the upstairs bedrooms. This yields a net effect of not needing any heating or cooling, with average inside temperatures in winter around 9 deg warmer and average summer inside temperatures around 9 degrees cooler.

Cooking is supplied by a cast iron 'Rayburn 510' wood fired fuel stove, with plenty of firewood on the property.

The property is fully fenced around the boundary and is divided internally into 4 paddocks. There is plenty of wildlife for the nature lovers, including echidnas, wombats, wallabies, kangaroos and various birds.

Nestled among mature peppermint eucalyptus trees in a native hardwood forest, which is home to a large variety of native birds and animals. Short peaceful drives along tree lined country lanes will access all of the local National Parks, including, Mares Forest NP, Blue Mountains NP, Abercrombie River NP as well as the scenic Wombeyan Caves Reserve.

Meticulously constructed and beautifully renovated with modern comforts, there is nothing left to do but move in and enjoy the tranquility and privacy of country living in your sustainable eco home.


Features:

* No power bills or GST - NEW fully automatic Off Grid PV solar system

* No service availability charges

* No sewerage rates - Council approved sewerage system

* No water rates - 5 x rain water tanks

* No stock rates - stock exemption

* Cheap land/garbage rates - zoned RU2 - $146 per quarter

* No VOC's or other chemicals - timbers are treated with linseed oil

* No close neighbours - private bush block

* Instantaneous gas hot water

* Cast iron Rayburn 510 fuel stove

* Plenty of cut recycled firewood on block

* Rural shed with workshop and lock-up garage - 12m x 6m and Off Grid Solar

* Land line connected

* High speed broadband internet - satellite

* Digital television - satellite