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Illawong continued'
The house has a porte cochere to a foyer, formal dining room and a
huge living area all linked by glass doors with the kitchen opening to
the living area and has a featured island bench with granite top. The
kitchen has every modern convenience and all services are duplicated in
gas and electricity.
The kitchen, living area and
dining room overlook one of the lakes and beyond the lake is a copse of
eucalypts with daffodils planted in the foreground. Beyond
that is part of the Cobaw state forest.
Upstairs there is a large
bedroom, a bathrooms 2 dressing rooms and a study. The bedroom
and study have a view of landscaped gardens, lawns and forest, the study looks out to Mount Macedon and a corner of Hanging
Rock.
Features and Details of
the Property. The
House.
1, All main room except the study face north for maximum sun benefit.
2, All ground floor rooms have access to the outside by way of sliding
glass doors.
3, Ceiling Heights are, Drawing and family 4.2m (13ft 9in), Dining Room
2.7m (8ft 10")
remaining ground floor rooms are 3.3m (10ft 10")and all first floor room 3.4m (11ft)
4, All bathrooms have marble floors and shower walls. The bath is fitted
with spa jets.
5, Kitchen has granite bench top. Electric Wall oven with integral Microwave, Gas
cook top (LPG) slow combustion wood stove and dish washer.
6, Hot water is provided by gas water heater in utility room, electric
unit in pantry which is also heated by the slow combustion heater whenever in use.
7, Fresh water supply consists of 218,000 litres of rain water collected in 2
tanks (one at either end of the house plus one at the garage workshop.
Periodic pumping to a hill top storage tank provides ample high pressure supply to the
home.
8, Heating for the ground floor is provided by gas heated water
circulating in the floor slab. In addition there are large "Jetmaster"
open fire places in the family and drawing rooms. The first floor is heated by a
hydronic system run from the slow combustion/electric water storage in the pantry.
9, An 18M x 6M garage and workshop is located about 60m from the house.
10, TV reception of all Melbourne channels is excellent.
The Grounds.
All garden beds and lawns in the vicinity of the house are watered by an
automatic irrigation system. Water is supplied from the main dam by
automatic electric pump. A Petrol Pump is installed as an emergency
standby.
The paddocks are fenced with 2m high wire mesh augmented with electric
outriggers in selected areas. These paddocks have been used to run up to
170 large deer but are suitable for a variety of livestock. Dividing
fences are lines with trees of various types. There is a central laneway
connecting the paddocks with each other and a 12m x 9m steel shed. Each
paddock has a water trough and fence line trees are drip irrigated.
North of the main dam is another steel shed of 18m x 6m. 12 m of which
is fully enclosed with a concrete floor. Adjacent to this shed is a
92,000 litre rain water storage tank. |
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