Description
Irish settlers positioned their homestead to capture the view of a replica of their Sugar Loaf Mountain from back home in the Dargle Valley, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Steeped in history, an equestrian paradise or compact beef/sheep enterprise, options galore on this well-located property.
From the tree lined drive up past the post and rail paddocks to the stable block and workshop and up through the park like garden to the main house and cottages, you know you have arrived somewhere special.
HOUSE
The old main house has high timber ceilings making the house feel extremely spacious.
The bedrooms are all carpeted, have built-in cupboards and the main has an en suite with double showers and basins. The wood paneling in both the main and shared bathrooms is a lovely touch.
The main room has double doors leading out onto the swimming pool.
Underfloor heating is throughout the house except for kitchen/scullery and tv room and old entrance hall.
The large lounge with a wood burner in the fireplace sits between the veranda and the patio alongside the pool, two sets of double doors opening out to both the veranda and patio make a wonderful and vast entertainment area.
The dining room accessed from the kitchen and lounge also has a double door leading out onto the veranda.
The TV room/office is carpeted and has its own open fireplace and the old entrance hall backs onto this room.
The veranda, enclosed with glass stacking doors, must be the heart of the home with mesmerizing views onto Inhlosane and the park like garden make this an incredibly special place.
A built-in braai and the large paving tiles all add to its charm.
The farmhouse kitchen has lovely quarry tile flooring, a centre island, wood burner and a built-in seating area. Stand alone oven with gas hob and built-in extractor, granite worktops throughout.
There is a scullery with double sink and a large farmhouse pantry.
GARDEN
The garden is spectacular, and park like with a number of ponds and backs onto the indigenous bush so bushbuck, duiker and both samango and vervet monkeys are frequent visitors and occasionally the odd baboon.
There is a stream with a little waterfall in the natural bush that flows into one of the dams.
There are two self-contained cottages, one being the original settler cottage (2 bedroom) built in 1860 which is full of character. The other, a later and quirky
addition (2 bed open plan).
There is a double garage and carport. A further double carport
There are domestic staff rooms and ablutions.
FARM
The entire farm is fenced, and the road infrastructure is particularly good.
Water source is a spring, there are four small dams.
3 Phase Eskom supply with a 30 Kva backup generator (Included in the sale).
There is a stable block with ten stables and five loose boxes so room for fifteen horses.
There is an arena and a number of post and rail kikuyu paddocks around the stables, there are further kikuyu camps.
Tack and feed room all within the same building.
There is a further building with an open shed/workshop, staff accommodations and ablutions, further store/tack rooms.
The top section of the farm is game fenced.
There is a substantial list of equipment included in the sale.
So much on offer, see for yourself!
Selling price Excludes VAT.
Henwood and Katz Real Estate (Pty) Ltd t/a RE/MAX Midlands. A franchise of RE/MAX of Southern Africa.
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