Lot 5 16976 Flinders Highway Balfes Creek QLD 4820

Location:
Lot 5- 16976 Flinders Highway is located at the small township of Balfes Creek, West of Charters Towers. It is approximately 33 kms from the Town of Charters Towers or 25 mins drive.

Area & Tenure: Lot 5 GF93 Area 2,023 m2

About Balfe’s Creek
Located 33 kilometres west of Charters Towers along the Flinders Highway, Balfes Creek is a very small town with a long history. With the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1883, Balfes Creek became the original rail and road junction for this basalt country and further north. Dairies in the area once supplied milk to Charters Towers and Chinese market gardens once flourished here.

Services:
Situated about 33 km from Charters Towers the property accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 9000 people.
Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town boasting three Private Schools, the State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic city established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and still services the large Gold Mining and Grazing Industries of the Dalrymple Shire. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export ex Townsville (110km) and Townsville meatworks are all major attractions for this location. Townsville is a vibrant city of approximately people 200,000 with diverse industry and opportunity for employment, business, and higher education.

House:
Lot 5- 16976 Flinders Highway has a nice two-bedroom, Queenslander style hardwood house on stumps.
It has all the modern essentials with a shower & toilet, kitchen, large pantry, living area, lounge room, downstairs laundry, patio out the back and a veranda on the front of the house. It has a satellite dish setup for internet (all you will need is a router to connect to the internet). A feature of property is it has over 9.9 KW of solar panels on the roof providing a power credit to the household every quarter. The owners have spent about $9,000 to set this up recently.

Sheds/ Carports:
Lot 5- 16976 Flinders Highway has three sheds and a carport on the property.
Two of the sheds are open front gardening storage style sheds & the third is a custom orb made, colour bond lockable shed. In addition to this there is also a high carport for a one car shelter.

Water & Power:
Lot 5- 16976 Flinders Highway has two Bores on the property one is equipped with an electric Submersible pump. The bore depth and flow are unknown to the current owners. The owners say the water is good, they don’t drink it as they have a large rainwater tank. However, it does not leave any residue on taps or sinks. So, it appears to not have too many minerals in it.
The property has two good poly tanks one for rainwater and the other for household use, both are equipped with pressure pumps with pressure switches.

Garden/Chook pen:
Lot 5 - 16976 Flinders Highway has a number of nice shade trees, citrus trees, a lovely green lawn and veggies such as pumpkins. It also has a chook pen setup for laying hens.

Inclusions:

• Mattresses & some bed frames.
• Submersible pump
• Small Miscellaneous extras (TBA)

Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavour has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties nor guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Copyright Slaney & Co