454 Bus Road Broughton QLD 4820

Location:

454 Bus Road is approximately 12 km South-East of Charters Towers and is approximately 12 minutes drive to town. The property is located in a quiet area surrounded by other large acreage properties.

Area Tenure:

Total Area - 15.48 Ha or 38.25 acres approximately

Tenure – Freehold

Overview:

454 Bus road is located on the south-eastern side of town, turning off Bluff Road. It is just under 40 acres. The property enjoys quiet secluded privacy and is surrounded by other larger acreage properties. The property has good quality pasture grasses, legumes and loamy creek frontages. 454 Bus road is fortunate enough to have two houses on the property, plus a liveable shed, giving it a total of approximately 5 bedrooms, 3 toilets and 3 showers. It also has a shed, tank, carport, rainwater tank and house tank. The property also boasts of having its very own private tennis court.

# Buyers please note. This property hasn’t been lived in for years and the seller offers no guarantees as to whether things still work, which includes things like water pumps and air-conditioning, lights etc. Buyers will need to buy the property in as is, how is, condition. It is a ‘fixer upper’ but it has good bones and provides an opportunity for buyers chasing acreage to get their foot in the door.

2 Houses + Liveable shed:

454 Bus Road boasts of having two houses.

The main house is a low set masonry block home with roofing iron sheeting. Inside it is sheeted with Masonite and the concrete floors are lined with vinyl. It has an older style kitchen surrounded by a spacious living area, lounge room and inside bar. The house has three bedrooms in total which are partially split system airconditioned. It has a shower, toilet and laundry space. The bedrooms all have older style built in cupboards. The house has modest verandas front and back.

Kitchen, Lounge, dining rooms
3 Bedrooms
Inside Bar
Partially split system air conditioned
Verandas front and back

The second house is also a low-set slab on ground house. It is cladded with fibre cement sheeting inside and out. It has a small kitchen, pantry and two modest bedrooms. The house also has its own shower and toilet located on at one end of the outside veranda. The floors are partially tiled with carpet in the bedrooms which needs replacing.

Shower & Toilet
Kitchen
2 Bedrooms
Pantry
Split system air conditioned

As well as the two houses the property also has a second shed which has been fitted out with a basic shower and toilet, fans, power points, a small bench with a sink and closeable corrugated iron windows.

Shed:

The property has a good quality, medium sized carport / workshop shed located within walking distance from the house. It is an older shed but is well made from hardwood, steel trusses and galvanised roofing iron. It is fully lockable with mesh gates.

Tennis Court:

454 Bus Road has its very own tennis court. It is in need of new astro turf and possibly resurfacing but it has a good quality fence around the court, and it also has flood lights to play at night.

Country/ Land:

The soils consist of black and red clay type soils and river loams as well as decomposed granite soils. The trees consist of Bloodwood, Iron Bark, Grey box gum, Paperbark, Poplar gum, Morton Bay ash, Red gum and other various native species. The pasture consists of large areas of Buffel grass as well as some couch grass, spear grass and other lesser-known grasses. The property also has a heathy abundance of Seca Stilo throughout which is a nitrogen depositing legume and a good cattle feed. The weeds consist of mostly Chinee Apple, Bellyache and Currant bush.

Yards:

The property has a very small set of basic steel cattle yards. It has a force yard and a loading ramp.

Fencing:

454 Bus road is fenced using barb wire and steel pickets with a combination of wood and steel assembly posts. The fencing is mostly three and four barbed wires. The fencing is in reasonable condition. There are approximately 4 paddocks in total.

Water / Electricity:

454 Bus road has a water well as its main source of water on the property. This is located close to the creek, in the middle of the property. The water is pumped up to the house tank via an electric mono pump. This is then pumped into the two houses via a pressure pump. There is also a rainwater tank beside the second house. The pump at the well is powered by underground mains electricity.

There is a small dam on the property which is currently dry. It is located on the eastern side of the liveable shed.

The property has 240-volt mains electricity connected to the property.

454 Bus Road also has a small solar system on the roof of the main house, which is estimated to be around 6 KW’s, which helps reduces electricity bills.
# Please note these pumps have not been used for several years and are most likely not working

Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavor has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties or guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Copyright Slaney & Co