Tranquilty 7 Tamara Road Southern Cross QLD 4820

Location:

7 Tamara Road, Southern Cross is situated approximately 5 km Southwest of Charters Towers, off Mackereth Road. Only approximately a 5-minute drive to town. It is located on a quiet ‘No through’ road surrounded by other acreage properties.

Area Tenure:

Total – 8.38 ha or 20.70 acres approximately

Tenure – Freehold

House:

The house is a beautiful, solid, low set, modern masonry block home. In total it has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. One of these bathrooms is an ensuite for the main bedroom. The floors are partially tiled in the main living areas and carpeted in the bedrooms. The house has two very large verandas on the front and back of the house, which provide excellent outside living and entertaining areas all year round. The kitchen and both bathrooms are relatively modern and in very good order. The main bathroom has both a shower and a large spa bathtub. This bathroom also serves as the laundry with the washing machine and tub neatly tucked away in an inbuilt cupboard. Throughout the house are numerous built in cupboards and all the bedrooms have inbuilt cupboards as well. The guest toilet has its own hand washing basin adding that little extra hygiene for the household. A note for buyers* The old carpets throughout the house will be fully replaced with brand new carpets before settlement. The carpet laying company are booked in to do the job.

3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms (Main bedroom has ensuite)
2 Toilets
Large Lounge & Dining Area
Two large verandas’ outside
Inbuilt cupboards throughout
Fully split system airconditioned (Two are new systems)
The house has recently been repainted inside and out
Carpets to be replaced with New Carpets before settlement
House yard fence is well built out of galvanised RHS and good quality mesh
Large Rainwater tank
Town Water

Shed:

The property has the added benefit of a large shed just up from the house. This shed is made from RHS steel posts, purlins and quality zincalume roofing iron. Inside the shed there is a large area of undercover parking space, a lockable concreted workshop area and a concreted workshop bay. The shed has water and electricity connected. The shed has lights and power points throughout the shed as well.

Garden:

The house is surrounded by a lovely green lawn, large shady trees and luscious colourful gardens beds throughout. The garden has mixture of native and no native plants, trees and shrubs, it truly is an oasis away from the currently dry conditions in the paddock. Outside the house yard is a fruit and veggies garden. There are several large, raised garden beds with veggies such as tomatoes, onions, silver beet, herbs and more plus there is also fruit trees such as banana, pawpaw, passionfruit, citrus and mango. These gardens are a real credit to the current owner.

Country/ Land:

This country is a mixture of creek frontage loam and decomposed granite type soils. It has a mixture of grasses such as Buffel, black spear grass, Urochloa, Couch grass and other native blue grasses. Aswell as these grasses there is also pasture legumes such as Seca Stilo. It has a mixture of native gum trees such as Ironbark, Box gum, Paperbark Bloodwood and several other native shrubs. Noxious weeds on the property consist of mostly Chinee Apple & Rubber vine, Currant bush and Belly ache.

Horse / Cattle Yards, Pig Pen, Chook run:

The property has good quality, square shaped, steel livestock yard which is has been made from railway line, steel pipe and heavy cable. The yards are approximately six foot high, very solid and have water connected by a stock water trough. These yards could function as both a cattle and horse handling facility. Aswell as the steel yard there is an old timber loading ramp and force yard which would be considered almost irreparable but serve as a reminder of what can be rebuilt.

As well as the yards is a good quality set of pig pens. These are located beside the main yards. The pig pens have approximately 3 independent feeding bays, a laneway, a large ring lock mesh day pen out the back and a loading ramp.

In addition to the yards and pig pens is a well-built, quality made chook pen which is made from steel piping, galvanised trim deck roofing iron and chicken wire. It has a roosting area and laying boxes. It is well positioned being only a short walk from the house and it provides the poultry with excellent living conditions.

Fencing:

The property has excellent fencing which is mostly three / four barbed wires and steel picket style construction. The strainer posts are of excellent quality and are made by a either railway line or RHS posts, cattle rail and or heavy gal pipe.

The house yard fence is also in excellent condition and is made of Galvanised RHS posts, Galvanised piping and galvanised mesh. This fence is approximately 1200 mm high and is fairly dog proof providing they don’t jump.

Town Water + Rainwater Tank & Small dam:

The property has treated town water connected to the house, sheds and yards which is metred by the Charters Towers Regional Council. In addition to the town water, the house has a large poly water tank setup for catching rainwater by using the house guttering and downpipes. This water storage provides excellent drinking water options and a backup water supply.

There is also a semi-permanent, small dam at the front of the property which is currently dry. It can be used at the start of the year during the wet season, however due to its size and depth does not hold water for long. It could be made to last longer using machinery to deepen and widen it or by lining it with poly belting.

Electricity:

Mains electricity is connected to the property via a 240-volt mains powerline. The electricity connects to the shed initially, then continues underground into the house.

As well as mains electricity the property benefits from a recently installed solar system which is approximately 6 KW.

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