"Karandah" 334 Budgee Road Budgee QLD 4359

Location: "Karandah" is located 34km to Toowoomba City (all bitumen) and 6km east of the New England Highway.

Services: 3 phase mains power, mail 5 days and school bus to Emu Creek Primary School and Clifton High School.

Rates: $2,584.23 gross per half year.

RPD: Lots 5 & 6 on RP23087.

Land Area: 98.569 hectares (243 acres approx.)

Country: "Karandah" is predominantly level to easy sloping, quality "Budgee" flats with top quality black self mulching clay soils. Approximately 70 acres is cultivated with 60 acres of oats crop and 10 acres of forage sorghum. Approximately 200 acres (80 hectares) was originally farmed, now back to natural and improved pastures.

Water -

New Bore: 98 meters equipped with submersible pump (1.1 Lts/Sec) from 78 meters. 3,000 gallon poly tank with new steel stand that reticulates to garden and 14 troughs (including 3 in yards).

Bore No 2: (in chook yard) approx. 40 meters equipped with electric submersible pump that also reticulates to the high tank.

1 dam and seasonal holes in the creek.

Fencing: Property is divided into 10 main paddocks plus holding pens and laneways. Mainly wood posts with 4 & 5 barb and some plain. The boundary is all stock proof.

Cattle Yards: Includes a mix of steel and timber and is divided into 5 main yards and forcing yard leading to crush plus forcing pen to loading race. Includes 3 troughs.

Improvements -

Homestead: Low set 4 bedroom (3 bedrooms have built-ins) and office timber home with external cladding. The open plan kitchen/eating area provides a modernised kitchen with electric wall oven, separate electric hot plates, pantry and built-ins. The formal dining area with ceiling fan opens to the lounge/living room with woodheater and 2 ceiling fans. The large office has built-in cupboards and the main bathroom separated into 3 areas features a vanity, shower and toilet. The downstairs laundry (part of the residence) has a concrete floor, laundry tub, shower, separate toilet, electric hot water system and pressure pump. Other features include reverse cycle air conditioner, new floating floors, polished timber floors and carpets.

Outside there are 2 x 3,000 gallon, 1 x 5,000 gallon and 1 x 2,000 gallon poly tanks (all interconnected to the pressure pump). The house yard is fenced and there are established garden shrubs and a mini golf course.

Workshop (Ex Dairy): Concrete floor, power connected and 2 lock up rooms.

Shed: 10mx16m, part concrete floor, timber construction, R/T posts, CGI walls and gable roof (part grain storage) part raised timber floor (shearing shed area) part earth floor with CGI doors on one side.

Machinery Shed: 10mx6m, sawn timber posts, sawn timber frame, enclosed 2 sides and gable roof.

Machinery Shed: 14mx9m, steel frame, timber purlins, enclosed 3 sides with CGI & CGI gable roof.

Hay Shed: 18mx16m with skillion. R/T posts, sawn timber frame, enclosed with corrugated iron sides and gable and skillion roof.

Single Car garage: R/T posts, colorbond walls and gable roof.

Other Sundry Buildings: Skillion pig shelter and skillion enclosed shed.

Silos: 3 x 60 tonne concrete Webster silos, set on concrete slab.

Use: The current owners run a productive cattle operation, approximately 40 breeders and progeny.

Remarks: "Karandah" is located in the highly regarded Budgee Valley with picturesque views to the great dividing range to the East. Quality soils, neat and tidy presentation and the well presented family home in an established garden setting makes this property the complete package.

Agents: Matt Cleary 0428 987 340
Jonny Arkins 0409 052 584
Ben Johnston (APL McDougall & Sons) 0455 964 487