17 Everode Drive Sedgwick, 3551 VIC

LOCATION, LIFESTYLE AND AN ELEVATED OUTLOOK OVER WATER

4 2 5

Indicative Sale Price $995,000 - $1,080,000
Elders Easy Sale Closes Wednesday 16 November, 2:00pm at 46 Queen Street, Bendigo

If you want your home to feel like a sanctuary, this might be the perfect place for you. Located in one of Bendigo's finest lifestyle areas, it has been impeccably maintained inside and out, fully landscaped, and highly developed for entertaining and with ample shedding. It occupies approximately 8.5 naturally undulating acres, with a dam which covers about an acre when full, so feels like a small lake, and attracts an array of wildlife and birds, which means you can immerse yourself in natures' serene sights and sounds from your own lush green garden.

The most wonderful thing about this property is the property itself, with its enviable location and the lay of the land which creates a natural valley for excellent catchment, which in turn has been capitalized on with a dam bank, creating a wildlife haven and immense water supply. Incidentally it is in a wildlife corridor, therefore great care has been taken to ensure native habitats and indigenous vegetation are preserved and promoted with attention to details such as sedge lining the waters' edge and only native fish being stocked, you'll be able to catch Yellow Belly and Silver Perch, or just bond with your kids as you try. They'll get great joy from finding turtles or seeing spoonbills and ducks.
The contours of the land also provide an elevated home site, imagine watching the day begin or end on the front verandah, looking across the lawn in dappled light from the soft filtered shade of the Robinia trees, to the life-giving expanse of water and the serene bushland beyond, with the songs of frogs and birds in the air. Let your mind soar with the family of Little Eagles that live nearby.

The owners chose to build just beneath the crest to enjoy a natural buffer from the weather while still taking full advantage of the views. They built a steel framed Macquarie Home with a northerly aspect for the passive solar benefits, and to make the home aesthetically pleasing it has been stylised with Federation features such as yellow brick quoins, and a bay window. Over the next 20 years the landscaping and infrastructure was perfected and now the new owners can just move in and relax.

The home is big enough to be comfortable and small enough to be easy to maintain. It's highly functional, offering four bedrooms, three with built-in-robes which are serviced by a three piece bathroom and a separate toilet, while the main bedroom has a walk-in robe and three piece ensuite with beautiful black fixtures. Timber pelmets over double hung sash windows in this room are inset with a tile featuring an image of a leadlight flower and all windows have quality drapes and blinds in keeping with many quality features throughout the home.

The bay window in the formal lounge is framed with swags and tails, which complement the patterned cornice and ceiling rose over the five pendant light. From here a corbelled arch opens to the foyer. Beyond the entry hall you will find yourself in a pristine open plan living area.

A wall of windows bathes the area in natural light while a feature wall paired with natural finishes like stone, soften and warm the atmosphere. A reverse cycle split system is in place for instant comfort on extreme days, though it's rarely used, and through winter you will love coming home to the most ornate freestanding solid fuel heater, which has its own screen so you can open the double doors for use as an open fire. The bamboo flooring is just gorgeous too, and the kitchen has been delightfully refurbished with a pyrolytic wall oven and induction cooktop to make meal-times safer and easier.

If you think the front yard is idyllic with its summer shade trees and floral plantings like, Banksia and Weeping Mulberry, and its magnificent landscaping with an extensive use of rocks for paths, garden edges and walls, then just wait until you step out into the backyard. It is absolutely an entertainer's paradise.

A large paved undercover areas adjoins an outdoor kitchen complete with a pizza oven, built in barbecue with spit, wok burner, sink, granite bench and bar fridge. In a raised tier an alfresco area is built around a fire pit, with a shade sail if you please. The setting is outstanding and very calming, it even has a waterfall with a resident Golden Skink aptly nicknamed Russell (rustle). Hedges here create nice sheltered areas too.

The secure yard with rabbit proof fencing also houses a most impressive Bottle tree, quite rare in this region, and if you like home grown produce you will love the orchard and veggie patch. Pomegranate, lemon, orange, apple, pear, fig, mulberry, peach, plum, raspberry, blueberry, olive, almond, walnut, cherries which ripen at Christmas and a pistachio tree which is over 9 years old and bears fruit.

There is ample tank water and an electric pump on the dam feeds the pop-ups on the lawns and the garden drippers, along with all of the outside taps. Shedding includes 5 bays with roller doors. Two are high set to suit a float, caravan, boat, or the largest of 4-wheel drives, one of these is automatic. In the other section is a workshop area with a wood heater. There is other handy shedding around the property as well.

Access is from Peney Lane which is common property. This is an area where everyone loves their neighbours and the owners are only leaving for a sea change. While you are in the countryside, town convenience is only 10 minutes away in Strathfieldsaye, 20 minutes to Bendigo, 25 minutes to Castlemaine or an easy 80 minutes to the Melbourne fringe.

Consider yourself invited to attend an open inspection and feel free contact the agent, Wayne Heard on 0409 248 477 for all other enquiries.

Sold $1,050,000

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