A marvellous feeling of freedom and calmness is bestowed upon all those who will visit this luxurious hinterland hideaway located approximately 12 minutes drive from the Tuggeranong Valley. If you are turning off the highway into the Royalla Estate for the first time your first glimpses of the Estate will set the stage, palatially proportioned elegant homes on small acreage with picturesque garden settings. After several minutes of peaceful driving over rolling terrain you will arrive the property. A solar powered gate opens to a bitumen driveway leading to the home. There is plenty of room for visitor parking, a triple garage and a turning circle. This large family home is nestled on a 31,430m2 block (7.76acres) of rural bliss. Capturing views across the valley to the north from the living and entertaining areas. The grand design balances spacious formal dining and living areas with all of the comforts of the atmosphere created with open plan living areas all of which is heated its own in slab heating, ten zones in all. As you enter the home through the main entrance, past the formal entertaining areas and powder room you enter the north facing kitchen and family room area that forms the hub of the home. The Blue Pearl granite sparkles on the enormous bench top and the 900mm Blanco oven is ready to cater for a large family gathering! A walk in pantry provides a valuable storage room for your cooking provisions and has a handy wine rack. There is a built in telephone desk on the edge of the kitchen (every home should have one of these). The bedrooms need to be explored due to their size, with a segregated main bedroom suite so generously proportioned that the walk in robe is almost the size of a bedroom. One of the endearing features of the home is the pleasant outlook from all of the windows into the picturesque garden and countryside with the main bedroom encapsulating this beautifully with plenty of natural light in all directions. The ensuite has a large spa bath, separate shower and custom Corian vanity. The fifth bedroom is fitted out as a study with integrated desks and shelving with storage cupboard. It would make an ideal home office. The living areas flow to the covered entertaining areas outside that lead to the solar heated inground pool and guest cottage! The cottage could be used for many purposes; it has an ensuite bathroom and kitchenette, reverse cycle air-conditioning and block out curtains for a home theatre option. Your own country club setting awaits for a BBQ with friends by the pool. Nothing has been left half done in this home as the owners have had everything done to exacting standards and to a scale that reflects the property. There are extensive pathways that link the outdoor areas. They wind their way from the home through the rose garden to the Orchid in one direction then back around to the pool and guest cottage, past the 24m2 Greenhouse back to the bitumen driveway. It truly is a family setting with vast grass areas for children to kick footballs and ride bikes with space for parents to indulge in their hobbies or passions. This dream home is ready for you! * Peace and tranquillity * Inground solar heated pool * Guest cottage with ensuite and kitchenette * Bitumen driveway, turning circle and visitor parking * Extensive pathways and retaining walls * 100,000L rainwater tank * Children's play fort * In slab heating with 10 zones * Ducted Jenn-Air evaporative cooling * Ducted vacuum cleaner * Triple garage with remote controlled doors and internal access * Tractor shed * 24m2 Green house * 400l off peak hot water + 250L off peak hot water * Established gardens with Manchurian Pears, Tulip trees, Chinese Elms * Flowering plums and natives * Orchid has 8 trees. 2 Apricots, 2 Plums, 1 Cherry, 1 Mulberry, 2 Nectarines Nothing left undone!