Situated on a little plateau above the road, and not visible from the road, this unusual home on 2.9 acres and its spectacular mature gardens offer amazing lifestyle and convenient location close to the Sheba Dams. The house: The three bedroom / one bathroom home features attached double garage, separate lounge and dining room, large eat in kitchen, a sunroom, a porch, and a mudroom/storage space. The home is of double brick construction with exposed timber rafters. In the kitchen, there is a wood fired cooker which keeps the house cosy and provides hot water in winter, accompanied by electric stove. In the lounge room, there is an open fire place and another mini slow combustion stove in the dining area. An air conditioner will keep your summer days just perfect, not that you will use it often. Hanging Rock is famous for its beautiful mild summers and not many houses feature air conditioners at all. The gardens: The well established gardens offer an incredible array of exotic mature trees. Fruit trees include Peach, Cherry, Walnut, Plum and Apple. Outside the kitchen window, lemon trees flourish against the northern wall. A once productive veggie patch features deep fertile soil, well worked in the past and all rocks removed. The orchard is enclosed with six foot fence with chicken coop and duck hutch waiting to be occupied. There are fenced sheep or goat enclosures with shelters and troughs, and numerous small sheds for storage of garden equipment and chattel. Mature Alders, Elms, Linden, Pinnoak, Aspen, White poplars, Liquidambar and Sequoia line the southern boundary. Magnificent Golden Ash is a stunning autumn feature. There are further plantings of Conifers, Oaks and Cypress trees interspersed with flowering shrubs. Hedges border the paths and yards with Flax, Barberry bushes, Cotoneaster and Rose hip. A bird bath is surrounded by Poplars and shrubs in a circular driveway. Variety of Conifers, Spruce, Pine, Fir and Cypress surround the house yard. A Photinia hedge covers a large greenhouse behind which Briar rose and flowering Prunus trees hide the Rhododendrons. An astounding amount of rain water storage via multiple water tanks adds to approx 200,000 litres combined. Extensive underground water pipes network connecting all tanks and areas of garden complete the property. Council rates approx $900/annum. The zoning allows for further subdivision. DISCLAIMER: "This information has been supplied to us by the Vendor and other sources we believe to be reliable. We do not accept responsibility to any person for its accuracy and do no more than pass this information on when advertising the property. Interested parties should make and rely upon their own enquiries in order to determine whether or not this information is in fact accurate."