ADDRESS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Very reluctant sale of partly renovated & very homely character cottage; 1950s fibro & tile jarrah-stumped home in quiet part of town; $50,000+ spent on improvements to yard and house over past few years. About half of the house has been repainted as I had been gradually renovating & had no intention of ever moving; Work commitments require a change in location so this lovely plot is offered for sale with a heavy heart & a lump in my throat… The house has a lovely feeling of warmth to it, which you experience as soon as you walk through the front door; bright and cheery colours, with a brand new, quirky, pastel-coloured, retro-slash-cottage styled kitchen. The view looking out of the glass front door is one of birch trees and red roses – and usually a myriad of little birds who come to play in the front garden and to use the bird bath. This was supposed to be my “forever home” and I have poured my heart & soul into the work I have done on it whilst aiming for a comfortable & welcoming place to live or visit; all it wants now is a nice new owner who likes to garden & who appreciates a house with a little bit of pizzazz. There are several of these older-style beauties for sale in town at the moment, but the others do not have the kind of landscaping/gardens that set this one apart. I make no apologies for the fact that it isn’t finished yet – I was in no rush and all of the hard work (retaining, paving, fencing, outdoor entertaining area, floorboards, installing heating, decking, planting, making a lawn where there was nothing but weeds 4 years back) has already been done. Here is what you will be getting - • 3 bed rooms plus a 4 x 2.2 metre sleep out (currently used as an office) • Main bed room is a huge 4.3 x 3.3 metres (it comfortably fits 7 wardrobes & a queen-sized bed!) • Second bed room is also large at 4.2 x 2.8 metres • Enclosed, lockable back verandah under main roof • Newly renovated cute & funky kitchen; brand new cabinets, white clay sink, tap ware, European oven, range hood and ceramic stovetop • Beautiful polished floorboards throughout • Slow combustion in-built fire to lounge room for those chilly winter nights (set in the original brick fireplace) • Fully functional older style wall mounted reverse cycle air-conditioning unit also in lounge room • Separate large (4 x 3.2 metre) formal dining room with ceiling fan • Two large jarrah-shelved linen cupboards • Compact, clean & tidy bath room • 3 sets of Gorgeous solid timber & glass panelled French doors across the front of the house with pretty antique wrought iron double flyscreen security doors to entry • Fully fenced with new 1.8 metre high colourbond fencing to front boundary • Fully enclosed back yard, great for the kids and/or the dog • Enormous (7 x 4 metres) steel framed white corrugated colourbond patio/outdoor entertainment area with adjacent brick-paved & covered gazebo/BBQ area • Limestone retaining walls and formal garden bed with lavender, rosemary & agapanthus • Front carport, powered brick double garage & wood shed • Cool & refreshing established back lawn area, shaded even in summer by mature trees on the property • Numerous fruit trees – oranges, mandarins, lemon, grapefruit, pomegranate, pear, peach, 2 types of fig, loquat; many of these trees are 40-50 years old; all produce fruit in abundance so there is something to pick all year round • Several species of grape vines plus 2 massive olive trees (one variety for eating, the other for making your own olive oil) • Two large well-fenced poultry runs/paddocks large enough for all of your feathered friends and even one or two woolly friends (or else use the existing sheep paddock to plant a large vegetable garden and be mostly self-sufficient!) • Other established flowering & ornamental tree varieties including birch, crepe myrtle, may, English lilac & camellias • Established cottage garden to front yard with rose bushes, romantic floral front hedge fencing & pretty gated archway • Fabulous large wooden (Merbau) front deck (cost $11,000 to have built), lovely place to sit quietly with a glass of wine whilst overlooking the garden, the rail reserve of mature trees opposite and farmland beyond • Wildlife haven – regular visitors include bandicoots, Carnaby’s & Forest Red-tailed black cockatoos, pink & grey galahs, corellas, redcap parrots, 28 parrots, wattle birds, kookaburras and many smaller bird species • Close to the Australind train station and Post Office, less than 2km from shopping centre, half a block from the lovely Centennial Park • The block is a whopping 1214m2 (that’s 202m2 BIGGER than the old “quarter acre” blocks) Viewings are able to be arranged on weekends for cash or finance buyers only (sorry, no subject-to-sale offers are able to be accepted)