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Start your self-sufficient lifestyle here in paradise on 154 acres.

Just a stone's throw from the breathtaking Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk.

SUMMARY:
- Potentially subdivisible.
- Short term rental income potential - $1500 per week.
- House sleeps 12 in total. Shed parking for 10++ cars.
- House and shed alone would cost $700K to construct today.
- A property up the road in North Walpole has just sold for nearly $700K with 1/3 of the land, and no formal house.

DETAILS
- Cedar home with 4 bedrooms (2 have loft beds) plus 1 low sleeping loft (4 beds). 12 beds total.
- 154 acres in total with 5 acres cleared.
- Solar panels supplement grid power.
- Large powered machinery shed (13.5m x 9m). Fits 10 cars plus a tractor.
- 100,000L rain water tank (large enough for a whole family).
- 2 natural springs on the block (which have filled the very large dam over our Northern border).
- Two newly fenced paddocks for livestock with electric fence wires. Space for 3 other temporary paddocks.
- Vegetable garden with 100+ reticulation points.
- Established citrus trees, young fruit trees, and massive kiwi vines (800 kiwifruit p/a).
- Situated between Walpole-Nornalup National Forest and Mt Frankland National Park; temperate climate; lush green most of the year.
- Forested with karri, jarrah, red and yellow tingle. Perfect for bee hives! Enough fallen jarrah firewood on the property to last a few lifetimes.
- Slow combustion stove and wood heater (halve your power bill - we did!)
- Wood-heated hot water with electric booster.
- Solar-designed North facing house, with high clerestory windows the length of the whole house (see plans).
- Bore potential (with bore water which tested as pure, or purer, than rainwater).
- Small dam with marron.
- Large open-style chicken and duck pen; 2 chalet-style chicken and duck coops.
- 6 heated dog kennels under the house, with indoor and outdoor areas.
- Northern aspect - the cleared 5 acres is perfect for growing anything!
- Unique variety of soils, including karri loam, gravel, sand, silt, granite, white and brown clay.
- Extremely well constructed home and shed, installed by former owner - an engineer.
- 1.4 km from school bus pickup point.
- Close to sleepy Hazelvale Rd for easy street access.
- Start Lane on the Eastern border of the block provides easy side access.
- 15 km from Walpole (shops, markets, Silver Chain, etc).
- Views of Mount Franklin from the loft.
- Quokkas.

We have been advised that the buildings (house and shed) alone would cost $700,000 to construct now. Country building is expensive, approvals can be costly and lengthy, and building-material prices (eg steel and timber) are increasing greatly.

Rural land here is now selling now for $6,000-$10,000 per acre. On these figures the property (154 acres), if clear, would market at around $924,000 - $1.54 million.

But the crown jewel of this property is timber, rather than grazing land: 150 acres of beautiful forest retreat is yours to walk or ride through. The forests down here are reminiscent to us of the Dandenongs, Tasmania and the Daintree

Potential subdivision possibilities. Ring to discuss.

The short term rental market is hot down here at present, offering potential income of up to $1500 per week.

Partly furnished purchase is possible if you are seeking to use this for holidays/rental.

Walpole Wilderness Homestead is presently home to 34 livestock (sheep and goats), chickens and ducks, guinea fowl, 10 hives of busy bees and six adorable schnoodles. :)

Hazelvale Road looks like something from "A Country Practice" winding through lush green paddocks, with fattened cows. The area is embraced by thousands of acres of State forest. Only so much land will ever be available in Hazelvale, and the properties here are tightly held by families for generations.

The block is perfect for horses and horse riding, due to shared lane on the East side of the property (Start Lane) which leads to a labyrinth of back-roads through the forests.

Hundreds of tons of fallen logs pepper the bush (knocked down by a previous owner before the prohibition). This timber is increasingly valuable as jarrah and firewood become more scarce due to logging restrictions.

An arrangement can be discussed if you would like us to help you process and market the timber on an ongoing basis. We have a state-of-the-art sawmill, and other equipment.

There is fascinating biodiversity on the block, including Quokkas (yes!), Sunset Frogs, Burrowing Crayfish and rare Tingle Spiders with only two body parts, which hark back to Gondwana.

Tree types include jarrah, marri, red and yellow tingle, and karri.

The unique diversity extends to the soils present in abundance over the different areas of the block, which include white clay, granite (a 5 acre outcrop), brown clay, black silt, gravel, and sand. Whether you want to build mud bricks, or a verdant garden, or create your own gravel and sand pits, everything is here to furnish your gardening/building needs!

Inspection by appointment. Unconditional or cash offers only at this stage.

Feel free to check out our video, though see the pictures for the more recent photos (we used some of the pre-renovation shots in the video, and didn't get around to changing them)! ;)

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