Description

Outstanding infrastructure for equine and red meat pursuits 321 Acres –͞ Longford͟ - 130 Hectares perfectly positioned with main road frontage approximately mid-way between Port Fairy and Hamilton (40km) and 8km south of Macarthur, Longford͟ offers a delightful home with superior structural improvements. The four bedroom weatherboard home has been tastefully renovated and extended featuring expansive indoor and outdoor living areas and an as new kitchen. Excellent horse facilities include an American style barn with 3 stables, tack room, 3 standard sized loose boxes and round yard. Other infrastructure includes substantial steel cattle yards with undercover working area, machinery shed with 60x40 skillion for truck access, hayshed and woolshed. Fertile and productive pastures with excellent subdivision of 15 main paddocks with central laneway and 9 horse paddocks. Assured high rainfall district (750mm/30͟) with drought proof water supply via 3 interlinked bores.

For Sale as a whole or in two lots:
Lot 1: 106.8 Acres with all improvements
Lot 2: 213.6 Acres with Glengleeson West Road access

Full listing details "Longford":
AREA:
321 Acres/130 Hectares or thereabouts

LOCATION:
4003 Hamilton-Port Fairy Road, Macarthur. Dual road frontage to the Macarthur-Port Fairy Road and Glengleeson West Road.
8km from services at Macarthur, centrally located between the regional hubs of Hamilton (42km), Warrnambool (63km) and the sea side town of Port Fairy (40km)

SERVICES:
School bus at front gate to Hawkesdale and Hamilton schools.

TENURE:
3 Titles – approximately 106 acres each


IMPROVEMENTS:
The Home:
An extensively renovated and extended, four bedroom, former soldier settlement weatherboard home. Spacious living with open plan kitchen/dining and living space, 2nd living area and separate office. Family bathroom with bath and shower, 2nd toilet located in the laundry. Split system heating and cooling plus a wood heater ducted to the passage. Large stacker glass doors at either end of the kitchen/living/dining area lead to outdoor entertaining deck. Semi-enclosed elevated rear deck offers a built in pizza oven and garden views. House water supplied via 4 x 8000 gallon rainwater tanks (1 concrete, 3 poly tanks), electric hot water service and 3KW solar panels.
Attached open-fronted 2 car garage with additional spacious multi-purpose space currently used as a billiard/rumpus room. Attractive and established front garden and rear garden watered via a sprinkler system.

The Farm:
This small farm acreage offers diverse farming opportunity and ease of management. Featuring excellent horse facilities including an American style barn with 3 stables, tack room with power and water connected, 3 standard sized loose boxes and round yard there is excellent existing opportunity or the possibility of conversion to other uses. A settlement shearing shed of galvanized iron construction with new roof (2 years old) needs some modification inside and comes with power and skillion. Shedding is complete with 4 bay workshop with concrete floor, power, 2 lockable bays and 2 open fronted. Machinery shed with 60 x 40 skillion for truck access and a hayshed. Other improvements include excellent cattle handling facilities with as new steel with undercover working area and crush with 60 head working capacity and semi/B-Double access. Chook pen, pig shed and 3 pen dog run.

WATER:
New bore (2017) supplies the entire farm (20ft deep – yield 2000G/hr) with 2 back-up bores. 2nd bore with pump jack and header tank, 3rd bore with windmill and header tank (both pressurized after header tank). Dam on property provides seasonal water supply.

PADDOCKS:
Subdivided into 15 main paddocks plus 9 smaller horse paddocks. Central laneway provides ease of access and management.

FENCING:
Fencing in good condition, most with hotwire set up, horse paddocks fenced appropriately to suit current use.

PASTURES:
Predominantly clover and rye pastures with approximately half of the paddocks renovated in current owners tenure.

FERTILISER:
Good fertiliser history – 200kg/super phosphate annually. Has also had a super/potash history.

RAINFALL:
30”/750mm rainfall country.

SOIL TYPE:
Dark loam soil types.

CONTOUR:
Principally flat to slightly undulating.

STOCK:
Currently running approximately 85 cows with ease and replacements plus 80 yearlings (until August 2018) and 7-8 horses.

PRODUCTION:
40-50 acres hay annually.