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DREAM HOME in a STORY-BOOK SETTING - SCONE
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If you appreciate beauty, quality and ambience you will love "Bonn Abbey" a dream home in picture postcard gardens.
Type: House
Suburb: SCONE
Post Code: 2337
Construction: Brick
Rooms: 4 Bedroom
Services: all services
Parking: double garage
Land Size: 1012 square meters
House Size: 32 squares
Site Slope: level
Rental Value: $450
Description: "Bonn Abbey" is a romantic Georgian style home nestled behind picket fences and on 1012sm of manicured lawns and delightful cottage gardens massed with roses and lavender. "Bonn Abbey" was built in 1990 with absolutely no expense spared. The result is a truly unique home providing the perfect union of new and old: maintenance free modern living in the grace and grandeur of yesterday.
Old-world features include combustion fire; French doors; timber dado boards; wide timber skirtings and architraves; ornate cornices and ceiling roses; polished tallow floors; period brass light switches; gold-plated light fittings; and claw foot bath.
Modern features include fully ducted 3-phase reverse cycle air-conditioning; ceiling insulation; indoor and outdoor spas; smoke detectors in every room; large garage/workshop with internal access and automatic door; and chef's kitchen with dishwasher, gas cook top, fan forced oven and grill, and inbuilt 3-door glass-fronted fridge.
"Bonn Abbey" provides about 32 squares of accommodation. Upstairs there are FOUR bedrooms all with built-ins. The palatial master suite (5.4 x 4.8) is very peaceful and private and enjoys cooling summer breeze. It has a large WIR and luxurious double spa ensuite. The upstairs wing is serviced by a large linen pres; fold-down ladder to roof storage; period bathroom.
Downstairs accommodation includes generous formal and informal living areas. There is a two-story entrance foyer; large formal lounge with alabaster light fitting, rich velvet drapes and quality carpet; breakfast room with French doors opening to rose gardens; chef's kitchen; office with separate entrance serviced by adjoining bathroom; laundry and garage/workshop. The huge family room (7.8 x 5.7) has a combustion fire, polished tallow floors, and French doors providing vistas of manicured lawns; an outdoor heated spa nestled among citrus trees; and a quaint cubbyhouse/garden shed with loft.
"Bonn Abbey" is situated in Oxford Road, a wide tree-lined street, arguably the most sought after in Scone. The location is quiet and peaceful but with the convenience of being only a short stroll to the CBD, restaurants, schools (public and private), library, medical centre, hospital, parks and swimming pool.
For those who have not been here, let me share something about Scone and its lifestyle. The small Scone Shire, with a population of around 10,000 people, is at the northern end of the wonderful Hunter Valley, a popular tourist destination and a comfortable 3-hour drive north of Sydney where a home such as Bonn-Abbey would realise many times the median Sydney house price of $500,000
Scone is a vibrant rural community offering you and your family a wonderful lifestyle and exciting business opportunities. Known for its magnificent horse studs and historic homesteads, the upper Hunter is also Australia's best-kept wine secret producing some of the finest wines in the world. The rich diversity of the Scone Shire offers something for everyone- whether it be cultural pursuits such as drama, music or fine arts, or more outdoor activities such as Rodeos; Polo; Fishing; Water Sports; Cattle and Sheep Dog Trials; Caving; Archery; Boating; Croquet; Football, Bowls, and Gem Fossicking.
The Scone Shire is an idyllic part of the world with some of the most beautiful valleys, rolling hills, mountains and bubbling brooks you'll ever see. There are glorious stretches of thoroughbred country; scenic drives through quaint and beautiful towns; Horse Studs; Walking Trails; access to the Barrington Tops; Historical homes, Local wines, arts and crafts as well as the scenery and beauty of natural attractions such as Paradise Park, a beautiful semi-tropical picnic setting where birds and wallabies are plentiful especially at dusk; Burning Mountain; Timor Caves; and Lawn Glenbawn State Recreation Area, a haven for water-sport lovers (sailers, canoeists, sailboarders, water skiers) and campers and fishermen alike. The waters of the dam support catfish, golden perch, bass and other fish for both land and boat-based anglers.
In terms of horse studs, Scone is second in number only to Kentucky bluegrass region of the United States. Over 80 studs are scattered throughout the Shire, predominantly breeding thoroughbreds for the racing industry. Among these is the picture perfect Emirates Park one of Australia's largest thoroughbred studs stretching over 1400 hectares. The Scone Shire is not only the breeding ground for the finest thoroughbreds in the world. It is also the home of the National Paint Horse Champion; and produces some of Australia's best camp draft and polocrosse horses. When you add to this Quarter Horse studs, Appaloosa Studs, Arabian Studs and Standardbred Studs, you soon understand why Scone is known as the Horse Capitol of Australia.
With the reputation of being the best and friendliest rural community within easy travelling distance of Sydney, Scone provides all the conveniences of city living with the added benefits of a slower, distinctly relaxed rural lifestyle. The beautiful Scone Shire is a place where you and your family can put down roots; feel part of a caring community; relax; unwind; breathe in the fresh country air; and take time to smell the roses. In Scone the pace is slower, the air fresher; the water cleaner, the people friendlier; and the night sky a dazzling display of stars so bright you feel you can touch them.
Thank you for taking the time to read about "Bonn-Abbey" and life in Scone. For more information and photos please visit www.geocities.com/thelayburns
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0265459345 E-mail: thelayburns@yahoo.com.au |
 | $430,000 |
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