4060 Huon Highway, Castle Forbes Bay

Beautiful Old Home & Hobby Farm

This is one of the Huon Valleys treasures. The gorgeous homestead was originally built back around 1833 and still offers many of its original features as well as a meticulous renovation to a former glory. Positioned well off the road up a grand gravel drive, the 276m2 home sits proud in the middle of a property that has just about everything you could want to be self sufficient and more. There are multiple sheds, a lovely old timber cottage, a winter stream with a weir, lovely established gardens, chook house & run, a large hot house for the herbs & tomatoes, a huge netted enclosure including veggies, multiple fruit trees, nuts & berries. There is a good sized apple orchard and fully fenced lush pasture paddocks. All of this sits on a manageable 7.5 acres (3 hectares). Positioned just across from the majestic Huon River, there are views out over the water too and the surrounding hills really add to the appeal.
As you arrive, it is instantly obvious that the owners have pride in the property. Everything is neat, tidy and well maintained. As soon as you walk into the house, there is an instant sense of a by-gone era. There are many original features such as high ceilings, dado walls, stained glass, multiple feature fireplaces, lovely old timber doors and ornate cornices. The downstairs level is formal and quite stately, compared with the contrast of upstairs which takes on the look of a world lost years ago. Completely original from its origins as a travellers coach house, the upstairs charm is fabulous with the lovely old timber boards and unique staircase access. There are 3 good sized bedrooms, a great study or office space and another room perfect for the artist or sewing enthusiast in the house. Back downstairs there are 2 lovely wide hallways with big timber doors at their ends that lead out to the almost wrap around verandahs. The kitchen is open plan with a formal dining room off to the side complete with its own open fireplace. The formal lounge room, which includes another fireplace and French doors is also grand. The master bedroom also has a feature fireplace and own French doors and has the use of the room directly across the hall as an ideal full sized dressing room. The other 2 large bedrooms also benefit from their own French doors to the verandah, one even has yet another feature fireplace.
From every room there is either a view out to the Huon River, the rural surrounds or out over the lovely established garden.
Outside, there are multiple sheds. One consists of 3 open bays for the cars and tractor and also has an enclosed garage section with roller door, ideal workshop space. The others are character filled old timber sheds and an old cottage too, great as the garden shed. The pasture paddocks are rich and provide excellent space for grazing animals. The orchard has 1100 apple trees including Golden & Red Delicious, all with irrigation. The separate netted area encloses a mixed variety of trees including fig, peach, plum, hazelnut & cherry. There are also grapes, currents, boysenberries, strawberries & raspberries. The winter stream with its own weir is a real feature and forms the side boundary of the property.
Only 5 minutes either way gets you to the quaint historic riverside town of Franklin or Geeveston the other direction where you will find all your basic needs such as supermarket, doctors and schools. Huonville has the rest of the services you may need only 20 minutes away. Hobart is a picturesque 45 minute drive or the bus pulls up out the front. The area is well known as having some of the best local produce and provides some of the best waterways for boating and fishing enthusiast. Also available, is a solid 60m2 boat house on the shores of beautiful Dover Bay with power, water tank, slipway and winch, please ask should this be of interest.
Contact us anytime for further information, or to arrange an inspection.