428 Wattamolla Rd, Berry

Bedrooms: Four
Bathrooms: Two
Garage: Single
Auction: Saturday, November 22, on site at 11am
Price guide: $2.7 million to $3 million

Apart from its picture postcard location and classic Australian homestead appeal, this home and land combination is close to the small township of Berry and within a two-hour drive of the nation’s major capital city.

Raine and Horne Berry sales agent, Jacqui Crapp, says the five acre property ticks all the boxes for prospective homebuyers searching for a laid-back country lifestyle as well as the ease and convenience of a contemporary urban home.

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The 10-year-old house combines the best of the old and the new. Outside, there is the classic Australiana homestead look, drawing on Federation-style architecture. Visitors and prospective buyers will appreciate the wraparound veranda which provides sheltered alfresco space in which to kick back after a long, hard day or to enjoy a meal and drink with friends and family.

French door access from the main internal communal area to the alfresco zone delivers year-round indoor-outdoor entertaining space. Inside, there are further nods to the past with ornate cornices, high ceilings, an open log fireplace and timber flooring. The home’s elevated position also allows its occupants to enjoy the eye-catching Kangaroo Valley and its escarpment.

Luxurious contemporary touches include a gourmet-style kitchen with European appliances, under-floor heating, designer light fittings, ducted heating / air conditioning, surround sound, satellite and internet connections, mud room, gymnasium, laundry, single garage, ample storage, large bedrooms, and a generous upper level games/rumpus room.

The surrounding gardens more than adequately complement the home. The grounds, crafted by one of Australia’s leading landscape designers Paul Bangay, feature ample hedges as well as manicured gardens and lawns.

The property is a comfortable 10-minute drive from the town of Berry, 15 minutes from Seven Mile Beach, and two hours from Sydney. Jacqui Crapp says the home and land pairing “ties in really well with the whole environment”.

“It is built to take advantage of the Kangaroo Valley escarpment, and from the veranda you can hear (Brogers Creek), which sits below the property,” she says. “The home itself sits a metre off the ground at the front and it is higher at the back to allow for the single garage, laundry and gym.”

Ms Crapp says the owners are selling so they can move close to Sydney to support their children’s sporting interests. “The property will suit a Sydney buyer who will use it as their luxury holiday home. It may well be used for holiday rentals, which it has used for quite successfully in the past. This beautiful home and land combination will appeal to professional people and 
cashed-up empty nesters.”

The sales agent says the agency has received “greater than expected interest” from potential buyers. “A lot of people want to make it their holiday home and then their permanent residence in five years’ time. So it will appeal to people coming up to retirement with their children off their hands or even young family because it has games room, a cubby house and swings.”

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