An exciting opportunity to have a small lifestyle block without the long drive home from town, 104 Achilles Street is a rural vibe that fits with your urban activities. Located just a couple of minutes’ drive to town, and when you are home, you’ll spend so much time outside, completely at ease and unincumbered – there are no neighbours looking at you, with bare land either side of yours.

There is an incredible array of fruit trees on the land. A variety of peach trees provide shade for the sheep, and fruit for the family, and there’s nectarine trees, citrus trees and plum trees. There are apricot and fig trees, pear and pomegranate and an avocado tree that doesn’t know what it’s doing. The kids will take delight in the large berry cage, picking the blueberries, strawberries and raspberries, popping them straight into their mouths – no plastic punnets here. The berries are protected from the birds and free range grazing is on the menu.

The home is solid, with a concrete ring foundation, a generous subfloor space and plenty of native hard wood timber. There’s a generous living room at the front of the home, a later addition to what was originally a small cottage, and there is plenty of room for more expansion. Consider the potential to extend the deck to a wraparound deck on the western side of the house, opening up the dining room to the deck. The bathroom is modern, with a freestanding bath (hot water can be heating by the fireplace) and a separate shower. The toilet is in the laundry space. The kitchen is compact, warmed by the wetback fireplace in winter, and the double pantry adds great storage space.

You’ll find yourselves gravitating to the back deck, where the French doors open to let the cool breeze in. From here, it’s easy access to the paddocks, the chook run and the very healthy berry cage (more of an outdoor room really) and the fenced off garden plots. With the current owners being in love with flowers, expect some delightful self seeding surprises to pop up next season.

There’s sheds – the garden shed and the other garden shed and a two bay farm shed, one bay is a workshop with a concrete floor and a roller door, the other bay is for what ever you fancy. Self sufficiency, at least on the food front, is well underway. Having laid the foundations for a life long time here raising their family, the owners are shifting sideways and they sincerely hope that another family will see the joy that they have had, seeing their family thrive and grow in this special space.

Come along to the open homes and take some time to wander around, see the trees and feel the sense of what it is to live here.