4 Roberts Road, Welshmans Reef, Vic 3462

If your wishlist includes a characterful farmhouse on a delightful, fully usable 4.28 acres minutes from Central Victoria's best recreational lake, then this exciting offering will make all your wishes come true.

Of weatherboard construction and with its iron roof and bull nose verandah with wrought-iron lace detail, Mount View is the quintessential farmhouse. Many period features including 12' Baltic ceilings, open fireplaces with mantles and ceiling roses add to the appeal. The home is ready for a new owner to reimagine the interior and create a contemporary home to meet today's lifestyle.

While the current floorplan is traditional, it's also extremely flexible, offering scope for change of use. Two queen bedrooms occupy either side of the wide, entrance hall. Move through to a third bedroom, also a queen and a formal lounge with French doors to the garden. Ready for rejuvenation, the practical kitchen opens to a generous dining and family room. Centrally located, the bathroom usable while awaiting its facelift. There's a large covered outdoor patio area, perfect for alfresco dining and entertainment. A bonus feature is the two room cellar, ready for your wine collection. There's a laundry, reverse-cycle heating/cooling, gas heating and mains power connected.

This property's potential continues well beyond the home. Fully fenced, the house garden is brimming with fruit trees and roses and there's plenty of room for vegetable plots and further landscaping. An array of shedding includes a 2 car garage with power and concrete floor, woodshed, garden shed and a chicken palace. Horse and alpaca lovers, will love the acreage. Level, dotted with shade trees and fenced into 4 paddocks with water troughs,  there's also a substantial, very pretty dam. With riding trails at your doorstep the vibrant communities of Newstead, Maldon and Castlemaine nearby, this property is a joy. And if water sports appeal, there's plenty of room for boat storage and Lake Cairn Curren is within strolling distance or a minute's drive.

A property of this scope and potential is an exciting and rare find. In peaceful Welshmans Reef, reputedly named after the home's builder, miner and local councillor John Roberts, the opportunity to create an idyllic rural lifestyle within reach of every urban convenience is one not to be missed.