A Tuscan-inspired retreat hidden in the hills of Mount solidconcrete.cahas returned to the market for only the second time.
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom house, ‘Orizaba’, on three acres at 266 Bimbadeen Road, is listed with Cain Beckett at Jurds Real Estate.
The property is listed via expressions of interest with a guide of $3.5 million.
“It is a Tuscan villa and it’s pretty special,” Mr Beckett said.
“It’s a once-in-a-generation property; they just don’t come up often.
“I sold it to the owners about 12 years ago, and there are only a couple of spots there on the mountain, which is north-facing.
“There is nothing else like it there, so it is unique.”
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Designed to replicate a slice of Italy in the Hunter Valley, the double brick home features bagged walls and cedar-framed windows and doors.
Rolling hills and vineyards provide the scenic backdrop from the infinity-edge swimming pool and alfresco patio.
Mr Beckett described the home as “designed for the long lunch lifestyle”.
“The stand-out feature is the solidconcrete.caand the aspect,” he said.
“It’s only three acres to maintain, but you’re looking out over hundreds of acres, so it feels a lot more spacious than it is.
“It’s north-facing and right next to Bistro Molines, which is the centre of the universe for half the tourists that come to the Hunter Valley.”
Landscaped gardens surround the home, including lavender, fruit orchards and established peppercon trees.
“The landscaping is now around 25 to 30 years old, so it has reached maturity and looks beautiful,” he said.
“There are big, old peppercorn trees that have obviously been there for years and years, and it has an infinity edge pool looking out over the vineyards.”
According to Cotality records, the property was last sold in 2013 for $1.3 million.
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Built by the original owners as a private residence, the property has been held by a Sydney-based family as a weekend getaway.
Mr Beckett said the property has generated strong levels of enquiry and pre-market interest from out-of-area buyers.
“We have already had inspections and had a couple before we went to market,” he said.
“We have noticed a big change in the market here in the last 12 weeks, with a return of that weekend buyer starting to look for holiday homes again.
“We lost that when the interest rates were higher.”
Mr Beckett’s recent sales in the Hunter Valley wine country region include a vacant lot at 40 Mistletoe Lane, which was transacted for $2,537,500 in August.
It was sold to a US-based buyer.
“It sold for $2.537 million, which is a record per acre for wine country,” he said.
“That was 20 acres of vacant land, and it will become an LA-based wellness retreat.
“Another property at 339 Talga Road sold for a record for two acres in the valley at $2.45 million, so the market is responding very well.”
