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An entertainer’s character home on a small farm was visited by Bobbie Nicholls.

This 17.47 ha property, on SH3 just west of Mt Stewart offers more than a rural lifestyle with potential for a variety of uses. It has all the necessary buildings to support stock and has been specifically set up for horses, with modern stabling, a woolshed, barn, workshop and an arena for schooling horses. But if horses are not your thing, the farm can also support other animals such as alpacas or a small flock of sheep or herd of cattle. There are chicken houses, piggery and ten well fenced paddocks with two dams, bore water, a central race and yards. Approximately four of the 17.47 ha are a forestry block of millable trees. The land is largely flat and in three titles, so has the potential to be subdivided into smaller lifestyle blocks with building sites. The property has the advantage of being well situated within 20 minutes of Palmerston North and Feilding and just a few minutes from Sanson or Ohakea. It offers a great self- supporting rural lifestyle with potential for further development. Imagination is the only limit. Add to the farm a grass tennis court, and a fully fenced kidney-shaped swimming pool with tiled surrounds and a low maintenance cottage garden around a colonial house which has been brought up-to-date while maintaining its heritage style. It even has a fountain with goldfish. A wrap around verandah draped with wisteria allows you to enjoy the well-sheltered garden and watch tennis players from the shade. Between the driveway and the pool is a barbecue area with an outdoor fireplace which evokes a welcome to guests, especially as it adjoins a games room with bar. This is in an extension to the original house which also includes a utility room with additional toilet and a study or fourth bedroom and tidily joins the modern double garage to the original century-old colonial bungalow via a welcoming entry. This could be utilised as a separate accommodation for a dependent family member with their own lounge, bedroom and bathroom. Beautifully presented and tastefully updated, the home features native wood ceilings and floors and a claw-foot bath in the family bathroom. One of the original three bedrooms has French doors to the verandah, to make the most of the natural light. The décor of the central hallway utilises traditional English wallpaper designs with a wide dado complimenting the feature wooden archway. The lounge also has French doors into the verandah and to the central dining room which has an attractive bay window. The kitchen, while retaining the traditional feature fireplace has modern appliances, an island servery and pantry. This looks to be the very versatile hub of the family home. If this sounds like a lifestyle property which attracts your interest, contact Lianne Masters at Property Brokers Feilding 06 323 1520 or 027 288 1801 for a private viewing. Be quick as tenders close on November 8 if not sold before.