185 Old Mount Barker Road, Aldgate, SA 5154

Best Offers By 12noon Wednesday 4th November (unless sold prior)

With an arrival as breathtaking as its botanical setting, there are ways to escape the city hum – and this extended and elevated 1950s family home on 6.3 acres makes all the right moves. 

And if you're here for the lush, private, stone-walled serenity that's hosted many a garden wedding beneath the towering Pin Oak and its waterfall backdrop, this is where the magic happens.

Stunning grounds deserve big windows. Bay, sash, picture and double-glazed, none misses its moment in this solidly built four-bedroom design. Multiple entry points, multiple levels and flexible living spaces, with private front and rear terraces, all gravitate towards the home's social axis: the classic Blackwood timber kitchen.

Its timeless stature has served the years well, offers generous storage and bench space, and delivers one of the home's many quirks: a servery pass. 

And throughout the home, its enduring elegance meets modern ambition for the buyer seeking a balance of both. 

Novel storage and linen closets line the home's solid walls, new carpets line the living spaces and sun-bathed bedrooms, while the main vintage bathroom trends all over again with original gold accents. 

Awash in daylight, the craft room, adjacent the kitchen, laundry, and guest powder room, deserves admiration whether you're hobby-minded or otherwise. Wall-length custom storage, a central bench for sewing or folding, and a picture window gives the room beauty with a purpose. 

Downstairs, once a hobby den becomes anything your heart or family want: a playroom or games zone with bench seat storage, outdoor reach and workshop access – and rarely do you get a concreted garage/workshop that offers this much natural light.

In Aldgate, the grounds are naturally undulating. Here, tall shade meets open clearings, winding pathways, fruit trees, sunny spots for vegie gardens or a small orchard, and play space ahead of a bushland escarpment. 

Rosellas, finches and red-tailed black cockatoos add more colour and audio to gardens heaving with camellias, roses and rhododendrons - tree ferns too -paradise for the botanist, a beautiful project for anyone else. 

Yet there's sensibility to its spectacle. Ample car parking, rainwater and dam capacity with a pump for irrigation, and soothing outlooks you couldn't repeat without a half-century wait time.

Why wait, when it already exists…   


More to love:
Gated arrival with guest parking
Winding gravelled driveway to a well-lit under-croft garage + extra parking
Idyllic rockery waterfall with stone bench seating
Feature Pin Oak tree and majestic botanical gardens
Solid brick, bay-windowed 4-bedroom home, circa 1950
Easterly-facing, paved entertaining terrace 
Roller shutters to most upper windows
New living room and bedroom carpets
Freshly repainted throughout
Dual sunlit living rooms, including a formal lounge with an open fireplace
Family room combustion fire with heat transfer ducts
Master bedroom features dual walk-in robes
Blackwood timber kitchen with vintage Miele wall ovens + a huge pantry
Stunning craft/mudroom with custom wall storage
Downstairs recreation/playroom, with external access
105,000L of rainwater capacity
Magnificent camellias, rhododendrons and mature garden shade
Easy minutes to Aldgate Village and Bridgewater convenience
Zoned for Stirling East P.S. – 1.3km
Just 11 minutes to the Tollgate.

Specifications:
CT / 5467/149
Council / Adelaide Hills
Zoning / PRuL
Built / 1950
Land / 6.37A (approx)
Council Rates / $4,618.19pa
Emergency Services Levy / $283.25pa
SA Water / $88pq
Estimated rental assessment $760 - $820per week/ Written rental assessment can be provided upon request
Nearby Schools / Stirling East P.S, Aldgate P.S, Bridgewater P.S, Crafers P.S, Heathfield P.S, Heathfield H.S
 
Disclaimer: All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition). Interested parties should make their own enquiries and obtain their own legal and financial advice. Should this property be scheduled for auction, the Vendor's Statement may be inspected at any Harris Real Estate office for 3 consecutive business days immediately preceding the auction and at the auction for 30 minutes before it starts. RLA | 343103