The Local real estate feature February 11, 2019

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DAYLESFORD & CRESWICK

Come and celebrate the launch of

Biggin & Scott Creswick

Join us for canapes and light refreshments from 3pm

Official Grand Opening at 4pm

When: Friday 15th February 2019

Where: 32 Albert Street, Creswick

SALES TEAM

Michael DeVincentis

Director & Licenced Agent 0417 142 152

Tom Shaw

Director & Licenced Agent 0438 118 903

Nik Bradley

Sales Executive 0448 407 387

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM

Biggin & Scott was established in Chapel Street during the 1890 property boom and has been trusted by generations of Melbourne property sellers, investors and landlords. Our founder, TGL Scott, was the Mayor of Prahran and a local identity.

Today, Biggin & Scott is experienced in all aspects of real estate including residential, commercial, sales, auction, leasing, property management, body corporates and home loans. We have a continual influx of youthful enthusiasm and experienced real estate professionals who are progressive and dynamic.

ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

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AUCTION

DAYLESFORD 1A QUEENSBERRY STREET

LUXURY ARCHITECT DESIGNED RESIDENCE Created by Melbourne architect Adam Kane “Hardwood House” was designed with an open, flexible floorplan, to be used both as a single house, or as two independent private rentals with separate entrances. Situated on the top of Wombat Hill and close to Wombat Botanical Gardens, Convent Gallery and a brief walk to Daylesford main street this unique property features numerous bespoke finishes with exception attention to detail throughout. The residence comprises of three generous bedrooms, master with freestanding bath and BIR, second with ensuite and BIR’s and a third bedroom with direct rear garden access, open plan living room with high ceilings, dining room with outdoor decking, luxurious country kitchen with gas cooking, European laundry and fully landscaped gardens and established tree surrounds. Capitalise on the lucrative holiday market, or enjoy as a permanent residence close to all the things Daylesford offers (spas, restaurants, galleries, historic villages, wineries and more).

• Approx. 440m2 land Size with all town services connected and rainwater tank

• Gas central heating, split system heating/cooling & ceiling fans

• Environmental features - 6.5 Star rating, double glazing, floor & wall insulation

• Fully landscaped and established gardens with matures trees

a 3 b 2 AUCTION Saturday 23rd February at 12pm PRICE Contact Agent CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 Michael DeVincentis 0417 142 152 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

ID and contact details are required at all open for inspections

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MOUNT PROSPECT 110 TELEGRAPH ROAD

OAK FARM - UNIQUE RURAL LUXURY LIVING CLOSE TO DAYLESFORD Perfect for permanent or weekend living on a grand scale with huge living areas and luxur��������������������roughout. The main residence features 3 large bedrooms with a WIR & ensuite with corner spa in master, main family bathroom with bath, large open plan kitchen/dining with generous bench space and plenty of storage. The separate large garden studio would suit many purposes and is ideal as a guesthouse or family room, complete with private bathroom, split system heating/cooling and sitting area. This rural entertainer boasts an alfresco decking with a wood �red pizza oven and picturesque views over the countryside with 400 Oak Trees �����������������������.

� 4 � 3 � 2 FOR SALE PRICE $998,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

NEWLYN NORTH 8 NEWLYN RESERVOIR ROAD

THE OLD NEWLYN BAKERY WITH ORIGINAL BAKERS OVEN This iconic Newlyn property is located just 15 minutes from Daylesford and 25 minutes to Ballarat and boasts a number of original features including high ceilings, decorative fretwork,�������replaces, and ���������������������. The central hallway links 3 good sized bedrooms with ������������������re in master. The country style kitchen has plenty of storage, lounge features a bay window and w�����r��������������������� sunroom has long view overlooking the adjoining farmland.

• Approx. 1.5 acres on title with further agricultural lease to Birch creek

• Established gardens with large walnut trees and numerous fruit producing trees

• Original bakers oven built 1888 in bakehouse, with proving room

� 3 � 2 � 4 FOR SALE PRICE $655,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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NEWLYN 166 KINGSTON-NEWLYN RD

ELLERSLIE HOMESTEAD ON APPROX. 40 ACRES Currently home of “Ellerslie White Suffolk Stud” this versatile property features approx. 40 acres with “shearers quarters” guest accommodation, a large machinery shed, hay shedding, multiple car garaging, beautiful established gardens and an outside bathroom and washhouse with original copper. The grand residence features wide verandas, a central hallway with 3 bedr�����������replaces, period bathroom with claw foot bath, central large sitting room/formal lounge, dining room with views over the house paddock and access to veranda, open plan dining/living/ kitchen with farmhouse sink and gas cooking. The “shearers quarters” make an ideal guesthouse and feature open w�����re, fully functioning shearing stands and holding yards.

� 4 � 2 � 12 FOR SALE PRICE $1,350,000 - $1,400,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

BLAMPIED 15 BRADSHAW COURT

WILDLIFE AT YOUR DOORSTEP A beautifully presented and private country homestead sited high on approx 3.62 hectares (8.95 acres) of lightly treed landscape and overlooking a large tranquil dam with its picturesque rotunda. The property is a haven for wildlife with kangaroos, wallabies and birdlife right at your doorstep. The residence features spacious living areas with views over the bushland, and offers comfortable low maintenance living year round. A huge lockup shed provides plenty of garaging, workshop and storage space while a studio near the residence provides opportunity for artistic pursuits.

� 4 � 2 � 4 FOR SALE PRICE $695,000 CONTACT Rae Corris 0408 358 772 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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FRANKLINFORD LOT 50 COACH TRACK

BEAUTIFUL BUSH BLOCK WITH GLAMPING & OFF GRID POTENTIAL (STCA) A beautiful parcel of land in the sought-after Yandoit Hills area, just 15 minutes from Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, and around 20 minutes to Castlemaine. This approx. 20-acre allotment has been used as a private glamping retreat and offers the potential for an off-grid dwelling STCA.

• Suitable for a glamping retreat or personal retreat or off grid home (STCA)

• 5 existing decking’s with safari tents

• 2 x 40ft shipping containers ready to convert.

FOR SALE PRICE $265,000 CONTACT Tom Shaw 0438 118 903 OFFICE 43 Vincent Street, Daylesford 5348 2328

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ONLY FIVE UNITS REMAINING

If you are looking to downsize, maintain your independence and create new friendships, McAuley

Retirement Community is the perfect choice for you.

Nestled in the quaint township of Trentham, McAuley offers two and three-bedroom units in the community you love.

• Spacious, open plan living • Kitchen with quality fittings

• Landscaped courtyard • Single and double garages

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The Look Of Love - St Valentine's Day

I've always been more than slightly bemused by the annual celebration of the death of a Roman village priest by sending anonymous tokens of love. Especially now, in the name of commercialism with the event morphed into Valentine's Day, for some, yet another excuse for lavish gifts.

Whatever happened to the old ritual of sending a romantic card or a single red rose, under the anonymous - Your Valentine?

Mind you, I prefer to send something a little more permanent in the form of a colourful flowering pot plant and it's most propitious that there are many and varied beautiful plants in full bloom and available from your local nursery at the moment. Cyclamen, moth orchids, lilies and ornamental capsicum, to name but a few.

And what about poor Valentine? Valentine was sentenced to a three-part execution of a beating, stoning, and finally decapitation all because of his stand for Christian marriage against the Roman law of that time. The irony is one of his judges was a man called Asterius, whose blind daughter Valentine was supposed to have healed. Legend has it that the last words he wrote were in a note to Asterius' daughter.

He inspired today's romantic missives by signing it, "from your Valentine".

Summer pruning for better crops and extra blooms

It is generally accepted that winter or early spring are the most beneficial times of year to prune most trees and shrubs, especially at first signs of renewal, ostensibly to either promote strong new growth, or to direct the energy into less, but better, larger, fruit or flowers. It is also time to reshape the plants and remove weaker or winddamaged branches before the heat of summer.

But, as with every rule, there can be important exceptions - mostly with fruiting trees and, of course, roses.

At this time of year roses are normally at, or just passing through, their main flush of summer blooms and about to put out new growth, so could do with a little spruceup and a dressing of fertiliser. They can also be encouraged to produce another crop of flowers by also having a light trim to remove any weak or diseased growth and spent flower heads. Remove any fallen leaves, flowers or petals from the soil beneath each plant to minimise the chance of diseases breeding there.

Fruit trees, both citrus and deciduous, will certainly benefit from a judicious removal of some excessive new growth at this time of year, especially if the trees are bearing fruit.

This should be more of a "training" exercise rather than full blown prune, mainly to redirect some of that energy towards the developing and ripening crop. It should be more of a light trim, especially on fruit-bearing stems - just a removal of the tip growth to redirect the energy to the fruit. Also be aware of the need to shade the fruit from the worst of the summer heat.

If your fruit trees are in their first couple of years of cropping, make sure their slender branches don't become over-burdened and damaged by the weight of the fruit. It's always better to sacrifice a percentage of the crop and have fewer, but larger fruit, than to risk losing the lot or damaging the tree when the branches collapse under the load.

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Design with Indre Kisonas

Really smelly houses We all have smells that make us turn up our noses, whether they are personal or household smells. I will share some tips to help - help eradicate that is.

Our sense of smell is a wonderful beast. Once that noxious scent hits our olfactory passage you cannot unsmell it. It colours your perception from here on in. Odours or bad smells can come from many things such as bacteria, mould, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate pollutants such as smoke, mildew, stinky feet, garbage, blocked drains, cooking as well as paints, solvents, glues or strippers.

Any of the bad smells mentioned can be masked if not eradicated and I have found this has been a necessity more than a few times when getting a house ready for sale. Nothing will lose you a sale faster than a bad smell.

There is a reason baking bread or fresh coffee aromas are advised for an open house. They are inviting, comforting and appealing. Smells are triggers for memory and when you want a buyer to remember your house, you want them to associate it with a positive memory. A scented candle is an easy go-to masker. Never leave the candles lit and unattended however.

Bicarbonate soda in a bowl absorbs smells. Bicarb is great in the fridge or in stinky shoes. You can add vanilla or peppermint essential oil to the bi-carb to act as an absorber, plus add scent.

Vanilla and lavender oil is pet-friendly. (Pregnant women are not advised to use lavender in their first trimester). Essential oils can be put in a diffuser or in a spray bottle for a quick spritz. Coffee percolating or coffee grounds in bowls both mask and absorb smells. White vinegar is the best item ever as far as I am concerned, for cleaning, deodorising, pouring down drains, wiping rugs and cushions, running through a washing machine and dishwasher cycle, cleaning floors and benches and bathrooms.

Boiling an orange, lemon or lime in a small amount of water covers smells with a clean, fresh citrus scent.

A cut onion, I believe, absorbs nasty odours including paint and solvent fumes. This is one I haven’t yet tried but would welcome any comments from those who have tried it.

It is hard work getting ready to sell a home. There are many details to attend to apart from getting the house painted, oiled and tidy. Many people are accustomed to their own household odours. Do not be fooled into thinking it is only other people's houses that smell. I realise this every time I walk past my teenage son’s bedroom door. He often gets spritzed through the half-opened door as I’m not willing to enter the testosterone stink of his man cave.

Happy smelling everybody.

-Indre Kisonas Owner and principal designer of iok design | www.iokdesign.com.au

Bells Water Gardens @ Newlyn

Bells Water Gardens has been in the water garden business for over 25 years, building and maintaining ponds and growing a diverse range of aquatic plants for the nursery trade and public. We are passionate about building natural eco-system ponds, adding beauty and encouraging wildlife, allowing interaction with nature. Water gardens built by us are quiet, contemplative places to rest and energise the senses. Visit our display water gardens, water plant nursery and new pond shop for advice, inspiration and pond accessories in Newlyn. Opening hours are: Friday and Monday 9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm Call Richard - 0418 567 195 or Sally - 0412 090 850 www.bellswatergardens.com.au

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