12 Burgess Road, Staveley, Ashburton

Beautiful home on seven hectares

Live the lifestyle you've imagined for your family under big skies, with the foothills of mid-Canterbury as your backdrop and views to green pastures in all directions.

A truly unique property, this home offers spacious living spaces indoors and out, as well as excellently appointed outbuildings, including a rustic red barn suitable for events, hay sheds and a horse tack shed. There's also a horse arena, small stockyards and 15 acres of paddocks. Recently used for grazing horses and cattle, the paddocks have also produced over 700 bales of hay per annum.

Currently known as Topp Lodge it has hosted a number of special events from a Don McGlashan concert, to weddings, horsemanship clinics and more. But perhaps it's the peace and quiet of rural living that will draw you to this generously proportioned family home and the comforts it promises.

From the colonial windows to exposed rafters, the rustic barn-style kitchen with a classic cast iron stove, to the large open plan living area with substantial fireplace, six bedrooms and five bathrooms, this home could be in your family for generations to come. Picture yourself spending long afternoons on the wraparound bullnose verandas; enjoy the established gardens and babbling creek running through, with spaces for the reader seeking solitude, the horse lover, children and guests.

Alternatively, you may be looking to reap the rewards of its attractive location. Just off the Inland Scenic Route 72, with Staveley's popular cafes nearby and Mt Hutt Ski Field approximately a 15-minute drive away, it's accessible to tourists while remaining a private, pastoral paradise. Open your home to travellers seeking their own rural idyll, and enjoy the income of Airbnb. Hire out the 12x24 metre barn, which boasts its own outdoor kitchen. Or lease paddocks for pasture.

Contact Fee Ensor to view this stunning 7.2346ha lifestyle property in Staveley.

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