126 Godwills Road, Mansfield, Vic 3722 - More Details
$2,650,000 - $2,850,000
Set across approximately 120 acres just ten minutes from Mansfield's bustling High Street, this is the kind of property that invites you to think bigger.
A remarkable handcrafted home, substantial commercial-grade infrastructure, valuable water resources and an extraordinary High Country setting are already here. What comes next is where the opportunity becomes particularly exciting.
Privately positioned at the base of rolling hills and approached via a quiet country lane, the property offers the space and seclusion of a genuine rural holding without sacrificing connection to town. Mansfield's cafés, restaurants, shops, schools and services are around a ten-minute drive away, creating an increasingly rare combination of acreage, privacy and convenience.
The land itself comprises approximately 120 acres divided into five paddocks, supported by excellent water infrastructure including a substantial 5 megalitre dam, a second dam, a natural granite-filtered spring and a valuable 1 megalitre commercial water licence. Established access roads extend throughout the property, alongside more than 20 varieties of fruit trees and an array of Australian native botanicals.
At the heart of the property is an extraordinary log and timber beam home, individually crafted with a level of character rarely encountered. Soaring vaulted ceilings, exposed logs and substantial timber beams give the home an unmistakable warmth, while German double-glazed windows and doors frame the surrounding landscape and capture views across the property towards Mount Buller.
The flexible floorplan provides two to three bedrooms, including a large upstairs loft accessed by a spiral staircase. A clawfoot bath continues the home's distinctive character, while the kitchen incorporates gas cooking alongside a traditional wood-fired stove and oven. Designed for independent living, the home is supported by solar power with generator backup, continuous gas hot water and approximately 100,000 litres of rainwater storage.
It is beyond the residence, however, that the scale of the opportunity really begins to unfold.
A substantial 15m x 15m high-clearance shed is complemented by a further 10.5m x 9m building with roller and glass sliding doors. Existing infrastructure includes a 14kW off-grid solar system with automatic generator backup, a commercially certified kitchen, ambulant and accessible toilet facilities, multiple parking areas and a worm farm septic waste system.
Previously forming part of a commercial distillery operation, these improvements give the next owner an unusually substantial foundation from which to work. Rather than beginning with vacant acreage, much of the infrastructure required for a larger vision is already in place.
For one buyer, that may mean an exceptional private rural holding with serious shedding and space for equipment, vehicles or collections. For another, the combination of land, water, commercial infrastructure and proximity to Mansfield may inspire possibilities across agriculture, horticulture, tourism, accommodation, food production, events, wellness or another home-based enterprise, subject of course to the relevant approvals.
Multiple potential building envelopes add another dimension to the property's longer-term possibilities, subject to council approval.
And despite everything the property offers, its setting remains one of its greatest assets. Deer and kangaroos regularly move through the landscape, rolling country stretches away from the home and the unmistakable profile of Mount Buller forms a spectacular backdrop, particularly when winter snow settles across the mountain.
There is something particularly compelling about having this much space while remaining so closely connected to Mansfield. You can feel completely removed from town at home, yet be amongst the activity of High Street around ten minutes later.
Properties of this scale this close to Mansfield are difficult enough to find. To combine approximately 120 acres with an extraordinary handcrafted residence, significant existing infrastructure, valuable water resources and the freedom to imagine what the property could become makes this an opportunity in the truest sense.
The foundations are already here. The next chapter is entirely up to you.
- Type
- Acreage
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Parkings
- 10
- Area
- 48.56 ha
- Study
- 1
