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69 Woodides Road, Elleker WA 6330

Contact agent Sold: 10 Mar 2022
Sold
  • Landsize 8.13ha
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COUNTRY ACRES GOING FOR A SONG

This 8.13ha rural block in Elleker is packed with potential for new owners to enjoy a relaxing country lifestyle – keeping chooks, grazing sheep or a horse and growing vegetables.
There’s work to be done before installing a new home and livestock, which is reflected in the price. But buyers prepared to roll up their sleeves and with the foresight to build appropriate infrastructure will be rewarded with a big, affordable parcel of land presenting prospects for development into a productive hobby farm.
One side of the block skirts Marbelup Brook, a year-round water source which flows into nearby Lake Powell to the east.
While this is a major plus for stock water and fishing almost on the doorstep, the site’s proximity to Lake Powell requires compliance with the City of Albany’s Development in Flood Prone Areas policy, so habitable buildings must be constructed with a minimum finished floor level height of 1.88m AHD.
A home on poles or an elevated site would comply with this building policy and minimise the risk of winter flooding.
The block is being sold as is. It’s been a number of years since the old home and sheds were used, and they’re now fit only for demolition and removal. On several sites around the block are two general-purpose sheds, a machinery shed and shearing shed as well as the dilapidated homestead and its outbuildings.
The land, zoned General Agriculture, is flat and partly cleared with areas of pasture and grass still suggested by the old fence lines, though it’s mostly in native vegetation of towering eucalypts interspersed with mature pines. Tracks and firebreaks are in place.
Power is available at the boundary and the block is easily accessible, just 20 minutes’ drive from Albany’s CBD and near a general store and fuel outlet.
This is an outstanding opportunity for judicious buyers to reap the benefits of an affordable holding in an idyllic riverside setting.

What you need to know:
- 8.13ha rural block, zoned General Agriculture
- Mostly flat, some cleared pasture, areas of eucalypt and pine trees
- Work needed but reflected in price
- Potential for productive hobby farm
- Tracks and fire breaks in place
- Sold as is – old house and sheds for demolition and removal
- One boundary skirts Marbelup Brook – year-round fishing and stock water
- Suit elevated home and outbuildings
- 20 minutes’ drive from Albany
- Close to general store and fuel outlet
- School bus route nearby
- Council rates $1211

Property features

Listing snapshot by reiwa.com

This land listing located in Elleker was sold by Jeremy Stewart at Merrifield Real Estate.

If you would like to get in touch with Jeremy Stewart regarding 69 Woodides Road, Elleker, please call 0439 940 976 or contact the agent via email.

Cost breakdown

  • Council rates: $1,211 / year

Nearby schools

10.8km
Woodbury Boston Primary School
  • Primary
  • Non-government
11.8km
12.2km
Parklands School
  • Primary
  • Non-government
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Elleker overview

The townsite of Elleker is situated near the south coast, about 15 kilometres west of Albany. The W A Land Company, who built the Great Southern Railway in the period 1886-1889, planned to establish a town named Lakeside here in 1889. (named because it is close to Lake Grassmere - now Lake Powell). A comprehensive plan of development was prepared, but only a few lots were sold and there was little development. The Government purchased the railway in 1896, and redesigned the townsite. It was gazetted as Lakeside in 1899, but in 1908 was changed to Torbay Junction to prevent confusion with another Lakeside near Kalgoorlie, and because the railway station was known as Torbay Junction.

Torbay Junction is derived from there being a railway junction here, the line from Torbay meeting the Great Southern Railway. The railway from Torbay was built in 1889 to transport timber from sawmills in the Torbay area, and the railway station was known as Torbay Junction when the line opened. In 1921 the Western Australian Government Railways requested the place be renamed "Ualungup", but this name met with objections because of the similarity to Yallingup. The alternative names of Elleker and Lockyer were proposed, and the name was changed to Elleker in 1921. The name was apparently suggested by Mr J Mowforth, a member of the Albany Road Board from 1896 to 1912. Mowforth was a Yorkshireman, and he proposed the name after Ellerker in south Yorkshire. The reason for the omission of the first 'r' is not known.

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High end $260k
Median $260k
Low end $260k
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69 Woodides Road, Elleker was sold by Jeremy Stewart at Merrifield Real Estate.

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