Weary in age this timber cottage home in the Dwellingup Forrest has character and charm that will never pass. Located in a secluded off-road location, the retreat currently serves as a holiday home to a local family. Set on 4.1 acres the property has a winters living stream, 2 x water soaks, fruit trees, storage and and open farm shed.
Not for the faint hearted, the home is in need of maintenance and a renovation. For people seeking a challenge, the home could be an ideal project for someone looking to escape the city and become one with nature. Great for the hobby farmer, the property has a source of water from 2 x water soaks that provide water most year round.
What's on offer:
• 3bed x 2bath timber cottage home on 4.1 acres
• High ceilings, jarrah flooring
• Winter steam and 2 x water soaks
• Open farm shed and old timber storage shed
• Wrap around timber verandas
• Wood fired hotwater system
• Log fire
• Water tank
• Fruit trees
• Contains some asbestos roofing
Many dream about escaping to such a magical place amongst the trees where the state forest is just across the street.
Only a short drive to town, local dams, orchards, bike trails, water rafting, adventures parks and much, much more.
Acreage properties are high in demand and this is no exception!
Contact your real estate sales consultant Randolph Watson today on 0427496701 to organise a private inspection.
DISCLAIMER: Every care has been taken to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this advertisement, but no warranty (either express or implied) is given by Raine&Horne or its agent, as to the accuracy of the contents. Purchasers should conduct their own investigations into all matters relating to the proposed purchase of the property. Digital staging was used to market the home.
This property at 965 Batt Way, Dwellingup is a three bedroom, two bathroom house sold by Randolph Watson at Raine & Horne Mandurah on 11 Dec 2021.
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Dwellingup is located in a timber and fruitgrowing area in the Darling Range ESE of Pinjarra. Townsite lots were surveyed at this place by Surveyor W.F. Rudall in 1909 after the Lands Department became aware that the site was planned as the terminus of the "Pinjarra-Marrinup Railway". Names suggested for the place by Rudall were "Dwellingerup" or "Marrinup", after nearby brooks, or "McLarty" after a local MLA who had been very active concerning the railway. Surveyor General H.F. Johnston chose "Dwellingupp" after being misinformed regarding the spelling of Dwellingerup Brook. Ignoring a suggestion from the Under Secretary to amend the name to "Dwellingdown", the Minister for Lands approved the name as "Dwellingup" in December 1909. Eventually, the spelling "Dwellingupp" was chosen by order of the Under Secretary for Lands, and the townsite was gazetted as Dwellingupp in February 1910. The spelling was amended to Dwellingup in 1915. Dwellingup is an Aboriginal name said to mean "place of nearby water". The town was burnt out by a bushfire in 1961 but was rebuilt.
The double 'p' spelling in the original gazettal of this name was used because the Lands and Surveys Department had adopted a system for spelling Aboriginal names developed by the Royal Geographical Society. A number of Aboriginal names ending in "up" were for a time spelt with the "upp" ending (including Kirupp, Kulikupp, Manjimupp and Mungalupp). The RGS system had a rule that vowels are pronounced as in Italian and consonants as in English. This would have meant that names ending in "up" should have been pronounced as "oop", because the Italian "u" was a long "u", as in flute. These Aboriginal names were meant to be pronounced as "up", and the Department asked the RGS for a rule to assist in correct pronunciation. The RGS solution was that doubling the following consonant shortened the preceding vowel, and this meant the "upp" ending ensured the "up" pronunciation. However, this particular rule was rescinded in 1915 for SW towns with the suffix "up", as the Australian way of pronouncing the letter "u" was almost always short, and rarely the Italian "oo".