SELLING agent Ken Studley describes Forest Home as "one of Tasmania's most iconic properties".
"It's 35 minutes out of Hobart and has 2km of Huon River frontage," he said. "It's absolutely gorgeous. It's got big tall timbers and it's perpetually green."
- FOREST HOME
- JUDBURY, TASMANIA
- Property: lifestyle, horticulture, cropping, grazing
- Size: 70.3ha
- Price: $2 million
- Agent: Tasmanian Private Realty, Huonville
- Contact: (03) 6264 2888
The 70.3ha property at Judbury has been in the same family for about four decades and is well respected as a productive agricultural operation.
The land is comprised of rich black river loams, ideal for cool-climate crops.
The current owners produce a variety of apples, cherries and nursery stock for supply across Australia.
Forest Home has a 280-megalitre water license, but Ken said it was hardly needed as the region benefited from a high annual rainfall.
A magnificent 1900s Federation-style four-bedroom house boasts many original features.
"It has easy access to the river and there's also some rapids further down," Ken said. "There is also a permanent creek that runs along the house and there's gardens all the way along.
"There is about an acre (0.4ha) of gorgeous gardens around the house that are all manicured and beautiful and with little winding paths along the creek."
There are also two cottages on the property, each with two bedrooms.
Ken said the cottages were far enough away from the main home that they could be rented out, used as a farm manager's residence or for housing guests.
