Family history AND a beautiful home!!!!

My family has a history with the

Hunter Valley
  

do you remember Ambrose and Bridget Rotton?
their Grandson, a few times removed,
Walter Rotton arrived in Sydney,
 via Tasmania, in 1821


He had quite a history
 which is a story for another time
 but he was one of the early settlers
 in a town called Maitland 
and he had a beautiful daughter
 named Jane (Granny Singleton) 
who in 1844 married a gentleman
 named John Singleton
John's father, Benjamin, was one of the first settlers
 in the beautiful Hunter Vally
 and in fact the town of Singleton still carries his name.

 SO


I was looking for somewhere to live in Singleton
after all it does have a lot of family history
and I found

 Hamilton Park here


Again, out of our price range at $799.000

it sits on 85 acres (and has horse yards Renee!)

the gardens are spacious

and the pool and it's surrounds

are big enough to cater for my entire family

You guessed it!

it's that red again

but in this instance they have carried the same
colour almost all the way through

with lots of white I don't think it is too heavy, do you?

even the bathroom

Although someone in the family obviously didn't want red!

I have that dressing table and at present I am wondering
if I will paint it white, yes...no?

I am not sure about the red carpet but heck I'm not going
to be that picky!

I really love this house it has that look of being there for 
a while, I love all the white and the red and most of my
furniture would fit in


Now all I need to do is win the lottery
 so we can have some money to live on


goodnight

A red door get's me every time...!

As we search for that ever elusive place

 that is both new enough, old enough,

small enough, big enough and

at a price we want to pay 

I am amazed

 at some of the wonderful renovations

and remodels

This small 1880's workers cottage in

Launceston in Tasmania can be found here

With it's fresh coat of paint 

I imagine it fits nicely with it's neighbours 

but when you enter the gate to the side

you suddenly find yourself in another era

I really like the use of the ripple iron 

and as it's me looking at this

I cannot go past the red door

now that you have stepped inside 

would you believe this is the same  house

The open spaces 

where once would have been small cramped rooms

the vast expanses of glass and the light!

I really like the use

of the red and white colour scheme throughout

and then the addition of the calming green for

the sleeping area

The drama continues at the rear of the property with  

the decking and the original shed

The selling agents describe it as

"Offering three generous bedrooms, 

master with ensuite and walk-in robe, 

separate bathroom / toilet and open plan living zone at the rear,

 this property offers

 the romance of Tasmanian heritage (1880's)

 and the comforts of modern living.

The historic shed has been converted

 to offer the property a further versatile space

 for use as a studio, wine cellar,

 library or parents / teenagers retreat. 

Full length glass doors warm the extension

 with sunlight and connect the informal meals / lounge area

 with the stylish outdoor living zone.

The materials used in the development

 of the property are of the highest quality 

and sympathetic to the class of the

 original cottage and surrounding area. "

Do you like this one?

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history for sale...but not to me...damn!!!

We are on the search for a new home

which makes the real estate sites

my favourites

(next to my blogging sites of course!)

so I thought

I would show you,

each week,

some of the amazing properties 

I find

like this one

this is Dysart house

in Kempton Tasmania

which is within easy commute of Hobart

It has been extensively renovated

has a coach house and stables

and sits on 5.8 hectares

these are just some of the 22 rooms!

The style is Greek revival or Georgian

and it still appears to have all it's beautiful

Georgian windows

The agents are asking for expressions of interest!

the colours throughout are just wonderfully lush

I would like it fully furnished thank you!

so I could sit here for the recital each night

note the harp!

The kitchen appears to have retained the cupboards

from an earlier period,

 maybe when it was a girl's school

but that just might be a very clever renovation job!

I would not like to have to clean the windows would you?

   

some of the walls seem to have been left with

their original finishes which I really like in

homes of this age

Old for Australia!

I could spend more than

one night in any of the bedrooms

and this bathroom here is not too shabby either!!!

if you want to find out more go 

here

Many of the places I look for property

 are areas that we have previously lived in

so I can tell you that I know this house

I know where it is sited

 and I have admired it for a very long time

I could once have lived here,

run it as an upmarket bed and breakfast

or boutique hotel,

but I would have to have done it twenty years ago!!!!

I hope you will enjoy my property tours

now and in the future!

Goodnight