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This stunning Yass Valley property offers the best in rural living - and it’s just 30 minutes from Canberra.<a href="https://zango.com.au/agencies/marq/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MARQ Property</a> licensed agent <a href="/agents/sam-mcgregor/">Sam McGregor</a> says the 26-acre property at <a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">6 Kurrajong Lane, Manton</a>, has around 150m of river frontage and stunning views that would rival any postcard.<div>
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“It’s set on some of the best country we have ever seen because it’s got beautiful views and river frontage,&quot; Sam says.The beauty continues inside the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.“The owners really spared no expense building the home,” Sam says.“With high-end finishes, they’ve included everything you could possibly want to have in an ultra-modern, comfortable home in the country.”<img alt="6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0-20230503004645558906-thumbnail-1920x1920-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="533" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0.width-800_Vsd1PXi.jpg" width="800">The home was built in 2022, making it an almost new-build so the next owner can move straight in. It features an open-plan living-dining room with expansive windows to take in the surrounding views.“It has beautiful high-end finishes with a stunning colour and texture palette,” Sam says.“You’ve got polished concrete floors, a lot of external timber for the facades, and a neutral colour palette, which makes it feel like an earthy, homely, ultra-modern home.”<img alt="6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0-20230503004642197733-thumbnail-1920x1920-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="533" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0.width-800_HW9JKo2.jpg" width="800">The master suite is absolutely second to none, Sam says, with a master bedroom that&#x27;s twice the size of a standard bedroom. The bedroom opens onto a double ensuite featuring double shower, a freestanding bath and dual vanities.The home is well set up for temperature control with double-glazed windows and doors throughout the house and heated floors underneath. There’s also a slow-combustion fireplace to keep you cosy when the mercury drops.Fans in the bedrooms and reverse cycling air-conditioning mean you can customise the indoor temperature in the warmer months.<img alt="6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0-20230503004643411625-crop-c0-5__0-5-1600x750-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="375" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0.width-800_UEArSsS.jpg" width="800">Additionally, a 19.5kW solar system, Tesla batteries and a water tank all help you live sustainably.Sam says the home is perfectly located for Canberrans wanting to make the move to rural living.“It&#x27;s a little bit further than Murrumbateman but not as far as Yass,&quot; Sam says.&quot;Which means you’ve got access to all the amenities of Yass, but you can just duck out onto the highway and you’re back in Canberra in about 30 minutes.”<img alt="6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0-20230503004643162005-thumbnail-1920x1920-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="533" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0.width-800_emdlLr6.jpg" width="800">According to Sam, it&#x27;s a strong alternative to living in suburban Canberra, even for those who want or need to continue working in the city.“To me, it’s a really appealing rural lifestyle property. If you want a couple of horses, it’s perfect for that, or a small farm with some cattle or sheep to have fun with on the weekend, rather than a farming venture.”The home is located in Walgrove Estate. Walgrove was a historic cattle farm in the 1800s before it was subdivided.<img alt="6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0-20230503004646218732-thumbnail-1920x1920-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="533" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259-image-0.width-800_sAkJcuw.jpg" width="800">“There’s probably only 15 properties, give or take, that are part of this community,&quot; Sam says.“What that means is it’s got a very high-end feel. It’s highly sought-after.”Number 6 Kurrajong Lane, Manton, is for sale by negotiation.<a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/6-kurrajong-lane-manton-nsw-2582-79259/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the full listing.</a>Article originally written and published by <a href="https://the-riotact.com/yass-valley-property-offers-stunning-views-river-frontage-and-creature-comforts-you-can-write-home-about/658267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The RiotACT.</a>

'30 minutes and you're home': Ultra-modern masterpiece with 150m of river frontage

Mention ‘Capricorn Park Stud’ to Canberrans and they’ll picture white fences streaming for hundreds of metres along the Barton Highway, with rambling bushes of red Dublin Bay roses dotted between them.The property, located about 15km north of Canberra, on the way to Murrumbateman and Yass, is a bit of a Canberra icon. Established in the late 1960s (that explains the old sign with the retro orange font - who remembers it?), the property was originally a cowboy-style Quarterhorse training and breeding facility.<img alt="84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-78106-image-0-20230406031639105480-crop-c0-5__0-5-1600x750-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="375" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-7810.width-800.jpg" width="800">In the early 1990s, new owners changed it to a first-class Thoroughbred training facility. Those same owners recently subdivided the huge parcel of land to create multiple properties that now comprise ‘Capricorn Estate’.And the most stunning piece of it — the original homestead and 50-acres — is looking for a new owner.The beautiful six-bedroom, three-bathroom home at <a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/84-capricorn-place-springrange-nsw-2618-78106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">84 Capricorn Place, Springrange</a>, is heaven for humans, but the property is also purpose-built for horses. The equine infrastructure on the property includes eight covered tie-up stalls, a fully enclosed sand roll yard and heated wash bay.<img alt="84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-78106-image-0-20230406031639516587-crop-c0-5__0-5-1600x750-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="375" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-7810.width-800_ONrahGz.jpg" width="800"><a href="https://zango.com.au/agencies/marq/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MARQ Property</a> licensed agent <a href="/agents/sam-mcgregor/">Sam McGregor</a> says Capricorn is a property Canberrans feel a real affinity for.“Travelling along the Barton Highway speaks to road trips with the family, visiting relatives in Yass, Wagga, Tumut and Melbourne,” Sam says.“There isn’t a Canberran out there that hasn’t driven past property at one time or another and been impressed by its position along the road, the racetrack and the immaculate gardens.“As we’ve watched Canberra and the region grow, the property has never changed. It’s always been a staple of white fencing, green lawns and red roses.”<img alt="84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-78106-image-0-20230406031640482006-crop-c0-5__0-5-1600x750-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="375" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-7810.width-800_qa3ig0m.jpg" width="800">In an attention-grabbing twist, Sam’s marketing the property using lines from classic Aussie movie The Castle (think “How’s the serenity?” and “A man’s home is his castle”).“The property is as iconic to the Canberra region as that movie is to Australians,” Sam says.“The movie is about family, love, community and road trips — and travelling down the Barton Highway is about long weekends spent with family at Wee Jasper, Good Hope and Lake Eucumbene, the local equivalent of Bonnie Doon.“That mixed with the juxtaposition of a grand home in a grand location.”<img alt="84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-78106-image-0-20230406031641514895-crop-c0-5__0-5-1600x750-70" class="richtext-image full-width" height="375" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/84-capricorn-place-murrumbateman-nsw-2582-7810.width-800_WVr9yT1.jpg" width="800">It’s a clever marketing strategy but Sam knows the Capricorn homestead will likely sell to “equine enthusiasts and/or people with a desire for a country lifestyle with no closer proximity to Canberra”.Number 84 Capricorn Place, Springrange, backs onto Jeir Creek and overlooks a privately established and maintained 12-hole golf course.The price guide for the property is $2.8 to $3.1 million.<a href="https://zango.com.au/sale/84-capricorn-place-springrange-nsw-2618-78106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the full listing.</a>

White fences and red roses: the iconic Capricorn Park Stud is on the market

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If there was ever a profession that required superior negotiation skills, nightclub security is it.Just ask <a href="https://zango.com.au/agencies/mcgrath-canberra/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McGrath Canberra</a> sales agent and former Mooseheads bouncer <a href="/agents/sam-mcgregor/">Sam McGregor</a>, who claims “I wouldn’t be the real estate agent I am today” without having worked the door of Canberra’s most iconic nightclub.According to Sam, while it might seem unlikely, there are actually many parallels between late-night security and working in the sale of residential property.<img alt="SamMooseHeads.PNG" class="richtext-image full-width" height="797" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/SamMooseHeads.width-800.png" width="800">“Firstly, every night at Mooseheads was about meeting thousands of people - and all with very different motivations,” he says.“Secondly, I was dealing with people often during a time of high emotion … you’re meeting people when they’re at their rawest.”But it’s the negotiation skills and the ability to “straight talk” that Sam learnt while working to keep clients of the four-storey club safe that he most often uses in his day-to-day sales work with McGrath.“Late at night, if you’re at a club and conflict or incidents do happen, punters just want somebody to be straight and honest with them,” he says.“So the comparison I would draw is that the way you have to deal with people - and there’s a high volume of them - you just have to talk straight and in a no-nonsense manner.”<img alt="IMG_1274.JPG" class="richtext-image full-width" height="533" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/IMG_1274.width-800.jpg" width="800">A born and bred Canberran who’s “always been obsessed with property”, Sam’s 40-hour work week at Mooseheads helped put him through a law degree at the University of Canberra. He’d work 10 hours every night as a security guard, Thursday through Sunday, and study during the day.Sam later graduated with an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business - “because I’ve just naturally always been more commercially-focused” - and worked as a construction lawyer for the Master Builders Association before becoming a real estate agent in 2020.In the last calendar year at McGrath, he’s carved out a niche mostly helping people move out of north Canberra onto small acreage (and vice versa), selling more than $54m worth of property between Canberra and Yass and beyond.<img alt="FamilyPhotos_Dec2021_WebRes-9754.JPG" class="richtext-image full-width" height="1199" src="https://d2t3vhau9g43uy.cloudfront.net/media/images/FamilyPhotos_Dec2021_WebRes-9754.width-800.jpg" width="800">“I couldn’t have predicted how much I’d love the sales side of real estate,” he says.“It feels like I’ve been doing it for 10 years - actually it feels like I’ve been doing it forever.“A lot of people ask me if I wish I’d become an agent earlier and the answer is no, I feel like I did it at the perfect time in my career, because I’ve built the skills and relationships to actually make this happen and do it effectively.”The other thing Sam can credit Mooseheads for?Introducing him to wife Lauren, also a real estate industry professional.“Yes, she was there one night with a friend and I definitely had my eye on her,” he laughs.“I do have plenty to thank the Moose for if I think about it.”

3 news articles with tag sam-mcgregor

'30 minutes and you're home': Ultra-modern masterpiece with 150m of river frontage

White fences and red roses: the iconic Capricorn Park Stud is on the market

Former Mooseheads bouncer says the club 'has helped shape my real estate career'