3 Hereford Place is an amazing alliance between house and gardens.

When first establishing their new property, our owners' vision was to transform their 1.5 acre section of rich grazing country into a factual bushland setting to complement an equally natural home.

The Property's name of Bird's Nest confirms that they accomplished their mission.

Firstly, the warm and inviting 3 bedroom home would be quite at ease as a mellow artists' retreat in the wooded Dandenong Ranges, or the NSW south coast.

Along with its seamless connection of house with garden the home's salient charm stems from its clever mix of wrap-around verandahs, angled architecture, soothing environmental colours and sunny dual aspect living spaces.

The home's timber panelled hexagonal living area forms a geometric point of difference and is just the spot to relax on a Sunday afternoon with a steaming hot coffee.

It's a great chill-out room with dual-aspect garden outlooks through 4 sets of verandah sliding doors that trap the seasonal winter sunshine or naturally cooling summer breezes.

The room's open plan design allows you the layout freedoms to decide where to place your lounge and dining areas to best enjoy the prevailing room lighting.

The country style kitchen has plenty of meal preparation and storage spaces, gas cooktop, mobile preparation/storage bench and a bay window garden outlook.

All 3 bedrooms are large and include the fully segregated 32m2 master suite that has dual aspect sliding doors connecting to the north/south verandahs. The master bedroom's ensuite has foot warming under floor heating and was upgraded to include a chic' frameless rain head shower.

Both secondary bedrooms are well sized, with one having 2 sliding door sets out to the verandahs and gardens. This is a superb light filled room that's ideal for use as a work from home office or art studio.

Designed for low maintenance and water efficiency, the selection of native bushland plants radiating from the ornamental pond is truly amazing. Not only do the bird packed gardens give you secretive bushland paths to follow, they also provide high degrees of weather shelter, privacy and enjoyment.

As a bonus to an already first-class location, Bird Nest borders several acres of Merryville Estate reserve land which is easily accessed via a laneway that runs alongside the property.

Essentially, the Bird Nest is a natural gem of a property.

Property Technical Specifications

•Residence: built 2003,151m2 of residential living area, 127m2 of covered alfresco wrap-around verandah area, 24m2 of 2 separated carport area, total area under roof: 302m2/32.5sq

•Residential features:
-bushland-thematic home with 1.8m wide timber panelled wrap-around verandahs
-garden bay window kitchen with 5 burner gas/1 electric hotplate cooktop, freestanding microwave/convection oven, dishwasher, floor to ceiling pantry/cupboard storage facilities, double fridge/freezer nook, large mobile central meal preparation bench, granite double sink
-stunning timber panelled living area- high domed ceiling, double aspect sliding glass doors connecting out to the garden verandahs, gas fireplace
-3 spacious bedrooms including a fully segregated 32m2 master suite with walk-thru robe/dressing space & upgraded ensuite with frameless rain head shower & in-floor heating, secondary bedrooms have ample free-standing robe spaces
-16m2 3rd bedroom features 2 sliding door sets connecting to the verandahs
-all rooms have sliding glass doors to the verandahs, timber panelled ceilings with downlights & speakers

•Climate control: ducted reverse-cycle air-conditioning, thermal insulation to the underfloor, ceiling & external wall cavities, distributed ceiling fans, living area gas heater

•Garaging: 2 separated single carports, ample guest parking

•Gardens: superbly scoped native bushland layout with rock/pebble pathways channelling surface rainwater to a secluded feature pond. The pond is approximately 20m wide & 1.5m deep. The gardens were designed for very low maintenance & water use efficiencies

•Outside structures: 7.5m x 3.1m double door garden/utility shed, 4.2m x 2.6m shade house, 5m wide fenced area suitable as a dog run or above ground pool or suitable spa

•Hot water: solar (28 panel) with electric backup

•Sewerage: bio-septic system with treated water distributed over the garden areas

•Potable water supply: 20,000gall/91,000lt in-ground concrete rainwater tank harvesting off the homes roof line

•Non-potable water supply: Merryville Estate (150,000lt pa allocation with metered seasonally adjusted to 250,000lt pa) for stock & garden purposes

•Block: 6,052m2/1.5acres of level to gently undulating land mostly covered in owner selected native bushland species

•Zoning & Rates: Yass Valley Council $2,158.80pa, zoned R5 (large lot residential)

•Services: 5 day letter mail delivery at the front gate, weekly rubbish and fortnightly recycling collections, school bus services to/from Canberra/Yass on Merryville Dr – approximately 600m, NBN FTTN available

•Merryville Estate community title fees: $525/pa (covers non-potable water supply & maintenance of the estate's community recreational areas etc.

•Location: Merryville Estate, 4 minutes to Murrumbateman village, 26 minutes to Canberra's northern areas, 16 minutes to Yass – adjacent pedestrian distance to 1 of Merryville estate's open community recreation areas for residents' walking & equestrian use