SMALLER properties on the inner Darling Downs are proving popular with buyers seeking lifestyle opportunities.
James Croft from Ray White Rural Pittsworth and Warwick reported three excellent auction results for Dunheath, Toowoomba; Lenorr, Warwick; and Carramar, Southbrook.
Dunheath $1.85m
The 80 hectare (198 acre) Toowoomba property Dunheath sold for $1.85 million with competition from five registered bidders following 12 inspections.
Located 10 minutes from Wellcamp Airport and 20 minutes from Toowoomba, the pictureque property has a spacious country homestead with spectacular views over Toowoomba, particularly at night.
Dunheath also features a 43x15m shed, enclosed 32x15m drive-through shed, gravel hardstand, and a machinery ramp.
There are fertile black to chocolate soils with the entire property sown to lush improved pastures. There is about 59ha of ex-cultivation.
Improvements include steel cattle yards, 17 paddocks with a laneway, troughs, and a bore.
Lenorr $705,000
Lenorr near Warwick sold for $705,000 at an auction with four registered bidders.
The 40ha (99 acre) property north of Warwick overlooks the productive Glengallan district.
Lenorr is described as open grazing country leading down to lightly timbered undulating gullies and a small creek. There is the potential for up to 16ha of cultivation on the black loam alluvial/volcanic soils.
The property features three stables, day yards, a horse vet crush and round yard, and steel and timber cattle yards. There are five paddocks, plus laneways, and a bore.
The comfortable five bedroom brick and timber home is set in an established garden. There is also a workshop/machinery/hayshed shed.
Carramar $690,000
Southbrook property Carramar sold for $690,000, attracting four registered bidders after 14 inspections.
Located on Hudson Road, the 91ha (225 acre) lifestyle/income producing property overlooks the famous Felton Valley.
Carramar's s fertile soils range from dark chocolate soils to soft undulating scrub soils running into ironbark and coolibah basalt, shaded grazing areas with couch and Rhodes grass.
The property is divided into five paddocks with some electric internal fences. There are also a number of ideal home sites.
There is about 32ha of cultivation, with 12ha of barley planted and 8ha prepared for summer crop.
There is also a new unequipped bore and a large dam.
