Waterford Waterford Canada

Principal Residence:

Lovely views of the waterways and countryside. Not an ordinary residence but one which commands praise for it’s stately structure and setting. This two storey home is constructed of frame trimmed with wood eaves. All exterior walls appear to be line straight. Near new vinyl clad windows and doors. The interior window wells are deep set with beautifully finished original wood trim in what is believed to be oak. Roof is shingles. Interior Doors are original wooden doors made of what is believed to oak. There is approximately 3300 square feet of living space plus office and garage. Construction of this home was completed about 1900 and overall is in good condition. New main roof 7 years ago with new sheeting underlay. Exterior painted 2001

Main Floor:

Kitchen area

Completely remodelled the kitchen area of the home with high quality oak kitchen cabinetry with features being a large centre island with double sink, custom built wall china cabinet, original wood wainscotting and chair rail, lovely colours of paint and wallpaper combination. Part is original wood flooring and part is linoleum covered. All other interior woodwork is in it’s original and impressive state.

Off to the corner of the kitchen is a two piece washroom with toilet and sink. Rear entryway and sunporch to the kitchen measures about 10’ x 22’ which flows onto the large country kitchen eating/dining area being the focal point of the home one enters the open kitchen area with surround custom built oak cupboards, sink and cooking area with Jenn Air counter top stove, Jenn Air Oven, Kitchen Aid built in dishwasher, microwave. Much of the home has been insulated where possible including the attic area with blown cellulose.

Living Room

Hardwood Floor and carpeted, stucco wall surfaces, original pine baseboard and unique wood trim over doors. Large wood fired fireplace, heats most of the home all winter should one not wish to use farm supplied gas heat. Access to upper level hallway.

Dining Room

Double set of sliding doors divides from living room. Contains the same original pine and attractive wood trim and baseboard as the living room. Stucco wall surfaces.

Front Hallway and Stairway

Wide hallway with front door entrance, original and unique staircase to upper level 4 +1 bedrooms plus sun room and library and access to an attic where an extra loft style room could be created

Office/Den/Laundry Room

Contains laundry area with appropriate hook-ups. Adjacent to kitchen area and living room

Upper Level:

Centre hall, wooden staircase, spacious landing with five large sized bedrooms, and four piece bath. Floors are hardwood and carpeted. Full bathroom. All decorated with master bedroom in front south east corner with access to sun room. Ample closet storage. All rooms are original stucco finished.

Attic

Stairway off main upper hall to attic, high ceiling sufficient to create loft playroom or additional bedroom.

Large Office and Display area
Off main residence and attached to two car garage but flows from main house directly to office area. Possible apartment over garage.
Air conditioned, hot water radiator heated.

Basement-
Full with outside access contains furnace and utilities. Heating is by newer gas fired boiler and hot water radiator heating, supplied from farms own gas wells. Also contains softener, distilled water system, cistern, 200 Amp Electric Breaker. Spring well in front of house supplies house, shop and old barn.

Main Cattle barn:
60 x 160’ steel over frame construction, slatted floors, center alley, sorting pens, weigh scales, loading chute, open sided, excellent facility for handling cattle. Previously used for custom feeding beef cattle. 600 to 700 head capacity in combination with pole barn and open center yard. Slatted floor beef barn needs upgrading such as new steel roof and slat replacements.

Pole Barn Loose Housing area

50 x 144’ older wood and frame construction onto hip roof frame barn. Part used for housing cattle from adjacent feedlot facility, shared yard and older hip roof barn portion contains stalls for horses portion thereof or all could be rented monthly.

Hay Barn

Modern style 40 x 100’ steel roof over pole construction New Holland design for unloading by NH Haycruiser.

Horizontal Silo

60 x 90 precast concrete

Silos (2) Harvestore 22 x 60’ and unloader plus Concrete Silo 24 x 55’.

Shop

Heating ductwork, insulated, air pressure lines, concrete floor partially heated, floor drain, fluorescent lighting, two roll up overhead doors, tool and stock room, industrial electric wiring. Two water sources, one from main farm well and house well. Approximately 26 years old.

Modern Implement Shed

60 x 100 coloured steel over frame, concrete floor, sliding door, mandoor, electric breaker panel.

T

wo wood steel sided frame implement/storage buildings

40 x 60’ Rigid Frame, new siding and new roof 2001

Two Butler Grain Storage Bins
2000 bushel each

Detached garage and small shop near main house

Two storey brick building 22 x 44’ adjacent to above, houses former ginseng dryer. Structurally like new would make great living quarters, hard brick exterior, 2 level with rear walkout .

10 mare motels
Concrete over steel frame, insulated, heated water bowls, fenced compounds, water supplied from shallow well adjacent and all have electric lighting. 4 or more rented monthly rest are rented periodically during shows with resultant higher rents than monthly rents

Arena
Full sized professional arena 120’ x 216’heated by four furnaces fueled from owner sourced gas well , seating for 2000 people plus, with adjoining office, mens and ladies washrooms, apartment (electric heated and air conditioned), lunch room/restaurant, and adjacent steel stall barns (two which are interconnected) for 68 plus horses. New reservoir/cistern and water treatment system within last 2 years.

Main stall barn heated with 28 stalls, tack room, wash rack, storage room, measures 216’ x 36’ connected to steel sided newer barn with 50 adjustable stalls, dirt floor and inlaid brick , measures 60’ x 120’. Drive in doors on both ends. Perfect arrangement for shows, livestock sales and exhibitions. Approximately $1.2 million replacement cost. Arena highly engineered construction with steel girders mounted on specially designed and engineered cement columns about 9 feet in depth, in the ground, and on additional footings below the columns.

Second Residence

Two storey frame duplex home, newer windows, about 2200 square feet total living area. Sets near front north west corner of the parcel. Full basement with newer gas fired hot air heating system, with Zone control, newer water heater, newer furnace, newer roof, gas from farm gas well installed 2002, water supplied from drilled well with 6” casing, submersible pump, conditioner and chlorinator. Extra well to south west of residence, excellent spring water. Main floor kitchen, living room, bath, 2 bedrooms, Upper level contains 2 bedrooms and hallway, kitchen, bath, den or playroom. Rents $1150 for both units. Possible to sever from rest of farm.

Third residence
Insul brick sided frame home recently renovated inside, has good concrete updated basement. New cupboards, eavestroughs, Oil furnace, pressure pump, good drilled well, cistern, fuse electric panel. Occupied by farm employee could rent to $900/month

Soil classification
Brant and Tuscola loam ideal for the production of most crops including, but not limited to, vegetables, legumes, cereal grains, fruits and in particular pears. High yielding soils, randomly and systematically tiled, good drainage and good outlets. Extremely high yielding farm for most crops

There are an additional 26 acres at the very rear of the farm owned by OWR who allows the farm use of these lands rent free. These lands have been tile drained in the last 6 years.

Utilities:

Farm Owned Gas Wells supplies main residence, arena, duplex, shop,

Water Supply
Drilled well at front of main residence, drilled well on north side of arena, shallow well at mare motels, drilled well plus extra spring well at duplex, drilled well at 3rd residence, 40,000 gallon bunker tank supplied from springs to west has 4” line to arena, and old barn, also 2” line from creek to feedlot.

Union Gas at main roadway, plus Farm owned gas well (cost $30,000 for installation alone about 30 plus years ago) supplies arena heating, newer farm gas well lines to main home and duplex, newer gas boiler furnace in main home, oil furnace in 3rd residence, gas fired boiler in duplex, electric heat in arena apartment.

Hydro Services to all buildings with breaker panels and older panel in 3rd residence. Once during the 30’s and 40’s and early 50’s this farm had its own power generating station (hydro) at the waterfall bridge crossing the main entrance to the farm. The old building still remains. Great possibility with advent of new smaller turbines to install low cost generation

Asking Price: €1,096,000.00
Waterford
murray@murraygibbons.com
City / Town: Waterford
County: Canada