166 Kunghur Creek Road

The first thing you notice is what is missing. The noise that follows you everywhere else traffic, urgency, the low-frequency hum of a life lived too fast is simply not here. What replaces it is better: water moving over volcanic rocks, cattle grazing the creek bank in the morning, wind working through a forest canopy so old and dense it has its own acoustic weight. You are standing on 2.39 hectares of direct Kunghur Creek frontage, in the shadow of Mount Warning. The house sits elevated on timber stumps, a character Queenslander nestled into the creek canopy with a cleared lawn running down to the water's edge below. Established pasture carries a small cattle herd along the creek flats. The working land and the quiet land occupy the same property without contradiction. This is land that earns its keep, and the quiet it produces feels different for it. Step inside and a different kind of weight announces itself. The ornate pressed metal ceilings are original and intact intricate, patterned, irreplaceable. The arched fretwork hallway draws the eye straight through the heart of the house toward the verandah and the canopy beyond, framing the outside world like a painting you live inside. Hardwood floors run throughout. VJ-lined walls catch the afternoon light with a warmth that no painted surface achieves. This is a home built when timber was understood when the material was the architecture rather than its covering and that understanding is legible throughout the home. The kitchen has been renovated without disturbing what surrounds it. Dark shaker cabinetry and stone appearance benchtops sit beneath exposed timber trusses; a freestanding chef's range anchors one end of the room while a breakfast bar opens to the dining space beyond. The bathroom carries the same considered touch a deep soaking bath beneath cypress timber panelling unhurried mornings made architectural. Across two levels the layout gives a family room to expand and a couple room to breathe three bedrooms including a generous loft retreat, a separate study, and storage room. Then the verandah. 12.6 metres wide, wrapping the creek-facing elevation of the house and reaching into the canopy beyond. This is where the property makes its case most plainly. Morning here is a ritual. So is the hour before dark, when the light drops through the eucalypts in long parallels and the cattle move slowly toward the water. And below at the creek's edge itself this is the other living room. No walls, no ceiling, just water moving over rock and Mount Warning standing on the horizon. What this property offers cannot be built, staged, or replicated. Properties with this particular combination of character, land, and water in the Tweed hinterland are often intergenerationally held and seldom brought to market. Property Features Character Queenslander with ornate period features 3 bedrooms including generous loft retreat Separate study Additional storage room 1 bathroom with shower, bath and cypress timber panelling Open plan kitchen and dining Dark shaker cabinetry with stone benchtops Exposed timber truss ceiling in kitchen Formal living room with original ornate pressed metal ceiling Arched fretwork hallway Hardwood timber floors throughout ground floor Carpeted loft bedroom VJ-lined walls Covered wrap-around verandah 12.6 x 5.2m Rear deck with creek and canopy outlook Direct Kunghur Creek frontage with flat sandstone bank Established creek-flat pasture currently running cattle Two dams Substantial under-house storage 6.9 x 12.6m Shed Air conditioning Tank water supplied by three separate tanks 2.39 hectares 15 minutes to Uki Under 35 minutes to Murwillumbah Within reach of Byron Bay and Gold Coast hinterland corridors Disclaimer: All information (including but not limited to the property area, floor size, price, address, distances and time travel time and general property description) is provided as a convenience to you, and has been provided to First National Real Estate Murwillumbah by third parties. Information should not be relied upon and you should make your own enquiries and seek legal advice in respect to all information about the property contained in this advertisement.