Covenanted property for sale - what does this mean?

 

What is a covenanted property?

It’s about conservation. About looking after bush and grasslands that are owned by private citizens. While we have both state and national parks in Victoria, Trust for Nature helps owners to ensure their land is kept for flora and fauna and protected from damage and development.

If you read this blog, you’ll see just how many elements make up this property. Not just the roos and wallabies and wombats and echidnas, but the many birds who live here, with their nests in the bracken and in the trees. As well as that, there are dozens of native plants I’ve found and identified, and probably many dozens more I’m not aware of.

A hundred acres with bordering properties and areas of bush that connect with a state park to the north means we are part of an important corridor for wildlife, allowing it to move around freely and eat and live without harassment. It's a really important part of conservation in Victoria. There are few bush properties of this size.

After 16 years, we have made the decision to sell. We would love to find new owners who care as much about the property as we do. Who not only get excited about the wallabies and roos and wombats that come to eat on the grass area around the house, but who want to make sure it all stays as it is, for the future. Did you know in Australia that the rate of deforestation is accelerating? As is the loss of species? It’s hard to fathom how this can keep happening.

So we’ve had interested buyers who want to farm goats, have horses, let their kids roar around on trail bikes. A while ago we had someone who wanted to use it for a paintball business. We’ve had to say no to all of them. As we go for walks and still see new birds or find new native orchids after so many years of exploring, we marvel at our good fortune and reconfirm how important it is to keep the covenant secure and cherished, not seen as an obstacle.

You, too, can watch wallabies eat around the house before dinner, or wake to a bunch of noisy rosellas on the lawn (or magpies lately). You can explore the rocks in the NW area, or wander down to the creek and listen to the frogs. This is what it means to have a property of this size and live in the peace and quiet and learn about the land you are on, and look after it. It's not "a cheap bit of bush" - it's a large property with conservation front and centre, and a house designed to withstand bushfires beyond the current requirements.

Are you the new owner we’re looking for?