Trentham Area Comes of Age Plenty of opportunities for "Tree Changers"

Trentham, the old potato farming community is hitting its straps.

Offering a viable alternative to the Daylesford/ Hepburn and Woodend areas and being an easy hour drive from Melbourne is seeing some fantastic properties being listed in time for the Spring market.

Offering real value and with prices ranging from as low as $160,000 in the Blackwood area to large rural holdings up to $1M, it has all the options and infrastructure that the discerning lifestyle buyer is looking for. Becoming a haven for artists and telecommuters, the old township boasts all the attractions that reflect its start as a gold mining town and later a timber town.

The early Irish settlers knew that it was one of the best locations in Victoria and several generations later they are still there. Now the locals can enjoy the offerings of superb restaurants such as Thai Issan and The Chimney specialising in German-Austrian fare.

Trentham Falls is the highest single drop waterfall in Victoria. Blackwood has mineral springs the equivalent of Hepburn and the whole area is surrounded by the Wombat Forest, renown for protected species. Most homes in the township are about ten minutes from the forest and there is a wide range of accommodation available.

For a booking have a look at www.stay.trentham.biz or email stay@trentham.biz. For any property enquiries call FitzGerald Property on 54241866 or have a look at www.fitzgeraldproperty.com.au.

For business operators the area is offering three great opportunities at present. Kattemingga Lodge on around 50 acres is a resort just waiting for the entrepreneur to take it to the next stage.

The landmark Cosmopolitan Hotel, showing real cash flow, is on the market for around $1.15 and the Fir Tree Bed and Breakfast located in the old Commercial Hotel , circa 1864 can be picked up for under $750,000.

Opportunities abound in the area. Soon to be released will be an exclusive eco-development of around 15 lots controlled by covenants governing the style and materials to be used in the dwellings and with an over-riding requirement that all buildings comply with a six star energy rating.A further 22 lots of one to four acres is nearing the presales stage.

All this is ten minutes from Daylesford, Blackwood and Woodend. Its time to consider the real affordable alternative to a Sea Change.