12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
It was love at first sight for Mark and Gillian Thomas the moment they first laid eyes on the Barossa’s iconic Hill House well over a decade ago.
The couple had been actively searching for a home to raise their two children after returning from a stint overseas, when friends suggested they check out the 1851-built Angaston estate.
The property at 12 Lindsay St, had been famously owned by renowned vigneron James Heggie and his family for more than 130 years, with the Thomas’s taking ownership in 2012.
“When we told friends that we were looking at coming up here, they suggested we take a look – as it was on the market at the time and had been for a little while,” Ms Thomas said.
“When they drove us past it, we just went `wow! That is really stunning’, so we called the agent and asked for a walk-through.
“Immediately, as soon as we walked through the house, we knew this was were we wanted to finish raising our family and find our role in the community.”
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12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
Now 12 years on, son’s Ollie and Ned have flown the coop, leaving their parents to ponder their next adventure and decision to sell the treasured family home.
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom estate, which includes the iconic Hill Home Bed and Breakfast – is now on the market for an undisclosed sale price via an expression of interest campaign.
Fully restored in 1993 but requiring cosmetic updates at time of the last sale, Ms Thomas said the home now featured light exterior and new fixtures and fittings throughout.
“When we bought it, it was decorated in those very traditional colonial colours that were really popular in the 1990s when restoring old houses…but we wanted it to be light and airy, so we painted it throughout and re-did the floors,” she said.
“We also upgraded the four bathrooms and laundry, and we did that in stages, with the most recent one being just last year.
“So now, the home just feels beautiful. It feels like she’s at her best right now.”
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
12 Lindsay St, Angaston. Pic: realestate.com.au
Ms Thomas said surrounding gardens had also received a much needed makeover.
“When we bought it, there was lots of slate, lots of rockeries and native gardens,” she said.
“When we looked back at old photos of the house, it was all lawns and trees, so we decided to turn (the garden) back into what it used to be and that has helped drop the temperature down for the house during the summer months.”
Selling agent Tim Thredgold of Alexander Real Estate said the sale offered an opportunity for buyers to secure one of the best known homes in the region.
“It’s an enormously rare opportunity to buy a house of this nature with so much land and adjacent Angaston’s main street,” he said.
“It’s a picture book property that is located in such a gorgeous location that would really suit a variety of buyers, from families to investors wanting to take it to the next level.”
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