Property Description

Prime property situated in State Lodge off Leopards Hill road is on the market for sale.  The Farm comprises 38.936 acres (15.75ha or 157,568m²) and having a perimeter of 2.109Kms including some 256m of road frontage on the Leopards Hill Road.

Approximately 13 acres of the subject property land is developed and landscaped as follows:

• 6.4 Acres Commercial Organic Vegetable Garden
• 8.0 Acres Fruit Tree Orchard (Citrus, Mango and Lychee)

• 2.0 Acres Levelled and Grassed Full Sized Equine Schooling Ring

• 7.5 Acres Stable Yard and Paddock
• 0.5 Acres landscaped domestic Gardens
• 6.1 Acres mowed arable pasture and grassland

The remaining approximately 26 acres is secondary growth natural Myombo plateau woodland typified by Brachystegia, Julbernardi and Isoberlinia species and Protea or Sugarbush species from which the Farm takes its name.

Structures

General Farm Buildings:

Sugarbush has an inventory of small farm buildings, Several open sided workshops, an ablution block, small poultry house, a garage with an inspection pit, main workshop and store are in constant use. A 54Kva Diesel 3 Phase Generator supplies power to the Farm in the event of a ZESCO outage.

Staff Houses:

The farm provides ample housing for staffing.

The Rabbit House:

A long low shed in the past has been used as a production workshop, with storerooms located between this and Garden Cottage.

The Garden Cottage:

A simple two bedroom, one bathroom admin office/ house.

Musuku Cottage:

100m² wooden prefab cottage in a 1 acre fenced garden in the woods, comprising of galley kitchen, wraparound veranda, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and open living dining room.

The Studio:

A shed structure the studio boasts soaring double height windows and is flooded with natural light. 190sqm comprising of large kitchen, office, storeroom gallery bedroom full bathroom plus the enormous studio area and veranda.

The Design House:

A hedges 1.6acre garden this property embraces a beautiful secluded courtyard graced with a brand new swimming pool and plenty of outside entertainment space. A veranda of 60m² welcomes you graciously through a carved, antique Indian door into a eucalyptus plank, floored reception room, a second reception room through the Indian arch opens out to the back veranda and courtyard where two large guest wings (one with a large en suite bed/sitting room and the other with two rooms sharing a full bathroom, with conservatory windows overlook the swimming pool. Back inside the house the open plan gourmet kitchen and dining area is bright and well lit by large wooden sash windows.

With an open plan hallway leading to two family bedrooms sharing a full bathroom. Gracious white terrazzo stairs lead to the master bedroom upstairs including an en suite bathroom

The Design House covers some 350m² inventory of small farm buildings, Several open sided workshops, an ablution block, small poultry house, a garage with an inspection pit, main workshop with A 54 KVA Diesel 3-Phase Generator with 12.5 x 4m swimming Pool and 50m² entertainment area poolside. It has its own back-up generator in the event of a ZESCO outage.

Sugarbush Farmhouse:

The Farmhouse stretches some seventy meters across the gracious lawns and garden with a huge family kitchen, the heart of the house, at one end. One open plan conservatory style sitting room and dining room with a welcoming fireplace in winter links the kitchen with its sitting areas, large pantry and breakfast bar to the swimming pool.

The main Farmhouse boast 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, 6 reception rooms, 1 dining room and three fireplaces and sprawls invitingly over some 620m². In addition the Farmhouse Courtyards offers a completely self-contained guest cottage which was renovated in 2017 and within its 110m² has an open plan sitting/dining room, two bedrooms, a full bathroom and a kitchen.