Maintongoon home with Lake Eildon views seeks $3m+

The award-winning house at 1770 Skyline Rd, Maintongoon, is for sale.

An award-winning, chalet-like Victorian house where the spectacular pool looks out to Lake Eildon is for sale with $3m-$3.3m price hopes.

The four-bedroom home set on a sprawling 85.61ha block even makes its owners tens of thousands of dollars per year.

In 2017, owners Daryl and Kristine Treweek bought 1770 Skyline Rd, Maintongoon, after falling in love with the property’s views and tranquil atmosphere.

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Maintongoon is about 20 minutes’ drive to the town of Alexandra, 40 minutes to Boonie Doon and two hours to Melbourne.

The hill-top house was originally owned by an engineer who commissioned the multi-award winning Hedger Constructions to build it.

The abode itself took out the best circa-$500,000 home build category in the 2007 Housing Industry Association (HIA) awards.

Most rooms offer views of Mt Buller, Lake Eildon, the surrounding national park or the Great Dividing Range.

“The view extends right down to the lake – so across the paddocks, we’ve got the Fraser National Park to our right,” Mr Treweek said.

“Then on the left is acres of natural bushland and then a view right up the middle into one of the inlets into Lake Eildon.”

The pool is book-ended by two entertainers’ areas including one with a kitchenette, television and hardwood furniture.

Owner Daryl Treweek said the house looks similar to a chalet.

He and his wife have significantly upgraded the property since moving in, adding the pool which measures 9m by 4m.

It includes a spa and two undercover entertainers’ areas on either side.

One of the spaces contains a kitchenette, cupboards, cable TV with surround sound and hardwood furniture.

They have hosted plenty of special events with their children and grandchildren.

“The pool area itself would easily accommodate 80 people and the interior would probably double that,” Mr Treweek said.

The couple have also planted more than 150 pittosporum trees and established a large enclosed vegetable garden with raised corrugated iron beds, fed by sprinklers.

The kitchen is equipped with a dual-fuel Falcon oven, deep double sink, gas cooktop and pantry.

A crushed rock driveway leads to both the main residence and a rebuilt cottage dating back to 1910.

A jetty offers views of their very own lake, while extensive pumps, tanks, a dam and sheds are dotted across the grounds.

Although Mr Treweek had grand plans to demolish a circa-1910 cottage on the property that was “literally falling down the hill”, his wife persuaded him otherwise.

“It’s a fully fitted like a four-star, two-bedroom, ensuite, airconditioned second home, a beautiful cottage where we pretty much rebuilt the whole thing,” he said.

In addition to hosting their guests, it generates more than $35,000 per year in additional income as short-term rental accommodation.

A netted vegetable garden measures 50sq m, plenty of room for homegrown delights.

Green views are on display from every room.

Within the triple-insulated main house, the kitchen features a dual fuel Falcon oven, deep double-sink, gas cooktop and pantry.

Solid fuel fireplaces warm the lounge room, upstairs living room and rumpus room.

The main bedroom showcases a walk-in wardrobe, ensuite, separate toilet and laundry chute to the full-sized laundry.

There’s double-glazed windows throughout, another two bathrooms, a dedicated gym space or home office and double-car garage.

Mr Treweek said he and his wife loved their home but were selling to move closer to their family.

A jetty at the property’s lake has a scenic outlook.

A double vanity and shower in one of the bathrooms.

Park Estate Agents director Luciano Marcuzzi said the property was fairly self-sustainable thanks to the vegetable gardens, water pumps and tanks.

Mr Marcuzzi added that although the house had won the $500,000 category of the 2007 HIA awards, that figure would likely equate to a build that would cost about $2m today.

He said the home would suit buyers who wanted to enjoy skiing, mountain bike riding, hunting or fishing at Lake Eildon and Mt Buller, or those hoping to run a small-scale farm or home-based business.

The house is for sale via expressions of interest.

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