Inside “Offspring” star Asher Keddie's $2.4 million home
We know her as the somewhat scatty obstetrician Nina Proudman on the Australian hit drama Offspring.
But Asher Keddie's real life is rather different, of course. Keddie, her artist husband Vincent Fantauzzo and children Luca, 6, and Valentino, 2, have been living at two addresses – a city pad in Melbourne and this sprawling 43ha ranch property in Hesket, near Mount Macedon, Victoria.
Now they have decided to put Ravenswood, as it is named, on the market.
In an interview with Fairfax Media in 2014, Fantauzzo, an Archibald Prize-winning artist, spoke fondly of time spent at the farm riding horses and being with nature.
"I love it because it snows in winter and it's beautiful in summer," he said. "I can go for a meal at the pub and when I'm driving home I drive really slowly because there are kangaroos and wombats crossing the road."
After the birth of Valentino in 2015, the couple bought their city pad, splitting their time between the two properties.
Keddie, a Gold Logie winner, has often spoken about her love of horses, and she has been able to indulge her passion at Ravenswood – there are even two large stables on the ground floor of the house, directly beneath the main living room, plus tackle and storerooms.
And the three-bedroom house itself is styled like a barn, in a "fresh, Scandinavian style" with a lofty cathedral ceiling enhancing a sense of space and airiness. While the stable complex takes up the entire ground floor, the upper level is given over to family living and maximising the spectacular country views.
The property also features a beautiful lake, the original barn, mature English trees, two dams, a spring-fed mountain creek, bore, huge water tanks, horse fencing and a fully (high) fenced vegetable garden with fruit trees and hen house, built to keep out the pesky wildlife.
Listing agent Sandi Barry-Mueller of Keatings Real Estate says it's easy to fall in love with the area because it's "one of our most popular locations in the Macedon Ranges, only minutes from iconic Hanging Rock and from the ever-popular and thriving Woodend village".
She describes the property as a great lifestyle weekender that is also suitable as a permanent home.
The property is listed for A$2,150,000 (NZ$2.38m).
Scroll through the gallery above to get a look inside the property.
Republished with permission of Stuff.co.nz.