From the street you would never guess that there is a good double brick home hidden away on the back half of this property, nor would you guess that all those colourful foliage shrubs you can see are part of a very well set up income producing small business supplying foliage and potted greenery to an established clientele of florists. This is a property ideally suited to its current use as it level and has perfect red volcanic soil as well as an excellent deep water bore. The water is reticulated all over the property and the flick of a tap turns on overhead irrigation wherever you want it to keep plants thriving and producing the wide variety of foliage demanded by florists. The front half of the property is filled with a variety of mature open air shrubs planted in the soil while shade houses coax the best out of more delicate items needed by florists to complete their special arrangements.

Home here is a low set, very well built, 22 square double brick ranch built about 22 years ago. It is in good order if a little bit dated inside. It is distinctly formal in design starting with the classic and unusual entry hall that delivers guests to a formal lounge room with ornate cornices and 2 lovely ceiling roses. There is ample living space including both a formal dining area and a large family living area as well as 3 bedrooms and a study. Large picture windows bring in natural light and look out into various parts of the gardens while a north facing tiled rear verandah seems to invite a little bit of updating to create a really enjoyable outdoor living area. A wide street frontage and the positioning of the home creates a real sense of country living that suggests home grown fruits and vegetables as well as a chook run somewhere in the back yard.

The long driveway gives access to an attached double garage and also to the extra double garage which as used for preparing and packaging the greenery for delivery. A cool room there allows for holding prepared greenery as required prior to delivery in perfect condition. It should also be noted that much of the so called greenery includes many variants of coloured foliage that grows in the front portion of the property.

The lifestyle here is somewhere between working full time and retirement. There is plenty to do to keep idle green thumbs happy, but it is not an overly demanding job either. New owners might choose to scale up, or even scale down, the amount of hours devoted to producing income here. Buyers can be assured that demand for foliage for floristry arrangements seems to be an ever continuing feature of our modern life and the recession does not seem to have had much impact in that demand. Lovers still say it with flowers and errant partners still need to apologise for misdeeds large and small, no matter how the economy runs. A large amount of arrangements are also created for major accommodation houses on a regular basis in this Gold Coast region of mass tourism.